after suffering a knee injury that would need about two months to recover, lakers center andrew bynum approached management to have his brother, actor tracy morgan, play in his place. bynum is on record saying, 'tracy may not be funny, and he may not know when to keep his shirt on, but he's one heck of a baller.' while some of the lakers' brass were tempted, they ultimately declined. phil jackson, not among those who considered morgan at the pivot in the triangle offense, was doubtful of his skills. the zen master wondered aloud why they would need tracy morgan to pretend he was andrew bynum when they could play someone else like the congolese basketball great, dj mbenga. 'i don't know what that would have accomplished,' jackson lamented. 'save for isiah thomas and entire atlanta hawks organization, i don't think anyone would be fooled considering the substantial foot and a half height difference.
though andrew bynum is the professional athlete of the two, tracy morgan purports that he is in fact stronger than his sibling. for proof, he says to look no further than andrew's smooth muscles. when told about morgan's comments, bynum replied, 'i don't know what's more shocking, that tracy would make such a claim, or that a show that has him in it won an emmy for outstanding comedy series, or that there exists a saturday night live: best of tracy morgan dvd. seriously, that thing can't be more than twenty minutes. ... i'd challenge him to any sport, any time, but since he has to wear some ankle bracelet, he really can't go anywhere. and even though i know i'm stronger, i can't dispute that i have smooth muscles.'
finally, in a related story, kobe bryant has stated that he wasn't trash-talking andrew bynum in a random parking lot last summer, but trash-talking tracy morgan's performance in little man. 'people confuse those two all the time,' kobe said, 'and i'm certain that's what i did then.' kobe went as far as to say that tracy's acting put the wayans brothers1 to shame. the wayan brothers were not available for comment.
1 how come when refering to the wayan brothers, it only refers to shawn and marlon. doesn't damon and keenan ivory feel slighted when this happens?
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as i have said in the past, this is a 10 out of 10. i have actually gotten these two people confused before.
i could give this a 7 out of 10. the associated press release makes it worth it though. and i'm pretty sure the wayans brothers are better as the white wayans sisters.
I have never made that connection before, but those photos are pretty compelling.
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