Latrell Sprewell appreciation thread.

[Bless Mathews]

http://youtu.be/DjLXF4MiY44

One of my favorite all time players.

Quick as fucc. One of best two foot jumpers ever. Niggah flew.

GREAT defender.

In golden state had 4 out of 6 years 20+ ppg, other two 18.9 and 15.6 in his rookie year.

'96-97 best year. 24.2 PPG 4.6 RPG 6.3 apg 1.7 spg on 48.8%.

Played in your face on both ends. Didn't back down from anyone. FONky fONky fONky.

[1987_Lakers]

http://cjonline.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/superphoto/editorial/images/201007/280949_web_topeka_photographers_175_soltes_choke.j pg

[Bless Mathews]

Ohhhhh. I get it.

Good one skippy.

[Smook A.]

Spreeeeee

That guy was fun to watch. Its still funny how he turned down that big contract because he said "it wouldn't feed his children" or something along those lines...

[OG LeeTSkeeT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edtCa8O0hiM

he was a beast on the wolves against those laker playoff years.

[Trentknicks]

http://www.turnontheknicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tumblr_lx7ejtuLH61qkzoulo1_400.jpg

http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/958029975_1396205152.jpg

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2000/04/27/NBA_t640.jpg?a6ea3ebd4438a44b86d2e9c39ecf7613005fe 067

Great article on him.

[QUOTE]Sometimes, late at night, I Google Latrell Sprewell. I don

[outbreak]

anyone want to buy a yacht?

[ZaaaaaH]

Where is LeBron?

[JohnMax]

My favorite player on NBA 2k1 on Sega Dreamcast. He was the best dunker and player for some reason. Easy to dominate with similar to Mike Vick on Madden 2004.

[Real14]

Sprewell was dat dude, he could of had a ring in 99 if Ewing weren't injured:cry:

[Lebron23]

He and Allan Houston were a good combo.

[josh99]

My favorite player on NBA 2k1 on Sega Dreamcast. He was the best dunker and player for some reason. Easy to dominate with similar to Mike Vick on Madden 2004.
I remember him in NBA Live 2000 throwing down 360 dunks and such, guy was a beast.

[Real14]

He and Allan Houston were a good combo.
hell yea with larry Johnson on tha wingz:applause:

[mariodeathgrip]

Spree was just fun to watch, facker had true game.

[chocolatethunder]

He played D and ran the floor great. Had to be one of the worst dribblers of all time and a spotty shooter at best. Fun in Golden State kinda boring once he got to the Knicks. He needed to be on a fast break team. Watching him try to dribble in the half court was just brutal.

[Teanett]

SPREE!!!
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[Reggie43]

Him and Houston were very exciting to watch back in '99. Would have rooted for them if I weren't a Pacers fan.

[magic chiongson]

http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110125062146/uncyclopedia/images/c/ce/Reggie-miller-choke.jpg

http://onmilwaukee.com/images/articles/sp/spreeinvestigated/spreeinvestigated_fullsize_story1.jpg

[AintNoSunshine]

Those '99 Knicks were one of the best story line ever in my opinion, so much fun to watch led by Houston, Spree and Camby, so much fight and so much heart.

[Draz]

My first favorite basketball player ever. Loved him

[Bless Mathews]

My first favorite basketball player ever. Loved him
Word. In my top 5. Was a beast.

[Bless Mathews]

http://www.turnontheknicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tumblr_lx7ejtuLH61qkzoulo1_400.jpg

http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/958029975_1396205152.jpg

http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2000/04/27/NBA_t640.jpg?a6ea3ebd4438a44b86d2e9c39ecf7613005fe 067

Great article on him.




Awesome Highlights.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OZS9P3YraY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjLXF4MiY44
Good read.

[Droid101]

**** Allan Houston.

[Real14]

He played D and ran the floor great. Had to be one of the worst dribblers of all time and a spotty shooter at best. Fun in Golden State kinda boring once he got to the Knicks. He needed to be on a fast break team. Watching him try to dribble in the half court was just brutal.
come on man, just stop with all tha hating man, you are being relly ridicoulous:coleman:

[Real14]

**** Allan Houston.
phuck you:biggums:

[jstern]

I love Sprewell, but wasn't he a one foot dunker. Didn't he jump off of one leg and then dunk with two. I think he used to do that on fastbreaks. One of my favorite dunks, so I always see him as a one leg jumper, because normally when a player dunks it with two hands they jump off of two feet.

I love this dunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDrJoTTo8_c

[Droid101]

phuck you:biggums:
:lol

[Bless Mathews]

I love Sprewell, but wasn't he a one foot dunker. Didn't he jump off of one leg and then dunk with two. I think he used to do that on fastbreaks. One of my favorite dunks, so I always see him as a one leg jumper, because normally when a player dunks it with two hands they jump off of two feet.

I love this dunk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDrJoTTo8_c
That video was a two foot dunk

He had one of the best two foot take offs ever IMO.

[Ratnik]

The guy was a beast. too bad he is a dumb african-american

[Real14]

The guy was a beast. too bad he is a dumb african-american
REPORTED:mad:

[jstern]

That video was a two foot dunk

He had one of the best two foot take offs ever IMO.

