Rory Gold

In honor of the NCAA Final Four being played in Detroit I wanted to write a little bit about one of my favorite Michigan Alums. Jalen Rose has been one of my favorites since the days of the Fab 5. Smooth on the court and even smoother when a microphone is put in front of him.  I asked Jalen a few years ago if he rehearsed his quotes, he assured me they were 100% freestyle. Here are some of my favorites.

My number 1 and 2 come the day of the Vince Carter for a…well actually not much.

1. “I’m a GM in fantasy basketball and I’m a GM on PlayStation, so on PlayStation I probably would have got a little more, but this is real life, so I don’t know.”
2. After hearing Carter was traded to the Nets “Was it for Richard Jefferson”
3. On Detroit “It must have been two in the morning when we got to Detroit, ’cause nothing was open but hospitals, jails, and legs.”
4. More Detroit “I’ve got to stop this. My entourages are getting entourages.”
5. And finally after a young LeBron put up 56 of the Raptor “Like I told the guys earlier, once he turns 21 and is able to drink, it’s over.”

We need more athletes who can speak there mind in a witty manner of course there was the always quotable Charles Oakley who gave us this gem “It’s like bringing eggs to a Bar-B-Que”