Donté Greene Digs His Own Grave
by Ziller on Mar 12, 2009 4:09 PM PDT
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O lord, what hath you wraught. From Amick, with a photo from KHTK's Jodi Bacon:
After the rookie's car was the latest to be filled with popcorn for failing at his rookie duties, Greene vowed revenge ... and exacted it on Jackson's car today.
This mixture of dog food, soy sauce, ketchup, and mustard left an awful stench on the vet's ride. There was chocolate on the car, too. [...]
Memorial services for Donté will be held Saturday. In lieu of flowers, please donate paper towels to the Donté Greene Memorial Stupid Rookie Mistakes Foundation, c/o Bobby Jackson, 1 Arco Arena Drive, Sacramento CA.
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On a far more serious matter, this whole agent brouhaha linked in the FanShots by pookey has a lot more to do with the state of agentry than the two players (Donté and Kevin Love) mentioned. By account of the original Yahoo! Sports story, Ceruzzi Sports (an agent firm) paid off an AAU coach to try to get Love to choose Ceruzzi. (Love did not.) The same firm gave Donté's uncle a $50,000 loan with the idea of bringing Greene over; D.G. told Amick that he had a falling out with said uncle before the story broke, and Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said Donté didn't know about or touch the loan money, and "never listened to his uncle about anything." (The cash was for an entreprenurial enterprise.) And, in an important footnote, Greene also did not choose Ceruzzi to represent him. There's nothing here that fingers D.G. as dirty.
Again, this whole thing doesn't really have much to do with Love or Greene. It has to do with how slimey agents -- particularly the clowns running Ceruzzi -- can be. But the Syracuse Post-Standard did have some quotes from Boeheim on Greene's background that I'd never heard:
Boeheim said Greene did receive a sizeable insurance claim when his mother died while working for the National Security Agency.
"He had money from his mother. People don't realize she was in the service and he got a bunch of money; she passed away in the service. He got quite a bit, a substantial amount.''
I knew D.G.'s folks were in the service employ of the government-- he was born in West Germany and spent a few years there. But I didn't know his mom died in the service to the country. (See update below.) There's a lot we don't know about our Kings.
Like, I didn't realize Greene borrowed Sam Cassell's grapefruits. If you're not afraid of Bobby Jackson's wrath, you're not afraid of anything.
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UPDATE: pookey correctly notes that the NSA isn't a part of the Armed Forces. Updated to fix.
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Great Follow Up!!!!
But, I do have one correction to make in all of this. For 2 reasons, particuarly having been in the Navy, but more importantly, having worked for the NSA, I would like to point out a few things.
One, the Navy for instance is part of the Armed Services.
Two, The National Security Agency is a wiretap service (that got Bush in trouble for doing wiretaps with the NSA head genius Michael Hayden) that does the bulk of it’s work oversea’s. If Donte’s mother did work for the NSA, she was a civil service agent, not an actual servicemember. Of course, she could have been in the Army and worked for the NSA, but those are not mutually exclusive.
Again, thanks for the great follow up TZ.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
It is possible that Donte's Mother worked for the NSA as an assignment for whatever service (let's say Army)
Boeheim’s mentioning of insurance made me remember the insurance documents I had to sign when I joined, and what allocation of money people would get if I happened to die. So it’s possible she was a service member who happened to be assigned to work for the NSA. Of course, I’m sure the NSA offers that insurance to it’s civilian employee’s also. (The NSA is unusual in the respect that they employ civilians, and that the Armed Services assign some of their personnel, in uniform, to work their stations among other things. The FBI might have some personnel, but I doubt it. The CIA gets people on loan I imagine, but I doubt they are being employed by the Army while working for the CIA.)
Military lesson over. It’s really not that important anyway. When your mom’s dead it probably doesn’t really matter how she died.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Holy shét!
B-Jax is going to kick the extra é out of him.
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That was my first thought too
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
/slaps head
I don’t see any way this ends up well for Donté.
Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not allowing natural selection to do its work. You're like the guy that invented the seat belt.
Donte just went over the top
It looks like someone had an abortion on Jackson’s car.
Due to "technical difficulties," The Donté Greene show will no longer be broadcast.
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by section214 on Mar 12, 2009 4:37 PM PDT reply actions 9 recs
"It's as Ann as the nose on plain's face."
by Apoet on Mar 12, 2009 4:39 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs
Great pic Apoet!!!!!
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
There's only one way this ends:
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
by andy sims on Mar 12, 2009 4:42 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Donté?
Some friends of Bobby Jackson are here to see you…
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by section214 on Mar 12, 2009 4:51 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Yall are going nuts
I love it!!!!!
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Wow
Horrible rookie mistake. Just horrible.
Oh and Greene’s possession of Sam I Am’s grapefruits were part of the terms of the buyout. They’re going to present them to Doug Christie when they retire his number sometime next year.
