I'm saying though. Can any other NBA player compare to what Diembe has done for his homeland? If you think about it, it's pretty damn amazing what he's done and is still doing.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ProStix#6 @ Jul 14 2006, 03:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm saying though. Can any other NBA player compare to what Diembe has done for his homeland? If you think about it, it's pretty damn amazing what he's done and is still doing.</div>Yeah, Mutombo is a great guy, world class individual. That's why I like him so much. I mean not only was he an awesome player and one of the best shot blockers to date, but he is a great person and does anything and everything he can for his country.
Antawn Jamison is a great locker room guy for the Wizards, he also won some Magic Johnson award that has to do with being patient with the media, lol. A lot of players in the NBA are class acts, believe or not. (Players like Darius Miles have people not believe that statement)
Derek Fisher for sure,always the guys that would break up disputes in the locker room and is a very classy guy.I 'met' him in the mall and got his autograph at some jewelers store anyway very nice guy.How about Manute Bol ?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Jul 14 2006, 03:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Michael Jordan once donated his whole salary to charity one year..</div>I agree Michael is definetly a class act.I also forgot to mention Kobe Bryant,in the 2003 playoffs against the Kings(Western Conference Finals) Kobe brought a WHOLE jr.high school to come watch the game.Kobe is a very nice person but is overlooked because of the colorodo incident,the whole kobe-shaq feud and his 'arogance' on the basketball court.Also, take a look at what he did for this kid in the Make A Wish Foundation recently http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/features/my...tory?id=2518313
Antoine Walker is a great person and does A LOT for the community as well. He has The 8 Foundation, he holds camps for kids all the time, he's very charismatic, does charity events all the time, etc. He just never stops.
Dikembe Mutombo is black jesus...yet he goes to the Goldclub in Atlanta and has sex with strippers....'Who wants to sex Mutombo'...thats what he said.
Chris Duhon has done a lot for Hurricane Katrina. He's payed a lot of time and money for the relief fund, and won't stop until New Orleans is back to where it was before the Hurricanes hit. Although that may be never, he will keep up his effort.But, PJ Brown is up there. Most players give to charity anyway.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (LakersFan247 @ Jul 14 2006, 07:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree Michael is definetly a class act.I also forgot to mention Kobe Bryant,in the 2003 playoffs against the Kings(Western Conference Finals) Kobe brought a WHOLE jr.high school to come watch the game.Kobe is a very nice person but is overlooked because of the colorodo incident,the whole kobe-shaq feud and his 'arogance' on the basketball court.Also, take a look at what he did for this kid in the Make A Wish Foundation recently http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/features/my...tory?id=2518313</div>If you read Phil Jackson's book, "The Last Season", and you read some of the quotes of Kobe in there, you would realize that Kobe's actually not a very nice person. Anyone can do that sort of think. That doesnt mean their nice.And Charlie V won the NBA Cares award (or whatever it's called) for February. He is setting up his own foundation for kids with the same hair loss disease that he has. Also before every game he brings kids in with the disease, talks to them, and then buys them tickets to see the game. He is a class act. He's already done alot of this stuff, and he's only in his rookie year.
I would hardly call most of these guys 'humanitarians'...they give a tiny percent of what they make back....
I'm sorry BCB, but do you do anything for charity? Guys with big salaries arent just going to give all of it to charity. Even just the smallest bit is appreciated..
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CB4AllStar @ Jul 15 2006, 02:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm sorry BCB, but do you do anything for charity? Guys with big salaries arent just going to give all of it to charity. Even just the smallest bit is appreciated..</div> I realize that but don't go calling these guys 'humanitarians' when they live in $10 million dollar homes and donate $400,000 a year.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Jul 14 2006, 09:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Dikembe Mutombo is black jesus...yet he goes to the Goldclub in Atlanta and has sex with strippers....'Who wants to sex Mutombo'...thats what he said.</div>Haha I never heard about this. Link?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jul 15 2006, 02:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Haha I never heard about this. Link?</div> It's an old story...he was part of an investigation into a lot of bad stuff that was going on in Goldclub in Atlanta which is a big fancy strip club where players like Mutombo and Andruw Jones...etc...and didn't pay for anything...and they were having sex with strippers.
Duhon and Mutombo don't just give money, they do work too. They spend time making houses and whatnot. Still, 400,000 is a ton anyway.
I remember reading an article in ESPN about 6 months or more ago about Samuel Dalembert giving alot to his home country. The sad thing is i dont remember what country it was but i know i read an article about it. does anybody know what i am talking about?
