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Beyond the Association => Other Basketball => Topic started by: timobusa on March 08, 2013, 02:36:05 PM

Title: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: timobusa on March 08, 2013, 02:36:05 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bmGR2YDa1I&feature=player_embedded

This dude has gone insane.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: Bankshot on March 08, 2013, 02:49:25 PM
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded that the Knicks picked him 20th, just before Rondo. Knick fans were booing the selection on draft night.  What a poor decision by the Knicks at a time when they were in desperate need of a point guard. Oh well. ;D
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: ManUp on March 08, 2013, 02:55:05 PM
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded that the Knicks picked him 20th, just before Rondo. Knick fans were booing the selection on draft night.  What a poor decision by the Knicks at a time when they were in desperate need of a point guard. Oh well. ;D


****, me too.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: fairweatherfan on March 08, 2013, 03:18:11 PM
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded that the Knicks picked him 20th, just before Rondo. Knick fans were booing the selection on draft night.  What a poor decision by the Knicks at a time when they were in desperate need of a point guard. Oh well. ;D

In an alternate universe, absolutely no one is arguing over whether the Celtics are better without Balkman.

That video is pretty crazy though; seems like a guy who's got a lot of frustrations with how his life's turned out.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: timobusa on March 08, 2013, 03:22:38 PM
Every time I see this guy I'm reminded that the Knicks picked him 20th, just before Rondo. Knick fans were booing the selection on draft night.  What a poor decision by the Knicks at a time when they were in desperate need of a point guard. Oh well. ;D

In an alternate universe, absolutely no one is arguing over whether the Celtics are better without Balkman.

That video is pretty crazy though; seems like a guy who's got a lot of frustrations with how his life's turned out.

Funny thing was they were on a 5 or 6 game winning streak before this happened.

I think its just frustration, he only scored 6 points at that point in the game.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: CelticConcourse on March 08, 2013, 03:24:59 PM
DEES EEZ AHNGBEELEEVAHBOWL
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: KG Living Legend on March 08, 2013, 03:28:19 PM
 Dude better be careful over there. He thinks he's tough in that video but those dudes fight dirty. He needs some therapy or something.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: daveh51292 on March 08, 2013, 03:28:58 PM
via the youtube description
"Petron Blaze import Renaldo Balkman melted down at the end of the Boosters' loss against the Alaska Aces Friday night. The whole bizarre sequence ended with the import grabbing at teammate Arwind Santos' neck."

'Import'

Taking the 'business of basketball' to a whole new vernacular
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: CelticConcourse on March 08, 2013, 03:29:09 PM
Dude better be careful over there. He thinks he's tough in that video but those dudes fight dirty. He needs some therapy or something.

Irrelevant. If someone else fights, doesn't mean you should too.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: CelticConcourse on March 08, 2013, 03:29:37 PM
via the youtube description
"Petron Blaze import Renaldo Balkman melted down at the end of the Boosters' loss against the Alaska Aces Friday night. The whole bizarre sequence ended with the import grabbing at teammate Arwind Santos' neck."

'Import'

Taking the 'business of basketball' to a whole new vernacular

That's actually the official term

Quote
An import is a non-Filipino basketball player playing in the Philippine Basketball Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Philippine_Basketball_Association_imports
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: KG Living Legend on March 08, 2013, 03:34:47 PM
Dude better be careful over there. He thinks he's tough in that video but those dudes fight dirty. He needs some therapy or something.

Irrelevant. If someone else fights, doesn't mean you should too.
what are you talking about. I'm simply saying that before you choke someone in a totally foreign country you should respect the fact that your not in Kansas anymore. He could get killed over there if he's not more careful.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: daveh51292 on March 08, 2013, 03:37:13 PM
via the youtube description
"Petron Blaze import Renaldo Balkman melted down at the end of the Boosters' loss against the Alaska Aces Friday night. The whole bizarre sequence ended with the import grabbing at teammate Arwind Santos' neck."

'Import'

Taking the 'business of basketball' to a whole new vernacular

That's actually the official term

Quote
An import is a non-Filipino basketball player playing in the Philippine Basketball Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Philippine_Basketball_Association_imports

That doesn't change the fact that the the term is a bit brusque..
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: azzenfrost on March 08, 2013, 03:39:17 PM
They should include psych evals for imports.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: CelticConcourse on March 08, 2013, 03:46:13 PM
via the youtube description
"Petron Blaze import Renaldo Balkman melted down at the end of the Boosters' loss against the Alaska Aces Friday night. The whole bizarre sequence ended with the import grabbing at teammate Arwind Santos' neck."

'Import'

Taking the 'business of basketball' to a whole new vernacular

That's actually the official term

Quote
An import is a non-Filipino basketball player playing in the Philippine Basketball Association.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Philippine_Basketball_Association_imports

That doesn't change the fact that the the term is a bit brusque..

It's probably just a improper, indirect translation, with no exact English word for its Filipino equivalent. But whatever, there's a lot of brusque words :)
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: pearljammer10 on March 08, 2013, 04:08:40 PM
Haha wow. Never seen something like that before. What a nut job. Good luck finding an NBA job buddy-guy.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: LooseCannon on March 08, 2013, 04:17:34 PM
Haha wow. Never seen something like that before. What a nut job. Good luck finding an NBA job buddy-guy.

Well, Ivan Johnson lost his college scholarship due to anger management issues and got banned for life from South Korea's basketball league, but he caught on in the NBA as a serviceable backup big for the Hawks.

If Balkman was a PF or C with NBA talent, this incident might actually make me want him more if he were a blue-collar energy guy who was thuggish enough to serve occasionally as an enforcer.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: CelticConcourse on March 11, 2013, 06:59:57 PM
AND he's banned for life from the PBA.
Title: Re: Renaldo Balkman Chokes teammate in the Philippines
Post by: Celtic on March 11, 2013, 07:38:57 PM
That announcer sounds just like Triumph the insult comic dog.

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