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Comment Im really sick of.....

beefcakebeefcake Senior Member
edited March 2009 in Sports Betting
if I hear one more announcer or studio host say"He is from the playgrounds of NYC or CHI,he is so tough"..as if growing up in those 2 cities are somewhat 5000% harder than any other city in the usa growing up.
Enough already...

Comments

  • calzonesayscalzonesays Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    its true
  • RudyNYC27RudyNYC27 Banned
    edited March 2009
    Agree, it IS harder growing up and playing schoolyard (playground) ball in NYC than any other city...probably the same in Chicago...credit should be given where credit is due!

    RUDY
  • IHMWFIHMWF Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    I grew up in Minot, ND . How dare they assume NY or CHI is tougher? We are rough and tough up here. Did anyone see my Snuggie ?
  • corvettecorvette Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Feel free to come here anytime you like. I will take you to a few "play grounds" and you decide for yourself how tough it is to play here. You have no idea.
  • RudyNYC27RudyNYC27 Banned
    edited March 2009
    IHMWF wrote:
    I grew up in Minot, ND . How dare they assume NY or CHI is tougher? We are rough and tough up here. Did anyone see my Snuggie ?
    RUDY meant NYC, Chicago AND Minot...sorry for the omission.

    RRR
  • beefcakebeefcake Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Well maybe since i didnt grow up in NYC or CHI..Ill give em the benefit of the doubt..
    But im still tired of hearing it..

    And we here in carrboro NC are tough ballers though...down and dirty...
  • RudyNYC27RudyNYC27 Banned
    edited March 2009
    corvette wrote:
    Feel free to come here anytime you like. I will take you to a few "play grounds" and you decide for yourself how tough it is to play here. You have no idea.
    Oh, so now you are considering hitting the courts in the boroughs!...Westchester is for woosies...lol

    Regards,
    RUDY
  • RudyNYC27RudyNYC27 Banned
    edited March 2009
    beefcake wrote:
    Well maybe since i didnt grow up in NYC or CHI..Ill give em the benefit of the doubt..
    But im still tired of hearing it..

    And we here in carrboro NC are tough ballers though...down and dirty...
    "Down" maybe, but "dirty"??? LMFAO

    RUDY
  • coachesplayscoachesplays Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    tired of hearing it too beefcake. I wish I had a reality show of my life growing up, they'd be classifying guys according to a category named after me. They'd be saying, "he is definitely a coachesplays background."

    Also, try growing up with no cable TV, that is tough.
  • RudyNYC27RudyNYC27 Banned
    edited March 2009
    When they say that, it repulses RUDY, too.

    RRR
  • corvettecorvette Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Holy shit, now you are picking on your fellow New Yorkers? When is the last time you have been to Mount Vernon, or Yonkers??
  • beefcakebeefcake Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    coachesplays wrote:
    tired of hearing it too beefcake. I wish I had a reality show of my life growing up, they'd be classifying guys according to a category named after me. They'd be saying, "he is definitely a coachesplays background."

    Also, try growing up with no cable TV, that is tough.

    Hey I grew up in Fort Lauderdale with no air conditioning as a kid...Man's game baby...
  • kulps19kulps19 Junior Member
    edited March 2009
    I agree that it is an overused comment... however---

    I am from Chicago and I drive by some areas where I would never in my life play on those courts. I'd love to play, but I would fear for my safety if I did play there.
  • calzonesayscalzonesays Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    ive lived in patterson new jersey and ive lived in brooklyn, its definitely tougher than people think
  • coachesplayscoachesplays Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    I have lived in orlando, Fla and it is tough down there.

    Every time you are on the street (in a car) you are taking a chance on your life.

    Those old, retired people don't know how to drive.
  • HowardBealHowardBeal Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    i think maybe if your from detroit....or youngstown, or baltimore or newark, than you can be tired of that comment.....if your from hilton head, keep your mouth shut
  • TonsTons Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Grew up in Queens. Been to most blacktop courts in the area, and announcers do not exxagerate. Even out on Long Island its tough ball.
  • jcirishjcirish Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    sherron collins high school - two housing projects go to, in the middle of 4 gangs' territory. kids need a police escort to get to the bus to just go home for the day - no joke. played there and around the city in a lot of summer league games. kids like him deserve a lot of credit for getting to where they are.

    the announcers are right on but they do get a little carried away...
  • pat2000pat2000 Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Did not grow up in tough area, Tulsa, OK

    I did crack up one time in a pick up game on the wrong side of the tracks, when some black dude wiped out driving the hoop and a switchblade came out of his pocket. He just picked it up and ran to the other end like nothing happened. Pretty funny!
  • LUCKY777LUCKY777 Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    I look at it like this:

    Michael Jordan grew up in Wilmington, NC

    Stephon Marbury grew up in New York City

    beefcake is right
  • calzonesayscalzonesays Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    LUCKY777 wrote:
    I look at it like this:

    Michael Jordan grew up in Wilmington, NC

    Stephon Marbury grew up in New York City

    beefcake is right


    you make no sense

    go play basketball in wilmington then go play basketball in queens

    well see how you do
  • beefcakebeefcake Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Im just happy I started a thread with over 400 views for once...!
  • pat2000pat2000 Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    I think that he is just saying that it makes no difference where you play. Marbury is a soft, punk-ass ghetto rat, and the Wilmington kid may have been the best ever to play.
    calzonesays wrote:
    you make no sense

    go play basketball in wilmington then go play basketball in queens

    well see how you do
  • hornhorn Super Moderator
    edited March 2009
    Seems like lots of people in this thread take a lot of pride in growing up in "tough" and "dangerous" areas..

    I'm thrilled i grew up in an affluent area where you don't have to walk down the street and be fearful. I prefer to wave at my neighbors with a glass of lemonade then get punched in the nose by all the tough guys most of you had to face off against everyday
  • novacpenovacpe Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    tough? tough????? i'll tell ya whats tough.....growing up in a house that was 1/2 block from the stockyards and trying to breathe on a 90 degree summer night while your're in bed with no fans
    ..............ever smell sheep, cow and pig shit all mixed together and its fermenting in the heat?..........now THATS tough! makes a man outta ya.....lol!
  • LUCKY777LUCKY777 Senior Member
    edited March 2009
    Q. You want to know how you can tell when a television announcer is lying?

    A. His lips are moving.
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