tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post7681671937786305977..comments2024-01-10T07:15:23.341-05:00Comments on Shawn's Blog: Magic's 1996 comeback: Not a complete disasterShawn Furyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-83607103873383727392011-10-12T11:49:29.789-04:002011-10-12T11:49:29.789-04:00Thanks for the comment, Davo. I think I could have...Thanks for the comment, Davo. I think I could have a Van Exel post. He was such a find for the Lakers and helped them emerge from the post-1991 malaise. He had his issues, of course, but was so fun to watch. I'm currently working on one about Big Game James I hope to have up in the coming days.Shawn Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-9673736911838169352011-10-11T20:43:26.291-04:002011-10-11T20:43:26.291-04:00Shawn Fury, let me give you props for your cogent ...Shawn Fury, let me give you props for your cogent Magic musings. I wonder, do you have a similar blog post in you on Nick Van Exel's Laker career?<br /><br />Thanks also for the link to nonplayerzealot4's youtube page. This guy is seriously something else. I never know what he'll upload next!DavoBirminghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820642451384332645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-72413387049769219392011-10-10T18:01:17.614-04:002011-10-10T18:01:17.614-04:00Thanks for the comment, NPZ!
I picture you eating...Thanks for the comment, NPZ!<br /><br />I picture you eating the barbecue and the sauce just dripping from your face as the bricks flew on the screen. And we had been so excited because of the insane win in Game 5 of the series.<br /><br />The burning Vlade story is that I lived my sophomore year with another huge Lakers fan. he had been on the cover of SI after the Seattle series, I believe. We went out into the yard, put it in a can and set the thing ablaze. It was cathartic, yet somehow not enough. My roommate that game also almost killed our other roomie when he fired a basketball against the wall in frustration late in the game; other roomie was sleeping and ball hit him on the couch.Shawn Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-21157576459132785952011-10-10T00:48:28.314-04:002011-10-10T00:48:28.314-04:00Shawn, this is NPZ. Thanks for more postings of m...Shawn, this is NPZ. Thanks for more postings of my YT vids. I just wanted to add that I recall Vlade missing those FTs. UGH. Was at my brother-in-law's house and was standing at the TV w/ a plate of BBQ. Disgusting moment because that series was good and done right then and there. Vlade supposedly cried in the locker room. That was one of the worst officiated series before 2002 that I can recall. Rodman was riding our bigs w/o a saddle. Robbo had a 6-step travel in Gm 5. You couldn't breathe on Rob at that point of his career. <br /><br />Anyway, peace and keep up the nice blogs. You're a historian of this old era as well. Anything post-Magic and pre-Kobe has been largely forgotten.<br /><br />NPZnonplayerzealotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-37339407478101310342011-07-07T13:26:01.623-04:002011-07-07T13:26:01.623-04:00But that would have cost money and at the time you...But that would have cost money and at the time you were a poor college student. Did they even have a Vlade replica jersey back in those days??? And it was a well deseved burning....Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-25349806930684680022011-07-05T18:03:29.237-04:002011-07-05T18:03:29.237-04:00It's not something I'm proud of. I mean, I...It's not something I'm proud of. I mean, I think we could have done so much more, like burn a replica jersey.Shawn Furyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793191424034185309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5989686599261374855.post-82764985227012860152011-07-05T11:59:57.209-04:002011-07-05T11:59:57.209-04:00I am disappointed that there was no mention of som...I am disappointed that there was no mention of someone burning the flopping Vlade in effigy after he clanked, bricked,choked the free throws in '95 against the Spurs. Or is that wound still to fresh to mention it??Jerrynoreply@blogger.com