*************** As we engage in battle, the crowd now screams in rage The high chief Jamel Irief take the stage Light is provided through sparks of energy From the mind that travels in rhyme form
--------------------------------------- <<<------ Paul Wall blinging the Snoopy Watch ..... Rock, Rock, Rockin' it.... "I got a dick with a curve bitch that's all you deserve...." Project Pat
Lord_Vingtune Member since Jun 26th 2002 29554 posts
Fri Aug-26-05 11:17 PM
27. "smh...I thought charter members were smarter than this" In response to Reply # 0
LV...Lord of the Link
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and
it is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. - sherlock holmes
54. "it described his hustle from a poor African to an all-time great center." In response to Reply # 52 Tue Aug-30-05 01:30 AM by Lou
between his personality, his struggle, and his journey, the name fit him and stuck with him. all the way acrossed an ocean and shit. totally surreal yo.
60. "please let this be sarcasm" In response to Reply # 52
>i still want a legit answer dammit > > > > >------------------- >Oluwaseun > >"When I walk into the bank its like loggin' on AOL... they're >like 'Welcome you got mail"
61. "dont do yourself any favors now" In response to Reply # 52
you serious?
let me spell it out carefully.....
ever watch the guy play? ever see him work in the post? ever watch him play defense? ever hear his dramatic story of where came from to achieve all he did? ever hear of how he was a soccer player for his entire life before some guy brought him a basketball? ever look at the guys name?
if not, do some research on all of the above and if you still dont get it, shoot yourself.
68. "fuggit....please archive!" In response to Reply # 0 Tue Aug-30-05 02:27 PM by melmag
LOL...at least imma have a archived post in this bitch!
props to Lou for the right answer, i guess it makes sense
but yall act like thats common knowledge or some shit..
by that token, every African player with aspirations to play pro ball must be a dream.
hell, Dikembe is a dream then, DeSagana Diop should be one too. yo, Yinka Dare (RIP) was dreamy, wasnt he? LOL cant forget Okafor either.
i guess the American media got yall bamboozled into thinking all niggas from across the waters are living the "American Dream" simply by having the talent or potential to ball here in the States. Typical American arrogance!
------------------- Oluwaseun
"When I walk into the bank its like loggin' on AOL... they're like 'Welcome you got mail"
70. "no... look.... you got it twisted" In response to Reply # 68
teh dream element had to do with
-it SOUNDED good, it rhymed with hakeem -his style/ability of play... "coaches dream", etc... -PLUS the success story... deke aint exactly a "dream" on the court... deke aint got rings
its a multitude of things that make sense about the name...
but the rhyming thing should have been VERY obvious...
i was more addressing your thoughts of teh africa thing... and i should have never mentioned the rings, thats irrelevant. deke simply was nowhere near the player dream was...diop as well... what i am saying is that his play was part of what was deserving of the name
the africa thing i believe is also a part of it.... because its not so much the "poor soccer player from africa...." element as much as it is the ".....becomes dominant american collegiate and professional basketball player" element.. in other words its about what he became.... diop or deke dont have the name "dream" because it really doesnt apply.... everyone who makes it to the biggest stage in anything lives out a dream in that case... so coming from africa alone has nill to do with it.... it has to do with coming from africa, playing soccer, never touching a basketball, and then turning into a dominant monster of a playerand beating up on all the worlds best players on their own turf.... THATS where the emphasis is IMO.
81. "false logic, pinko" In response to Reply # 80 Wed Aug-31-05 04:16 PM by melmag
the 'rhyme' factor was obvious. no shit, einstein!
i was more questioning the term 'dream' as applied to hakeem itself...
how would 'dream' be so blatantly obvious to an outsider who doesnt watch b-ball?
yall mofos clown, but i still aint got ONE answer to that
from the replies in this post, yall seem to think/imply the term 'dream' applied solely cus it rhymed with hakeem, goes to show how much yall niggas know.
again outside of sports fans, who knows hakeem's story? the nigga coulda been called "hakeem the king." that also woulda rhymed,and would been ideal for the whole 'african royalty' angle, but would an outsider have known why he's 'king'??!!!!
my point exactly
GOTDAMMIT CAN I GET A MUFUCKIN ARCHIVE ALREADY!
------------------- Oluwaseun
"When I walk into the bank its like loggin' on AOL... they're like 'Welcome you got mail"
Printer-friendly copy 
Email this topic to a friend
Okay Sports 
