The Kobe Stopper’s Hero
Tony Wroten caught up in this as well
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Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion -
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion -
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin -
I don't remember him having that nicknameRaceBannon said:
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin -
yeah Patterson gave himself that nicknameDerekJohnson said:
I don't remember him having that nicknameRaceBannon said:
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin
he was also a rapist -
Who did you think Kobe the poster was referring to?DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember him having that nicknameRaceBannon said:
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin -
I had no idea, other than maybe he was referring to himself as The KobeStopper.RaceBannon said:
Who did you think Kobe the poster was referring to?DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember him having that nicknameRaceBannon said:
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin
I didn't see much need in drilling deeper -
Yeah, he referred to himself as "The Kobe Stopper" while he was playing in Portland. If I remember right, the very next game against the Lakers, Kobe scored like 40-50 points that night. So it became a joke more than a nickname.DerekJohnson said:
I had no idea, other than maybe he was referring to himself as The KobeStopper.RaceBannon said:
Who did you think Kobe the poster was referring to?DerekJohnson said:
I don't remember him having that nicknameRaceBannon said:
That would be the Kobe StopperDerekJohnson said:
I think Patterson played for the SonicsRaceBannon said:Ruben Patterson: Played for six different NBA teams from 1998 to 2007, known for his defense on the court
And his rap sheet off it.
As I recall Telfair was another SI cover boy as a high school player who didn't end up as the GOAT or GOAT runner up depending on your opinion
Hard to slip stuff by Stalin
I didn't see much need in drilling deeper -
How's Terrance Williams getting off so free here? Uncle @RaceBannon, aren't those your Rainier Beach Vikings?
Next level stupidity here - $4.9 Million divided by 18 defendants - about $275K per.
Most of these guys made millions playing ball - and they need another $275K?!?!
Stupid.
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They're in federal custody.PurpleThrobber said:How's Terrance Williams getting off so free here? Uncle @RaceBannon, aren't those your Rainier Beach Vikings?
Next level stupidity here - $4.9 Million divided by 18 defendants - about $275K per.
Most of these guys made millions playing ball - and they need another $275K?!?!
Stupid.
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Let's leave my Vikings out of this
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I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
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#metoo but I recall Ruben was there w GPDerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
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I didn't say he wasn't.BennyBeaver said:
#metoo but I recall Ruben was there w GPDerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
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Good to see Seattle basketball back in the news
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GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
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Stalin wasn’t really following the Sonics.BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
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Not mine either. GP was my favorite player, still is my favorite player of all time. But that was one of the best deals the Sonics ever made. Completely raped the Bucks.BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/02/nba-trade-deadline-2017-worst-trades-history-baron-davis-gary-payton-demarcus-cousins-list -
There's a UW booster that used to attend Sonics practices. He described stuff like Gary refusing to talk to George Karl. So at practice Karl would turn to Grgirich and say "Tell Gary that I want him to XXXXXX", and Gary would turn to Grgurich and said "Tell George I ain't gonna do that."BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
Anyway, he told me that Gary made it clear to Seattle that he would not resign with them at season's end and wanted out. FYIW -
@sonics1993 ?DerekJohnson said:
There's a UW booster that used to attend Sonics practices. He described stuff like Gary refusing to talk to George Karl. So at practice Karl would turn to Grgirich and say "Tell Gary that I want him to XXXXXX", and Gary would turn to Grgurich and said "Tell George I ain't gonna do that."BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
Anyway, he told me that Gary made it clear to Seattle that he would not resign with them at season's end and wanted out. FYIW -
LOL not "Detlef"RaceBannon said:
@sonics1993 ?DerekJohnson said:
There's a UW booster that used to attend Sonics practices. He described stuff like Gary refusing to talk to George Karl. So at practice Karl would turn to Grgirich and say "Tell Gary that I want him to XXXXXX", and Gary would turn to Grgurich and said "Tell George I ain't gonna do that."BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
Anyway, he told me that Gary made it clear to Seattle that he would not resign with them at season's end and wanted out. FYIW -
I definitely remember that he and Karl hated each other, and had for years. I thought the Sonics peddled that trade as a favor to GP given his age and that the Bucks were competing for the ECF while the Sonics were hot garbage at that point. As much as he meant to Seattle, I wouldn't have re-signed him for big money at age 34.DerekJohnson said:
There's a UW booster that used to attend Sonics practices. He described stuff like Gary refusing to talk to George Karl. So at practice Karl would turn to Grgirich and say "Tell Gary that I want him to XXXXXX", and Gary would turn to Grgurich and said "Tell George I ain't gonna do that."BleachedAnusDawg said:
GP forced that trade? That's not my memory.DerekJohnson said:I stopped following the Sonics around when Gary Payton forced the trade and left town.
Anyway, he told me that Gary made it clear to Seattle that he would not resign with them at season's end and wanted out. FYIW -
I had to check but George Karl was fired before the 98 99 season and Gary left during the 2002 season after feuding with new owner Howard Fucking Schultz. The Sonics were dead and buried by then and looking to rebuild which they did although in OKC
Payton chased a ring in LA with Malone then won one in Miami in 05 with the Heat
Both Payton and Kemp said they ran of KC Jones because they were so immature and liked what Karl brought. But Gary did fight him every step of the way
The classic of the back board pass to Kemp and a missed dunked got them benched. Gary said to Kemp - we're going to do it again when he puts us back in
There's a NBA TV special on Kemp and Payton that is must see -
Karl was also the coach in Milwaukee when Payton was traded there.RaceBannon said:I had to check but George Karl was fired before the 98 99 season and Gary left during the 2002 season after feuding with new owner Howard Fucking Schultz. The Sonics were dead and buried by then and looking to rebuild which they did although in OKC
Payton chased a ring in LA with Malone then won one in Miami in 05 with the Heat
Both Payton and Kemp said they ran of KC Jones because they were so immature and liked what Karl brought. But Gary did fight him every step of the way
The classic of the back board pass to Kemp and a missed dunked got them benched. Gary said to Kemp - we're going to do it again when he puts us back in
There's a NBA TV special on Kemp and Payton that is must see -
I went to an intrasquad scrimmage at SPU in 1995 …
GP was doing everything he could to get the officials to toss him so he didn’t have to play. Regardless of the abuse George kept telling the officials that they couldn’t T him up or toss him.
Finally in the 4th quarter George nodded and Gary hit the showers …
One of those relationships that while it happened they hated each other’s guts but over time pretty sure they realized they both needed the other -
For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'what might have been!'Tequilla said:I went to an intrasquad scrimmage at SPU in 1995 …
GP was doing everything he could to get the officials to toss him so he didn’t have to play. Regardless of the abuse George kept telling the officials that they couldn’t T him up or toss him.
Finally in the 4th quarter George nodded and Gary hit the showers …
One of those relationships that while it happened they hated each other’s guts but over time pretty sure they realized they both needed the other -
Once you get past the paternity suits portion, it delivers.RaceBannon said:I had to check but George Karl was fired before the 98 99 season and Gary left during the 2002 season after feuding with new owner Howard Fucking Schultz. The Sonics were dead and buried by then and looking to rebuild which they did although in OKC
Payton chased a ring in LA with Malone then won one in Miami in 05 with the Heat
Both Payton and Kemp said they ran of KC Jones because they were so immature and liked what Karl brought. But Gary did fight him every step of the way
The classic of the back board pass to Kemp and a missed dunked got them benched. Gary said to Kemp - we're going to do it again when he puts us back in
There's a NBA TV special on Kemp and Payton that is must see
