Atlanta Hawks: Josh Smith’s new shoe commercial

Great, funny commercial. Love the “extra smooth” gell on the counter! Now if Smoove can only become Defensive POY, then we can talk him up for an All-Star berth

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Nice pub for a guy who I predict could be an all-star this year.

His presence on this team makes him all-star considerable.

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I wonder how much crap he is gonna get in the locker room for this commercial.

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Wack with no depth just like the Hawks lineup.

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Congratulations!

Congratulations to Josh on his new marriage and now a shoe commercial.
He has worked hard and has earned everything he has gotten, irregardless of where he was drafted. Now, if we can get Marvin to do the same?
Our team will be in that near Elite status level!

Time for the young guns to all step up – Hard!
Play some Defense and work on Nutritional Values.

Let’s Go Josh!

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Shaving his legs? This is SO wrong…..I want Sam Bowie, not David Bowie.

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J smooth would have liked it better if you shaved your face instead of your legs.I guess it was just being creative(having some fun)with the leg thingy,but over all im glad that someone from the hawks is being recognized.On the flip side i wish joe johnson would give back some of his contract$$$$ so the hawks can sign a quality player.Joe,if you don’t average 30+ points a game making all that money you need to be traded mid season.

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I hope this doesn’t backfire on Josh or even the Hawks. I know he’s getting paid BUT the dark side of being nationally recognize as being “extra-smooth” with a preference to shave his legs and making facial expressions of someone less than manly are perception of being soft and “sweet”. If Josh is the face of the Hawks franchise, then that ad image may contradict LD’s plans for building the “Tough Guy” image for the new Hawks. The way the Hawks have been “punking-out” in the playoffs is a validation of the “soft and sweet” image being portrayed in this ad. Inside the metro-ATL, we all know Josh to be anything but, however perception is reality.

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That is a crazy commercial, very funny, and not lame like some. The shoe actually looks pretty good. Glad to see J Smash get his time to shine. Nice to see that companies actually see Josh as being the marketable one of the Hawks.

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Drmaryb, isn’t it funny how fans can tell players to give back their money on earned contracts if they don’t produce. However if this same fan gets fired from their job for not producing, they don’t call up their owners and offer to give back their last pay checks?

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Ramon

I thought the kids had all gone back to school.
Are they out for Fall Break already? Geez!

Aye kids! Stay on the Bus!

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tidog: True Broadway “Joe” did do that, I remember it well. My comment was an unedited reaction to what I saw. I wonder how many others had the same reaction. Just saying …

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tidog

He sure did! Hey, make that money! Those Super Bowl ads can be off
The Chain too. Hey it’s all for fun!

Maybe Josh’s wife said, “Shave them hairy legs!” Your cutting me when sleep.
Hey fellas, it beats sleeping on the couch – right?

He He He …

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Magic – City!

The Highlight Factory will host Magic – City tonight at Phillips Arena!
I know Joe Johnson will be there! (rof-lol & kicking the couch).

I posted this article on Blu-Ray’s Blog this morning, it’s long, just skim through it.
I am working to Team Up with John “Spider” Salley (google his website),
John is a Vegan and has his own line of Nutritional Products.

I am considering becoming a Vegan as well, and ALL my post lately have been stressing NUTRITION and CONDITIONING as it relates to Performances:
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drmaryb (*_*)

Doin’ Work!

October 18th, 2010
11:23 am

Denton: Howard Gearing Up in Weight Room

By John Denton
September 20, 2010

ORLANDO – It’s after 10 o’clock on a weekday night and while the rest of the NBA is likely home on the couch or partying in the nightclubs, Dwight Howard is hard at work and oozing sweat out of every pore in a tucked-away, nondescript gym.

Rap lyrics fill the air, thumping bass rattles the walls and the Orlando Magic’s superstar center joins right in grunting as he pulls his chiseled, 275-pound body up for those 10th, 11th and 12th pull-ups.

Howard’s nighttime workout sessions come as most are heading to bed and after he’s already drilled on the basketball court with his Magic teammates for two hours earlier in the day.

And these drills – ones that leave Howard’s adidas tank top drenched in sweat and his body needing three Gatorades to replenish the fluids lost – certainly aren’t for the faint of heart. They are the kind of explosive, quick-rep drills that make casual observers sore by just watching. And at times even Howard, arguably the NBA’s strongest and best-conditioned athlete, is left physically exhausted by a workout that looks as though it belongs in a Marines boot camp.

