http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/ I am the parking attendant. And you're bothering my customers. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:18:16 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/comment-page-1/#comment-26167 Bruce Bowen is our new poster boy at johnnyhongkong says… Mon, 14 May 2007 23:01:32 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/#comment-26167 [...] see, since he was “handling the ball,” he would have been called for a foul even IF our fabulous rule had been [...] [...] see, since he was “handling the ball,” he would have been called for a foul even IF our fabulous rule had been [...]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/comment-page-1/#comment-24701 crazy at johnnyhongkong says… Wed, 02 May 2007 19:22:14 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/#comment-24701 [...] say this but the Mavs-Warriors series proves that basketball can be entertaining without a nutkicker (though as we know, Mavs coach Avery Johnson loves the Rochambeau Rule, even on his own [...] [...] say this but the Mavs-Warriors series proves that basketball can be entertaining without a nutkicker (though as we know, Mavs coach Avery Johnson loves the Rochambeau Rule, even on his own [...]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/comment-page-1/#comment-12358 johnnyhongkong says… » kick to the nuts beats rock, paper, AND scissors *[updated] Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:04:01 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/#comment-12358 [...] Some of you may know Rock, Paper, Scissors, by its alternate name: Roshambo.  But did you know that according to the dubious sources at the Urban Dictionary, it’s a bastardization of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, a lieutenant general who “was so skilled at kicking the British’s balls in battle, that his victories were called ‘Rochambeau’s’”.  I don’t think Urban Dictionary is as highly policed as Wikipedia (and I’m guessing the guy who wrote that entry just saw that “South Park” episode where Cartman kicks people in the nuts) but I love the image of this French commander rolling around during the American Revolution kicking the British in the nuts.       You probably know where I’m going with this.  Yep, that’s right: my proposed nut kicker rule amendment.    The nut kicker just sounds so inelegant and unpalatable.  Imagine sitting down in a meeting with David Stern and saying, “hey, we want to institute the nut kicker rule.”  You’d be laughed out of New York faster than The Knicks…er…Jeff Weaver.   But if you called it “The Rochambeau Rule,” well, now you’re talking.   So from now on, the nut kicker rule will be known as the “Rochambeau Rule” (spelled as such to disambiguate from “Roshambo,” the alternate name of RPS).  I like it because it even sounds like “The Larry Bird Rule” which means that it is even MORE likely that David Stern will add it to agenda of the next NBA competition committee meeting. [...] [...] Some of you may know Rock, Paper, Scissors, by its alternate name: Roshambo.  But did you know that according to the dubious sources at the Urban Dictionary, it’s a bastardization of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, a lieutenant general who “was so skilled at kicking the British’s balls in battle, that his victories were called ‘Rochambeau’s’”.  I don’t think Urban Dictionary is as highly policed as Wikipedia (and I’m guessing the guy who wrote that entry just saw that “South Park” episode where Cartman kicks people in the nuts) but I love the image of this French commander rolling around during the American Revolution kicking the British in the nuts.       You probably know where I’m going with this.  Yep, that’s right: my proposed nut kicker rule amendment.    The nut kicker just sounds so inelegant and unpalatable.  Imagine sitting down in a meeting with David Stern and saying, “hey, we want to institute the nut kicker rule.”  You’d be laughed out of New York faster than The Knicks…er…Jeff Weaver.   But if you called it “The Rochambeau Rule,” well, now you’re talking.   So from now on, the nut kicker rule will be known as the “Rochambeau Rule” (spelled as such to disambiguate from “Roshambo,” the alternate name of RPS).  I like it because it even sounds like “The Larry Bird Rule” which means that it is even MORE likely that David Stern will add it to agenda of the next NBA competition committee meeting. [...]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/comment-page-1/#comment-12357 johnnyhongkong says… » jason terry got the memo Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:00:44 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/#comment-12357 [...] I hate to sound like a broken record but with another example of nut punching in the NBA, I must repeat my plea to institute “the nut kicker rule.”  I mean, what’s David Stern going to do?  Suspend everybody when all NBA players start nut kicking because they realize it’s the only way to modernize the game (or at least equalize the field)?  The Association might has well accept where the game is headed and embrace it with a full supply of cups. [...] [...] I hate to sound like a broken record but with another example of nut punching in the NBA, I must repeat my plea to institute “the nut kicker rule.”  I mean, what’s David Stern going to do?  Suspend everybody when all NBA players start nut kicking because they realize it’s the only way to modernize the game (or at least equalize the field)?  The Association might has well accept where the game is headed and embrace it with a full supply of cups. [...]

]]> http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/comment-page-1/#comment-5572 johnnyhongkong says… » L8R4U Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:58:36 +0000 http://johnnyhongkong.com/blog/2006/05/02/david-stern-where-u-at/#comment-5572 [...] David Stern, Where U At? [...] [...] David Stern, Where U At? [...]

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