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It has only been two years, but still, a lot of people don't remember the maestro that was former Nugget and Hornet Chris Anderson. He's perhaps most famous for his performance in the slam dunk contest — Bill Simmons wrote, "Looking back, I think the best part was that he started off the contest by telling the sideline reporter, 'It's time for the Birdman to fly.' Could somebody find me a time machine so I could travel back to the '80s and make that my high school yearbook quote?" — and, of course, that hair. And then he got kicked out of the league for two years for using what was reported to be cocaine. His suspension run out Sunday.
We would love to see big Chris Anderson back, desperately, now that you mention it. He was always ridiculously fun to watch, even though it's certainly possible that he was using cocaine while on the court. (We'll know that was the case if he returns and appears to have mono.) We'd have to think the Knicks could take a chance on him, yes? Why not?
"Birdman" Hoping To Fly Again [Denver Post]
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Zeke is preparing his max-contract offer as i type this.
It's time for the Bird Man to get High
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution
He had Simmons at "Bird".
Forget coke- use caffeine pills. Then, put on some spandex and film that music video...
-soexcited/soscrade90
Come on McHale, make it happen!
@kataroo_kangaroo: soscared, asshat.
This is great, America has always had a soft spot for white junkies.
Well if he has mono I guess that means Weezy does too.
It's like Eric Byrnes with ten times the crazy; how can you lose?!
/Nitpick threadjack
Before we have another Jacobs(e/o)n argument, allow me to point out:
Chris Andersen
/Anal retentiveness over
I'm glad he had that free time that allowed him to star in "My new haircut"
fuckin' jagerbombs!
When I played, a line before the game helped me with my tempo, awareness and hightened my athletic ability. When I stopped using I realized I never played basketball and have no legs.
"The two years off has really allowed me to work on my defense, jumpshot, and collection of house music 7 inches."
Well, I'm really glad that the NBA caught that one guy who was doing all the drugs.
We must get Chris Andersen paired up with Ron Artest. Together, with Brad Miller, they will form the craziest front court in NBA history.
Gary McClain doesn't see what the problem is.
His suspension run out Sunday
How She Move??
[Jimmy Clausen joke]
Why the pic of Avril's husband?
Shoulda been you, Roy Tarpley.
I wonder how many bees are stuck to the back of his head.
@GlenAndersonLikesBoys:
hey hey, you you, I don't like your cokehead
His favourite horror movie? Hellraiser.
@matt_t: not now chief, I'm in the zone
He should only be allowed back if he lights himself on fire before his first dunk. And I don't care if he's on coke or not when he does it.
I didn't know Chris Anderson was Nick Nolte's Son.
By the way, that picture was actually taken after Henry Hill flushed Andersen's stash down the toilet, causing him to go Super Saiyan.
Maybe his new nickname will be Gizmo Duck.
He was a lot more fun on coke... I think we can all freely admit that.
"It's time for me to get off drugs, stop being polite, and start getting real.
/looks like Puck from Real World: San Fran
@racistmascot_inc: No one can be like Eric Byrnes until they grow out a tickler, dye it red, and make Jeanne Zelasko squirm on air like a 15 year old with a 17 year old guy in high school's hand down her pants for the first time.
@ihateyourteam:
Just like Len Bias.
@7-8 Deville: Or Johnny Rotten's
@Chloroform Monster:
That dyed-red tickler was actually attached to Scott Spiezio's face.
@Chloroform Monster:
A tickler dyed red? I assume you are referring to a "Spiezio."
@Kid Canada: Yes, but it was Byrnes, if I'm not mistaken, who pointedly explained it to Zelasko. I could be wrong, I just rolled out of bed and haven't had my coffee yet.
@Kid Canada:
Damn your quick Canadian fingers.
@Chloroform Monster: Learn to write things so adjectives and references describe the proper person. -1.
@racistmascot_inc: They've got to be quick up there, otherwise you can't avoid the advances of Uncle Jebediah and you wake up in the Rape Cave the next morning next to the mountain goats.
before I followed the jump, i thought i would be funny to write how we can expect to see him on the knicks... to only find that is what everyone and their mother thinks will happen...
*sigh* - what has become of my favorite basketball team
@Brazil Thrill:
Don't forget about Scot "Hey kids...do drugs" Pollard.
@Riddler:
Scot Pollard can hang with ANYONE in the crazy white guy hair department. I'm pretty sure he had a colored mohawk and a samurai topknot within a week of each other.
Perhaps in the ensuing two years the birdman has smartend up enough to have been diagnosed with ADD.
Hair gel is a helluva drug.
@Chloroform Monster:
Right you are Ken.
Lee Hotti likes the hair, but believes the eyebrows need some work.
Any truth to the rumor he's suiting up for Colombia at the FIBA World Championships?
@Riddler: One's a comedian, one's a junkie. Can you tell which is which?
birdman good he fly in any weather
GATOR BOOTS WITH THE PIMPED OUT GUCCI SUITS...
my new fuckin' haircut...skanks!
@Kalamazoo_Kicker: With them Gucci suits?!
"And Dildo: cut that fuckin mop off the top a' your head, or i will do it for you."
"And Dildo: Cut that fuckin' mop off the top a' your head, or i will do it for you."
Chris Anderson aka li'l Maradono
Hopefully the Warriors pick up CWebb and Anderson. Then they can have two, quick and agile bigmen to compliment Biedrins.