Perk’s telling quote makes me love him even more
Get well soon, son.
Let’s just say Perk was a little upset about The-Game-That-Must-Not -Be-Named. (Sports Radio Interviews)
On how tough it was to miss game seven of the Finals (editor’s note: The-Game-That-Must-Not -Be-Named):
“Think it was probably the worst time of my life. Getting all the way to the Finals, game seven, probably the most important time and I couldn’t be a part of it. You know I had to watch from the sidelines. It was one of the most hurtful feelings. I thought it woulda been better if we woulda won. It woulda made things a whole lot better, but we didn’t and I feel like maybe if I was in there I coulda helped. It’s something that you’re gonna take probably for the rest of your life, but you gotta move on and just get ready for the next season.”
I promise you the following is a true story: Yesterday, driving to the beach with my girlfriend in Maryland, about six hours away from my house, we were listening to the new Eminem CD on my girlfriend’s iPod. I love that CD, by the way. Eminem spits hot fire. Anyway, “Not Afraid” came on, and because I had heard that song in a pump-up montage I posted before The-Game-That-Must-Not -Be-Named, all the goddamn memories came flooding back. There I was, driving to the beach next to my girlfriend on a picture-perfect day, and I was legit sad about a basketball game that happened more than a month ago. I’m telling you, being an enormous fan can be an illness. I don’t know that I’ll ever stop getting flashbacks from that day, and I don’t know whether to be proud, embarrassed or confused by that fact.
Whatever I should feel about my own feelings (that’s kind of weird to say), I’m glad Perk feels the same way I do. This Celtic bunch is a passionate crew. They desperately want to win and losing crushes them. And I love knowing that.
P.S. – Read the link above for Perk’s thoughts on the Heat. Brief preview: “It looks good on paper with Miami and stuff like that, but at the same time each team is going to come at you. You gotta be prepared. It would be nothing more than amazing for us to meet up with Miami and beat them. I think any team would love to upset them.”
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This Celtic bunch is a passionate crew. They desperately want to win and losing crushes them.
I just read almost that same quote written by Bill Russell referring to Red Auerbach and to the Celtics Championship teams of the 60′s.
Very cool.
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That’s awesome. This crew reminds me a lot of Russell’s teams. Except, you know, they need ten more championships to match them.
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I couldn’t even read the column eminem seriously. With all the good rappers throughout time and you waste your life listening to that crap.
here is some rap/rappers that are good that we can all listen to instead
Nas
Dr.Dre
Big L
Notorious B.I.G.
Method Man
Mos Def
Talib Kwali
Gang Star
Eazy-E
A Tribe Called Quest
Etc.
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Those are some good ones too, but my man Em has got to be given some respect.
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@Nate
It’s a basketball column, not a rap review site. Relax.
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I don’t like the ? on your name. Please change to an explanation point. It’s gonna happen.
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I know how you feel, and I need to tell you that it never goes away. I am older than you, I was probably your age in 87. The Magic skyhook still rips me heart out when I see it or think about. This years game 7 hurts me even more because we had it. Damn it we had it, I tasted it. It gets easier as years go by but never goes away. But you have to be one of the biggest fans in the world to know what I mean and it sounds as tho you are. Its a blessing and a curse…but it makes winning so much more enjoyable.
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SO much more enjoyable. I can’t wait ’til the next championship. Banner 18 in 2011? Yesssiirrr.
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