November 24, 200322 yr This was inevitiable but is still very sad to hear ... Mourning forced to end NBA career, needs kidney transplant November 24, 2003 EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Alonzo Mourning's NBA career is over. The seven-time All-Star center will soon need a kidney transplant and will no longer be able to play professional basketball, New Jersey Nets president and general manager Rod Thorn announced on Monday morning. "It is with great sadness that I make this announcement," Thorn said. "Alonzo is a true champion and a very courageous athlete who attempted to defy the odds with his comeback to the NBA. Unfortunately, his medical condition will not allow him to continue his basketball career. Our thoughts and prayers are with him as he continues his fight against this disease." The 33-year-old Mourning left the Miami Heat and signed a four-year, $22 million contract with the Nets last July despite missing the entire 2002-03 season with a kidney disease. In 2000, Mourning was diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a disease that causes chronic kidney failure within a decade in more than half of the people diagnosed. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=mour...ov=st&type=lgns
November 24, 200322 yr While I was among those very disappointed when he left Miami, this is indeed very sad. I think his heart was thinking before his head. Alonzo has a lot of heart and great intensity and really wanted to play, but someone in his condition should likely not have been playing basketball at the NBA level. He is still an icon in his new home of Miami and will be welcomed back here in full health, hopefully. Incidentally, there has been talk among the Heat that Alonzo's and Tim Hardway's numbers would be retired after they retired, and ironically both have called it quits this week.
November 24, 200322 yr What did Martin say? "Hi, my name is Kenyon Martin, you can find me in the dictionary under douche."
November 24, 200322 yr What did Martin say? "Hi, my name is Kenyon Martin, you can find me in the dictionary under douche." Still doesn't answer my question...
November 24, 200322 yr What did Martin say? "Hi, my name is Kenyon Martin, you can find me in the dictionary under douche." Still doesn't answer my question... Yeah I don't think he's said anything yet, but that's what he should say.
November 24, 200322 yr What did Martin say? "Hi, my name is Kenyon Martin, you can find me in the dictionary under douche." Still doesn't answer my question... Yeah I don't think he's said anything yet, but that's what he should say. Why is everyonr calling him a douche? I'm lost.
November 24, 200322 yr What did Martin say? "Hi, my name is Kenyon Martin, you can find me in the dictionary under douche." Still doesn't answer my question... Yeah I don't think he's said anything yet, but that's what he should say. Why is everyonr calling him a douche? I'm lost. Because of what he said less than a week ago. Mourning to Martin- "my ankle, my ankle" Martin to Mourning- "my kidney, my kidney" that's why.
November 24, 200322 yr Because of what he said less than a week ago. Mourning to Martin- "my ankle, my ankle" Martin to Mourning- "my kidney, my kidney" that's why. I didn't hear about it. I now hate Martin with a passion.
November 24, 200322 yr Because of what he said less than a week ago. Mourning to Martin- "my ankle, my ankle" Martin to Mourning- "my kidney, my kidney" that's why. I didn't hear about it. I now hate Martin with a passion. Join the rapidly expanding club.
November 24, 200322 yr get off K.Marts balls...... How come ZO aint say s*** to Jefferson?????? ZO Started the s***, K.Mart finshed the s***...... ya'all make ZO sound like a f***ing Saint, and now all you feel bad 4 em cuz da kidneys came callen death..... i 4 1 am still bitter he left Charlotte, and have never forgiven him for f***ing up something that could have been legendary... him, LJ, and Mugsy was an unstoppable and Curry would come off the ebcnh and hit treys like snowflakes hitting ICE in Alaska..... and than last year Fag wouldnt take a pay cut to stay with Miami after he knew he snubbed 18 mil the other year, but Miami fans still supported his b***h a**... ay ZO PEACCCCCCCCCE Biach, and no i dont care what happned to him cuz he is a selfish b***h, he slapped the Hornets in da face and than da heat,..... They say an eye for an eye, we both lose our sight And two wrongs don't make a right But when you been wrong and you know all along that it's just one life At what point does one fight??????????
