Ah, nothing like an old white football writer talking about the NBA. I’m sure him and his friends have hilariously racist names for the league, and no, I’m not talking about the National Booger-Eaters Association (although that is quite the burn). Here is a statement from Peter’s weekly Monday Morning QB article over at SI.com -
“Sure am glad to see the NBA is back. I can name three Celtics, two Lakers, one Heatsman and zero Timberwolves, zero 76ers (wait: they have someone named Iguana, or something like that), zero Hawks, zero Clippers and zero uninjured Trailblazers. I guess you’ll want to take away my sports writer’s license. Now, I do like watching Steve Nash and Jason Kidd and LeBron James; I will admit that. Kidd and Nash are two of the most effervescent and fun athletes alive. Fun to watch, fun to root for.”
My Fire Joe Morgan style dissection after the jump.
Sure am glad to see the NBA is back.
Me too, Peter. So is most of the sports loving world, as it’s just another thing to distract us from the harsh realities of the real world.
I can name three Celtics
I assumed he meant Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, and Kevin Garnett. But then I thought about it, and decided he’s probably talking about Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish (whom Peter thinks is very “well spoken”)
two Lakers
Kobe is the given, but I really wonder who the other one is in Peter’s mind. Derek Fisher? Lamar Odom? Andrew Bynum? Actually, it’s probably Luke Walton. Because he’s white.
one Heatsman
This is the most baffling one to me, because the Heat have two mega stars on their roster. If he’s talking about Shaq, that means he has never heard of Dwayne Wade, who almost single handedly won an NBA title two years ago. The same Dwayne Wade that has numerous commercials on TV, including the T-Mobile spots with Sir Charles Barkley. If he does know who Wade is, then he has never heard of Shaq, the biggest star the league has seen since Jordan. Either way, Mr. King would probably never let his daughters date either of them.
and zero Timberwolves
I’m a fair man, and I’ll give him this one. The T-Wolves do not have a superstar now that Garnett has left town. However, they do have a dearth of young talent, which just shows that Peter King hasn’t watched an NBA draft in the past three years. There’s a joke there about Peter sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and watching young black men get picked by rich white men based on their physical prowess, but I just can’t find it right now.
zero 76ers (wait: they have someone named Iguana, or something like that)
Holy. Crap.
zero Hawks
Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Joe Johnson, Al Horford (who just won back to back national titles need I remind you) are the ones I can name off the top of my head.
zero Clippers
Elton Brand? Sam Cassell? You know what, I’ll chalk that knowledge up to the fact that I live in Los Angeles, and give Peter a pass on this one. I’m just making sure he doesn’t rip me later with a “some guy named ‘Lamp post’ or something” retort.
and zero uninjured Trailblazers
You mean the reigning rookie of the year, Brandon Roy? Or another young talent in LaMarcus Aldridge? Actually, I should probably stand up and applaud that he has heard of Greg Oden.
I guess you’ll want to take away my sports writer’s license
Yep, that’s pretty much where I’m going with this. Or at least stick to the sport you are an expert in. But how can you write for the biggest sports magazine ever and not follow the big three (baseball, basketball, football) closely? Can’t you share it with someone, anyone who has any knowledge of the NBA so you don’t sound like an old white bigot when you talk about it? I mean, come one! “Iguana”?!
Now, I do like watching Steve Nash
White guy.
and Jason Kidd
Looks like a white guy.
and LeBron James; I will admit that
You will admit what? It’s like he’s making some large concession here. Thanks for spilling the beans about your deep dark secret about actually liking some basketball players. Way to stand up for…I don’t know what. (and yes, I fully see the humor in calling it Peter King’s “deep dark” secret)
Kidd and Nash are two of the most effervescent and fun athletes alive
So two white guys (well, one white guy and one light skinned guy who I’m sure Peter thinks is white) are two of the most fun athletes alive. More fun than Kobe, Lebron, Wade, AI, Gilbert Arenas, Tracy McGrady, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwight Howard. I’m starting to see some sort of pattern forming. And really, the “effervescent” was a little too much. Way to use that SAT word a day calendar, Mr. King.
Fun to watch, fun to root for
Agreed, but I think all NBA games and players are fun to watch. And I’m still trying to figure out what ‘fun to root for’ means. I’m guessing that Peter likes Kidd and Nash and doesn’t have any guilt pangs for liking someone that doesn’t look like him and his immediate family members. Other things Peter King thinks are ‘fun to root for’:
The South
Phil Mickelson
Dog The Bounty Hunter
Seinfeld reruns
‘Merica!
LOL! I really enjoyed this one DLamp. I find it especially funny because I honestly believe that Peter King thinks Jason Kidd is white.
Your reading way too much into his comments. Even if in his heart his comments were racist you have no proof of that. There is a semi-colon after Lebron which means that he is including steve nash and jason kidd in the “I will admit that” comment. Then you say that Jason kidd looks white like that is something that is okay for you to say. I don’t think he looks white just because he is light skinned and that is my opinion. There is enough racist sports casters out there, using terms like “he’s instinctual” instead of intelligent and comparing every black quarterback to every other black quarterback (ex:Troy Smith 6′ pocket passer to Auburn’s 6’6 running passing quarterback, given last week), to find real statements of racism. Laser focus your idea to something that can be proven.
