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Yeah, yeah, yeah...a bunch of y'all cats, including my so-called comrades got some big laughs from bigpo's post right here:
http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=1577598&mesg_id=1577598&page=3
What bigpo fails to realize is that my memory is as long as Interstate 95 too...
I know Laker fans (and probably a lot of okayLaker haters) remember Sunday June 14th, 2009. It was the day the Lakers won their 15th NBA championship beating the Orlando Magic in 5 games. I will admit, bigpo is the biggest Laker fan I've ever seen. He may be a bigger Laker fan than he is a Cowboy fan. NOBODY was happier when L.A. won than bigpo: not Jerry Buss, not Phil Jackson, not Magic, Kareem, James Worthy, Jamaal Wilkes, Kurt Rambis, Norm Nixon or the ghost of George Mikan. bigpo was happier than Kobe Bryant's mama. When Kobe got presented the Finals MVP trophy, bigpo stood up with TEARS STREAMING DOWN HIS FACE and pointed at Kobe on TV with both hands and was talking to Kobe like Kobe was in his living room, talking about "You did it my ni**a...you finally did it! You finally got that Shaq monkey off yo' back my ni**a! I KNEW you could do it my ni**a! Don't you be caring 'bout what jealous ni**as say about you...you the best...you done PROVED IT ni**a...ain't nobody EVER been able to hold you...not A.I., not Vince, not TMac, not Wade, not LeBron...you the best my ni**a, YOU THE BEST!" Then this cat bigpo crumpled down on his couch, buried his face in his hands and sobbed tears of joy.
But ^^^this^^^ ain't the tale I'm here to tell. I'm here to inform you of this hardcore Laker fan's behavior a few days later. Fast forward to mid-afternoon of June 16th, 2009. The place is Orlando International Airport. My family and I are waiting on bigpo and his family's flight to land so we can begin our 8-day Disney World vacation. (bigpo and I rarely fly together going to the same destination) This fool bigpo gets off the plane IN ORLANDO in FULL LAKER GEAR: Sasha Vujacic jersey, Laker tear-away sweats, Kobe Nikes with "bigpo" monogrammed on the side, a gold Laker head band...this fool looked something like this:
http://lakers.topbuzz.com/gallery/d/25033-2/Laker+fan+is+painted+up+and+holds+up+a+foam+finger.jpg
Anyway, we get the rental van, and on the way to the hotel we were staying we decided to get something to eat. We went to a pizza spot called American Pie, or something like that. We go in, order, get our drinks and go sit down. Low and behold, who do we see sitting down about eating about 2-3 tables away with a lady and a little boy? Jameer Nelson. bigpo gets up from our table, and as he's walking toward Jameer, he yells out "JAMEER! MY DAWG! I been a fan of yours since St. Joseph's! You was ballin' out of control! I was shocked than a mug when you came back for your sophomore and junior seasons...I KNEW you was going pro after your freshman season! Ni**a, the way you and Delonte west was hoopin? Lottery, ni**a, LOTTERY!"
Now Jameer is being gracious, saying "thanks" and whatnot, but looking at bigpo half-crazy and salty at this cat that's rolled up on him in full Laker regalia. Then 'po grabs a chair, and SITS DOWN AT THE TABLE with Jameer, the lady and the little boy, and uninvited, commences to talking basketball with Jameer, on some "Dawg...dawg...I mean it's obvious I'm a Laker fan, y'know, but I done ALWAYS liked your game...you don't have no idea how RELIEVED I was that you wasn't healthy for this series! I was having NIGHTMARES that you was gon get healthy for the finals and give Fisher THE BUSINESS!"
Jameer Nelson almost choked on his pizza. He was looking like "What the...I KNOW this fool didn't just tell me he was 'relieved' that I was injured?!?!?"
bigpo KEPT ON running his mouth: "Quiet as kept ni**a, QUIET AS KEPT, I LOVE Fish to death, that ni**a gon always have a place in my heart for what he done for the Laker legacy...but we gots to be realistic, Fish gettin' a little long in the tooth...WHAT YOU NEED TO DO is holla at your agent and see what he can do to get you in that purple and gold!"
I could tell he was getting on Jameer's nerves bad at this point, so I said "Yo man, I think the food might be ready..." and then I saw bigpo grab Jameer's glass and start walking toward the soda fountain. I was like "Man, what are you doing?" bigpo looked at me like a I was stupid and said "Ni**a, what it look like? I'M GETTING JAMEER SOME MO' ROOT BEER!"
This sycophant FINALLY came to sit down with us, and when Jameer walked by to leave bigpo said "Yo, one mo' thang dawg...where you be getting yo' BEARD SHAPED UP AT? That joint tight than a mug...no homo, but you bringin sexy back with that, REAL TALK."
bigpo's sons were so shocked at their daddy's behavior, they both were looking like this:
http://goinglocoinyokohama.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/buckwheat-poster-card-c10230417.jpeg
Fam, the whole scene was beyond pathetic...but wait, there's more to come.
"Is it not one father that all of us have? Is it not one God that has created us? Why is it that we deal treacherously with one another?" --Malachi 2:10
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