Comments on: The Playground Gave Us Juan Dixon – The March Madness Edition

By: ali

ali — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:49:26 +0000

k easy – the chamique joint is a must!

azucar – great minds think alike b/c i’ve already started research on the nick “the quick” joint. ya’ll gotta stop givin’ away the secret ingredients.

today’s madness should be hot like sauce. particularly amped for nova/ucla, texas/duke, unc/lsu, michigan/oklahoma, maryland/memphis and washington/purdue. the washington huskies have a crew and their freshman guard isaiah thomas is serious bizness.

i’m currently in oklahoma and these folks down here are going nuts in anticipation of the blake griffin and deshawn sims matchup today.

oh, and inspired worlds – yes, juanny’s ncaa magic in 2002 was indeed special. he’s currently playing w/ the wizards.

By: inspiredworlds

inspiredworlds — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:42:31 +0000

i actually heard about his story on nba.com video a while ago. just so many of these players come from such a tough upbringing. i didn’t know he won NCAA championship.

where does he play now in the NBA? i remember washington or blazers.

By: K. Easy

K. Easy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:54:18 +0000

yo ali dope article as usual. Juan derserved every bit of that accomplishment. I was rooting for him dat whole tournament. Since its tournament time and you represented with the Dawn Staley ,one that i loved fa sho, a while back. I was talkn wit my peoples and you def gotta do one on Chamique Holdsclaw. She was killin @ UT for Pat Summit during the year and tournament. whatdayathink?

By: Azucar

Azucar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:29:11 +0000

Bounce needs to do a “The Playground Gave Us” for Nick “The Quick” Van Exel. He played the game with a streetball swagger.

By: illest

illest — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:45:18 +0000

blk caeasr….indeed i knew western kentucky would win.

By: Blk Caesar

Blk Caesar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:36:39 +0000

I need some upsets too Illest.. Western Kentucky came through for me last night.. Although not sure if that is an upset against that Illini team.. Come on Utah State!! Daddy needs a new pair of shoes!

By: illest

illest — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:28:06 +0000

the kid maynor i thought was going to win that. he didnt seem in to like he was against duke years ago. i need some upsets today. whoa did you see what jonhhy flynn just did.

By: Blk Caesar

Blk Caesar — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:34:08 +0000

Yesterday was interesting.. VCU almost pulled it off against UCLA and Cal State but the fear of god into Memphis until they finally pulled away. But that UCLA/Nova game should be a treat on saturday. I am rooting for Temple today.. Hopefully there will be “Christmas” in March… oh and funkalot Tonya said what up and the Temple girls are in the tourney.. If they win their first game it will be quite a second round game b/c it will be a homecoming as most likely Tonya and the lady owls will play UCONN.. You should come through if that happens. i think the game will be in Storrs.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:27:53 +0000

Being from MD, I’m a big time Terps fan, so this is much appreciated, Ali. I love Juan. I remember going to see a game in like ‘98 before anyone knew him — this was during the Steve Francis heyday, and he was just warming up before a game and knocking down all these 3’s, and I’m like “who’s THAT kid??” Dude was lights out. Those MD games against Duke were some of the most exciting games ever played. Watching them win the championship in 2002 was one of the top 10 sports highlights of my life. Go TERPS!

By: ali

ali — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:58:15 +0000

i imagine if your team had to lose to anybody, you wouldn’t mind it being Juan. class act, all the way.

any thoughts on today’s madness?