A decent interest in basketball

1. CcGowan, I'm glad you realized that we weren't going to read that whole blurb. (That's me being tough, but I actually read the whole thing. Well put.)

Scott, good call on the All-NBA thug team. I can't imagine how many felonies and fines those guys have combined. Probably not as many as Chad Ochocinco will have by the time he's done, but thats a different issue to be discussed later. That was corny.

I want to create an All-Ugly NBA team. I realize that this is something that people like to talk about pretty regularly, but that doesn't mean these guys have changed their appearances. For the first team I will include:


Chris Kaman

The ugliest player in any professional sports league anywhere. Funny thing is that he still probably pulls more ass than McGowan.

Shelden Williams

By looking at his picture you could say he is arguably the is biggest "buffoon" in the NBA, if that word were associated with any physical appearance. His nostrils alone rival those of Patrick Ewing.

Delonte West

If ever there was a player who would fit the description of a premature baby/aborted fetus, West is the guy. Thank God he drives around in his motorcycle with loaded 9mm's. (I'll pretend to know what a 9mm looks like for the sake of this article.)

Steph Curry

People don't give him enough shit for looking like a dead baby bird. Related to West???


To round out the list I could have included Sam Cassell, but that's old news. How about Eastern Europeans? Its not necessarily limited to just their physical features here, but also their assumed body odor, Euro clothing, and gangly posture (inevitable with all Eastern European forwards). Any one of these post-Communist assholes will suffice.
Try...

Branislav Djekic
http://photo.adriaticbasket.net/albums/userpics/other/branislav_djekic.jpg

Or

Zaza Pachulia
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/zaza_pachulia/index.html

Or

Oleksiy Pecherov
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/oleksiy_pecherov/index.html

And my personal favorite, Goran Dragic (Most resembles NBA version of Kevin, (sorry to keep ripping on you)...)

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/goran_dragic/index.html


2.

Speaking of foreigners playing basketball, why in the hell do so many Latin Americans choose to play college hoops at Louisville? What is so appealing about the state of Kentucky to guys like Francisco Garcia, Juan Palacios, and Edgar Sosa? And why is this phenomenon consistently happening ONLY at Louisville? Thanks.