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My Top All-Time NBA Players, Favorites vs. Most Detested

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I’m warning you this is all historical and all from one time period because a) I don’t watch basketball anymore and b) when I was watching it, I definitely loved the players I was watching over anyone before them.

All-Time Favorite Top 10…
1. Michael Jordan, doh.
2. Charles Oakley, smooches to you.
3. Danny Ainge. He was scrappy!
4. Shawn Mullins, but only when he was with the Sonics.
5. Robert Horry, but only with the Rockets.
6. Dennis Rodman, before he got all spastic and crazy.
7. Xavier McDaniel.
8. Doc Rivers.
9. Anthony Mason, yes, I like bruisers.
and tied for 10. Jalen Rose and Chris Webber, how could you be from the Midwest and not love these boys?

Wait a minute, there are two sometimes-Celtics on the list. How the hell did that happen?

And I gotta give a shout-out to Muggsy Bogues, I could never really root for him (come on, he played for the Hornets!) but we are just about the same size so I always list him. I’m down w/ the shorties! And he was much more fun than Spud Webb!

Top-10 Most Detested…
1. Reggie Miller.
2. Isiah Thomas.
3. Shaquille O’Neal.
4. Gary Payton.
5. Detlef Schrempf.
6. Mark Jackson.
7. Charles Barkley, when he was playing ball (I enjoy him as a commentator!).
8. Nick Van Exel.
tied for 9. Alonzo Washington and Larry Johnson, most obnoxious teammates ever. (p.s. But Kendall Gill, I like. So, there you go.)
and tied for 10. Larry Bird and Kevin McHale, don’t even get me started.

So I offered to make someone a mix for their birthday.

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And they said yes, but it must contain Scorpion “Wind of Change.”

I told them not to expect Headbanger’s Ball, but now that I’ve got Scorpion slotted in, all and I mean ALL I can think about is Whitesnake: Take me down, slow and easy…der der der der…[“der der der der” isn’t that what the guitar part sounds like to you? no?]

In a likely futile effort to get the Whitesnake out of my head, I’m now listening to the following in a vaguely repeat fashion:

  • “Something Pretty” Patrick Park (…and as for loneliness, she greets me every morning…)
  • “Halo” Bethany Joy Lenz (sung as the character Haley on the show I am too embarrassed to admit I occasionally watch)
  • “World Spins Madly On” the Weepies
  • “Wildwood Flower” (cover) Reese Witherspoon
  • “On Your Porch” The Format

Wish me luck.