The Most Clich

[no pun intended]

"I play with a chip on my shoulder"

"Last few days has been a hurricane" (used often by traded/signed players)

Any others?

[Xiao Yao You]

It is what it is.

[9erempiree]

"Player A makes his teammates better....."

[AboutBuckets]

Player A is raw, but has size, athleticism, and great potential

[BoutPractice]

"I'm all about the W", player X "does all the little things (that don't show up on the stat sheet)", team A "wanted it more".

Often used by coaches: "We need to play with a sense of urgency", "We gotta play", "We need to make plays"... And of course, "Keep grinding" and "Stay the course" :D

[SacJB Shady]

''I'd like to thank god.''

''At the end of the day.''

''We are a no excuse basketball team.''

''Let the better team win.''

[9erempiree]

"Michael Jordan is the greatest player ever."

This one is often used because it's politically correct.

[Harison]

"Down the stretch" is repeated in some interviews by players and coaches so often, it seems they barely know any other English words :lol

[Wavy Crockett]

"Defense wins championships."

[9erempiree]

"We have to out-physical them"

"We need to be more aggressive"

[BoutPractice]

Oh, and "You know."

[cranincu]

whenever a player says "I'm humbled" after winning an award or something

bitch what does that even mean

[ukballer]

"Lets go." - Mike D'Antoni

[T-Time3]

LET'S GO !!!!

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[doinitbig06]

LeBron: "I'm just gonna leave it all out on the floor"

[JerryWest]

"All you can hope is to slow him down"

[bagelred]

"It's not about the money...."

"I'm not making any excuses....." (Why not? Sometimes excuses are legitimiate...)

"Defense wins championships....we've got to improve our defense."

[HoopsFanNumero1]

"Both teams played hard"

[NumberSix]

"All Kobe cares about is winning"

[branslowski]

"I'm taking my talents to south beach" -LeBron

"they stretched us out, no homo"- Roy Hibbert

"we gotta show better defensive effort"- D'Antoni's whole career.

Trade Rumors:

"You'd have to talk to management about that, I'm just gonna continue to play my game and do what I can to win"

[NumberSix]

"I'm taking my talents to south beach" -LeBron

"they stretched us out, no homo"- Roy Hibbert

"we gotta show better defensive effort"- D'Antoni's whole career.

Trade Rumors:

"You'd have to talk to management about that, I'm just gonna continue to play my game and do what I can to win"
Im not sure you understand the meaning of the word "cliche".

[jzek]

"At the end of the day, [insert another cliche here]"

[branslowski]

Im not sure you understand the meaning of the word "cliche".

Oh I do, but cliche kinda is a bore.

[Eric Cartman]

They wanted it a little more than us tonight.

[Scholar]

"We need(ed) to play with a sense of urgency."

[OldSkoolball#52]

"I just have to stay aggressive and keep attacking"

"We just have to execute"


"Let me show you how to be a champion"

[BoutPractice]

Rookies asked what their biggest strength is: "I work hard"
Rookies asked what they're going to contribute to their team:"Just the work ethic, and, you know, doing whatever it takes to help my team win"

[Jameerthefear]

"He's a hustle player."

"He's playing with a chip on his shoulder."

[Kaspah]

"He might have gotten away with a flop."


:facepalm

[b1imtf]

"Both teams played hard"
:applause:

[WayOfWade]

"It's a must win game."

[KyleKong]

"Look, man."

[Sham]

He gained 15 pounds of muscle. :oldlol:

[Take Your Lumps]

"The game of basketball"

[Solid Snake]

"The most dangerous player in this situation is the guy inbounding the ball."

lmao

I wish I could see a compilation of clips in which this inherent danger becomes all too real.

[Electric Slide]

hand down man down

[Vragrant]

"we just didn't execute"

"His value goes way beyond boxscores"

[OldSkoolball#52]

Actually you could do a volume on this subject on cliches related to Kobe alone.

"He put the team on his back and willed them to that win"
"He has killer instinct"
"He's an assassin"
"All he cares about is winning" (as numbersix mentioned)
"At the end of the game, he's their closer"
"He's the alpha dog, first option, first banana, first fiddle, batman, etc."


Most of these are just excuses made to hype up an ESPN star who often becomes a liability to his team with his selfish ballhogging. Gawd forbid anyone go against company line and be critical of MeBe.