But there’s a method to this madness for Howard, a consensus All-NBA selection last season. The push is there for Howard to climb to even greater heights and launch his star into grander stratospheres. He knows deep down that it’s his leap as a low-post threat that will help the Magic vanquish the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Do that, Howard said, and the gold ball will be his someday and a championship banner will hang from the sparkling new Amway Center.

So the grueling, twice-a-day workouts that Howard puts himself through a week before training camp starts are a means to an end he that hopes to finally reach this season.

“Everything that I do here, I play mind games with myself,’’ Howard said as sweat beaded on his forehead and massive shoulders. “Whether it’s in practice, in the weight room or on the court, I play mind games and play like it’s a Game 7 against Miami, Boston or — I was going to say Cleveland — or L.A. I try to put the pressure on myself so I can reach that next level. It helps me mentally by doing it that way and my teammates see it and they feed off of it.

“When we’re working out together during the day as a team and they see me taking possessions so serious, it pushes us all to be better,’’ Howard continued.

“When I’m in the weight room and I’m tired, I’m thinking about not giving up because this effort is going to win us a Game 7 someday or take us back to the Finals. Physically I can do it, but the biggest thing is overcoming the challenge mentally.’’

Howard knows he can do it physically because he has a body that might make Adonis blush. His muscles have muscles on top of them, giving him both that quick-twitch explosion and also an awesome amount of power. The mission for Howard is two-fold: Be enough of a rock to take a pounding from 300-and-something-pound Shaquille O’Neal, while also being athletic and agile enough to continue setting records for blocking shots and rebounding the ball.

And the end result is a body that looks as if it’s carved from stone. His bulging shoulders like something out of a Frankenstein flick, while the waist is a narrow 32 inches, giving Howard an imposing V-frame shape.

And he looks like this not because he’s some genetic freak, but instead because he’s put in the work in the weight room. Upon being drafted with the first overall selection in 2004 by the Magic, Howard played at a spindly 240 pounds. He got pushed around too much for his liking and vowed to do something about it.

“I saw my body change and it happened because of me wanting to always be the best and staying in the gym,’’ Howard stressed. “I was just trying to get better. I hated being pushed around my first two years and I wasn’t going to let that happen anymore. I just made sure I was dedicated coming here every day and no matter how hard the workout was I was going to make it though.’’

And even though Howard has become something of an international phenomenon, shooting movies in Los Angeles and China, recording a kids’ album in New York and traveling to China, Africa and India the past two summers, he always makes it a point to get his workouts in. In China and India, he’s worked on basketball drills at the dimly lit court at U.S. embassy gyms. In Africa last summer he met Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, whom he formed a bond with and picked up post-up tips from. And Howard’s personal trainer, Brian Meyer, has logged up the frequent flyer miles of a pilot what with the way he’s circled the globe working out his star client of the past four years.

“The workouts get harder, but coming to the gym is the fun part for me. I absolutely love working out,’’ Howard said. “I’m in the gym in the day time working on my game and then at night I’m here. What I do in the summer, besides all of the traveling, I either start my day lifting or shooting.

“Some people out there think that I’m just traveling and that I’ve forgotten what got me to where I am today,’’ Howard continued. “I know for our team to be successful that myself as the leader of the team I have to be working harder than anybody else. My trainer travels to every place that I go to – Africa, India, China, New York or L.A. He’s always there and we’re in the gym whether it’s 5 o’clock in the morning or midnight. It’s tough sometimes because I do so much stuff in the day and then I still have to lift that night. But I just look at the big picture because we’re trying to win a championship here.’’

The way Howard sees it, he’s chasing that championship when he’s doing those sets of bench-press drills with the wires attached to the bar for added resistance. When he’s on the machine that has him simultaneously pushing with one arm and pulling with the other it’s as if he’s battling Boston’s Kevin Garnett in the post. Those grueling shuffle pushups while having a weighted belt around his waist simulate the pounding Howard takes on the low block on a nightly basis. And those quick-twitch weighted pulls – ones that look like he’s starting a lawnmower – keep Howard agile and simulate the quickness needed to swat a LeBron James or Kobe Bryant shot at the rim.

