August 24, 2010

Farewell Foyle

By mceezy

In case you haven’t been following espn 8, the ocho, you may have missed that NBA legend Adonal Foyle has retired from the league he made his bitch for 13 years. Foyle spent the majority of his career patrolling the paint for the Golden State Warriors, before moving on to Orlando for a season plus, and then 3 minutes in Memphis – sounds like a song title right? Though he did usurp about $58 million from the Warriors over the greater part of a decade, Foyle managed to secure the top spot in Blocked Shots in his tenure as a W. The Oracle Arena staff commemerated this occasion by blasting Tina Turner’s “Simply the Best.” But Foyle surpassed such greats as Bol, Parish, and Barry Carroll. He was a man among legends. But perhaps his most crowning moment was this, a shot that “isn’t as bad as it looked.” Sorry Adonal, you may have been one of the smartest men to ever play in the NBA, but you tossed up one of the worst shots ever!

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 7:20 pm and tagged with adonal foyle, bob fitzgerald, clorox, comcast, dinger, glen coffee, golden state warriors, jim barnett, mr coffee, NBA, nokia, patella, safety pin, starkist, steel reserve and posted in Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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4 Responses to “Farewell Foyle”

• chappy81
  August 24th, 2010 at 10:22 pm

  Man, you love that clip! It’s too bad Foyle is hanging it up. Maybe if he played more than three minutes in Memphis he could’ve shown some teams he still has it!

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• cheneetot08
  August 25th, 2010 at 2:42 am

  He had a good run, although he’s quest for a ring fell short he did contribute entertainment to the league.

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• tophatal
  August 25th, 2010 at 7:08 am

  mceezy

  Foyle was an unselfish role player and did whatever was asked of him when he was on the court.

  tophatal ……..

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  • mceezy
    August 25th, 2010 at 6:31 pm

    Oh absolutely. And what went completely unnoticed was all the off the court stuff Adonal did. I should’ve linked up his organization, Democracy Matters…. http://www.adonalfoyle.com/democracy_matters.shtml
    Truly one of the great citizens to play in the NBA

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