Lil Wayne Loves The Allen Iverson Trade
In case you didn’t know, Lil Wayne has a blog series for ESPN The Magazine and it’s amazing. Unlike most people in the entertainment industry, he actually seems to know what he’s talking about.
For some of his basketball insights this week, Weezy loves the Allen Iverson trade to the Pistons, loves Ron Artest with the Rockets and loves the the new Nike LeBron commercial which he is featured in. Want something bolder? How about this:
On Rafer Alston:
Rafer and I have an interesting history. There was one game back when I had courtside seats with the Hornets when I was talking trash to him and he made an inappropriate gesture toward me after he made a shot. I’d been heckling him the whole game, talking trash and I was very offended by that gesture so I kept talking. And then Tracy McGrady came over near me and bent over to make it look like he was catching his breath, but he had really come over to talk to me about it. Chris Paul came and did the same thing. He was like “Whatever you’re doing it’s working ’cause you’re getting in his head.” He stopped shooting after that. We had a good talk after the game and we worked things out. He’s a good guy, so shout out to him.
On Kevin Garnett:
Back when I had those courtside seats I would hear everything those guys ever said, and KG was by far the best trash talker. That dude was creative. Even though he was on a terrible team in Minnesota all those years, he came in and was talking every night, intimidating people. He could get away with it because even though his team would usually lose, everyone knew KG’s game was at a different level. Most people would back down because it was KG. But then once in a while you’d have a guy who’d go back at him. I remember one game he got into it with Kareem Rush and he didn’t back down.
Also, Weezy talks about how Dwyane Wade lives in his building (where you are the only person living on a given floor, so the elevator opens into your place) and how Flash’s entourage and his entourage are always out playing basketball together.
You can read his whole blog post HERE.
Source: ESPN The Magazine
November 18th, 2008 at 11:15 am
fallinup says:
I interviewed Weezy a few years back when he did a show in South Bend. (I’m a radio DJ) His basketball knowledge is actually very very good. And he’s a very down to earth cat so it was sweet talking basketball with him.
At the time, we talked about how bad New Orleans was. He even brought up the fact that Lee Nailon (once on the hornets) was from South Bend, which I didn’t know. I joked with him about how much work they have down there in New orleans, and he shot back at how crappy the bulls were…which was funny as hell. I know I have that recording somewheres…
If ever you get a chance to chat with Lil Wayne…take it up. The dude is cool as shit and he isn’t a stuffy superstar.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Mamba says:
Dude really does know his stuff,
I have been reading his blog pretty routinely now and am also impressed,
Wonder if he can play at all?
November 18th, 2008 at 11:25 am
isotope says:
and we care because…?
November 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
N-Truh-Kit says:
…because we’re all hoops fans and love to share ideas and knowledge and appreciate when someone else actually knows what the hell they’re talkin about?
November 18th, 2008 at 11:46 am
YOUNGFED says:
I can’t help but read this in Wezzy irratating raspy voice.
November 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am
GEE... Well Sa da Tay! says:
Biz Markie also has a blog dealing with his views on the game and other matters called Bizeats.com. Check out what he had to say on these guys
On Jerome James:
Jerome James is my dude. Man that guy can eat! We was out on the town kickin it and we had plan to go to the strip club and make it rain. Jerome was on some other stuff talking about making it rain with coins. He is weird like that. Anyway dude got hungry and we ended up going to this All you can eat joint. How bout they had to set up two tables for him because he doesn’t like to keep going back to the line to fill his plate. So dude is a spectacle with two tables full of different foods. It was crazy, people were walking by taking photos with their camera phones and all. Hilarious.
On Damon Jones:
Damon and I hang every once in a while. He will call me early in the day to ask what parties I might be dj’ing. He then will inform me of what club he will be coming to that I will be dj’ing at and what time. He does this because he likes for me to stop the music when he enters and go “Hold up! Hold up! Ladies and Gentlemen, we got Damon Jones in the houze!” Then he will come in wearing some loud outfit and smiling real hard all the while pointing and people he doesn’t know pretending to say what up. That guy is comedy.
I also had a chance to interview Biz once. He was really cool and he told me how players will come to his crib just for snacks. He was saying how Eddy Curry and Antoine Walker have been there just for Little Debbie cakes and Twinkies. Biz is wild.
