DeShawn + SLAM = ?

by JakeTheSnake on Jul 16, 2008 4:00 PM EDT in The clubhouse

I have here in my hand a list of two hundred and five people that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party er...the latest issue of SLAM, that has the feature on DeShawn Stevenson. As was mentioned in their preview, DeShawn did let his mouth rip. It didn't reach overrated levels, but it's worth quoting on a blog that's specific to the team he plays for.

On the LeBron-DeShawn feud:

With the thing I said about LeBron, that's the way we do it. If I feel like he attacked me, I'ma attack him back. I don't care how big you are. I feel like he's an awesome player, but I feel like if you attack me, do it like I do it. Say it out loud. Don't be one of those scary girls and say it behind closed doors where nobody's going to hear you. If you don't like something I do, say it out loud so we can deal with it as two men.

On Gilbert's comeback late in the season:

When Gilbert [Arenas] came back for the Playoffs--this is no knock on him--it kind of messed up that rhythm we had going in the regular season. Gilbert's minutes were limited. We tried to bring him off of the bench, so we could save him for the fourth, but it was hard to play a type of player like that for 20 minutes.

On Gilbert's decision to opt out (keep in mind that he said this before Gilbert re-signed):

Gil runs that city. It would be stupid on his part to leave. You've got a town that's got your back. To go somewhere else and start over is going to be pretty hard. You're starting from scratch. Nobody [else] cares about the game-winners or none of that.

DeMarco Williams did a tremendous job on the article and I encourage everyone to go check it out. The pics of DeShawn's epic back tattoo are worth the cost of the magazine in and of itself. Also, the piece provides an important and much needed update on the beard-growing bet between DeShawn and Drew Gooden.

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Just Wondering

“With the thing I said about LeBron, that’s the way we do it. If I feel like he attacked me, I’ma attack him back. I don’t care how big you are. I feel like he’s an awesome player, but I feel like if you attack me, do it like I do it. Say it out loud. Don’t be one of those scary girls and say it behind closed doors where nobody’s going to hear you. If you don’t like something I do, say it out loud so we can deal with it as two men.”

I just wish Stevenson would just come right out and say what LeBron said about him..!!!
Get it out in the open. All this beating around the bush makes it look like Stevenson’s the knucklehead… when it could be just the opposite.

by Rook6980 on Jul 16, 2008 7:38 PM EDT 0 recs

I Disagree

I don’t think it would have been in DeShawn’s interest to air out LeBron’s personal attack against him or his girlfriend through the media. Think about it, if someone said something nasty about your girlfriend, would you want to tell Sports Illustrated and USA Today all about exactly what was said? He handled it like a man at the time, and took it straight to LeBron’s face before anybody in the media knew about it.

DeShawn’s biggest mistake came after his first encounter with LeBron, when he allowed his anger over the incident to spill into the post-game interviews with the media. His “overrated” comment was definitely not is his best interest, even though I can understand where he was coming from. All in all, I think DeShawn has handled the incident well, save for his “overrated” comment. Everything else was just him responding to what either LeBron or Damon Jones was doing, and I do like the fact that he won’t back down from anybody.

"It's OK for the Bullets to trade baskets, as long as they can score on their end." -- Words of wisdom from Phil Chenier

by cuppettcj on Jul 17, 2008 8:55 AM EDT up 0 recs