Ice for Dyess

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 10, 2011 4:47 PM CST in Off The Wall

The first time I heard the phrase "Ice for Dyess" was a couple of weeks ago. I was emailing one of the managers of Detroit Bad Boys (SBNations's blog for the Pistons) about trying to set up the Behind Enemy Lines post that SFS did with Mike Payne. I must admit that I utterly misunderstood. He graciously explained about the movement and I was completely enthralled by the idea. I had to thank him for letting me know about it.

What follows is my reply to him.

I had no knowledge, none whatsoever, that there was any "let's pull for McDyess to get a ring" faction amongst Detroit fans. I am both stunned and humbled. While that's one of the coolest things I've heard so far this year, I'm not sure how much actual rooting I'd be prepared to do if say, Tony Parker left a foundering Spurs team to play backup PG for a championship-contending Piston team in 2015.

Would I merely check boxscores, or would I watch highlights? If nothing was going on some random evening, would I tune in to a Detroit @ Washington game in early December, just to see if his second quarter stint would produce an opportunity for him to unleash his teardrop? Or would I start watching entire games while marveling at how much the new Motor City acquisition, Marcus Jordan, reminded me of his dad, even without the otherworldly hops. The answers to all of the above are at least "maybe", but the probability of each and every one of them decrease by no less than half, if Detroit had repeated at the expense of S.A. in '05.

Now I feel silly for having made light of this worthy cause with my Jacuzzi4McDyess comment. I had merely assumed that the Ice4McDyess was part of a training room regimen prescribed to help SAM (San Antonio McDyess) with his aching knees. Now I'm happy to know the story behind the phrase and will be on the lookout for it.

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I think a better example would be Manu. If Manu had never won a ring with the Spurs and wanted to very badly in the twilight of his career, Spurs fans would wish the best for him.

In fact, even if Dyess wanted to be traded to a sure contender, a part of me would want him to succeed because if there’s one player who deserves a ring, Dyess has to be him

"If the NBA season is a marathon, Gregg Popovich is a full-blooded Kenyan."

-Timothy Varner 48MoH

by Jordan Leithart on Mar 10, 2011 5:07 PM CST reply actions

agree i would totally root for manu to get a ring anywhere
im not sure what that says about tony but i wouldnt care nearly as much

by spurs fan on Mar 10, 2011 5:44 PM CST up reply actions

It doesn’t say anything about Tony and more about you as a fan. You just like Manu better, plan and simple. If you don’t like the player as much then you most likely will not care if he is traded or leaves as a free agent. I liked our big 3 from the first time they played for this team. I liked Timmy before that because he played for my favorite college B-Ball team so wherever he went I would’ve rooted for him. I must admit I liked Tony before I warmed up to Manu because Tony killed Gary Peyton in his 1st or 2nd season as a pro, that is when I knew he was gonna be a good player. Peyton was still a good not great defender and he made him look like the disposable glove. LOL.

One thing i can do...................is FINGER ROLL.

by gunnin' gervin on Mar 10, 2011 7:43 PM CST up reply actions

yeah but tony is still french…

by spurs fan on Mar 10, 2011 7:46 PM CST up reply actions

lol

True. I’ve had a few bad run ins with French people

One thing i can do...................is FINGER ROLL.

by gunnin' gervin on Mar 10, 2011 11:10 PM CST up reply actions

Shoot, birthday boy, that #ICE4DYESS hashtag has been on the Twiddle for ages…even I’m on that bandwagon ~ where u been? ;)

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Mar 10, 2011 5:07 PM CST reply actions

I’m still learning how it all works, and use it mostly to spam out blindly into the twitter-verse. I’m comfortable with @replying, and mentions and direct messages, but haven’t gotten to the hashtag part of the “Twitter for Old Folks” book that my eldest bought me for my birthday.

I’ll get there someday, though. I’m sure.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 10, 2011 5:11 PM CST up reply actions

Yes, old news :)

"A life, Jimmy, you know what that is? It’s what happens while you wait for moments that will never come." - Lester Freamon, The Wire

by silverandblack_davis on Mar 10, 2011 6:28 PM CST up reply actions

Seriously, I thought we’d been saying it around here for months.

I have flying monkeys at my disposal, and I'm not afraid to use them.

by Lauri on Mar 11, 2011 5:06 PM CST up reply actions

This search for ice4 definitely shows that I missed a couple of uses, but that’s all I can find.

And they were both by p2cat.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 5:48 PM CST up reply actions

Well I guarantee I’m an older folk than you, but it helps to follow the younguns like Josh n Aaron;)

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Mar 10, 2011 5:32 PM CST reply actions

Damn reply fail;) See where old age gets ya!?!

Honestly. You kids today, with your hippity-hop music and your Twiddle. - Lauri

by p2cat on Mar 10, 2011 5:33 PM CST up reply actions

Yes I do.

