Hedo Turkoglu’s Hot New Catchphrase: “Ball”
Talk about awkward. After the Raptors came back from 5 points down with 2 minutes to go in the fourth quarter to beat the Knicks last night, Hedo Turkoglu was not exactly in a jovial mood after the game. The Toronto based TSN reporter Jack Armstrong, asked Turkoglu, “What was the different for you tonight, in terms of setting the tone with your game?” Hedo simply said “ball” and an awkward five seconds of silence followed.
Armstrong broke the silence by saying, “The ball in your hands and you did something with it.” Turkoglu looking somewhat annoyed, shrugged his shoulders and responded, “I’ve got nothing more to say.” Judging by that response and some of the answers the Raptors gave us last night, we’re guessing it’s got something to do with the freezing weather we’ve been getting on the East Coast as of late.
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January 29th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Barnyarnee says:
Bitch has one good game for us and his arrogance goes thru the roof.
January 29th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Billy Hoyle says:
Yeah , Hedo’s a joke .. anyone who doesn’t thinks so needs to watch a Raptors game and look at past box scores … if he does well from here on out , fine .. but being cocky because he had one good game (playing the way he’s supposed to) isn’t making him any friends .
January 29th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Heckler says:
“ball”.
I have nothing else to say.
comical….
January 29th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
BigRedFred says:
LMAO this interview is classic….I think Jack was asking him pretty much how did you find a way to get your groove back ….so his response was “balls” then silence….lol…………meaning he finally grew some balls and starting playing like a man suppose to play…..I hope next time he pulls out a big balls dance…like BG did last year in the playoffs…..
January 29th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Chainfire says:
Hedo! lol! Never a dull moment with that guy!
January 29th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
POPPI GEE says:
He said it and then looked at the reporter like he was supposed to know what he meant lol.
Classic. Chainfire I agree dude is up there with no dull moments. I will never forget the time I seen dude rappin to Jeezy in a game. Wow.
Him and Ron Artest need a show together yesterday!
January 29th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Mikey B says:
the pathetic thing is , he had the ball as much tonight as any other night.
The correct answer should have been “the knicks don’t play defense. I will still suck when we play teams that defend.”
January 29th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Chainfire says:
Some of the things Hedo does in-game cracks me up. An example is when he draws a significant foul (and 1, three pointer foul, crucial foul near the end of the game) in a crafty way, he looks all business but for a second he gives this sheepish giddy wink to the bench! or he just plain has a shit-eating grin while he is sauntering to the free throw line!
January 29th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
sans says:
I second the Ron_Ron and Turk version of Perfect Strangers…they might be cousins from Agoratoopalis
January 29th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
bsteezy3 says:
Hey, that was Classic Turkoglu!! LOL
January 29th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
TO says:
Honestly us ball fans in TO are F**kin loving this. HILARIOUS.
It’s better than his heavy rotation commercial during games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6ctTrUUR5M
January 29th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Grissy says:
Haha, that Pizza Pizza commercial is easily aired at least 10 times a game.
“Yes, Coach.”
Jack Armstrong is the man though! He interviewed Bellinelli at halftime once and Bellinelli gave some random answer and ran off into the tunnel…the camera panned to Jack and he had a “what the fuck are you talking about?!?!” look on his face. Classic.
I can do without Devlin though…
January 29th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
loc says:
Shout outs to Cousin Balky from Meepos.
Dudes an awful signing, would the raptors be better or worse if he was no place near the team?
My only defence of his, he nailed those clutch frees against the lake show.
For 10,000,000 a season he should be public speaking like Russel Brand, especially if he ain’t ballin
January 30th, 2010 at 12:08 am
808 says:
Hell no…part of the problem is Mr. Armstrong’s question. In no way was it as clear as Dime Magazine wrote it to be.
Dude says: “You came out tonight, early, aggressive…”
Yah, we know what he’s TRYING to say, but hell, if your PROFESSION includes asking questions, then at least ask a clear f’n question, no?
“What was the different for you tonight, in terms of just setting the tone with your game, in this game?”
WTF??? Again, we get the gist of the question, but English is not Hedo’s first language, right??? Again, Mr. Armstrong, speak some proper English.
Y’all are lucky Hedo just said, “Ball.”
I would’ve answered, “Ball………F#$% YOU!.”
January 30th, 2010 at 1:11 am
momo says:
This to me is simply Hedo letting it be known that he wants more touches
January 30th, 2010 at 1:15 am
carleton says:
YEah, I’ve gotta admit I’ve grown to love Jack Armstrong over the years, but Raptors ball just aint the same without Chuck Swirsky. He made any game entertaining.
Would LOVE to see a broadcast featuring the Swirsk with the play-by-play, and Jack with the colour commentary. Now THAT would be the best announcer duo EVER! Probably won;t happen though as most people would end up watching the game from home to catch the announcing.
F***…..its been years and i STILL miss the Swirsk!!! What the hell is wrong with me?!?!?
January 30th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Atom says:
Agree with Momo, I thought he was just asking for more touches but didnt want to come right out and say it.
January 30th, 2010 at 12:03 pm
E$ says:
U can’t play without….BALL – So profound
January 31st, 2010 at 8:06 am
darkdefender says:
u cant play in the NBA without 2 BALLS
January 31st, 2010 at 5:48 pm
machineflesh says:
I’m pretty sure he said ‘bowl’. Makes more sense…
Hedo is pure clown. Sweet, sweet clown.
February 1st, 2010 at 8:23 am
BC says:
@ #19 darkdefender:
what about Nene?