Re: Woofing/Pippen

[bob@mymenus.com (bob miller)]

>bob miller wrote:
>
>> >Xavier McDaniel abused Jermaine in all phases of the game: woofing,
>> >offence, defense.  Afterwards, Tyrone Corbin >and some others had to take
>> >him aside and chill him out.
>>
>> Says a lot about today's game when woofing is considered an important phase
>> of the game.
>
>Well, the fact is that the mind game does play a big part in what goes on in
>the NBA.  I saw in the SI interview/article about Larry Bird, he said that he
>likes Alan Iverson and that he and Magic felt that way, but wouldn't say it.  X
>told me that Bird was the biggest trash talker in the NBA, except he just did
>it so the public didn't see it.

That was well-known about Bird, and it was the one and only thing I
disliked about his game. Too many imitated it, and now it seems almost
everyone has to talk trash, taunt, etc. Whatever happened to good old
sportsmanship?