My point was basically that I always thought of him as a one foot type of dunker because of the dunk that I described, since it's not the norm to jump off of one foot. It just gives me that POV, but he's still definitely a great two feet jumper.

It's just hard to explain what I mean. Because I just realized that it sounds as if I'm saying that he only jumps off of one foot. I just mean that when I think of Sprewell dunking I think of that one foot dunk, because it sticks out the most to me, while the two foot dunks, while more common, it's more fundamental so I don't think anything of it.

[Bless Mathews]

The guy was a beast. too bad he is a dumb african-american
Racist.

[To4]

Love his name.. Kinda cool and ghetto

[Living Being]

Love his name.. Kinda cool and ghetto
stfu racist slut

[dreamwarrior]

Why blame it on Ewing? Marcus Camby was putting up similar numbers to Ewing and led the finals in win shares. Spreewell simply choked when it mattered the most.

[stalkerforlife]

Dude had some serious game.

His hop step into a pull up jumper was lethal.

[bizil]

Spree at his best was a freak athlete capable of playing and defending PG, SG, and SF. Good for 24 a night while providing lockdown caliber defense. In terms of two-way SG's, I think Sprewell has a case in the top 10-top 15 of all time. U got guys like MJ, Kobe, West, Wade, Moncrief, Dumars, and Ginobli. From there, Spree's name HAS to come up very soon. And another sleeper two-way SG from Spree's era was Eddie Jones!

[MC Gusto]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/1324613/bart-getting-choked-o.gif

[smoovegittar]

He was a great slasher and got to the line. Got the fans excited for one year. I loved his attitude. How he and Houston meshed, I'll never know.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Those '99 Knicks were one of the best story line ever in my opinion, so much fun to watch led by Houston, Spree and Camby, so much fight and so much heart.

A privilege to watch as a new york fan. I was proud of my team despite losing in those NBA finals :applause:

[Bless Mathews]

Spree at his best was a freak athlete capable of playing and defending PG, SG, and SF. Good for 24 a night while providing lockdown caliber defense. In terms of two-way SG's, I think Sprewell has a case in the top 10-top 15 of all time. U got guys like MJ, Kobe, West, Wade, Moncrief, Dumars, and Ginobli. From there, Spree's name HAS to come up very soon. And another sleeper two-way SG from Spree's era was Eddie Jones!
Word.

LOCK DOWN defender.

Explosive on offense. Underrated.

Yes. Top 10 total game. D was remarkable. Fearless.

[FatComputerNerd]

Sprewell was pretty much the second best 2-guard in the league for a while there in the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5QsRENi4Mk

[Knicksfever2010]

If Ewing in his prime had either Spree or Houston, OR BOTH... Ewing would have ATLEAST 2 rings and many would say he would be better than Olajuwon and Robinson and = to shaq. Oh well

[FatComputerNerd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4XXh_ft6YA

[red1]

Remember these?

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/dciewhsvf1uetyi3kerb.jpg
http://ca.complex.com/sneakers/2013/11/most-unbelievable-sneaker-endorsements-of-all-time/latrell-sprewell-dada
Spinners were a definitive trend of 2000s hip-hop, and they even found their way onto sneakers thanks to Latrell Sprewell and Dada. Sprewell started a brand that made spinning rims for cars and his sneakers sported the same rotating car part. What's even crazier is that Dada was willing to invest in Sprewell and make him the face of their brand even after he had choked out his coach, P.J. Carlesimo, in 1997.

[smoovegittar]

The guy was a beast. too bad he is a dumb african-american
Too bad you're still breathing, douchebag.

[magic chiongson]

Sprewell was pretty much the second best 2-guard in the league for a while there in the 90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5QsRENi4Mk

mitch richmond & reggie miller. early 90s drexler

[kwajo]

I miss this era, such crazy swingmen that would make everyone these days look soft. Spreewell, Rice, Jones, Mashburn, Finley, Reggie, Richmond, etc. that kind of player isn't around enough anymore.

[Haymaker]

One month into the 2005-06 season and without a contract, Sprewell's agent, Bob Gist, said his client would rather retire than play for the NBA minimum salary, telling Sports Illustrated, "Latrell doesn't need the money that badly. To go from being offered $7 million to taking $1 million, that would be a slap in the face." Several days later, Gist said that Sprewell planned to wait until "teams get desperate" around the trade deadline in February, and then sign with a contending team (an eventuality that never materialized). Gist said that Sprewell would not be interested in signing for any team's $5 million mid-level exception, calling that amount "a level beneath which [Sprewell] would not stoop or kneel!"

In March 2006, Sprewell was offered contracts by the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, both of whom were considered at the time to be strong favorites to win the NBA Championship, but Sprewell failed to respond and remained a free agent as the season came to a close.

[imdaman99]

He was a fan fav here in NYC when the Knicks were making deep runs in the playoffs.

But he was pretty dumb for rejecting easy money contracts. Heard he had to sell off all his cars. Wish him nothing but the best though.

