Visual argument against guaranteed contracts.
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That's why they call him "Big Snacks," y'know.
Stupid people have stupid ideas.
by AK1984 on Oct 1, 2009 5:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
His arms are so blubbery
That takes dedication.
You know, if someone lets himself go like this… they gotta put language in these contracts that makes a contract null and void if one’s body fat percentage gets above 50%.
This is ridiculous that he is able to suck up a valuable roster space and 6 million bucks just because of Isiah’s dumb butt. I mean, if someone is able to trick someone into giving them a big deal, more power to them, but then to go and just get all fat and stupid… c’mon.
At least be ready to play.
I support guaranteed contracts, but I also think there should be something like a “no fatties” clause.
Morty
by Mortimer on Oct 2, 2009 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Apparently that $6.6M salary was invested wisely.
"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."
by Arby on Oct 1, 2009 3:20 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Who is that?
(say that while making a squirmy face)
An offensive rebound in paragraph form. -Mr. Golliver
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Oct 1, 2009 4:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Jerome James
aka the Dough Boy.
"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."
by Arby on Oct 1, 2009 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
One day
I hope to be that well conditioned
I wish I spent more time playing catch with you and less time training my body and mind to kill you...
by 1badbadger on Oct 1, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, you're thinking of James Johnson.
"Ain't nothin' in this world for free."
by Arby on Oct 1, 2009 7:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow. He is shaped like a bowling pin.
"I think he can still play" - Kevin Pritchard on Juwan Howard
by Norsktroll on Oct 1, 2009 4:45 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Best.Fanshot.Ever.
"What I'm not looking for is, uh, some big overgrown monster that's always thinkin' about food."
by Starvin' Marvin on Oct 1, 2009 4:47 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Holy god.
I think that’s the bouncer from the Safari Club on Powell…
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Oct 1, 2009 4:51 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He couldn't leave the flock, he couldn't leave always hugging the man
dinasour type of guys choir boys
by mittsabishy on Oct 1, 2009 7:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disgusting
Another thread making fun of fat guys.
Not cool.
- Tom
by tominhawaii on Oct 1, 2009 4:53 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I wonder if he passed Vinny Del Negro's conditioning test
"I think he can still play" - Kevin Pritchard on Juwan Howard
by Norsktroll on Oct 1, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'd've passed Kevin Duckworth's conditioning test.
Too soon?
All kidding aside, we do know from experience that morbid obesity can truly be life-threatening for NBA players after their retirement. For Jerome “Big Snacks” James’ sake, here’s to hoping that he can take care of his body for health reasons.
Stupid people have stupid ideas.
by AK1984 on Oct 1, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, lots of guys get fat after their playing days are over
Hard to adjust from not doing all that working out but keeping the same diet.
Call me crazy, but James is gonna be a lard butt a few weeks after he isn’t expected to wear a revealing basketball jersey anymore. His man boobs are going to spill out the side for Peter’s sake.
M—
by Mortimer on Oct 2, 2009 1:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's not fat...
he’s just big boned.
That's a player, that's a team player. That's somebody that I want to go to battle with.
-Dante Cunningham on Brandon Roy
by actwentysix on Oct 1, 2009 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Disgusting
And hillarious.
Dude, it’s one thing to make fun of fat people. It is a VERY different thing to make fun of fat NBA players.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Oct 1, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Ha-ha @ Jerome James!
Stupid people have stupid ideas.
by AK1984 on Oct 1, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Now, in his defense, the camera adds 5 pounds...
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Oct 1, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
BOOM!
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Oct 2, 2009 2:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So funny that that is actually Jerome James because...
I used to cater at the Westin Hotel on Park and Alder. When he was playing for the Knicks they stayed there and we set up a buffet for them on gameday (I think they played Seattle the night before) This takes place around noon, as I mentioned, on gameday.
I remember this vividly because I’ve told the story so many times. JJ comes down, fills a plate of pancakes and syrup, and mounding plate of pasta, and makes a huge meat sandwich and fills the rest of the plate with chips and cookies. Then instead of taking a glass of iced tea, he grabs the whole pitcher. I notice this all happening as I’m in charge of watching and keeping the buffet stalked. JJ didn’t want to eat in the room with his teammates. He looked at me and motioned toward the elevator. I carried one of the plates and the pitcher of tea back to his room with him. I remember making some remark like, “You better not eat all of this or the Blazers will be running circles around you.” (It was my duty to say something.) JJ had had a one word response like, “Yeah.” I set the stuff down on the desk and he was sitting on the bed into the pancakes before I could even get outta there. Ever since then, I check up on his stats once in awhile, he Really eats the minutes.
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by courtsideerrandboy on Oct 1, 2009 9:23 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I didn't realize minutes are so fattening.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
by annthefan on Oct 1, 2009 11:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He had one great playoff series. And made enough money for the rest of his life out of it. Amazingly efficient player.
