There's Your Karma, Ripe As Peaches

Geez, Flash. You go from one of the more unintelligent retired NBA members to a retired NBA player that's actually genuine MENSA material. The funniest part that most forget about David Robinson is where he went to school. Much like Roger Staubach, he's a graduate from the Naval Academy at Annapolis. They really don't let your run of the mill idiot in there at all.

But sometimes, I did forget that the man who could play a good game of basketball is also the same man who can carry a decent conversation with the likes of politicians and scientists. Guys like the Admiral are pretty much being phased out for the thug life of the NBA, and as you said, we're probably headed for a meltdown of apocalyptic proportions.

My cousin went to Carver Academy between 4-6 grade and was one of the first students. His life is changed for it. Robinson is doing amazing things with that school. It's nice to see that someone from the NBA gives a damn and is willing to make a difference.

I disagree, Rich. I attended the USNA. All service academies claim to only accept the best and brightest but where our athletes are concerned, that is frequently not the case. The standards for their entry are lowered to an alarming level for a school that boasts academic prestige ---- I had a hoops playing roommate with a 970 and a football friend with a flat 1000 but our class mean was upwards of 1400. The same type of thing happens at places like Notre Dame and Stanford.

But that's what makes David Robinson so great. He had a 1320 SAT and a majored in math. That's not typical for an athlete, service academy or anywhere else. Unlike the majority of athletes that pass through Annapolis, West Point, or USAFA, David Robinson didn't need basketball to help him get in and he didn't need all the advantages and breaks that athletes get to survive. He's incredible by anyone's standards.

And this and anything else that David Robinson does will never make the news. No one will ever know but we'll keep getting the blow by blow coverage on shit opinions from Tim Hardaway, Tyrus Thomas, and any other thug or asshole that the media can track down.

that's pretty damn random.

if they ever have a modern marvels on weed though, hopefully they can call on Rasheed Wallace or Randy Moss

it's too bad the Raiders aren't takin you, Moss could give you an hour long special documentary style.

I know Robert Smith was in med school at OSU and I only heard about Craig Krenzel's bio molecular something or other degree 2,000 times during his career.

Add those 2 with the Admiral, and thats probably the only 3 pro athletes whose IQ is higher then their jersey number.

The one exemption being Bill "Spaceman" Lee who wore 337 because upside down it spelled his last name.

C'mon Tree, Spaceman Lee was good for a couple nuggets of wisdom: "You take a team with twenty-five assholes and I'll show you a pennant. I'll show you the New York Yankees."

I'm not saying the guy was dumb, just that his IQ wasn't higher then his jersey number.

Too bad?? Shit Anderson, I'm thankin God for that one

haha WTF? Bill Lee? That mention alone is about 100 times more random than this David Robinson stuff. Way to dig deep in the vault for that one, Tree

With all my random bit of useless knowledge I used up all the space for remembering anything important.

My social security number? Couldn't tell you.
Bob Sanders 1st name? Desmond.

Any of the presidents on Mt. Rushmore? No idea.
David Wright's fathers occupation? Cop.

See what I mean?

it's Demond not Desmond

semantics