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Bill Russell was the greatest defensive center in NBA history, Ewing didn't get the Russell hype until he hit New York. He was hyped coming out of Cambridge Syringe & Latin (a local joke, sorry), but after Georgetown's meeting with Kentucky the hype machine went into low gear. He was expected to make a big defensive impact, while providing an all-round offensive game (he was sort of the proto-Duncan). But he still wasn't considered as good as Hakeem coming out of college, and Olajuwon had far more hype, doubly remarkable given that Ewing played in a major media market in the New York media college conference and Hakeem was balling in Houston. I didn't know of anyone that considered Ewing the better player, and that's from his one time hometown (Boston/Cambridge). Whether or not he was supposed to turn the Knicks around, at the draft no one considered him better than Olajuwon (except Knicks fans and New York sportswriters after the Knicks won the lottery).

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"The Spurs are the Jason Voorhees of the NBA. No matter how many times you think you've finally killed them, turn your back on them and they're right back on their feet, machete in one hand and chainsaw in the other."

"Tim Duncan is the biggest crybaby in the NBA. If the Spurs were gay, he'd be Liberace." MCD

"Opium is the religion of the masses." Fred Reed

"I do not know what the Queensberry rules are, sir, but the Wilde rules are to shoot on sight!" Oscar Wilde to the Marquis of Queensbury after being threatened by the former pugilist.

Those who are in the know praise Dead Women Tell No Tales:

"The account of Kobe participating in orgies and the description of the surroundings is accurate. I attended few of those parties myself..." -- Jondell R. Montgomery, Long Beach, 2006

Men don't notice the price when in the presence of naked women. They needed a research study to tell them that.