This is hilarious — from Ryan Pretzer at Pistons.com:
Clifford Wade and Latanya Bussell had an agreement about the naming of their first child. If Latanya had a boy, Clifford would name him; a girl, and Latanya would have the honor.
Clifford, a lifelong Detroiter who says he comes to five Pistons games a season on average, knew precisely which name he wanted to go with. And it definitely wasn’t Dwyane.
“Rasheed is my favorite [Piston] and I also wanted as the middle name somebody off the bench so I chose Amir Johnson,” said Clifford, who named his son Rasheed Amir Wade.
And you thought some DBB readers took the Free Amir movement too seriously …
sounds like another guy I know who reportedly is going to name his 1st born son DeVon Christopher Dalembert
Ha, he’s Little Rasheed. Kind of like Lil’ Penny from those old Nike ads…
That is totally hilarious. I’m gonna share this with my lady and demand that we name our first son Kwame.
I kid!
That’s impressive, but nothing compared to my plan to name my first son Rasheed Wallace (*@#$@#.
Seriously, Clifford Wade might be the coolest guy in the nation (aside from Sheed, Max and Amir).
Congrats to Clifford & Latanya!
I was going to name my firstborn son Flip Primoz but…things change.
Will Clifford shout “Sheed!!!!” when the little guy pokes hi head out during the delivery?
Matt, I am trying to email you, but the links are broken from behind my work firewall.
Please get everybody on board to vote for Jason Maxiell over Leon Powe at the HoopsAddict Floor Burn tournament:
http://hoopsaddict.com/2008/08/18/fl…ament-round-3/
Max’s lead is slipping, and what’s more, Houston fans are voting for Powe because they are afraid Max will beat Shane Battier in the next round! Help us, everyone!!
Joe Cubed wins this thread, regardless of what’s posted after this line:
“I was going to name my firstborn son Flip Primoz but…things change.”
You can’t lose after a play like that, it’s impossible.
If I have a daughter, her name will be Kelly Nimphius Milicic Sawyer.
Amir gets even some more love.
Here’s Sullivan on some of the other young Pistons:
# Amir Johnson – “I love him. He ran the floor every time (in Las Vegas). I wish he would have rebounded the ball a little better out there, numbers-wise, but he did everything we asked him to do. Coach asked him to sprint the floor and run to the rim every time, he did. We asked him to trap on the side pick and rolls, he did. We asked him to show up on high pick and rolls, he did. All the thing we asked him to do. I thought he had a great two weeks in Vegas. I’m looking forward to working more with him. He’s one of those athletic kids who is going to be able to roll to the rim and finish, especially with a guy like Rasheed spacing the floor. What are you going to do? Are you going to stop the roll or are you going to stop the three? That creates problems.”
http://truebluepistons.blogspot.com/
My firstborn will be named, “Prince Rosco Babyeater of the Hermannator”
^ Win
Why not name it something more productive, like Roscoe?
My dog’s name is Chompsey Billups.
Nice! So the ending result is exactly identical to Sheed’s intials, R.A.W.
NBA player matchups on NBA Gauntlet.
In week 1, Chauncey Billups was defeating Baron Davis, but now he’s losing.
Dwyane Wade destroyed Gilbert Arenas.
LeBron James and Kobe Bryant are neck and neck this week.
Also with team analysis.
So his initials are RAW? That’s fairly badass.
You laugh, but my wife’s cousin’s step-father named his last kid “Chauncey Billups Ramirez”. No joke.
(Arabic)
Rasheed: rightly guided
Amir: Prince/leader
So the rightly guided prince. Cool name.
Rasheed means “rightly guided”? That’s a good one.