Suns Basketball » bobby jackson http://www.sunsbasketball.net Following the Rising & Setting Suns Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 NBA Pranks for the Memories, By George http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/04/08/nba-pranks-for-the-memories-by-george/ http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/04/08/nba-pranks-for-the-memories-by-george/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:17:41 +0000 Fanhouse NBA Blog - suns http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/04/08/nba-pranks-for-the-memories-by-george/ Chris Tomassonby Chris Tomasson

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Devean GeorgeOne could call Devean George a professor of pranks. The 11-year veteran became an expert while on the wrong end of them frequently as a rookie before doling out many later in his career.

The Golden State Warriors' forward has seen plenty in his day, but he still was quite surprised to learn about the April Fool's prank played on Denver forward Kenyon Martin. Not only is the rugged Martin one of the most humorless players in the NBA, he's a 10-year man.

"He's a veteran,'' George said about the prank in which a driver for Nuggets guard J.R. Smith filled Martin's car up with buttered popcorn. "You don't pull pranks on veterans. That's a rookie prank. Why are they pranking the vet? If they had something going on in their locker room, you don't do that to a vet.''

It did not turn out well. After seeing what had been done to him. Martin stormed into the locker room following the April 1 home game against Portland, and demanded to know who had taken his car keys out of the locker room to pull the stunt.

"I swear to God, boy, when I find out who did it I'm going to put my... hands on one of you all,'' Martin said in a rant TMZ has posted online. "I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it ... you best believe that. It's personal ... you best believe it."

So file this under the category of pranks that might not be fondly remembered by those on the team. But that's OK. There are plenty of other pranks pulled in NBA history, many against rookies, that have remained legendary.

 

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]]> Chris Tomassonby Chris Tomasson

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Devean GeorgeOne could call Devean George a professor of pranks. The 11-year veteran became an expert while on the wrong end of them frequently as a rookie before doling out many later in his career.

The Golden State Warriors' forward has seen plenty in his day, but he still was quite surprised to learn about the April Fool's prank played on Denver forward Kenyon Martin. Not only is the rugged Martin one of the most humorless players in the NBA, he's a 10-year man.

"He's a veteran,'' George said about the prank in which a driver for Nuggets guard J.R. Smith filled Martin's car up with buttered popcorn. "You don't pull pranks on veterans. That's a rookie prank. Why are they pranking the vet? If they had something going on in their locker room, you don't do that to a vet.''

It did not turn out well. After seeing what had been done to him. Martin stormed into the locker room following the April 1 home game against Portland, and demanded to know who had taken his car keys out of the locker room to pull the stunt.

"I swear to God, boy, when I find out who did it I'm going to put my... hands on one of you all,'' Martin said in a rant TMZ has posted online. "I'm going to put my hands on whoever did it ... you best believe that. It's personal ... you best believe it."

So file this under the category of pranks that might not be fondly remembered by those on the team. But that's OK. There are plenty of other pranks pulled in NBA history, many against rookies, that have remained legendary.

 

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