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Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Ainge throwing the ball at Elie has been posted here, but not the Elie taunt towards Ainge, this explains why he threw the ball. Ainge was a scrappy mother ****er.
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Very good NBA starter
Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
ainge = goat mormon
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Originally Posted by 1987_Lakers
Ainge throwing the ball at Elie has been posted here, but not the Elie taunt towards Ainge, this explains why he threw the ball. Ainge was a scrappy mother ****er.
Yeah, the clip showing the Elie taunt was posted on YouTube about a month or two ago. Ainge played about 200 MLB games with Toronto in the early 80s. That throw was just wicked.
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
I almost didn't click on this thread, only because I thought it was going to be a repeat of the thread made about a month ago. However, like others mentioned, I'd never seen the Elie taunt. Seems to indicate the throw wasn't an accident. It still cracks me up though. Haha.
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
i always love how ainge just plays it off nonchalantly like he was going for the outlet pass. but looking at the play, hakeem should have never dunked it or dunked it emphatically in that fashion. thats just poor sportsmanship when the game was clearly over
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
This might not be intentional. It happened to me once too. I tried to throw a long pass out of bounds just like Ainge but the ball slipped a little and I hit the opponents player right in the face
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Originally Posted by Alan
This might not be intentional. It happened to me once too. I tried to throw a long pass out of bounds just like Ainge but the ball slipped a little and I hit the opponents player right in the face
You ain't Danny Ainge, boy! Danny Ainge was a sick mofo who had sick precision!
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Originally Posted by Alan
This might not be intentional. It happened to me once too. I tried to throw a long pass out of bounds just like Ainge but the ball slipped a little and I hit the opponents player right in the face
You weren't a utility player on the Toronto Blue Jays. Ainge was. He knew what he was doing.
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
GOAT center at 0:58
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5-time NBA All-Star
Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
That was awesome, it was completely deliberate and I would have done the same thing in Ainge's position.
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Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Originally Posted by DuMa
i always love how ainge just plays it off nonchalantly like he was going for the outlet pass. but looking at the play, hakeem should have never dunked it or dunked it emphatically in that fashion. thats just poor sportsmanship when the game was clearly over
In the NBA I've never been especially cool with this idea. They're professional players, it's a game of entertainment, so if they score through legal means, I think it should be alright. Now, I'm not a fan of taunting (like Elie was and probably Ainge at some point before that) but I find that to be different than performing on the court. As a fan, I very much enjoy those moments in NBA games where one of the best players in the world gets a chance to attempt a crazy dunk without fear missing it and altering the outcome of a game.
Of course, I can clearly see the other side of the debate. I just wish playing all 48 minutes (even in the midst of a blowout) wasn't so frowned upon in the NBA. In high school, when a team is clearly overmatched, sure, the two-handed monster jam by the 6'8'' guy with 30 seconds left of a 50 point blow out might be a little much. In the NBA though, I follow the "if you don't want to get windmilled upon, then play defense better" mantra. They're all awesome players. The arena is full of 20,000 paying customers. I don't see why offense should be taken at an all-world athlete doing what he does best against other all-world athletes.
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5-time NBA All-Star
Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Originally Posted by Rake2204
In the NBA I've never been especially cool with this idea. They're professional players, it's a game of entertainment, so if they score through legal means, I think it should be alright. Now, I'm not a fan of taunting (like Elie was and probably Ainge at some point before that) but I find that to be different than performing on the court. As a fan, I very much enjoy those moments in NBA games where one of the best players in the world gets a chance to attempt a crazy dunk without fear missing it and altering the outcome of a game.
Of course, I can clearly see the other side of the debate. I just wish playing all 48 minutes (even in the midst of a blowout) wasn't so frowned upon in the NBA. In high school, when a team is clearly overmatched, sure, the two-handed monster jam by the 6'8'' guy with 30 seconds left of a 50 point blow out might be a little much. In the NBA though, I follow the "if you don't want to get windmilled upon, then play defense better" mantra. They're all awesome players. The arena is full of 20,000 paying customers. I don't see why offense should be taken at an all-world athlete doing what he does best against other all-world athletes.
It's case by case. In this case Elie was taunting and the bench was yelling stuff, Hakeem was just rubbing it in their faces.
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College star
Re: Elie taunts Ainge, Ainge hits Elie in head with ball
Lol, I loved Mario Elie back on the day. He almost always hit big shots when it mattered.
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