"Can I keep my Jersey?" - Paul Shirley

[BrewCityBuck]

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</div> I picked this book up last week and just started reading it, it's great if you want to learn more about what it's like for a journeyman. Shirley's a pretty smary, funny and sarcastic guy who makes it fun to read. I've only read two chapters and I've learned alot about the NBA... - Shareef Abdur-Rahim is a nice guy. - Shirley talks about how most of the players that have religious tattoo's are completely hypocritical and that their actions hardly mesh with 'their faith'. And he makes interesting comments on how most of the religious players are the stupidest. - Shirley talks about how NBA guys aren't usually the brightest, and tells stories of NBA players that didn't know what basic words were, including 'oral', and a story where there was a debate in the lockeroom over how many states there were in the US.

Really interesting book, check it out.

 

[MaRdYC26]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Jul 19 2007, 07:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>- Shirley talks about how most of the players that have religious tattoo's are completely hypocritical and that their actions hardly mesh with 'their faith'. And he makes interesting comments on how most of the religious players are the stupidest. - and a story where there was a debate in the lockeroom over how many states there were in the US.

</div>bahahahha...I agree with both those things...bottom part was funny as hell lmao.

 

[Pacers fan forever]

Re: "Can I keep my Jersey?" - Paul Shirley

Dang, I was about to get this book, but I didn't know it was good,. I guess next time I will

 

[Zards]

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Just picked up this book today at Books-A-Million.. the part where they say that Amare Stoudemire was debating about politics one time in the locker room made me chuckle a bit.

 

[PFF]

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I just picked this book up last night when my sister got Harry Potter

 

[BrewCityBuck]

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Glad to see some of you buying the book. :dribble:

 

[808Hornetsfan]

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Is this book available at Borders?? because if it is I'm going to buy it, I have a summer reading project that's do in three weeks so I'm thinking this would be a good book that would keep me reading for hours.

 

[PFF]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (808Hornetsfan @ Jul 21 2007, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Is this book available at Borders?? because if it is I'm going to buy it, I have a summer reading project that's do in three weeks so I'm thinking this would be a good book that would keep me reading for hours.</div>Yup, it's availblle there

 

[YarnIdge]

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Is it being published and sold at bookstores as far as New Zealand (I don't know how book distribution works).

 

[PFF]

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Really frustrated wiht this book, the guy is WAY TOO sarcastic

 

[the_pestilence]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PFF @ Jul 23 2007, 12:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Really frustrated wiht this book, the guy is WAY TOO sarcastic</div>and that is a bad thing how?

 

[808Hornetsfan]

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I love this book, he's telling us like it is. Although he is negative about certain things, and sometimes I do wonder if he has any skill at all or wants to mention why he wants he doesn't like his teammates but yet keeps fighting back, it makes the book even more interesting. Great find BCB.

 

[DTP]

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How much is this book? If I can find it I'll get it but sh*t idk any book stores around here. If it ain't on the net or ain't anything to do with sports or school I'm not a reader...

 

[Milgod]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (808Hornetsfan @ Jul 24 2007, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I love this book, he's telling us like it is. Although he is negative about certain things, and sometimes I do wonder if he has any skill at all or wants to mention why he wants he doesn't like his teammates but yet keeps fighting back, it makes the book even more interesting. Great find BCB.</div>Hmmm, not that I'm not up for some BCB love but to say 'great find BCB' is a little extreme. Its not like he had to search far, in fact if you ever go on ESPN he has been plugging his stuff for a while. Saying that, it is an alright book. He does seem a little full of himself at times, but aren't we all.

 

[l?ckdown]

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it was also in SLAM this month. They said it wasn't 2 great.

 

[BrewCityBuck]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Milgod @ Jul 24 2007, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He does seem a little full of himself at times, but aren't we all.</div> He admits that in the book and pokes fun at his own elitism.

 

[PFF]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (tHe_pEsTiLeNcE @ Jul 24 2007, 02:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>and that is a bad thing how?</div>Well, sarcasm on every 3 lines is a little excessive, I'd think

 

[808Hornetsfan]

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The guy is cynical, but that makes it all the more interesting because he's brutally honest about what he's going through... I got a question... to anyone who is past pg. 110, does he make the Hornets team for like a few days or did they just put the jersey on the cover just for show?? I don't really remember him playing for New Orleans.

 

[BALLAHOLLIC]

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http://www.myspace.com/paulshirley<span style="font-family:Arial">That's his myspace....</span>