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  • #1

    Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

    This was requested. I still dont think Im that funny...

    LarryLegend33 has entered the chat room

    LarryLegend33: sup guys
    Ice_Pax: U guys won again I c
    LarryLegend33: U still playin?
    E_Wok: its on ESPN dumb@ss
    LarryLegend33: oh ****
    BuckSt0psH3R3: yeah it tied 87 all
    BuckSt0psH3R3: who u root1ng 4 Larry?
    LarryLegend33: Wiz all tha way
    Ice_Pax: WTF
    LarryLegend33: LOL like id root 4 the bulls
    LarryLegend33: ur team is like the Pistons of the special olympics
    BuckSt0psH3R3: 4 real pax u guys R annoying as ***
    Ice_Pax: STFU
    E_Wok: LOL NO1 likes ur chippy a$$ team Pax
    Ice_Pax: threeeeee
    Ice_Pax: U just hate me cuz I have Gordon and u dont
    Ice_Pax: 93-87 b1tches!
    E_Wok: Chill the *** out Pax theres like 6 min left
    LarryLegend33: yeah ur team can choke that lead EZ
    Ice_Pax: man STFU Bird u would know
    Ice_Pax: ur team gave up 4 points on 1 shot LOL
    LarryLegend33: Kiss my a$$ Pax if I had Jordans j0ck 2 ride like U gay a$$ bavetta wouldnt have called that f0ul
    E_Wok: haha gilbert ****ted on ur whole t3am
    Ice_Pax: STFU Grunfeld were still up 4
    LarryLegend33: Man Y the *** cant I get 1 good PG lik that
    LarryLegend33: u guyz all got good PGs I dont got **** I g0t a gimp and a turtle
    BuckSt0psH3R3: Wat do u mean U got yasikeviechus 2
    Ice_Pax: U mean Jasikevichus
    BuckSt0psH3R3: *** larry how do U spell it
    LarryLegend33: WTF U asking me 4 I dont speak lith
    E_Wok: Jasikevicius
    LarryLegend33: WTF
    E_Wok: I googled it
    Ice_Pax:LOL
    BuckSt0psH3R3: PWN3D
    LarryLegend33: why the *** didnt I th1nk of that
    E_Wok: why didnt U keep James Jones I dont kno
    LarryLegend33: whatever any scrub looks good+ Nash
    Ice_Pax: TYSON BABY!
    Ice_Pax: Turn out th3 L1ght$!
    LarryLegend33: ...he never learns duz he....
    E_Wok: Hes used to having oth3r ppl close out games with h1m sitting on his a$$
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL
    Ice_Pax: U haterz just jealous I got Jordan part 2
    E_Wok: WTF
    LarryLegend33: O no he d1dnt
    E_Wok: LOL yeah hes wat Jordan would look like if U chopped his legs off
    LarryLegend33: ROTFLMAO
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL man ur a dumba$$
    E_Wok: LOL HAYWOOD AND 1!
    E_Wok: WHAT NOW B1TCH!
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL we told U pax
    LarryLegend33: lmao u gave up the and-1 to Ost3rtags r3tarded cousin
    Ice_Pax: his fat @ss still missed the FT tho
    E_Wok: Jeffries!
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL
    LarryLegend33: HAHAHA Wiz lead by 1
    E_Wok: U gonna lose Pax
    Ice_Pax: WTF
    Ice_Pax: OMG
    Ice_Pax: Gordon!
    Ice_Pax: YEAAAAAHH 9/9 b1tches!
    LarryLegend33: OMG
    BuckSt0psH3R3: U gotta be kidding me
    E_Wok: ***
    E_Wok: U got so lucky Pax
    Ice_Pax: Take that b1tches! U haterz cant touch Gordon!
    LarryLegend33: Yea I cant reach that far down
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL
    Ice_Pax: U never went 9/9 from 3 in a game Bird U jealous
    LarryLegend33: Yeah cuz I actually p@$$ed the fukin ball
    LarryLegend33: ur boy only passes it 2 the rim
    LarryLegend33: Hes like U were except hes got talent
    E_Wok: ROTFL
    Ice_Pax: STFU how many finals winning 3s did U hit
    LarryLegend33: LOL if Ainge had 3 guys on h1m evry play id be $$$ too
    BuckSt0psH3R3: man all R teams are 1 game apart
    LarryLegend33: thats fuked up
    LarryLegend33: we got dibs on the 5 seed
    E_Wok: man u aint got dibs on ****
    E_Wok: U guys R winning vs scrub teams
    LarryLegend33: LOL like I give a *** im missing 1/2 my team
    BuckSt0psH3R3: we got 5 on lockdown
    Ice_Pax: haha ur team cant spell the word
    E_Wok: Naw Wiz are going 2 take the 5 seed just u watch
    LarryLegend33: yeah the washington charmins really scare me
    E_Wok: lol
    Ice_Pax: Bulls own U all
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LMAO
    E_Wok: haha
    LarryLegend33: Look out guys Paxons army of circus midgets is coming 4 us
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL
    E_Wok: LOL

