"ROY TARPLEY"

IVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT CHU LATELY,WORDS CANT EXPLAIN WHY YOU BEEN IN MY SPIRIT LATELY MAYBE ITS BECAUSE IM A DIE HARD LAKER FAN AND EVERY NOW AND THEN I PULL UP OLD SHOWTIME LAKER CLIPS TO WATCH THE FRANCHISE DOMINATION FROM YESTERDAY
THE SHOWTIME LAKERS SMH IT USED TO TAKE MY BREATH AWAY WATCHING MAGIC RUN THE FASTBREAK IN THE OLD FORUM. THE LAKERS WERE NEARLY INVINCEABLE AT HOME BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN CERTAIN TEAMS JUST WOULDNT GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. ONE OF THOSE TEAMS WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AND THATS THE REASON YOU BEEN ON MY MIND. HOW COULD I FORGET YOU? YOU LOOKED LIKE JAMES WORTHY, YOU WORE #42 JUST LIKE WORTHY. YOU WORE THE GOGGLES JUST LIKE WORTHY. AND BOY OH BOY DID YOU CREATE PROBLEMS... EARLY.
I WISH YOU HAD STUCK AROUND JUST A LITTLE LONGER THE WORLD REALLY DIDNT GET A CHANCE TO SEE YOU SHINE. AFTER ONLY 280 GAMES YOU WERE SUSPENDED FOR LIFE AND THATS HOW YOURE CAREER WAS DEFINED.
STILL I MISS YOU, YOURE APART OF MY CHILDHOOD.NBA BASKETBALL AND SUNDAY DINNER WITH MY FATHER  WAS A PRECIOUS TIME OF MY LIFE AND I REALLY VIVIDLY REMEBER MY FATHER WHO WAS A 76ERS FAN SAYING REPEATEDLY "TARPLEY" "TARPLEY" THEY CANT STOP "TARPLEY" TO ANNOY ME. WELL I FELT ANNOYED ANYWAY. WHY WAS I ANNOYED? BECAUSE IT WAS THE TRUTH. AND THE TRUTH HURTS. WE COULD NOT STOP YOU FROM SCORING. WE COULDNT STOP YOU FROM REBOUNDING, NOBODY COULD STOP YOU FROM REBOUNDING.
I WAS TOO YOUNG TO KEEP UP WITH YOURE CAREER BACK THEN SO I DONT KNOW HOW YOU DID AGAINST OTHER TEAMS I DO KNOW YOU KILLED US. I WISH ME AND MY FATHER HAD MORE TIME WITH YOU. I MISS MY FATHER, I MISS YOU TOO
ROY TARPLEY.




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