I’m not looking forward to it.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 10, 2011 6:33 PM CST up reply actions

Since the moment we got McDyess, he has been my number one reason to root for a Spurs championship, all selfishness aside. What a class act.

I wonder who my fellow Pounders think is their one Spur of all time that they wish had been a champion? Gervin? Gilmore? Or someone less obvious?

All these GIFs are breaking my browser.

by quincyscott on Mar 10, 2011 5:32 PM CST reply actions

I wish the Admiral had won a championship every year!

"If the NBA season is a marathon, Gregg Popovich is a full-blooded Kenyan."

-Timothy Varner 48MoH

by Jordan Leithart on Mar 10, 2011 5:39 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

i wish david had more…wish he had a little more help and won at least one before duncan…before david i wasnt really a spurs fan and most of the relevent players i can remeber or really cared about got one in 99 or after

by spurs fan on Mar 10, 2011 5:46 PM CST up reply actions

+1

One thing i can do...................is FINGER ROLL.

by gunnin' gervin on Mar 10, 2011 7:44 PM CST up reply actions

Too bad Duncan was injured that one year. That would have been a nice year for them to pick up a possible extra championship.

They say every time Pop smiles, an angel is told to stop being so fu--ing lazy and play some defense. -Hipuks 2/3/11

by grego21 on Mar 11, 2011 12:36 AM CST up reply actions

Vinny Del Negro.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 10, 2011 6:34 PM CST up reply actions

For some reason, I’ve never liked him.

It's in the dictionary under D-E-F-E-N-S-E...I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be may be may be wrong, but I doubt it.

by SpursfanSteve on Mar 11, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

At least, while he was a Spur- I think he’s underrated and abused by the media as a coach.

It's in the dictionary under D-E-F-E-N-S-E...I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be may be may be wrong, but I doubt it.

by SpursfanSteve on Mar 11, 2011 9:24 AM CST up reply actions

I never did either. That was my non-wish, masquerading as an actual wish.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Fantastic hair.

by DrumsInTheDeep on Mar 11, 2011 3:43 PM CST up reply actions

And scruffiness.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 4:11 PM CST up reply actions

Ime Udoka.

by r21x on Mar 10, 2011 7:12 PM CST up reply actions

I was very happy to see Michael Finley win a ring especially after his dispictable treatment by Dallas

by Minnesota Spurs Fan - P Below on Mar 10, 2011 10:31 PM CST via mobile up reply actions

Ice. And James Silas.

by 4Him on Mar 11, 2011 2:59 AM CST up reply actions

Little do the Suns fans know that striking Manu down will only make him more powerful than they can ever imagine.

by Seventyniner on Mar 10, 2011 7:48 PM CST reply actions

This is an exceptional image. Kudos to 79er.

But there seem to me two too many dice in it.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

Very happy to see Dyess starting. It’s the right adjustment by Pop, but he’s one of the best at adjustments, so it makes sense why he waited until now.

They say every time Pop smiles, an angel is told to stop being so fu--ing lazy and play some defense. -Hipuks 2/3/11

by grego21 on Mar 11, 2011 12:36 AM CST reply actions

Tuning him up for the playoff run.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 1:34 AM CST up reply actions

Spending quite a bit of time trolling DBB this morning.

I’m trying to figure out the Red Panda joke.

"We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad." - Popovich

by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Mar 11, 2011 7:49 AM CST reply actions

Check their version of the behind enemy lines post. They shared a link with me that explained it.

It's in the dictionary under D-E-F-E-N-S-E...I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be wrong, I may be may be may be wrong, but I doubt it.

by SpursfanSteve on Mar 11, 2011 9:25 AM CST up reply actions

read that it was great

by spurs fan on Mar 11, 2011 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

Here ya go, H.

Pounding the Rock
I cannot wait for the sixth fifth. - LasEspuelas

by J.R. Wilco on Mar 11, 2011 4:12 PM CST up reply actions

Pistons fan

I’m a lifelong Pistons fan and I just came across this checking the Piston’s page on SI.com, but as someone already noted the Ice4Dyess movement has been going for a while now, actually back when he was with us. As I’m sure you all know now, it’s because Dyess is one of the most stand up guys in the NBA.

Now that we’ve been relegated to pretty much a NBDL team this season I’m pulling for you guys to win it all this year. Dyess is one of the main reasons because he deserves it just about as much as anyone else in the NBA, but I’ve also got a tremendous amount of respect for the Spurs organization, even subduing my hatred after 05’. The Spurs really seem to value the team aspect of the game and doing what it takes to win. I can appreciate that, cause that’s what got us to where we were in the mid to late 00’s. So good luck Spurs fans, but don’t take it personal when I say I hope we’ll be right there with you in the finals next year. Yes I know I may be delusional, but gotta have hope.

by JForde on Mar 16, 2011 2:53 PM CDT reply actions