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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (81423)	6/5/2000 11:11:00 AM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Skeets, There are a handful of roundball players who are not skinny geeks, but they are rare. That is why Shaq, who wouldn't last a full minute in a wrestling match, can run over most of them. I sat behind (H)Akeem Olajawon on a plane back in 1989 and he wasn't totally skinny. Ditto for Patrick Ewing. But the majority are glandular problems. I've been on planes with an entire Lakers team and another with a Bucks team, and their heights were impressive. But if any of them could bench press his body weight, I would have been surprised. Of course, that may not be the best criterion for strength, because most sumo wrestlers also can't bench press their body weight, and neither can anyone else. <g> However, I understand that Latrell has a good choke slam. It only works on small, ageing coaches, but he's a real macho man. <g>