The "he only cares about winning, he only wants to win, his goal is nothing short of a championship" is a bunch of silly BS as well. If that were true, he would use his bigs more. Flat out. Every few years he has to ride them to add titles to his resume, and in between he chucks without conscience to statpad his all-time point totals. That's pretty much his formula, and to his credit it has gotten him overrated by a lot of the lower IQ fans and media. He'll defer just enough to the dominant Laker bigs every few years to get credit for "titles" but then after he gets a few he goes into "ok now everyone look at me, watch me shoot, look at me the hero, I'm the star of this show, everyone watch me me me" and guys like Shaq, Bynum, Howard just get sick of it and are like "Ok, we out." Kobe is DAMN LUCKY Pau is both extremely skilled and extremely subservient that he puts up with being the more important player on the team while letting Kobe selfishly hog all the credit and shots.

It is what it is. That's between them, I'm not losin sleep over it. But it is kinda depressing when you see how many Stans kobe has, and you just think about how dumb and gullible the average person is, and pretty much how easily they're sold a bill of goods if you wrap it in a bunch of triumphant cliches and talking points. I've always found the Kobe Stan fascinating from a sociological perspective. Sure, they're very frustrating at times. But I guess life would be a lot less interesting without em.

[The-Legend-24]

^ You try too hard.

[RRR3]

Christ, can there be one thread where KB and LBJ AREN'T brought up? :banghead:

[FKAri]

Most of what you hear in timeouts is complete garbage and devoid of any insight.

[TheBigVeto]

Defense wins championship.

[eurobum]

Hands down, number one used clich

[Peteballa]

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"Keep grinding"

"Stay the course"

"Maintain your identity"

"This is a game of runs"

"Keep your composure"

"It's us"

[Fresh Kid]

we played dismal down tha stretch

[no pun intended]

"The most dangerous player in this situation is the guy inbounding the ball."

lmao

I wish I could see a compilation of clips in which this inherent danger becomes all too real.
Too true.

[lpublic_enemyl]

"Both teams played hard"
instantly made me think of sheed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXiWZyJL90

[BallsOut]

both teams played hard

i just want to go out there and make my teammates better

it's just another game

[WolfGang]

"With a full head of steam." I hear that shit everytime someone goes to the basket.

[clipps]

They are a great team. We just have to stay focused and play our game.

[Peteballa]

"The most dangerous player in this situation is the guy inbounding the ball."

lmao

I wish I could see a compilation of clips in which this inherent danger becomes all too real.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIdnvOdCdo

[no pun intended]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIdnvOdCdo
This one actually came into my mind first. Hubie's commentary says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuSMbQ060Mo

[SuperPippen]

[QUOTE=eurobum]Hands down, number one used clich

[Cleverness]

"If they could cut the lead to _____ going into _______,"

[DuMa]

JVG: "Thats a flop"

[Electric Slide]

"Just a hard playoff foul"

[madmax17]

"It wasn't rape! I am guilty of infidelity, ya got me there."

[no pun intended]

Kings commentator: If you don't like that, you don't like NBA basketball!

[guy]

whenever a player says "I'm humbled" after winning an award or something

bitch what does that even mean

:oldlol: Apparently getting an individual award for your great play somehow brings you more back down to earth and doesn't add to your ego. :oldlol: They must not even know what being humbled actually means.

[tomtucker]

I just don't like using condoms

[AlphaWolf24]

:oldlol: Apparently getting an individual award for your great play somehow brings you more back down to earth and doesn't add to your ego. :oldlol: They must not even know what being humbled actually means.


this.....

it makes no sense...






It should be....

reporter: " Why didn't you play in the 4th quarter?"

Player: " Coach thought Robinson was playing better.....I wasn't contributing like I should.......I'm humbled by this.......and will play better next game"

[no pun intended]

"We gotta keep staying aggressive"

"Gotta take care of the ball"

"Keep the ball moving"

"Move up and down the court"

I credit those 2K14 interviews for already getting repetitive and cliched lol

[CeltsGarlic]

good defense but better offense

[Perfect]

"The most dangerous player in this situation is the guy inbounding the ball."

lmao

I wish I could see a compilation of clips in which this inherent danger becomes all too real.


HAHAHA THIS.

[9512]

"We're gonna take it one game at the time."

[alexd]

"we gotta get some stops"

[bagelred]

"We're not making any excuses."

"We have to play with a sense of urgency."

"We're focusing on the defensive end. Defense wins championships."

"I let my teammates down. I accept full responsiblity."

"It's all about effort."

"She told me she was 18 years old."

[For_Three]

"We are just going to take it one game at a time. Right now we are focused on "Team X""

[For_Three]

"We're gonna take it one game at the time."

Ha damn, just posted this