“Everything that we do is hard because it’s conditioning and pushing and pulling. It’s a kind of workout that not many people are accustomed to but it gets you stronger and you can see results after a week or two of doing it,’’ Howard stressed. “With these workouts we’re trying to make sure that all of the little muscles in my body are strong. They stabilize all of the big muscles. What we do isn’t for show or trying to make me the world’s strongest man; we’re not in that competition.

Those little muscles are the ones that usually give out first which in turn cause the big muscles to go out. That’s when a lot of guys get injured – when the little muscles gives out in their legs and shoulders.’’

When the Magic got Howard in 2004, they not only got one of the game’s premier post players, but they also got one of the NBA’s most durable and reliable players. In six NBA seasons, Howard has played all 82 games five times and he’s missed just three games in his career. In fact, he could have played in any of those three games, but was held out twice as a precaution and once down the stretch to rest for the playoffs.

His durability, of course, isn’t by accident. No player in the league spends more time in the air dunking, rebounding and swatting shots, yet Howard rarely ever hits the floor. And he doesn’t sprain ankles, strain hamstrings or buckle his knees because of the balance, conditioning and strength exercises he spends hours working on in the offseason.

Joked Howard: “Well, 100 percent of it is God and the rest of it is me coming in here and being dedicated to my workouts to make sure that my body is right. And a lot of the credit goes to (trainer) Brian (Meyer) for making sure that all of the little muscles in my body are strong.’’

And his game should be plenty strong this season after Howard spent time working with Olajuwon and another Hall of Fame player who asked to remain anonymous. Howard said he’s about to enter this season in the best frame of mind that he’s had in years. Considering all the work that he’s put in on the basketball court and in the weight room, Howard feels as though he’s about to take a test that he already has all the answers to.

“I always look at the big picture. I know the more that I come into the weight room to be stronger and be a better player that it will pay off for us as a team,’’ Howard vowed. “I might not get those results right away or when I want them, but if you stay with it and stay committed to being the best that you can be, anything can happen.

“I’ve been working on so many things this summer on the court and in the weight room and I know that it’s going to take time for it all to flow like I want it to,’’ he continued. “I had a great mentor this summer who asked not to be mentioned and his thing was giving me mental challenges. I just keep telling myself that everything I do is building weapons, and with all of that all of the doubt goes away. I’m putting in all of the work and I just tell myself to keep training over and over and over. It might be boring, hard or something that I don’t want to do sometimes, but the hard work will eventually pay off for me and the Magic.’’

What Dwight does Off the Court determines On Court Performance!
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-drmaryeb – The Entertainment Reporter-

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First Drmaryb, Miller would be the best PG we have on roster as soon as he puts on a Hawks uniform. I actually think Andre Miller would be the best PG the Hawks have had since Mookie. The deal with Oden would to simply have him ready to go by March. As far as can Oden guard Bynum, Howard, and Shaq, his numbers were 18/11 against Jefferson, 24/12 against Noah, 13/10 against M. Gasol, to go along with 2.1 blocks a game. And all of that was in only 23 minutes a game (11/8.5 a game averages), not to mention 60% from the field and shot 76% from the free throw line. So to get rid of Bibby’s contract, and have a shot at being the team who has Oden when he finally has a healthy season. I would take that chance.

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Ramon

So, Can he guard Perkins, Bynum or Dwight?
Those are the only three guarding the OBRIEN TROPHY CASE!

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And yes, he can guard each of those.

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Ramon

Can you please also post Oden’s numbers against the three players that are guarding that OBRIEN TROPHY CASE?

Perkins
Howard
Bynum

That’s who the whole league need to get around.
Also, how many games has Oden played in his three years?
I’ll look forward to your research, I’m too busy to defend
Oden?

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DrMary, I was trying to be funny….funny he he….not funny “man shaving his legs” EU
David Bowie was noted for gender bender stuff, same as Elton John. Yea, they had great careers, but were they TOUGH GUYS? Hawks seriously lacked TOUGHNESS last year. I’m not liking this GQ lounging in fou fou soft soft stuff. I know, women buy shoes these days and marketing is aimed at the people buying the product, not guys like me. Still EU

And if you ain’t good enough for hubbby, he needs to get his ish over to the couch too.
Don’t even dream about it in my house…..I can’t even admit to looking at Beyonce, much lesss thinkin’ bout it.

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Drmaryb, Howard is not standing that close to the trophy. And also Bynum and Oden was injured when Portland and LA played. How many games have Oden played in the last three seasons? How many good games did Bibby have last season? Andre Miller is the center of the trade, not Oden. And once again I’d rather have Oden coming off of injury then to have Bibby, who constantly looks like he’s injured.

