<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">For all the grousing that has gone on about the NBA recently, I'd like to borrow, if I may, from the last line of a football movie, "The Longest Yard." "Stick this in your trophy case!" Such a bold sentiment won't garner me any sportsmanship awards, but then again, I won't claim to be the class act that either Tim Duncan and David Robinson is. In the movie, "this" referred to the game ball. For my reference, "this" is Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year Award. In a televised special on Sunday, Duncan and Robinson, who may not have room in their trophy cases for another award, were named SI's 2003 Sportsmen of the Year. And to that I say, "'Bout time!" Not only does it validate (not that they needed validation) Duncan and Robinson as sportsmen and citizens, but it shows that the NBA remains a positive cultural force</div> Full Story There couldn't be a more deserving duo. Thoughts?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting VinnyMack:</div><div class="quote_post">Rasheed & Damon?</div> They would not know how to spell "sportsman" lol Nice award to the right people.
I agree. I don't think anyone deserves the award more then them too. They are role models both on the court and off the court. Thanks VinnyMack for that joke. I really needed a laugh today. :mrgreen:
