Maybe you didn't read it properly you faggot. The phrase doesn't have to be yelled out by a player to be a ball don't lie moment, it is just where a wrong call is made and the player goes to the free throw line and misses both shots, or misses uncharacteristically.

Either 'you' need to google what ball don't lie is or you don't expand that small mind of yours further than what you selectively read on a screen.

Well that escalated quickly

When 'Mr MVP', 'Thr next Brett Maher' (lol) Tok Daly missed a wide open floater to win the CABL final this season. The better team won

Spursfan, you're up in FNQ, right? Is "faggot" still the go-to abuse up there? It's 2012.

Whether it is or isn't it sounds like you're discriminating against Far North Queenslanders, Isaac.

No just discrimminating against those who are politically incorrect and abusive for no real reason.

2001 Damon Lowery has the ball. Hawks 2 down with a few ticks left on the clock. Shoots the three and is FOULED by Darnell Mee. heaps of protests from the opposition team and fans but Lowery makes three free throws all of which had more chance of rimming out than going in,


BALL DON'T LIE......

Haha, that was a good one. Man every one of those foul shots could have rimmed out easily, I remember that. Good stuff.

Spursfan, that doesn't follow logically. My issue is with people who consider that a reasonable term to bust out in discussion. I'm asking if that's the norm where you're from. Regardless, please try not to use it again on Hoops.

This thread has literally had only one good reply (partly due to me haha)

Yeah good on you Isaac, feel good with your little pals patting you on the back?

You do realise you brought in the subject of Far North Queensland well out of context (which draws attention to the issue, right). The fact that you said, "it's 2012" shows a negativity within your comment. Can you follow, Isaac? I just need to be sure. So what you're doing is drawing attention by bringing it up, and then you are putting a negative overtone on the demographic in your comment. Now I will give you some credit and assume that you know what a negative overtone is.

In your next comment, you go on to indicate that what you asked was a legitimate question. So my worry (for your sake) is that you can inadvertently offend the people on your beloved Hoops forum quite easily. You wouldn't want to do that. If I were you, I'd want to keep that in check, Isaac.

What you did was simply target where you think I am from and attach an unwarranted negativity to it -- a connotation that suggests the people of FNQ are a bit slow and behind the times.

What you should have done was attack my comment or me, and only that.

Mentioning any demographic is just a dirty and uncalled for act in such a context.

Inadvertently offend, as opposed to intentionally offend people, as with your comment?

Many are products or strongly influenced by their immediate communities and I wondered if that was your excuse, doing it out of habit and using language you hear around you, or if you were intentionally putting up something demeaning to gay readers?

Once upon a time, "retard" was a pretty common insult. I used it in a post on the forum a few years ago, and a parent emailed me. They had a disabled child and weren't so keen on the word's use in that context. Two of my choices then were to go the "Stupid political correctness. What a joke." rant-route you see in Letters to the Editor, or acknowledge it, edit the post and then do my best from that point to keep in mind it being a bad habit.

Even if you excuse the homophobia the overreaction is hilarious in itself

What a thread!

for some reason i hadnt opened this thread until now....i havent laughed like that for ages.

"well that escalated quickly"

it really caught me by surprise.....very funny !

I aim to please

Same here Skull & now it's escalated more. Sorry Spursfan u lose & you're posts now lose all credibilty with me! Shame to call people faggots cause your life is obviously in the shit right now. What do u wear to Taipans games so i can find u & smash u? Dont worry Isaac i'd never lower myself...

don't have to worry aboutwhat he wears..he's easy to spot tropical booze..just look for the line-up and take a number

haha what a thread. Only a week old and it feels like ages ago