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And Oden has played in 82 games in the last 2 seasons. How many games did Dampier play in last season?

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Ramon

I was just joking baby….see where I said “in jest?”. That’s what that means.
So what are his numbers against:

Perkins
Howard
Bynum

Those are the three teams most likely to play in the Championship.
If. we Hawks are gonna make any moves to get Al & Josh in here?
I wish they would hurry up! The season starts soon. I only mention
Dampoeer because he is outright available and is better than what we already have.

Last I checked, Oden is not on the trading block and was reported to
be out, AGAIN, indefinitely! So, if you want him? Ramon, go get him!
I have no problems with him sitting on our bench in place of whatt we
have and have had sitting there! I’m not that concerned about
ODEN really!

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I don’t care if he gets or does a Brazilian as long they win… Dennis Rodman was a freak, but he could defend the post! Stop worrying about appearances, push for results…

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Ramon,

In the last blog, I asked you if you would ever post the link where Al Horford, according to YOU said: “We can’t win without me at PF”

Here’s what you said: “Sautee, you can ask. I’ve already posted the link for it, and that’s that.”

Yes, Ramon, you posted a link, BUT Horford NEVER SAID what you accuse him of saying. He didn’t say it in any story you linked to, and IMO he NEVER said it period.

You can’t just paraphrase someone’s words and then say it as if it’s a direct quote. It’s called LYING.

All you have to do is admit that you paraphrased what he said. But until you do, you’ll have me to deal with every time I see you post. Unless of course, you can come up with an actual link that proves me wrong. At that time, I’ll humbly apologize. (Like you should now)

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Sautee…

Ramon

September 28th, 2010
5:27 pm

Section 303, is Al whining when he states (over and over) that he can’t win without playing the PF position, when he knows he’s not the best PF on the team? Is that doing what’s best for the team?

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Now you show me where I said any quotations in that statement?

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Is this the imagine Josh and the Hawks are trying to promote, “soft and sweet”?

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@ The Truth, you do realize many Kick Boxers and UFC fighters pamper themselves in spas and different type things right?

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People its just a commercial, its not that serious.. If you have directv the game is on tonight on channel 654

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Waxes.. lol..

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Ramon,

OK NOW we’re getting somewhere. According to my American Heritage Dictionary “states” the way YOU used it means: To set forth in words; declare

So did Horford actually “STATE” what you said he did? Did he declare it in those words? Because THAT is what YOU said. To “state” is to declare in words. And YOU put those words in Horford’s mouth, but he NEVER “stated” that.

That’s the crux of my beef with what you posted. It was a specious claim that you cannot back up EXCEPT by taking responsibility for paraphrasing.

Once again you can’t claim that Horford “STATED” anything except what he actually SAID, because THAT is the meaning of “STATED”.

Do you get it now?

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Ditto cp, just a commercial. Does no one remember Mr. Grandmama himself, Larry Johnson?

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Jerrywest,

Probably not, but man I’d hope so. The Magic are 19-0 in preseason games. Considering they already own us on the court, this won’t be easy.

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Horford has better fundamentals, better jumpshot, better handles. All the things that Josh excels at are team-ball related stats. I think Horford wins that one, but not by much. Smoove does catch people slipping with that crossover every now and again though.

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I don’t think Horford could stay in front of Smoove to be honest. And starting from the perimeter each time would leave Horford in a bad positions more times than not.

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Ramon,

OK 19 different ways to say that if someone “states” something, then they actually had to say it, right?

And did you ever read where Horford actually “states (over and over) that he can’t win without playing the PF position, when he knows he’s not the best PF on the team?”

No you did NOT. He never STATED anything like that. YOU conflated his words.

And BTW, my dictionary had only those two meanings listed for “state” as a verb (your usage). I would have listed more if they were there.

Why are you running away from what you did?

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Josh needs to chance his nickname to J-Slam. Maybe a commercial with that nickname would’ve shown him in a different light.

But with me having a background in advertising, I would bet that the commercial was either written by a female, or a gay/very metrosexual male. That commercial is full of feminine/metrosexual imagery.