[Haymaker]

He was a fan fav here in NYC when the Knicks were making deep runs in the playoffs.

But he was pretty dumb for rejecting easy money contracts. Heard he had to sell off all his cars. Wish him nothing but the best though.

He's pretty much f ucked up in terms of finances. Had also lost two of his houses.

[3ball]

I always like Sprewell.. He was a great player.. Tenacious.

Incidentally, he happened to be the last guy MJ ever hit a game-winner on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgG9X0aZb_Q&t=5m23s


That was Jordan's 3rd and final game winner of his 2-year Wizards run.. The others were on Lebron 'sCavs and Shawn Marion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwW9XbwlV1o&t=5m50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjo06p5zchg&t=0m12s

[lilteapot]

I always like Sprewell.. He was a great player.. Tenacious.

Incidentally, he happened to be the last guy MJ ever hit a game-winner on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgG9X0aZb_Q&t=5m23s


That was Jordan's 3rd and final game winner of his 2-year Wizards run.. The others were on Lebron 'sCavs and Shawn Marion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwW9XbwlV1o&t=5m50s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjo06p5zchg&t=0m12s

How was it on Lebron's Cavs when he wasn't even drafted then, you complete retard?

[imdaman99]

He's pretty much f ucked up in terms of finances. Had also lost two of his houses.
I don't know who advises these idiots, and I can't tell if that was his agent dictating on who he should sign with and how much, or him. Either way, a good agent tells him to sign that $5 million contract because it couldn't hurt. Bad agent + terrible advice from his entourage + extremely extravagant spending = broke after a few years.

[3ball]

How was it on Lebron's Cavs when he wasn't even drafted then, you complete retard?


:confusedshrug: .. MJ sent the young stan home crying that night... Do you know how many times MJ did that to Lebron's beloved Cavs?

Time and time again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WUOnTxwPw) young stan....... time and time again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjtRjhvQo6I)..

By the time MJ did it for the final time in 2003, Lebron was almost a grown man.. He probably didn't even cry that time.

[lilteapot]

:confusedshrug: .. MJ sent the young stan home crying that night... Do you know how many times MJ did that to Lebron's beloved Cavs?

Time and time again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5WUOnTxwPw) young stan....... time and time again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjtRjhvQo6I)..

By the time MJ did it for the final time in 2003, Lebron was almost a grown man.. He probably didn't even cry that time.

Do you know how many times LJ has taken your beloved Chicago Bulls' souls?

Actually are you even a Bulls fan or just a MJ groupie f*ggot? I bet you are a raging homosexual. Disgusting.

[Bandito]

How was it on Lebron's Cavs when he wasn't even drafted then, you complete retard?
:roll: :roll: :roll:

[1manfastbreak]

I met Spreewell when he played for the Warriors int he early 90's. Got a ball signed by the team and he just signed it SPREE

http://i60.tinypic.com/2r2uhqr.jpg

[Bless Mathews]

I met Spreewell when he played for the Warriors int he early 90's. Got a ball signed by the team and he just signed it SPREE

http://i60.tinypic.com/2r2uhqr.jpg


Hahahhahahahahahha

Nice!!!!

[Lebron23]

He and Houston had a solid duo in New York. Spree was a bit temperamental, but definitely one of the most exciting players in his prime.

[WorldWarriors]

I loved Spree. Glad he got a 2nd chance in NYK.

[Clifton]

In March 2006, Sprewell was offered contracts by the Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs, both of whom were considered at the time to be strong favorites to win the NBA Championship, but Sprewell failed to respond and remained a free agent as the season came to a close.
If the Spurs had signed Spree, do they win another ring?

People would treat the Spurs a lot differently if they had a 3-peat under their belt. 5 rings over 15 years doesn't pack the same punch.

I don't remember what happened in the WC playoffs that year. Who did the Spurs lose to?

It's still a weird story to me. I respect his pride, but he still had another 2 good years left in him. I mean good years, not Mike Miller in Miami years. I would have him retire before that point. How many guys would refuse 5 million dollars, and then later that same year refuse a great chance at a title?

I hope he's doing ok. Didn't seem like the most stable individual. Hope he's not in Stephon Marbury mode.

[warriorfan]

Spree had mad game and was Alpha AF, mad underrated because of his off court stuff

[Lebron23]

Spree had mad game and was Alpha AF, mad underrated because of his off court stuff


Welcome back my friend. How's your ISH vacation??

[senelcoolidge]

I was a big Sprewell fan especially when he was with the Warriors. Good defender. Aggressive player. For being a late first rounder he came out of nowhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNK1TVE5oaA

#8 was always one of my favorites. The baseline drive on Kemp. Sweet.

[smoovegittar]

Great slasher and got to the line. Brought attitude to the Knicks. Unfortunately, that attitude turned against the team quickly when it was apparent Ewing's days were over. But he was exciting to watch. He went to Bama with my brother in law.

[HighFlyer23]

Kobe lit up this n!kk@ back in 2003 in the Garden

[MiseryCityTexas]

His best years were in Golden State.

[TheBigVeto]

Dude should've been in jail. Overrated.