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Spike Lee: Larry Bird Most Overated Player in NBA History.
ESPN | 3/21/04 | CWB

Posted on 03/21/2004 9:34:19 AM PST by cwb

I just caught a clip of this on ESPN and couldn't help but notice the similarities between what Spike Lee said and that of what Rush said. Not only did he say Bird was the most overated player, he said that the "white media" would make you think that there were no great players before Larry Bird. I could tell that McKindry was uncomfortable with the story and it's going to be interesting to see how other's respond. Maybe we can get a comment from Isiah Thomas and Dennis Rodman who said that if Bird was a black man, he'd be just another average B-ball player.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: basketball; larrybird; nba; spikelee
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To: HitmanNY
After doing a Google search, I did notice that this isn't really anything new for him. It appears that an SI writer took Spike to task (prior to 1991) for his racist remarks earlier...when he even then called Bird "overrated" and the Great White Hope who would save basketball for white Americans. Still, you'd think that with well over a decade gone by, Spike may have gained some perspective and maturity. Apparently not.
101 posted on 03/21/2004 11:22:25 AM PST by cwb (Kerry: The only person who could make Bill Clinton look like a moderate)
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To: international american
Larry Bird was my hero, I was in awe of him
102 posted on 03/21/2004 11:22:29 AM PST by jincarolina (liberty is from God, liberties from the devil.)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Centers: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain
Power forwards: Karl Malone, Bob Pettit, Elvin Hayes
Small forwards: Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Elgin Baylor
Shooting guards: Michael Jordan, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West
Point guards: Ervin Johnson, John Stockton, Bob Cousy

I'm with you!
103 posted on 03/21/2004 11:23:36 AM PST by auboy (Beware the Pee Solution… aka the four corners offense.)
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To: cwb
Hasn't he been shot with a Charter Arms .44 Bulldog yet?
104 posted on 03/21/2004 11:25:26 AM PST by correctthought (Shop smart, shop S-mart.)
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To: tcuoohjohn
Rush does know football, and he was right as usual.
105 posted on 03/21/2004 11:26:23 AM PST by jincarolina (liberty is from God, liberties from the devil.)
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To: cwb
he's not worth wasting our breath on. Simple as that.
106 posted on 03/21/2004 11:27:08 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: cwb
he's not worth wasting our breath on. Simple as that.
107 posted on 03/21/2004 11:27:32 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: The Mayor
Larry Bird. Great, great, great player and good character.
108 posted on 03/21/2004 11:28:13 AM PST by cubreporter (I trust Rush...he will prevail in spite of the naysayers)
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To: cwb
It's all marketing. His 'act' plays with bombastic african american and latino youth. Just lob fireballs that you can't back up, act defiant, and to him, that translates to street cred.

Street cred is supposed to generate interest in his films. That interest is supposed to generate money.

It has failed. It's been downhill for Spike for almost a decade or more. If folks like that would just put more effort into making good movies on low budgets, they wouldn't need stunts like this.
109 posted on 03/21/2004 11:28:24 AM PST by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: cwb
Isn't Spike Lee the guy named after that network that shows "Star Trek" all the time?
110 posted on 03/21/2004 11:34:24 AM PST by Caipirabob (Democrats.. Socialists..Commies..Traitors...Who can tell the difference?)
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To: pepsionice
don't know if the thread started out to be about who is best, but Russell is and the answer is not only in his NBA championships, but in the unbeaten record at USF...it still stands.

Anyone that thinks Bird is over rated should go ask D. Wilkens and all of the Hawks. They played second fiddle to the Celtics because Bird learned to go right and shoot with his left hand. That shot won a championship and he worked all summer the previous year to perfect it.

111 posted on 03/21/2004 11:34:55 AM PST by q_an_a
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To: Zman516
Rush know squat about football..He is a tout who reads others sports analysis. " he was the only one who picked The NE Patriots to win the Superbowl back at the beginning of the season"...Crap. I can think of a dozen sports columnists off the top of my head who made the same prediction along with several million Pats Fans. Wow...Rush picks the 2002 SB winner to win the 2004 SB. What a stretch!...Rush is the Sports Nostradamus!..Muwhahaaa.

Rush needs to stick to what he knows...Politics

Spike Lee needs to stick to what he knows..Filmmaking
112 posted on 03/21/2004 11:35:07 AM PST by tcuoohjohn (Follow The Money)
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To: tcuoohjohn
A new plumbers first lesson:...(an Old saying)..Sh*t flows downhill ..and paydays on friday!
113 posted on 03/21/2004 11:37:15 AM PST by M-cubed
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To: cwb
The only reason this racist has a headline is thanks to the marxist led editors of America's print and electronic media.

Pity the sheeple, for they know not the truth.

114 posted on 03/21/2004 11:39:22 AM PST by Robert Drobot (God, family, country. All else is meaningless.)
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To: jincarolina
He was amazing!
115 posted on 03/21/2004 11:39:28 AM PST by international american (Support our troops!! Send Kerry back to Boston!!!!)
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To: cynicom
I think they could save everyone a lot of time if they just gave both teams 100 points with 30 seconds remaining on the clock"

I've always said that about Pro Basketball. Make it a 5 minute game. That's where all the strategy is anyway.

116 posted on 03/21/2004 11:40:56 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,Ooooooo.....I think I over-medicated,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø)
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To: cwb
Spike lee is the most pitiful wanne be director in history and would not be doodoo on a stick if he didn't draw attention by constantly blaming racism for problems caused by lack of virtue.
117 posted on 03/21/2004 11:44:18 AM PST by alrea (Democrats, Europeans, your taxes and the U.N. can stop obesity and create jobs.)
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To: cwb
Unlike Spike Jones, Spike Lee's contribution to the American fabric is soiled and of no value. He is a creation of the enemy within, and used to maintain racial distrust. He is, imho, a manipulating white man's boy.
118 posted on 03/21/2004 11:48:18 AM PST by Robert Drobot (God, family, country. All else is meaningless.)
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To: cwb
What do you expect, from a living "Boondocks" character?
119 posted on 03/21/2004 11:48:47 AM PST by Paul Atreides
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To: AUH2OY2K
I liked "She's gotta have it" and "Do the right thing" wasn't bad. Then he got a lot of flack for not being black enough, and started to make films to appeal to race haters.
120 posted on 03/21/2004 11:49:42 AM PST by stop_fascism
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