The Best Player Ever to Grace the Chinese Basketball Association Gets Fired
by Dave on Feb 2, 2009 12:46 PM PST
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PrintThe Agence-France Press reports that a foreign superstar has SHOCKINGLY been let go by his Chinese Basketball Association team for failure to report after a holiday. Apparently the star player asked for, and received, two reprieves but still blew it. He was quoted as saying, "Since I've been here it's been all business and no fun, so I'm looking for some fun."
Yeah...who hasn't ditched their job because it wasn't quite fun enough?
Thanks to Henry Abbott for the tip.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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Was his nickname in China the "Bonzi tree" ?
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
Isn't "Bonzi" a Japanese name? Isn't Bonzi a Japanese-American?
I think the Chinese still harbor some hard feelings toward Japan as a result of events around WW II. This may go a long way in explaining their otherwise puzzling hostility toward the fun-loving Bonzi Wells.
lol I was just coming to post this in the junk, but you beat me to it.
Yahoo’s got the same report up.
Poor guy. And by poor I mean literally poor.
Want more aggressiveness? Try less Baylesslessness.
2 countries down
191 to go.
Well, 190 really. I don’t think Burkina Faso has a league.
Maybe it would be more “fun” in Tajikistan?
—Dave
I wonder how playing in China was not fun for Bonzi
He got to shoot 15 3’s a game.
"Only dunk and go to the defense." Rudy Fernandez
He could not find weed
Bonzi didn’t know all he had to do is to ask any tattooed guys, only gang members in the “Triad” (Chinese Mafia} wear tatoos. Also spitting is not allow in public in all major cities, the two things that Bonzi enjoys the most.
Bonzi, Bonzi, Bonzi
I can’t really think of anything else to say.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
Gotta love Red
"I saw him in the face"
by RoodiePhirnandizz on Feb 2, 2009 2:17 PM PST up reply actions
He might do well...
…in a prison league! There’s lots of structure, free time, fewer distractions.
Oh man…… Seriously, when is he going to realize that basketball is a team sport? Or when is he going to realize that you get paid because it takes hard work?
Chris Dudley for three!
honestly...
the jail blazers never cease to amaze me. how in the hell did trader bob get all those guys together? he was the bizarrro KP. a backwards genius.
Say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos.
looking bad on it, it had to be intentional. Literally 60-70% had run ins with the law.
The little brother of Olden Polynice went to college with me. And no, he did not dress like a police officer.
Trader Bob is the Anti KP
Look at the Sea Hocks
by southern oregon on Feb 2, 2009 10:03 PM PST up reply actions
Bonzi Bonzi Bonzi oh where oh where will you find what you're looking for?
Here is a nice piece of poop!
-Billy Madison
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Feb 2, 2009 1:33 PM PST reply actions
Where is this boy's mama?
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
Roses are red
violets in bloom
Sophia’s in love
with Nicholas Batum
-Bow4Meow
Memphis should sign him.
nima told me to tell you to please stop using "Book it.", "FTW", "Epic" & "Fail".
by tominhawaii on Feb 2, 2009 2:05 PM PST reply actions 5 recs
One more to make it green....
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
You can take the Jackass out of the country................. but the Jackass will still be a Jackass in another country...
Or something like that.
The cilantro in your tapioca pudding since 2007.™
by timbo on Feb 2, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Your's is just as good ...
and less barnyard. Rec.
Well, maybe more barn yard, since you reference a mule. Of course someone might point out that you could possibly be offending mules, since mules as a group exhibit more general itelligence than Bonzi does.
Oh, and sorry for the language Dave. Blame Bonzi. He brings it out in me.
hakkaa päälle !
But, in an ominous sign, [Bonzi’s team] got thumped 89-110 by 10th-placed Changchun on Sunday without Wells.
Which inspires me to present “Bonzi Come Back.” Apologies to Hall & Oates.
Spending all your nights, all your money, goin’ out on the town
Trying anything just to have a good time
But when the morning comes
You’re nowhere to be seen again
Signing you was just a waste of time.
Bonzi come back; any fu manchu could see
There was something that we all liked about you
Bonzi come back; your 30 points per game, we need
We can’t score a Beijing lick without you.
All day long, assistant coaches looking over the town
Tryin’ to find the guy who brings us cheers
But as the team goes down, I get that empty feeling again
How I wish to God that you were here.
Bonzi come back; any fu manchu could see
There was something that we all liked about you
Bonzi come back; your 30 points per game, we need
We can’t score a Beijing lick without you.
Don't bash on Lichtenstein
Beautiful place.
Loads and loads of money. Loads and loads and loads.
When I rule the world, everyone will know how to use Excel.
I guess they'll be able to afford his salary.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Scottie Pippen is playing in invitation games for Russian billionaires these days
Bonzi still has options
I AM SHOCKED, SHOCKED!!!
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Jimi Hendrix
by philly420pdxhilo on Feb 2, 2009 3:38 PM PST reply actions
This guy had all the talent in the world and blew it
I was in 7th grade when Bonzi had his breakout season in 99-00, and I loved the fact that we had a young, talented player that we could keep around for a long time. I even bought a Bonzi Wells jersey and considered him – albiet briefly – my favorite player.
So that’s why it hurt so much to see him spit on that fan, to see him get into a fight with the crowd at Golden State, to hear about his “blackouts.”
As a kid, I looked up to Bonzi, but his actions killed off a little of the kid inside me.
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Feb 2, 2009 3:52 PM PST reply actions
When has a name been more inappropriate?
“Bonzi” Wells sounds like such a nice young man…
"We don't back down to nobody." --Joel Przybilla
I clicked on...
the Henry Abbot link and what amazes me even more is according to the blurb on Jumaine Jones signing with two teams at the same time, one of them is “Alyssa Milano”, well I’ve seen her on “Charmed” and I have to admit I’d play for her anytime. I want Jumaine Jones agent, he thinks outside the box!
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
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