    Ferry_G0dfather has entered the chat room

    Ferry_G0dfather: Wat up
    Ice_Pax: wtf are U doing here
    Ferry_G0dfather: hey Bird
    LarryLegend33: sup
    Ferry_G0dfather: want 2 play some madden latr
    LarryLegend33: nah im good
    Ferry_G0dfather: cuz ur a little glitch b1tch
    E_Wok: LOL yeah
    E_Wok: Ur soooo cheap
    Ferry_G0dfather: huh
    LarryLegend33: U use the Falcons and run with Vick all game
    Ferry_G0dfather: So wat U cant stop it
    LarryLegend33: Yeah cuz I dont play every day like U do I have a life
    Ice_Pax: yeah no wonder U cant do **** every year even tho U got LBJ
    Ice_Pax: ur too busy playing madden all the time
    Ferry_G0dfather: we beat ur team 4 times
    BuckSt0psH3R3: Oh wow u swept chicago thats awesome
    E_Wok: When does ur banner go up
    LarryLegend33: LOL
    LarryLegend33: Hey i gtg guys
    LarryLegend33: I want to trade some guys off my franchise
    BuckSt0psH3R3: Its past the deadline f00l
    LarryLegend33: naw I mean in NBA live
    LarryLegend33: Im trading JO 4 Wade str8 up
    BuckSt0psH3R3: lol like that would ever happen IRL
    LarryLegend33: I got a lineup of Wade, Nash, Granger, Croshere and Dale Davis
    E_Wok: Nice

    LarryLegend33 has left the chat room

    It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

    Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
    Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
    NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004
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  • #2
    Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

    Originally posted by Kstat
    Ice_Pax: Take that b1tches! U haterz cant touch Gordon!
    LarryLegend33: Yea I cant reach that far down
    BuckSt0psH3R3: LOL

    Ice_Pax: U never went 9/9 from 3 in a game Bird U jealous
    LarryLegend33: Yeah cuz I actually p@$$ed the fukin ball
    LarryLegend33: ur boy only passes it 2 the rim
    LarryLegend33: Hes like U were except hes got talent
    E_Wok: ROTFL
    Ice_Pax: STFU how many finals winning 3s did U hit
    LarryLegend33: LOL if Ainge had 3 guys on h1m evry play id be $$$ too

    LarryLegend33: I want to trade some guys off my franchise
    BuckSt0psH3R3: Its past the deadline f00l
    LarryLegend33: naw I mean in NBA live
    LarryLegend33: Im trading JO 4 Wade str8 up
    BuckSt0psH3R3: lol like that would ever happen IRL
    LarryLegend33: I got a lineup of Wade, Nash, Granger, Croshere and Dale Davis
    E_Wok: Nice
    nice

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    • #3
      Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

      LOL the stuff about no one liking the chippy bulls was nice.
      You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?

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      • #4
        Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

        Not as good as the first one (can't beat punkin' Zeke), but still .

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        • #5
          Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

          Sorry, I can't figure out E_Wok.

          And it was Jess Kersey with the four point play, not Bavetta.
          Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
          Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
          Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
          Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
          And life itself, rushing over me
          Life itself, the wind in black elms,
          Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

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          • #6
            Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

            Originally posted by Jay@Section204
            Sorry, I can't figure out E_Wok.
            Grunfeld.

            It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

            Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
            Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
            NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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            • #7
              Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

              Then who is BuckStopsHere?

              Sorry, I know I get a for this.
              Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
              Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
              Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
              Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
              And life itself, rushing over me
              Life itself, the wind in black elms,
              Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

              Comment

              • #8
                Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

                Originally posted by Jay@Section204
                Then who is BuckStopsHere?

                Sorry, I know I get a for this.
                Larry Harris.

                The joke is that its a GM chatroom. SO if you can identify the team, you should be able to identify the person....

                It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.

                Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
                Conference Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 2005
                NBA Champions 1989, 1990, 2004

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                • #9
                  Re: Bird's friday night chatlog intercepted...

                  I'm stuck in my own way-back machine. I was thinking Grunfeld was still in Milwaukee. Oops.
                  Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
                  Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
                  Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
                  Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
                  And life itself, rushing over me
                  Life itself, the wind in black elms,
                  Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

                  Comment

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