Not even going to swipe, go read this. Quentin Richardson is in here as his special guest editor. There's chicken pox, a jet ski accident, the early aughts Clippers, career advice from Shawn Kemp, a professionally shot ninja movie that Shaq made with his friends, the head tap thing, Mystikal eating a potato chip and what to do when you're 27 and out of the league, literally everything you could ask for in a story.

"Iverson’s gonna be down there. Marbury. Gary Payton. Lenny Kravitz. Tommy from Martin."

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/what-the-hell-happened-to-darius-miles

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

This stood out:

"When you pop out the womb in East St. Louis, it’s guns, drugs and danger, from start to finish. And I’m not saying that to brag or nothing. It’s just what it is. It’s the murder capital. And the thing about it is that it’s only 89 blocks.

So no matter who you are, or how much you try to keep your head down … there’s nowhere to hide. You’re in it. There’s no choice. Fact of the matter is, I had a lot of cousins who were street pharmacists. A lot of my people were Streets Disciples. It was what it was. You heard gunshots every night. Routine. You don’t know any different. But that’s the thing ― you might read about those kinds of places, or see them on TV. I don’t think the average person reading this in Montana or whatever understands what it’s like to be a kid in that environment."

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>This stood out:
>
>"When you pop out the womb in East St. Louis, it’s guns,
>drugs and danger, from start to finish. And I’m not saying
>that to brag or nothing. It’s just what it is. It’s the
>murder capital. And the thing about it is that it’s only 89
>blocks.
>
>So no matter who you are, or how much you try to keep your
>head down … there’s nowhere to hide. You’re in it.
>There’s no choice. Fact of the matter is, I had a lot of
>cousins who were street pharmacists. A lot of my people were
>Streets Disciples. It was what it was. You heard gunshots
>every night. Routine. You don’t know any different. But
>that’s the thing ― you might read about those kinds of
>places, or see them on TV. I don’t think the average person
>reading this in Montana or whatever understands what it’s
>like to be a kid in that environment."

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

Like he said, it's 89 blocks. You almost knew everybody. If I dropped some names, ThaTruth probably knows some of my people and vice versa lol.

I've told the story on here before but I balled against him on Wilson Elementary Schools parking lot...on a roll away rim at that. I was 19, home from college in Chicago and he was 15, about 6'6". I gave him the business that day not knowing who he was or what he would be. I came back a year or two later and saw him killing fools in the projects not too far from where we hooped. I thought "dude got taller, bigger and much better".

Never figured he'd go straight to the league. One of his running buddies was the lil brother of this dude Tyree I was cool with as we use to hoop in the neighborhood. I think I ran into them at the mall the year before his senior year in HS (again on break from college).

Anywho...a few things stood out about this piece:

1) I tell people like this: In East St. Louis, nobody’s going to the gun range. I never went to a gun range in my life. When dudes shot their guns for target practice, they did it right in their backyard. I’m talking AR-15s with the 50-round clip.

^^^Yup

2) We had one guy to look to when I was a kid: LaPhonso Ellis. He made it to the NBA and he never came back.

LMAO

3) I was 13 years old playing with 30-year-old dudes, and after we’d win the championship, they’d be asking my momma if I could go to celebrate with them at The Pink Slip.

It's funny how The Pink Slip has this renown reputation for it to be in ESL.

4)And I remember my momma said, “What’s MJ like?”

And I said, “Momma, it’s so crazy. Michael Jordan was out here cussin’. He talks just like us!”

^^^Stonewashed jeans and all

5) It’s funny, I ran into Shawn Kemp after we played Portland, and he was one of my heros. I used to watch all his tapes.

He said, “Look, I’m not gonna try to tell you anything. But lemme just say this. Every time you dunk, you dunk hard. If you do that, you know what’s gonna happen?”

I said, “What, Shawn?”

He said, “They gonna stop jumpin’. They gonna start wavin’ atcha.”

Man, after Shawn Kemp told me that … every time I dunked the ball, I tried to dunk the shit outta that motherfucker.

^^^Timeless

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Had no idea it was his tribute to hollering at random high school girls in LA.

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I'm a little older and I grew up with some of his family. I remember when he was in high school and people first starting talking about a kid from ESTL going straight to the league I was skeptical until I actually saw him play and even then it didn't seem quite real. At that point the list of dudes going straight to the pros from high school was extremely short.