LOL yea I was bored folks.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
control says:
Is this some weird partnership between Weazers and Dime?
This guy is seriously the biggest name dropper I have ever seen. “Yeah, I had courtside seats to a game. I went to the courtside bathroom to take a shit and ran into Lil Bow Wow…he touched my nut sack and said it was big in proportion to my body”, “I was cruising the Strip in my E55 AMG with 26″ rims when I got a text from Dwane Wade, it said ‘what up’”, “I was DJing a club somewhere when George Foreman came to the booth and started talking about cooking. We set a date to film an informertial, but I was too stoned to remember when it is.”
Mamba,
Who cares if he can play, he’s like 5′5. He’d tear up the under 5′6 league I’m sure, but against the big boys, he’d get his ass ripped. Just like in the rap game.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Gerard says:
^hating….
Mamba, I don’t personally know if he can, but he looked awkward as hell in the basketball scenes from that Championship Pop Bottles music video.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
control says:
I just went back and read a bunch of this guy’s blogs. He should be writing children’s books.
“I seen bear. Bear is brown. Brown bears are fun bears. I like bears. I gived bear hug. Bear hug me back. We are bestest friends. Sun go down. I say bye to bear. Bear say bye to me. I love you bear.”
Direct quote from his blog:
“I want to learn how to really play golf. I’ve only been to a driving range once, but I was too young to be interested. I know the game well and I always wonder how good I’d be if I really worked at it. It’s a very strategic game and I’m kind of OK at things like that. I will do it one day, but of course I’ve got to get it right.”
Surprised he didn’t throw a “gee, shucks” in there somewhere…
November 18th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
P_Dizzle says:
He knows a little bit about the game but come on, we all know it’s just because he has a name. Hell, I bet all of us in have as much knowledge of the game if not more.
He never had much credibility with me but lost whatever he had when he dropped the Tim Tebow for a 2nd heisman line. Obviously he hasn’t been watching too much college football or …. I ain’t going that route.
I agree with post 7, the dude just drops names left and right and I love his line about betting and saying how he lost $19k and then makes it seem like it’s chump change.
The guy is a tool and I guarantee if you had anyone in these boards write an article you would get amount of sports knowledge minus all the name drops and hearing about where our seats are in the arena, whether they are courtside or in the nose bleeds.
I don’t get Dime’s (Aron Phillips) fascination with his articles. I got nothing from his past articles that I didn’t already know.
November 18th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
YOUNGFED says:
Damn control you always bitter. You get the hater of the day award……EVERYDAY.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Big T says:
Lil Wayne was offended by a gesture for Raefer lol… buck up and quit being a pussy.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
control says:
YOUNGFED
Even days I ain’t around?
November 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
A-Slam says:
control you must be the funniest mother fucker on dime i swear that shit is gold
November 18th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
control says:
YOUNGFED
You are also talking like being a hater is a bad thing. Some people just NEED to be hated on. They deserve it…it’s a couterbalance to the people licking their jocks unreasonably (Dime’s daily/weekly shout out to SJack for example).
November 18th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
isotope says:
I aint riding or nothing but Control said it better than I could have. Or anyone for that matter. Especially Mr Wayne himself. LOL
November 18th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
YOUNGFED says:
@CONTROL
Yeah they do promote S-Jack and Arenas alot.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
YOUNGFED says:
I quess we can pass the ALL-TIME HATER of the year award to Isotope.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
JCARR says:
At least one rapper who has bball knowledge and states his opinion loudly.
But like Clint Eastwood says, “opinions are like a$$holes everyone has one”.
I use that against my professors every time!!!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
control says:
JCARR
Way to fight the system and stand up against the establishment!
November 18th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
isotope says:
Thank you. Thank you very much. Wherever there’s punchline rappers calling themselves MCs; wherever idiots think they’re experts just because someone puts a mic or a computer in their face; where there are people making a disgrace of the game we love and the english language; I’ll be right there. Hating.
YFed, the last time i got on u, u had to take an absence of leave from the board. Dont get me started.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
JCARR says:
@control
LOL… It’s all that freedom we have
November 18th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Sho-Nuff says:
@ control.
HAHAHA! classic….that bear $hit made me laugh out loud at work.
True Weezeys never read.
-Nuff
November 19th, 2008 at 6:28 am
YOUNGFED says:
@Isotpope
You’re lame, what makes you think your voice even matters.