November 24, 200322 yr get off K.Marts balls...... How come ZO aint say s*** to Jefferson?????? ZO Started the s***, K.Mart finshed the s***...... ya'all make ZO sound like a f***ing Saint, and now all you feel bad 4 em cuz da kidneys came callen death..... i 4 1 am still bitter he left Charlotte, and have never forgiven him for f***ing up something that could have been legendary... him, LJ, and Mugsy was an unstoppable and Curry would come off the ebcnh and hit treys like snowflakes hitting ICE in Alaska..... and than last year Fag wouldnt take a pay cut to stay with Miami after he knew he snubbed 18 mil the other year, but Miami fans still supported his b***h a**... ay ZO PEACCCCCCCCCE Biach, and no i dont care what happned to him cuz he is a selfish b***h, he slapped the Hornets in da face and than da heat,..... They say an eye for an eye, we both lose our sight And two wrongs don't make a right But when you been wrong and you know all along that it's just one life At what point does one fight?????????? Umm ok....???? I never said Zo was a saint, but we have all known K-Mart is a douche since his days at Cincy, and for him to say "my kidney my kidney" to a guy with a life-threatening kidney disease is disturbing.
November 24, 200322 yr get off K.Marts balls...... How come ZO aint say s*** to Jefferson?????? ZO Started the s***, K.Mart finshed the s***...... ya'all make ZO sound like a f***ing Saint, and now all you feel bad 4 em cuz da kidneys came callen death..... i 4 1 am still bitter he left Charlotte, and have never forgiven him for f***ing up something that could have been legendary... him, LJ, and Mugsy was an unstoppable and Curry would come off the ebcnh and hit treys like snowflakes hitting ICE in Alaska..... and than last year Fag wouldnt take a pay cut to stay with Miami after he knew he snubbed 18 mil the other year, but Miami fans still supported his b***h a**... ay ZO PEACCCCCCCCCE Biach, and no i dont care what happned to him cuz he is a selfish b***h, he slapped the Hornets in da face and than da heat,..... They say an eye for an eye, we both lose our sight And two wrongs don't make a right But when you been wrong and you know all along that it's just one life At what point does one fight?????????? what and LJ didnt have anything to do with that team going apart? The Heat were'nt willing to pay him what he was trying to get, and everybody knows Zo wasnt really in the Heats future plans. he knew he didnt have much time left and was trying to cash in AND trying to at least get to the Finals, something he wasnt going to do down here. i dont blame Zo for leaving, he did what he thought was best for him. oh and Maggs, odom is the same poster who said he wouldnt mind Bobby Bonds dying before the Marlins-Giants series in August so Barry wouldnt play, which i believe Bobby died right before the series started if i remember correctly.
November 24, 200322 yr This is a real bummer because this time it's gone far beyond basketball. The drugs aren't working, he needs a new kidney or it could be his life. I wish him the best of luck. Looking at this from the business of basketball: It shows that Riley made the right move letting him go. Imagine if the Heat had him under contract for the next few years. Zo should probably void his contract so the Nets can get someone else in the offseason. They'll probably get that injury exception but I don't quite know how that works. I don't know if Zo will be willing to turn down 22 million dollars, though...I mean I'd like to see you do that. I also wonder if his contract had a kidney klause of some kind. What else? Oh yeah, Kenyon Martin. Cut the guy a break. It was insensitive, but I don't think we need to label him evil. What do any of us really know about KMart?
November 24, 200322 yr oh and Maggs, odom is the same poster who said he wouldnt mind Bobby Bonds dying before the Marlins-Giants series in August so Barry wouldnt play, which i believe Bobby died right before the series started if i remember correctly. Wow, and that didn't get him banned?? I don't even know how to respond to that, that's just wrong and embarassing.
November 25, 200322 yr I feel bad for the guy, one of the most passionate guys in the game today. And never got to get a ring... I mean I'm still bitter he left Miami like that (even though now I'm kinda glad because that would have put us in a bigger mess than we are already but that's not the point) but I never would want to see that happen to anybody, especially someone like him. It's one thing to make fun of an ankle injury, but another to make fun of a life threatening disease
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