Favorite NBA player from the 2000s

[MtnHusker]

The way I remember it is she came back up after an invitation from Kobe. Your story makes sense because Kobe supposedly stuck it in her ass. I remember him being a bitch during the interrogation saying I should have been like shaq and paid her off right away.

Oh she wanted to fool around with him, just not have sex. She wanted to blow him. He had other ideas, and honestly I don't think he was thinking clearly because of the combination of pain pills & alcohol. We actually dealt with Kobe in Chicago around 2011 or 12, and obviously I didn't bring up his Vail incident but he was totally cool to talk to. Not the least bit arrogant around us. Very polite.

Another interesting story about him came from the reggae band Eek-A-Mouse. Did a show with them and they mentioned that Kobe had been back stage at their last show in Los Angeles with his girlfriend. I mentioned that he was married so probably his wife. They said "Nope" it was his girlfriend as they claimed to know both his wife & girlfriend. No real reason for them to lie to me about it but keep in mind they were stoned drunk musicians so sometimes I take what they say with a grain of salt.

And according to his band Eek-A-Mouse (Ripton Hylton) had 2 wives. They told me he had 1 in Jamaica and 1 in LA. African American Rasta woman in Kingston, Jamaica and a petite little blonde haired Barbie Doll in Cali. Ripton was also referred to as the Best Endowed Musician by many in the music industry. Eek was about 6-7 275 lbs and ripped plus spoke with a stutter. Looked like he could have played D Line in the NFL. Physically intimidating man who when he wore tight stage pants one could see why he had the moniker of Best Endowed Musician. Fucking Trouser Python ran half way down his leg. Ripton had all kinds of problems with drugs and alcohol plus sexual allegations. I thought he was gonna throw me out a window one night when he was fucked up and wanting more money after a contract. His tour manager told me that if Rip got a girl to his room she was getting laid whether she liked it or not. Hence numerous rape charges. I can't believe he's not dead or in jail now. Probably some countries he's not allowed back in. Big personality that was fun to work with as long as he wasn't fucked up cuz then he could get crazy.

 

[Cash68847]

Actually was approached by a friend who is a writer about doing a book. Done some crazy shit in my life and still alive to talk about it. Once I got into the Music Scene in Vail it really opened up so many doors to all kinds of ultra rich fuckers that wanted to be my friend. I'm pretty low maintenance and mellow so the rich Diva Alphas don't bother me when they are throwing hissy fits or get pissy. Gotta know when to roll with the punches. But I also didn't let them walk all over me personally and wasn't afraid to make fun of them which believe it or not caused some of them to like me even more cuz most people kissed their asses all the time. Literally made fun of Ian Ziering, twice, and he asked to hang out with us. We became friends. I busted on him like I bust on my good friends and he said the way I treated him reminded him of how he and his friends gave each other shit. He's a good dude, fun hang.

I morally wouldn't feel right profiting off of throwing the musicians, athletes and celebs under the bus in a book. I have so much dirt on so many famous people. Plus it could open me up to possible litigation if they didn't like what was printed. In many cases it would be my word against theirs and they would have much bigger lawyers than me.

It was kind of a joke. I meant you have enough info to write a book. You definitely have the best stories and your lake pics were some of the best.

 

[Jim14510]

yeah he was fucking amazing

I don't know anyone besides Garrett that liked him though.

 

[Cookiemonster]

Was a big nba fan from 95-10. I was a big time t Mac and Vince Carter fan. Kg is probably my favorite player ever though aside from Larry bird and Michael Jordan.


I’ll throw Rajon Rondo on the big 3 teams… his defense and assist ability was insane.

Underrated guys I would go Marcus Camby and Steve Francis

 

[Faux Sean Callahan]

 

[klrgumby]

I’m a Spurs guy. David Robinson was my first favorite player and then it was a great string of him, Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, and Kawhi all with a mix of great role players that had a great run of years that are hard to match.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

I’m a Spurs guy. David Robinson was my first favorite player and then it was a great string of him, Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, and Kawhi all with a mix of great role players that had a great run of years that are hard to match.

Chubby Boris Diaw was such a great role player for what they did in those Heat series

 

[Huskerbuck85]

Anfernee

 

[Mr.Bojangles]

Shaq as he is a good person off the court as well as on. Always has been and will be the gem of the NBA and I don't even watch NBA.

 

[Lionsfan93]

I'm a little surprised that no one has brought up Dwight Howard. Drafted in 2004...he had a decent run with the Magic at the end of the 2000's.

 

[tman87]

I'm a little surprised that no one has brought up Dwight Howard. Drafted in 2004...he had a decent run with the Magic at the end of the 2000's.

Dwight isn't at the level of most of the players listed in the poll IMO. He did have some really good years, was a defensive beast most of his career (later in his career obviously was not the same level overall as a player on either side of the ball). But he was flaky, rubbed teamates/coaches wrong often (traded many times over his career) and was just not a complete enough player overall. His offense was rudimentary for the most part. A really good player who, in his prime, was one of the best bigs in the league for sure though.

 

[Baron Winnebago]

Dwight isn't at the level of most of the players listed in the poll IMO. He did have some really good years, was a defensive beast most of his career (later in his career obviously was not the same level overall as a player on either side of the ball). But he was flaky, rubbed teamates/coaches wrong often (traded many times over his career) and was just not a complete enough player overall. His offense was rudimentary for the most part. A really good player who, in his prime, was one of the best bigs in the league for sure though.

Though Dwight's peak which would have been in the 2000s is as good as any guy on the list, at least individually. Most of the rest had longevity well beyond Dwight

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

It’s weird seeing how much opinion on Kobe has shifted. Dude was probably more hated than Lebron at his peak.

 

[Lionsfan93]

Dwight isn't at the level of most of the players listed in the poll IMO. He did have some really good years, was a defensive beast most of his career (later in his career obviously was not the same level overall as a player on either side of the ball). But he was flaky, rubbed teamates/coaches wrong often (traded many times over his career) and was just not a complete enough player overall. His offense was rudimentary for the most part. A really good player who, in his prime, was one of the best bigs in the league for sure though.

We have Ben Wallace on this list (and I am a HUGE fan of Big Ben). But Dwight Howard was arguably the most dominant player in the league over that stretch. His 2008 dunk contest was one of the more exciting ones in recent(ish) memory.

 

[CornFed Gregger]

KG on Duncan. It’s right up there with Larry describing exactly what was about to happen

 

[jickey moseph]

We have Ben Wallace on this list (and I am a HUGE fan of Big Ben). But Dwight Howard was arguably the most dominant player in the league over that stretch. His 2008 dunk contest was one of the more exciting ones in recent(ish) memory.

He dragged a pretty mediocre Magic team to the finals. I mean look at this roster - who was the second best player? Jameer?

 

[ChocaEgg]

I don't think there's a doubt he's above Kobe

 

[KidsSeeGhosts]

We have Ben Wallace on this list (and I am a HUGE fan of Big Ben). But Dwight Howard was arguably the most dominant player in the league over that stretch. His 2008 dunk contest was one of the more exciting ones in recent(ish) memory.

Shine came off the apple when he flopped in LA

 

[Cookiemonster]

He dragged a pretty mediocre Magic team to the finals. I mean look at this roster - who was the second best player? Jameer?

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Jameer Nelson has a good 3-4 year run. But yeah that roster was trash.

 

[klrgumby]

Chubby Boris Diaw was such a great role player for what they did in those Heat series

He is easily my favorite role player of the end of that era. It was Bowen in the middle and depending on what you consider Sean Elliott in the beginning of that run.