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The Manu Man Crush and J.A. Adande Sucks

Being bored, tired and hung over, I had no better idea than to join a crappy J.A. Adande ESPN chat around 3pm to see if I could get this KG asskisser to show some Manu Love... surprise, J.A. is a verified moron.

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Dan, NY: True or False. Man crushes on Manu Ginobili are OK.

SportsNation J.A. Adande: (3:20 PM ET ) FALSE! He's fun to watch, and he was a killer last night, but man crushes are only allowed when somewhere deep inside you actually wish you could be that person. Do you really want to be a flopper with a growing bald spot?

 

Joey (Chicago): It's funny that someone with so little hair is actually making fun of someone who has a bald spot?

SportsNation J.A. Adande: (3:22 PM ET ) I can grow my hair if I want to. And my hairline's intact.

SportsNation J.A. Adande: (3:22 PM ET ) Speaking of hairlines, has anyone noticed how big a retreat Kobe's has made?

 

Bazzy (Knoxville, TN): 2-time MVP of an Italian league, MVP of the Euroleague, Olympic Gold Medalist, 3-time NBA Champ, Hero to millions in his home country of Argentina. I like my life just fine, but Ginobili's is very impressive.

SportsNation J.A. Adande: (3:38 PM ET ) That's all great if you want to live in Argentina. But my ideal life involves living in the US

 

Dear J.A. Adande, deep down inside I actually wish I could be Manu Ginobili (but of course he couldn;'t post my well argued response, what a whorebag)...and, J.A., that bald spot had me at hello...at hello...and, yes J.A., the Spurs are going to ROCK the Whorenets world.

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Lots of men bald, who gives a fuck?

by Linix129 on May 16, 2008 5:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Man, your day was way more productive than mine. All I did was go to work.

by beachwood on May 16, 2008 6:49 PM CDT reply actions  

JA Adande said he’d rather have Kobe take the last game winning shot before MJ….He is an utter buffoon.

by One4theThumb on May 16, 2008 7:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Adande is a Lakers homer. He has admitted that much for a long time now. So don’t put that much credence into what he says. If you want some fun stuff, check out Simmons (GASP) when he was talking a while back about Manu. I can’t find it because right now I’m a bit busy with work, but there was a statistic that had “Clutch-ability” meaning in the 4th quarter when the game is on the line who has come through the most for thier team….and the #1 answer was Manu Ginobili, followed by %’s points with Kobe.

Nice. :)

by Nixiack on May 16, 2008 7:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Taken from Bill Simmons' MVP column (he had Manu at #5)

5. Manu Ginobili
Ginobili’s particularly unique impact this season defied any conceivable statistical measure until our friends at 82games.com unveiled “Clutch Stats” (fourth quarter or OT, five minutes or less, five-point margin or less) and “Super-Clutch Stats” (fourth quarter or OT, two minutes or less, three-point margin or less). In “Clutch” situations, the Argentinian (I love calling him that) averaged nearly a point a minute and shot 57 percent from the field, 44 percent from 3 and 93 percent from the foul line. In “Super-Clutch” situations, Manu was the third-best scorer (behind LeBron and Kobe) and shot a jaw-dropping 62 percent from the field. Throw in free-throw attempts and you could make a case that Manu was a lock to score seven out of 10 times in the last two minutes of every close game. There might be better players, but nobody’s better with the bread in the toaster. Not even Kobe.

by JamesR on May 16, 2008 7:46 PM CDT reply actions  

That’s what I was thinking of. Thanks for finding it :)

by Nixiack on May 16, 2008 7:54 PM CDT reply actions  

I can’t speak for Manu, but I’m pretty sure his response would be this in any language….”What the fuck is a J.A. Andande?”

I never met anybody who said when they were a kid, "I wanna grow up and be a critic." - Richard Pryor

by DennardC on May 16, 2008 8:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Or he'd reply with something like:

I can’t even waste my time thinking about J.A. Andade.

Everytime the Spurs pass the ball like that, an angel gets its wings. - Hipuks in G6 vs NOOCH

by jollyrogerwilco on May 17, 2008 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions  

WHOOP! lol

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett

by spursfan4ever on May 17, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

golf clap

Set…..and….match. Nicely done, jrw.

by SgtinManusArmy on May 17, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Adande came from the LA Times. The bias never goes away. Just like those other jackasses. Namely Scoop Jackson, Stephen A Smith and Bill Simmons

by r21x on May 17, 2008 2:24 AM CDT reply actions  

Hey, r21x, where have you been? I came across your name yesterday in my list of people who had signed up to do recaps and I was wondering if we had lost you in the switch to the new format.

Glad to see you are still around.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on May 17, 2008 9:55 AM CDT up reply actions  

I’ve been around. For whatever reason the Game Threads once they get to like 500 comments or so stop loading up for me so I can’t participate in the chatter. =(

by r21x on May 17, 2008 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions  

Here's a question

Since when did a receding hairline or baldspots even REMOTELY affect a player’s performance? I mean, Jordan was BALD for his better years. I guess we should expect Manu to vault into hyperstardom (yes, my own word) as his hair bids him “adios,” huh? lol

"You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas." -Davy Crockett

by spursfan4ever on May 17, 2008 12:03 PM CDT reply actions  

I’m guessing that the receding hairline and/or baldspots affect, not the player’s performance, but how likely a shallow, biased writer would be to follow a sports figure. So, if you take someone like, oh… I don’t know, maybe J.A. Andrade (to choose someone at random) and if we examined who he’d rather cheer for between a hardnosed winner who plays with amazing energy and desire (say, Manu Ginobili) but has a less than perfect appearance (the beginnings of a baldspot, etc) and another player who’s proved himself over the years to be a me-first, whiner who’s happy to throw his teammates under the bus and demand trades (for this example’s sake, I’ll use one Kobe Bryant)—then we might find that J.A. is ready to criticize the obvious, albeit superficial, part of Manu, instead of looking at his game; and we’d find that this same J.A. would overlook the dark side of Kobe’s nature to show his true homer tendencies.

Everytime the Spurs pass the ball like that, an angel gets its wings. - Hipuks in G6 vs NOOCH

by jollyrogerwilco on May 17, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Those are the silliest examples I’ve ever seen randomly chosen in an analogy.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on May 17, 2008 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks for noticing.

Everytime the Spurs pass the ball like that, an angel gets its wings. - Hipuks in G6 vs NOOCH

by jollyrogerwilco on May 17, 2008 6:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I’m always here for you.

by Wayne Vore (ATS) on May 18, 2008 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions  

to be fair, he does comment on Kobe’s hairline towards the end of that article/chat/whatever. But methinks thats more of him just nudging Kobe to tell him to hurry up and win his ring now before its too late.

who are you who can summon fire without flint or tinder? there are some who call me ... tim.

by ptruser on May 17, 2008 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions  

having grown up in la, i have to disagree with adande being a lakers and kobe homer. hes actually pretty hated by the die hard kobe supporters for how he covered the breakup after the pistons series. then again, kobe fans think the entire worlds out to get him and doesnt recognize the greatness that is his selfishness. now adande being a homer for derek fisher on the other hand….

by Tim B. Dunkin' on May 17, 2008 3:59 PM CDT reply actions  

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