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Athletes that suck, but you like

  • like_that
    Mulva;1605108 wrote:Coco Crisp and Ryan Garko for baseball.
    Good call on Garko.
  • Laley23
    I definitely don't consider Crisp to suck. Hell, id consider him good.
  • Raw Dawgin' it
    Shawn Thornton
  • reclegend22
    Some NBA guys:

    Rafer Alston
    Wang Zhizhi
    Kareem Rush
    Steve Blake
    Kevin Ollie (during his stint with the Pacers in '02)
    Rony Seikaly (mainly because of NBA Hang Time on Nintendo 64)

    In college, I was a big fan of Tyler Thornton and Marty Pocius, even though the latter only played like once in every 15 games while at Duke. One of those games was against VCU in the 2007 NCAAs in which he took off on a fast break and attempted a dunk from near the free-throw line. He was about a step and a half inside but it was one of the greatest throw downs in Duke history. Just out of nowhere for a bench player, though Marty was as great a leaper as the Blue Devils have ever had.
  • Laley23
    reclegend22;1605190 wrote:Some NBA guys:

    Rafer Alston
    Wang Zhizhi
    Kareem Rush
    Steve Blake
    Kevin Ollie (during his stint with the Pacers in '02)
    Rony Seikaly (mainly because of NBA Hang Time on Nintendo 64)

    In college, I was a big fan of Tyler Thornton and Marty Pocius, even though the latter only played like once in every 15 games while at Duke. One of those games was against VCU in the 2007 NCAAs in which he took off on a fast break and attempted a dunk from near the free-throw line. He was about a step and a half inside but it was one of the greatest throw downs in Duke history. Just out of nowhere for a bench player, though Marty was as great a leaper as the Blue Devils have ever had.
    On that note...love Eric Maynor
  • reclegend22
    Laley23;1605194 wrote:On that note...love Eric Maynor
    Yeah, well you can go fuck yourself. :)

    I have a friend who hates Duke whose three favorite college players of all-time are Eric Maynor, Joe Alexander and C.J. McCollum. Asshole.
  • Mulva
    Laley23;1605124 wrote:I definitely don't consider Crisp to suck. Hell, id consider him good.
    I thought the same thing about Paul Byrd and Casey Blake (not good, but not sucky). If those guys belong on the list I thought there was enough wiggle room for coco.
  • Wally
    Rick Porcello
    Greg Little
    Colt McCoy
  • Laley23
    Mulva;1605216 wrote:I thought the same thing about Paul Byrd and Casey Blake (not good, but not sucky). If those guys belong on the list I thought there was enough wiggle room for coco.
    Proably true.

    I probably elevate Coco because he has been a catalyst at the top of 2 teams that have made the playoffs, 4 times total.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Derick brassard
    Eric Snow
    Casey Blake
    Aaron Shea/Steve Heiden
    Couch
    David Bowens
    Sean Jones/Brodney Pool
    Jerome Harrison
    Lee Suggs
  • Laley23
    Lee Suggs. Lol. Fuck that guy, but good call.

    Add him to my list as well.
  • Commander of Awesome
    Injuries. Good against the bungals, all potential. Just like kellan Winslow. Couldn't stay healthy.
  • Ironman92
    Bip Roberts
  • reclegend22
    Add Doug Christie to mine. Dude was fucking lights out from beyond the arc in Sactown. Although, as one of the great three-point shooters of his time, I'm not sure he should be on the list. He was fucking Doug Christie, though, so probably. He was crafty as hell with the ball in his hands.

    Loved his game and fuck-you attitude. Watching him punch Rick Fox in the face and then wait for him in the tunnel to continue beating his ass after both were ejected from a preseason game in the early '00s was some of the best TV I've ever seen. Fox was an asshole.
  • Ironman92
    Kendall Gill
  • Lovejoy1984
    Fab1b;1605052 wrote:/thread has a white dude that sucks stretched an NBA career better than he?
    Mark Madesen?
  • reclegend22
    Bill Wennington played for 16 years averaging 4 points and 13 minutes per game, so I'd rank him right up there with the best worst white dudes.
  • SportsAndLady
    Freddy Adu comes to mind
  • Al Bundy
    Super Joe Charboneau
  • Automatik
    SportsAndLady;1605835 wrote:Freddy Adu comes to mind

    Good one! Been waiting for years for him to "break out." Not gonna happen.
  • Laley23
    Im gonna go ahead and add Nick Swisher to this list.
  • Ironman92
    More so now but Rick Ankiel and Jeff Francoeur.....can't make or hold big league spots, but two of my favorites
  • vball10set
    Nick Swisher


    /Con_Alma'd
  • SportsAndLady
    vball10set;1606393 wrote:Nick Swisher


    /Con_Alma'd
    Actually laley said that
  • vball10set
    SportsAndLady;1606415 wrote:Actually laley said that

    Yeah, I just saw that :(