Detroit Pistons - first Darko and now this

[Irondawg]

The Pistons have signed second-round draft pick Walter Sharpe to a guaranteed two-year contract.
<div class="s_playerNewsTextMain"> Sharpe was the 32nd overall pick, and some Summer League scouts have him pegged as a lottery-level talent.

....let me know how that's all working out in about 3 months. </div>

 

[fishwater99]

WOW...

I guess Stans and the whole team was wrong about Walter.........

I guess this further proves all the NBA is about is the potential of players and their level of thuggery...

 

[VegasDawg13]

Why do people feel they need to make things up to bash on the NBA?

 

[TBonewannabe]

Its hard to keep a player on the team when they regularly miss practice and games.</p>

 

[MrHooch]

Why do people feel they need to make things up to bash on the NBA?

you're right...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make this up...
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[hatfieldms]

Why do people feel they need to make things up to bash on the NBA?

you're right...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make this up... </p>

So you are pulling up a fight from a few years ago as your proof? How many fights have you seen in other sports since then? The NBA has definitely cleaned up their image since then
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[hatfieldms]

WOW...

I guess Stans and the whole team was wrong about Walter.........

When did Stans every say he wasn't a good player?
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[Irondawg]

great player, even greater headcase.....the great thing is that he gets to hang around Rasheed Wallace. Maybe they'll trade for Artest as well to give him multiple role models. There's just no way Sharpe is disciplined enough to stay in good graces for long. He hasn't been able to do it anywhere he's been, even after getting shot. If that doesn't make you wake up, nothing will.

 

[MrHooch]

Why do people feel they need to make things up to bash on the NBA?

you're right...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make this up...</p>

So you are pulling up a fight from a few years ago as your proof? How many fights have you seen in other sports since then? The NBA has definitely cleaned up their image since then
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As proof of what? the fight that someone made up? that fight really happened....my only point was that there is a reason people think this way, it's not all, as you say, 'made up' for the express purpose of bashing the NBA. People don't need to make things up, the players do enough on their own...</p>
Having said that, I don't think this 'thugginess' is exclusive to the NBA...it's just readily apparent there.

 

[KurtRambis4]

stans wrong?

 

[hatfieldms]

Why do people feel they need to make things up to bash on the NBA?

you're right...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make this up...</p>

So you are pulling up a fight from a few years ago as your proof? How many fights have you seen in other sports since then? The NBA has definitely cleaned up their image since then
</p>

As proof of what? the fight that someone made up? that fight really happened....my only point was that there is a reason people think this way, it's not all, as you say, 'made up' for the express purpose of bashing the NBA. People don't need to make things up, the players do enough on their own...</p>
Having said that, I don't think this 'thugginess' is exclusive to the NBA...it's just readily apparent there.

I never said you made anything up. I just said you cant look at a fight from a few years ago and say that the whole NBA is a bunch of thugs
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[seshomoru]

And you obviously don't. Thanks for the opinion anyway.

 

[dogfan96]

you choose a fight from nearly 4 years ago to prove your point that the NBA is nothing but thugs? Really? Why didn't you just pull up the Rudy T/Kermit Washington incident? It's about as relevant at this point.</p>

 

[fishwater99]

Well last time a checked the NFL has a lot more players than the NBA.
If you want to do the percentages, the go for it, but I am sure the NBA has a higher arrest rate, aka "Thuggery"

http<span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow">://sports-law.blogspot.com/2005/07/nba-players-that-get-in-trouble-with_20.html</span>

 

[dogfan96]

riding around with weed in your pocket isn't "thuggery" in my book. I've got lots of friends with 9-5 jobs who do that and just don't get caught. Hell somebody on this board has weed in their pocket or at least accessible while I'm typing this. Same thing with DUIs. Everybody has a friend who has gotten a DUI (and sometimes mulitple DUIs). That doesn't make them thugs. It just makes them people.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

but I think shooting your pregnant wife is as thug as it gets. Not to mention Pacman, etc.