- the extra smooth gel
- the shaving of his legs
- in the commercial the entire time in his bathrobe
- walking through a huge shoe closet admiring his sneakers

It’s cool to see him on a national commercial. But this is akin to the metrosexual photo shoot that Kobe did over the summer. The only thing “manly” about the commercial, were the clips of Smoove dunking over people.

These players need to be a little more cognizant of how people in the ad world protray them. But if Smoove is cool with the commercial, then oh well. Just don’t be surprised if some of the more creative fans around the league start clowning Smoove over that commercial.

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drmaryb (*_*)

October 18th, 2010
12:00 pm

“irregardless”

This is not a word. I suspect you are not a real Doctor.

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Hawks’ fans are so insecure that a simple commercial makes them feel that our enforcer is taking a miss step by doing a highly comical stunt with that leg shaving stuff.

Please get a grip. If Smoove continues to swat shots and dunk on people he will not be perceived as soft.

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Complete BS Ramon.

A mother will buy her son the shoes that he wants, no matter how ugly she may think the shoe is. And that is one purchase that most mothers don’t do without their children, once they become cognizant of shoe styles. Heck, once they become teens, they’re making their own shoe purchases anyway.

I don’t know what demographic that ad was trying to target, but it definitely wasn’t females of sons who want to buy the shoe, nor was it the hardcore basketball fan. That ad was definitely written by someone who had no idea who Smoove ( uh, I mean “Smash” ) was.

They could’ve come up with any concept to show how “smooth” Josh was. As a Black man, when I think of “smooth”, I think of smooth personalities and/or singers.

They could’ve had him dressed as a 60’s style singer, that sings so smooth, women passes out as he sings to him.

They could’ve had him dancing all cool and smooth, like he was James Brown or somebody.

As a “brotha”, there are so many ways that I could’ve envisioned the “smooth” adjective being protrayed to fit Josh’s personality.

Instead, the ad agency took the most feminine way to protray that man, and probably framed it as a joke, so that “Smash” would be cool with it.

As that commercial makes its rounds, keep an eye on the youtube comments of it. Most of us will be biased, and support “Smash” regardless of what he does. But watch and see if people don’t or do start clowning him over this ad.

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“As a Black man, when I think of “smooth”, I think of smooth personalities and/or singers. ”

As a non-black man, “smooth” can mean a lot of things to me, but it certainly doesn’t mean grown men shaving limbs.

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Well Doc, I’ll gladly give you the credit then. Add one more to the “Change your nickname to J-Smash” movement. I’ll never call him “Smoove” again, after that ad.

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No doube Najeh. Sometimes differences races, ethnicities, even people who live up North compared to those of us who live down South, can see the same thing, but view it totally different.

But also, we can see the same thing, and be in full agreement about an opinion. “Smash” shaving his legs isn’t cute . . . at all.

The ad was trying to equate the qualities of the adiZero shoe being “light and fast”, with ways that Josh could make himself “light and fast”.

Shaving one’s legs is supposedly a way to make yourself faster. But I think that’s just an old track and field “urban legend”, with the track athletes only doing it to make themselves supposedly look good.

I’ve nevr seen any concrete evidence or study saying that shaving your legs makes you faster. Because if it did, you would also have to assume that all track athletes would shave their head bald, for less wind resistance.

So Josh’s ad right there is a failure from a writing standpoint.

I’m happy to see Josh get the exposure. The Adidas ad from a year ago, and the NBA 2K11 ads were great. But I have to give a thumbs down to this one.

I can see it now . . . we’re in Philly and Josh is at the FT line. Those idiots there will roll up their pant legs, and start acting like they’re shaving their legs, to distract “Smash” at the FT line.

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FIRE WOODY

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Well as a black man, I thought it was funny and didn’t see anything wrong with it. They said he was shaving his legs to be faster. The same thing that swimmers, track stars and other do.

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As a white man (whatever the **** that has to do with anything), I thought it was funny and didn’t see anything wrong with it, either. It was a play on a combo of his “Smooveness” and being “light and quick.” Very daper/”smoove”, not effeminate at all.

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regardless or irregardless – whatever, You Got the POINT?

Immo spell some more words however I like – on a blog riddled
with dummies like you. Yall’ can’t read between the lines anyway.

rof-lol …. Do you know what that mean?
I’m not gonna’ spell it out for you either.

Ha Ha Ha!

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i dont want a light and quick power forward that sings in the choir which is what i think of. thought the ad was funny but does nothing to correct his soft image as he noted the magic have no respect for them either.

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