T...T...T...Trash Talkin'.....

[ABM]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jon_wertheim/01/18/trash.talking.nba/

Before the Rockets played the Knicks a few weeks back, Houston forward Carl Landry warned his brother, New York forward Marcus Landry, that it was going to be a long night. "I know every move you do, and I'm going to stop it," Carl boasted. "I'm telling all my teammates your favorite go-to moves and countermoves."

Carl, however, didn't deliver this riff orally. He sent it via text message.

Such is the sorry state of trash talk in the NBA today. There was a time not all that long ago when the ability to spew verbal shrapnel was as much a part of a player's basketball repertoire as his dribbling ability or crossover skills. Stars talked smack. Scrubs talked smack. Fans talked smack. Even refs talked smack. Told he was having an off night, longtime official Earl Strom once responded to a player, "I guarantee that you've missed more shots tonight than I've missed calls."

Today? Sit courtside at an NBA game and you won't hear much more than the squeak of sneakers and the tweet of the whistles. Oh, the players still have plenty to say -- as any of, say, Kevin Durant's 107,000 Twitter followers can attest. Nor is it the case that the NBA has entered an era of modesty and civility, not so long as players are bringing guns into locker rooms and allegedly threatening to ventilate each other with bullets over gambling debts.

But for whatever reason, trash-talk has become the equivalent of a dance step that's fallen out of vogue........................

 

[maxiep]

I hate trash talking. I think the best way to discourage an opponent is to annihilate them without even acknowedging their presence.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I hate trash talking. I think the best way to discourage an opponent is to annihilate them without even acknowedging their presence.

Yep, shut up and let your game do the talkin'.

BNM

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I love trash talking. But twittered trash talking is lame. Very lame.

 

[Buzz Killington]

"let him shoot"

 

[Boob-No-More]

I love trash talking. But twittered trash talking is lame. Very lame.

I don't. I'm old school (VERY old school). No need to run your mouth. Look at the scoreboard. It tells you everything you need to know.

BNM

 

[Buzz Killington]

twitter trash talking is awesome because everyone can see it!

 

[44Thrilla]

I don't have an opinion either way. I don't see the need for trash talking, but obviously some players are negatively affected by it, so i don't blame guys for doing it.

 

[Boob-No-More]

I don't have an opinion either way. I don't see the need for trash talking, but obviously some players are negatively affected by it, so i don't blame guys for doing it.

Has the opposite effect on me. Motivates me to play even harder and shut them up. Most punks don't have a lot to say when they're getting worked by a guy twice their age.

BNM

 

[MARIS61]

Those who can, do.

Those who can't, talk trash.

 

[44Thrilla]

I guess Michael Jordan couldn't. He was a terrible basketball player, great trash talker.

 

[drexlersdad]

I don't. I'm old school (VERY old school). No need to run your mouth. Look at the scoreboard. It tells you everything you need to know.

BNM

 

[maxiep]

I don't. I'm old school (VERY old school). No need to run your mouth. Look at the scoreboard. It tells you everything you need to know.

BNM

When I was in college, we played at Columbia, and one of their offensive lineman was a huge trash talker. He made a nice counter block on one of our defensive ends and stood over him and taunted him. Our guy just got up, put his arm around the lineman's shoulder and pointed toward the scoreboard. They were losing 38-0 at that point in the game. He then trotted off the field as we had just stopped them on 3rd down.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Those who can, do.

Those who can't, talk trash.

I was wondering why you talk trash so much....

 

[Boob-No-More]

When I was in college, we played at Columbia, and one of their offensive lineman was a huge trash talker. He made a nice counter block on one of our defensive ends and stood over him and taunted him. Our guy just got up, put his arm around the lineman's shoulder and pointed toward the scoreboard. They were losing 38-0 at that point in the game. He then trotted off the field as we had just stopped them on 3rd down.

The only thing dumber than giving your opponent added motivation is doing it to an opponent who is already kicking your ass.

I always let the scoreboard do my talking. If the scoreboard says I'm losing, all the more reason to keep my mouth shut.

BNM