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06-19-2010, 05:59 PM
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Manute Bol has died
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06-19-2010, 06:19 PM
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Hug Anne Spyder
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Manute Bol has died
R.I.P. Manute Bol. I know he used to play for the Wizards but he was well before my time, I knew him more for being a good humanitarian and trying to help out Sudan.
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06-19-2010, 06:33 PM
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06-19-2010, 06:38 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
Manute was drafted by the Bullets back in 1985. I remember when Muggsy was drafted a few years later you had a gentle giant (7'7") and a midget (5' nuthin) what a combo in Washington.
Yes he did a lot of out reach work to help his homeland and the local community. Kidney disease is just horrible. Quote:
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06-19-2010, 09:13 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
He had a restaurant on H street NW (corridor) near Ben's Chili Bowl.
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06-19-2010, 09:31 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
Damn that sucks. RIP.
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06-19-2010, 10:02 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
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this crazy but I saw both of them play for the Rhode Island Gulls, it was neat! RIP Manute! Rhode Island Gulls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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06-19-2010, 10:10 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
RIP in Manute. A truly good man.
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06-20-2010, 12:25 AM
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Gamebreaker
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Re: Manute Bol has died
RIP.. shame that this all happened when he was doing the humanitarian work in Africa (if I'm recalling how the issues came about correctly)
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06-20-2010, 12:47 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Fairfax, VA
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Re: Manute Bol has died
I loved Manute as a player and was even more impressed with him as a person. Little did I know that I also quote him regularly when I make a mistake playing ball. Turn out he coined the phrase "My Bad."
Language Log: Pick-up basketballism reaches Ivy League faculty vocabulary Now I'll think of him every time I say that.
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06-21-2010, 09:45 AM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
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Interestingly enough, the Bullets had both the tallest played in NBA history and also the shortest (Bogues 5'3") at the same time in '87-'88. They also had roles in Space Jam together. Of course I'll remember Bol because seeing him on the court as a kid was a shock...so tall...but millions of people in the world will remember him for his off-the-court accomplishments...which is the way life is intended to be lived. Great man.
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06-21-2010, 12:51 PM
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Re: Manute Bol has died
As a kid I had one of those game give away life size "chart your growth" posters of manute with a measuring stick on the side so kids like myself could track how tall they were getting compared to manute. I remember him being polite when there would be fan signings and fan appreciation days.
rip. seemed like a good man.
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06-21-2010, 01:32 PM
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06-21-2010, 01:34 PM
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06-21-2010, 01:52 PM
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