WHITE CHRISTIAN EXTREMIST IN AMERICA
I was looking at “ America Live With Megyn Kelly” she was discussing Peter King hearing on Muslim Extremist in America! I immediately thought. What a hypocrite with selective memory! How could any American especially a white American. Not acknowledge the “white Christian extremist in America. Or white racist Americans that have gotten into every area of American institutions! That have murder more Americans in America then Muslim could begin to do! AND CONTINUE TO THIS DAY! Where is Mr. King hearing on the Ku Klux Klan in America??? Where is Peter King when black children in NY and Philly as young as eight! Are made to drop their trouser and take off their shoes going and coming to school! Under a stupid policy of Stop& Frisk. Which really mean stop all black people! In plain view of the public! Where is Peter where in America a black unarmed American is shot in the back while handcuff! Or a 72 year old white woman is knock to the ground and taser. For not signing a ticket. Or a black pregnant woman taking her son to school. Is stop for speeding. Refuse to sign the ticket is pulled from her car and taser 4 time and punch! Where the hell is Peter King??? Peter King has never called for hearing on the Catholic Priest that have rape and molested American children in the thousand! Or a 92 year old shot 39 times 6 bullet hitting their mark. After finding out they raided the wrong home they planet drug in her home and a gun in her hand! Where is Peter King ???? Or a 7 years old black child asleep in her Detroit home. A Detroit cop first threw a flash bomb. That burn a third of the child’s body then shot her DEAD! Also where is Mr. King hearing on white on white crime feature nightly on Nancy Grace. Where is Peter King on these issue!
The embattled Libyan leader, Moammar Gadhafi, is one of those rare figures in the world who manages to not only seize power, but also hold onto it for decades. Despite the inevitable mythology that grows up around such figures, however, it is worth noting that he has not done it alone. He has had a large, if at times quarrelsome, family to help him hold onto the reins. Moammar Gaddafi is evil and a dictator! OK NOT NEWS!!!!!! Today many Libya citizen are fed up with Gaddafi and his evil! And are rioting in the street! THAT IS NEWS! Now the white control media wants to condemn President Obama for not stating Gaddafi is a evil force and his treatment of his people is evil! The white control media is fast to condemn Gaddafi for murdering Libya students (which he deserve) but not condemn our government for murdering 74 American in WACO in America! It is true that some of Gaddafi military are disobeying orders. Just like the white American solder that refuse order in this country. Because he claim President Obama was not a American! The white control media is proven to be American evil terrorist. There sick mentality and rhetoric seem to attack President Obama and America and promote hatred and war! Many Republicans want the President to demonize and condemn Gaddafi more angrily ! These idiot of hate and divide don’t understand nor do they care. That Americans are in Libya and the President must be careful not to set Gaddafi off MORE THEN HE IS! Which may lead to Americans taken hostage or murdered in Libya! One of the dumbest Republicans Sarah Palin needs to shut up and not cause another death with her words like she did in Arizona ! The white control media needs to SHUTUP and allowed the President to protect those Americans in Libya! The business of criticizing President Obama on any and everything is getting to be sickening! Also so very obvious! It is also funny and sick that the white control media can report on the evil of these country one person decade rule. But never look at the evil of white only male only American rule. That is responsible for the unbalance in America the discrimination in American the hate and divide that has hurt and made America last in allot of area!
A FALSE HERO
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, is a false made up hero of 9/11! Just like Ronald Reagan !The white control media made up “America’s Mayor” after the 9/11 incident! Not only didn’t Rudy deserve that title Rudy knew he didn’t deserve that title. The day after 9/11 Rudy went to a wedding! The radios brought for firemen and police officers Rudy’s administration purchase where worthless communication at a $1,000 a pop! On 9/11/2001nearly 3,000 victims and the 19 hijackers died in the attacks. According to the New York State Health Department, 836 responders, including firefighters and police personnel, have died as of June 2009. Among the 2,752 victims who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center were 343 firefighters and 60 police officers from New York City and the Port Authority. 184 people were killed in the attacks on the Pentagon. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 70 countries. It took President Obama in 2010 to get a health plan pass for the responders of 9/11 NOT RUDY! He was more concern in his image! He was also more concern in cheating on his wife and publicly disrespecting her! The first time Rudy ran for President he won NOTHING! Not a single District! Peter King is part of the stupid in NY that does nothing but promote hate and divide!
NO SURPRISE
Disgraced Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff said in an interview published online that banks and hedge funds were “complicit” in his scheme to fleece victims out of billions of dollars. Does he really thinks that is new? The White Buddy System is part of America’s financial downfall! Any place that the White Buddy System touches turns illegal or against non-whites! Law enforcement, government, politic and education! Are just some of the area that the White Buddy System has infiltrated and corrupted! Oh Yeah!…..American history has been infiltrated to reflect a less evil white racist history by the White Buddy System! So to be surprise about a white Madoff is STUPID!!! Also if you think that there are not more Bernie Madoff in operation right now TODAY! YOU STUPID!!!! Bernard Lawrence “Bernie” Madoff born April 29, 1938) is a former American stock broker, investment advisor, non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of what has been described as the largest Ponzi scheme in America’s history. That means you can take all the incarcerate black thieves. Starting in 1930 until 2012 combine all they have stolen. They would have not stolen more then Madoff! Where the hell was Peter King’s hearing on this issue!!!