But yeah all the points you highlighted are spot on lol...

>Like he said, it's 89 blocks. You almost knew everybody. If
>I dropped some names, ThaTruth probably knows some of my
>people and vice versa lol.
>
>I've told the story on here before but I balled against him on
>Wilson Elementary Schools parking lot...on a roll away rim at
>that. I was 19, home from college in Chicago and he was 15,
>about 6'6". I gave him the business that day not knowing who
>he was or what he would be. I came back a year or two later
>and saw him killing fools in the projects not too far from
>where we hooped. I thought "dude got taller, bigger and much
>better".
>
>Never figured he'd go straight to the league. One of his
>running buddies was the lil brother of this dude Tyree I was
>cool with as we use to hoop in the neighborhood. I think I ran
>into them at the mall the year before his senior year in HS
>(again on break from college).
>
>Anywho...a few things stood out about this piece:
>
>1) I tell people like this: In East St. Louis, nobody’s
>going to the gun range. I never went to a gun range in my
>life. When dudes shot their guns for target practice, they did
>it right in their backyard. I’m talking AR-15s with the
>50-round clip.
>
>^^^Yup
>
>2) We had one guy to look to when I was a kid: LaPhonso Ellis.
>He made it to the NBA and he never came back.
>
>LMAO
>
>3) I was 13 years old playing with 30-year-old dudes, and
>after we’d win the championship, they’d be asking my momma
>if I could go to celebrate with them at The Pink Slip.
>
>It's funny how The Pink Slip has this renown reputation for it
>to be in ESL.
>
>4)And I remember my momma said, “What’s MJ like?”
>
>And I said, “Momma, it’s so crazy. Michael Jordan was out
>here cussin’. He talks just like us!”
>
>^^^Stonewashed jeans and all
>
>5) It’s funny, I ran into Shawn Kemp after we played
>Portland, and he was one of my heros. I used to watch all his
>tapes.
>
>He said, “Look, I’m not gonna try to tell you anything.
>But lemme just say this. Every time you dunk, you dunk hard.
>If you do that, you know what’s gonna happen?”
>
>I said, “What, Shawn?”
>
>He said, “They gonna stop jumpin’. They gonna start
>wavin’ atcha.”
>
>Man, after Shawn Kemp told me that … every time I dunked the
>ball, I tried to dunk the shit outta that motherfucker.
>
>^^^Timeless

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"Take the surprise out your voice Shaq."-The REAL CP3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H5K-BUMS0

I had no idea. I was young-ish, but all I remembered was the injuries. Salute to him for being in a better head space now

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with some perspective and real info to drop for people

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

he was still able to go down to Florida and get better.

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hilarious in hindsight

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the ones we stuck with were a bulls-related thing (since they were both from the chi area) and we also used to do it if we stuck a chick in both holes. learning the real meaning is a little disappointing but still satisfying.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

i met d and q a few times early in their careers, d more so at the jordan camps. real ass dude all the way, kinda quiet but funny and real chill. my best friend in college was a huge clippers fan and borderline obsessed with them. we used to do the two fists to the head thing in intramural games if we were really rolling.

the best part was Q as the guest editor. i liked him talking about jordan, it was kind of understated but yeah they made mike out to be this kind of mythical figure but he was a regular dude hooping and talking shit out there. also funny that he dogged their And1s lmao.

i always liked miles and it was a shame he never got to fully develop. it was definitely sad to read about his mom, super sad to feel like someone is just about all you've got and lose them.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Because they never really got past the "it's a fun young team, could be on a come up" phase before Miles got sent to Cleveland and Odom signed with Miami. It would be like if OKC had traded away Russ halfway through Harden's rookie season and then KD left in free agency.

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would have loved to see them keep the crew together with these two, lamar, mags, brand plus a point guard and center TBD. alas they were still the clippers.

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

two dudes literally had the whole basketball world reppin for a Los Angeles high school basketball team because one dude wanted some prom pussy.

Sad but beautiful outcome for the brother.

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for a while there a lotta rumors started to circulate. you can see in his face he has been through some shit but i am glad he came out the other side and that he and q are still partners

And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.

Love seeing Brotherhood survive.

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i always wonder when players go broke are they all broke broke

is his broke closer to vin baker or to sprewell?
cant be the same as AI's interim broke

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