Dion Waiters: The NBA Is Lucky I’m Home Doing Damn Articles

[suttree]

Baller. Too bad he was born in '91. He would have owned Roller Town at Camillus Mall in the mid-'80s. Probably Radio Shack down the way, too.

 

[texascpa]

Man, I miss roller skating parties at school when I was a kid. Those were the bomb.

 

[br801]

It's Dion's name in the byline. The tweet says "by Dion Waiters." Dion is the writer.

To some degree large or small (or somewhere in between), the pieces on that site have been touched by talented writers and editors.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Love Dion.

I remember in the 2012 tournament some reporter asked him who the best guard in the tournament was and he said "Me." The reporter repeated the question out of disbelief and he again said it was himself. Then the reporter asked who was the second best guard? And Dion says "Pfft, man, whoever ya'll pick to be #2, I don't have time to watch all these guys."

 

[Shark58]

no mention about how JB gets kids into the pros, disloyal idiot


honestly, great read. thx for posting

more context in this old story: Waiters overcomes tragedy to become a star

 

[IthacaMatt]

Now THAT'S an impressive find. Only took you 4 minutes. LOL

 

[Col. Bleep]

Dion is good.
But he's no Charlie O'Connell
And I mean the REAL Charlie O'Connell

Charlie O’Connell, Roller Derby Hall of Famer, dies

 

[Jake]

There is so much awesomeness in this thread.

Nice Job by Dion.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Dion's getting mad social media love.

 

[Trueblue25]

ESPN loved this. I love this. Dion is the man.

 

[DoctorBombay]

Couldn't put it down! You almost envy the level of confidence that Dion has, though you certainly don't envy how he came about it.
This kid believes he can do anything, be anything, & achieve anything. And who are we to say he's wrong?
I remember they once asked JB about Dion and he answered something like: "One thing you'll never have to worry about is Dion having a lack of confidence"! Too true.

 

[SUskibum]

Dion is a beast. Super clutch while he was here too.

Confidence alone certainly won't win you anything, but the absence of confidence can ruin any chance you have for succeeding.

 

[Fireball Jr.]

Nice before and after.

 

[Trueblue25]

Nice before and after.

does he have 5th year football eligibility? Put JT at FS and slide Dion in at LB

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Hope there weren't any footnotes in that article.

 

[HoustonCuse]

Hope there weren't any footnotes in that article.

Citations?

 

[LGO85]

One of the reasons Waiters has been one of my favorite players is because he could back his confidence up on the court. When he demanded the ball, it was going in. To hear the back story makes it that much more awesome and grew my respect for him as a person.

 

[orangefog]

He knows that he could be dead, just like any one of his friends. All I know is, the last team I want him playing for is the Sixers.

 

[Toga]

 

[Chip]

Baller. Too bad he was born in '91. He would have owned Roller Town at Camillus Mall in the mid-'80s. Probably Radio Shack down the way, too.

Bilou in Fulton. Come for the skating, stay for the herpes.

 

[OttoMets]

I am pretty sure most of those articles are ghostwritten, but I could be mistaken.

Players' Tribune articles aren't written by the players, which creates a host of issues

That's too bad. I've really enjoyed some of these, especially one by Damon Stoudamire a year or so ago. Michael Carter-Williams and David Robinson also come to mind. The content is good, but a big part of the appeal, in my opinion, stems from the claim that these are written by the guy on the byline. (It's also problematic from an ethical perspective.)

Regardless, it's funny to think that Dion would've written his own piece. Come on, guys. Do you remember his tweets that were posted on this board?

 

[HOFCeluck]

Baller. Too bad he was born in '91. He would have owned Roller Town at Camillus Mall in the mid-'80s. Probably Radio Shack down the way, too.

Skate n place

 

[JOC44]

Bilou in Fulton. Come for the skating, stay for the herpes.

That's funny coming from someone from Oswego. My friend's father did the electrical work in Bilou before it opened and we got to skate there before it opened for business.

 

[Chip]

That's funny coming from someone from Oswego. My friend's father did the electrical work in Bilou before it opened and we got to skate there before it opened for business.

I never said we didn't bring the herpes with us.

You're welcome.

 

[Briancuse]

Nice before and after.

I wish I had the body on the left.