"I think he can still play" - Kevin Pritchard on Juwan Howard
by Norsktroll on Oct 2, 2009 3:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
remember when he wore th egarbage bag around his neck?
something about sticking it to all the teams that told him to clean out his locker?
dinasour type of guys choir boys
by mittsabishy on Oct 2, 2009 8:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He earned a PER oif 10.0 the year before Isiah snatched him up for $25M
JJ responded with a 6.3 and a 5.8 PER the next two years to vindicate the choice.
Remember he only has to beat out Eddy Curry to play! Fat chance!
Travis: "His length is unbelievable. He's long, it feels like he gets his go-go-gadget arm out there and gets the ball." Dante Cunningham
by lee3022 on Oct 1, 2009 11:25 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
NYC has some of the best restaurants in the world
ANY of us would get fat living there with million of dollars to eat out every night.
Jerome and Eddy Curry can’t be blamed! They are the victims here.
M—
by Mortimer on Oct 2, 2009 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now he can battle for playing time with Aaron Gray
"I think he can still play" - Kevin Pritchard on Juwan Howard
by Norsktroll on Oct 2, 2009 3:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Serious question here
Do you think James hates his job? I think he does, eventhough he is getting paid bank for it.
I can relate to James because I don’t like to work out, never have, never will. I was able to supress this during my years in the corp, but everyday that I got up and ran, did dailies, etc… I hated it, and as soon as I left the Marines I let myself go pretty bad, going from 190 to about 340. Now I have changed my eating habits a bit since then and with only a small effort on my part have reduced the number the scales shows me, but I still hate to work out. Which is why I would never again take a job which required me to be in peak physical shape. I was offered a state patrol job, turned it down, fireman? no thanks. No job is worth it, if you hate doing it.
So I ask again, do you think James hates his job? I would if I were him.
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by usmcr3049 on Oct 2, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure he would like to be a more successful player than he is and doesn’t enjoy always sitting on the bench watching stars and never playing in the last years. But isn’t motivated enough to do everything for it, kinda like Eddy Curry who (aside from his known heart condition) would have the physical tools to be a mini-Shaq. With his injury last year, his motivation and self-discipline to stay in the best shape he can be seems to have gone completely out the window.
Controlling weight has much less to do with working out than with what, when and how much you eat. It’s physically impossible to work away everything if you eat too much (especially fat, salt, sugar, …). For less than 1 additional piece of cake, you would have to run or bike hard for 30 minutes. If an athlete even with a top metabolism eats half of what courtsideerrantboy describes above, it’s impossible to work that out without adding weight. Working out is important and doubly so for an athlete to e.g. keep your heart and blood vessels in check and your muscles active, but it has less to do with keeping your weight in check than people think. If Jones would pay a nutritionist and a cook, he would be in better shape even if he would just ride a (stationary) bike and run and play a bit in the off-season.
"I think he can still play" - Kevin Pritchard on Juwan Howard
by Norsktroll on Oct 2, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
depending on many factors norsk. When I'm in a lifting phase I probably eat 5-6000 calories a day, and am still hungry.
Remember Olympic
by dario argento on Oct 2, 2009 5:03 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
What happened there?! My internet is acting up.
Was gonna say remember how Olympic swimmers eat 12-15000 calories a day. Different people have VERY different caloric requirements depending on metabolism, activity level, and other things.
by dario argento on Oct 2, 2009 5:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You can say that again!
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
by pualo on Oct 3, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He's on a roll in this thread :)
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by jscot on Oct 3, 2009 11:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is it wrong that I feel kind of bad for him?
Some people just have weight issues, see Duckworth, Kevin…
by Rudiculous on Oct 3, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't feel bad for anyone who makes that much money ( at least on a professional level ).
The simple fact is these guys have a better chance of just about anyone in the world to live a healthy lifestyle. Their employer is demanding / begging for them to stay in shape. The team will supply dieticans, personal trainers, life trainers, private workouts, world class facilities the plebs / proletariat would die for. They can drift, and go with the flow of a regular nba team schedule and still stay in pretty good shape. They really have no excuse for getting like that.
I lost 70lbs last year, and realized my weight became an issue because of choices I made, and made the correct choices to lose it and live a healthy lifestyle. Granted, very poor people ( the majority of our obese population is poor ) are going to be less likely to make the correct decisions regarding health, but these guys are not, and have an army of people pushing them to make good lifestyle choices.
I hope he can pull it together and salvage his career, but I don’t feel sorry for him or any obese people really. I work as a paramedic and have to lift these people when they fall, get into car wrecks and get very sick, and it is a huge hazard when we respond on them. I have hurt my back several times because people just can’t put the fork down.
by dario argento on Oct 4, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a shame...
…especially for Duck, since he clearly had a problem even though he wanted to make us happy by being skinnier.
James just has given up and doesn’t even pretend he isn’t just getting paid 6 million a year to do nuthin’. That sort of behavior deserves our mockery.
Duck was sad, James is laughing all the way to the bank to me.
Morty
by Mortimer on Oct 4, 2009 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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