Dip til I rip
by Muff209 on Mar 12, 2009 4:59 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
LOL Muff
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Ugh
The guy who takes a joke way too far is really, really annoying. Donte Greene is that guy.
by nbrans on Mar 12, 2009 5:08 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it."
“That was more effed up than my presidential campaign.”
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
by andy sims on Mar 12, 2009 5:19 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Nice interview get, andy
Did you ask Freddie his opinion on Thabeet while you had him?
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 13, 2009 8:29 AM PDT up reply actions
I tried to get him to talk hoops
But all he wanted to talk about was a flat tax and his stripper wife.
Rocks are free, and slingshots easily stolen.
Bobby's new theme song
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by section214 on Mar 12, 2009 5:37 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Oh Jesus, Donte's gonna die!
Cassell may have given Donte his huge balls, but they’re going to be in the back of his throat soon.
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by vfettke on Mar 12, 2009 6:01 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
That image is going to haunt me for a long time
Thank You VF!!!
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
I am the stone that builder refused..I am the visual...The inspiration..That made lady sing the blues....I'm the spark that makes your idea bright.....The same spark that lights the dark....So that you can know your left from your right...I am the ballot in your box....The bullet in your gun...The inner glow that lets you know...To call your brother son....The story that just begun...The promise of what's to come...And I'm 'a remain a soldier till the war is won....
Wait...
what’s the pink stuff? Is that Pepto? Donte’s gonna be shitting liquid for a few weeks and now he’s out of Pepto?
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by vfettke on Mar 12, 2009 6:23 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Oh boy
It’s funny, but would only be really funny if Donte was a vet. He’s gonna get shived in the showers.
Clones, what’s up. Donté Greene. Two words: un-believable. What is this guy thinking?
Next time, Donté – Don’t-e ven bother trying. Hilarious. Crack myself up. Have a take? Let’s go to the phones. Talk to me!
So his punishment is listening to Jim Rome?
That’s uncalled for and probably against the Geneva conventions. I’d rather have my car missiled.
by Carl on Mar 12, 2009 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I just went ahead and rec'd all these comments
Who said the Kings wouldn’t be entertaining this year.
Also, BJax better watch out. Donte knows people in the NSA.
To be fair
All the damage is on the exterior of the car, where it can be easily carwashed of (though, obviously no one’s putting a CL through the carwash, but still). For those saying it was an overreaction, maybe. But as far as any response goes, I don’t think he took it too far.
This can’t be worse than throwing bird seed on it and leaving it in the park.
Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'
The cajones
it took to do this ….. that’s it. I’m getting a Greene jersey.
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
Do you think its value is going to increase after B-Jax ends Donte’s life?
Never forget: I am a complete idiot
bingo!
They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time.
by what_the_crap on Mar 14, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Hmmm
I’m not sure if I respect Donte more or disapprove of his idiocy more for pulling this with so much time left in the season. He could have done it before the team de-briefing and headed for the airport. Maybe he’s a masochist (maybe that’s why he was so psyched to go to Reno?).
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 13, 2009 8:36 AM PDT reply actions
Quick poll
This morning, Donte Greene is:
A. Hungover on dogfood and soy sauce
B. Trying to figure out how to get horse blood out of bedsheets
C. Starting his walk to Arco, for fear of turning on his car
D. All of the above
by AnotherStupidSN on Mar 13, 2009 9:05 AM PDT reply actions
This is exactly the type of behavior, I'd expect
from a immature kid, who doesn’t take life or his career seriously.
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
Oh please
But the veterans who are filling rookies’ cars with popcorn are the mature ones.
Methinks you are overreacting here a bit. Immature? Maybe. Not taking his life or career seriously? That’s a huge leap, IMO.
Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not allowing natural selection to do its work. You're like the guy that invented the seat belt.
My apologies HighTops
It appears you may have been correct: http://www.sacbee.com/sports/story/1699137.html
Considering there was already concern within the organization about Greene’s maturity level and professional focus, the event certainly didn’t help slow down the growing sentiment.
I think it’s fine for a young kid like Donté to have a good time as a professional basketball player, but the term is still “professional” basketball player. His advancement on the court should be his main concern.
Lonely people mixing with one another? Breeding? Creating an even lonelier generation? You're not allowing natural selection to do its work. You're like the guy that invented the seat belt.
You beat me to it
although apologies are necessary. I was basing my opinion, and that’s all it ever is, on a prior report that unlike Spencer & JT, Donte doesn’t work out as much after practice. Also, he seems to have time for his video show, online games, and twitter. Plus his eating habits, although not totally outrageous based on his profession, I’m sure aren’t in line with a proper weight lifting regime.
Let’s hope that all the men involved learn from this experience.
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
Can anyone confirm whether or not Donte is still living?
And if not, has his body been found?
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