Rest in peace, Manute Bol.

Hotsauce84

JimBeam

for real. more than a player, dude was a great humanitarian.

RIP

Breez

I forgot all about his tall ass. Him the tallest, Spud the shortest. R.I.P.

djdaze

damn that sucks, RIP

Cosmo

To quote some dude on Twitter, "Most NBA cats go broke on cars, jewelry & groupies. Manute Bol went broke building hospitals. #RIPManute"

incompletejigsaw

His legacy will not only be remembered on the basketball court, but will live on through the lives of the many people he helped save with his humanitarian efforts. Truly a giant amongst men in more ways than one. Rest well.

Pistol_Pete

Cosmo said:

To quote some dude on Twitter, "Most NBA cats go broke on cars, jewelry & groupies. Manute Bol went broke building hospitals. #RIPManute"

i saw that too! Nice one sentence summary of the man. RIP Manute

DJ_Enki

Great dude, smart, funny, good-hearted, and totally willing to do crap like Celebrity Boxing in order to get money to help Sudan. He might be remembered for being insanely tall, but his height is dwarfed by his humanitarianism. RIP.

Rockadelic

A better man than most RIP

Horseleech

I seem to remember reading that the only reason he played basketball was to make money to help his people, and that he was in constant pain by the end of his career. He had rheumatism, survived a terrible car crash and died a painful death. What a shame that a guy with such a big heart suffered so much.

Plus he coined the phrase 'my bad'.

G_Balliando

RIP.

Manute and Muggsy-

holmes

RIP, when i followed basketball i was always in awe of how someone could actually be that tall.

tripledouble

awww man....i love Manute.
Rest in Peace to a real giant.
a legend and icon in my book

holmes

shoot shoot shoot SHOOT :shut:

Burns

My dad just gave me his Manute Bol Bullets - AMTRak "give away" jersey he used to rock the other day, bad omen.

The_Non

I gotta rap sheet that's longer than Manute Bol
RIP to the big humanitarian.

analog_tape

no doubt that is some sad news. R.I.P.

analog_tape

G_Balliando said:

RIP.

Manute and Muggsy-

I used to trip out when i saw photos of them together

dollar_bin

RIP

One of my favorite Pro-Basketball moments of all time was seeing him live at a Golden State Warriors game in the late 80s. He was going nuts with the 3 point attempts but only hitting about 20%, so when he put up a three in a close game, the entire Oakland Coliseum Arena cried with one voice "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!", but when it drained the entire place went berzerkowitz on a massive scale.

bluesnag

I thought some b-ball highlights would be appropriate:



My favorites are at 1:00 and 1:50. I was also obsessed with his 3-point shot as a kid.

rootlesscosmo

Horseleech said:

Plus he coined the phrase 'my bad'.

Source?

Horseleech

rootlesscosmo said:

Horseleech said:

Plus he coined the phrase 'my bad'.

Source?

http://askville.amazon.com/person-start-made-mistake/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=3841229

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002693.html

Whether he is the first human to utter the phrase is, of course, unknowable, but it's pretty clear he is responsible for it becoming widespread

LaserWolf

RIP

djkingotto

Horseleech said:

rootlesscosmo said:

Horseleech said:

Plus he coined the phrase 'my bad'.

Source?

http://askville.amazon.com/person-start-made-mistake/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=3841229

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002693.html

Whether he is the first human to utter the phrase is, of course, unknowable, but it's pretty clear he is responsible for it becoming widespread

some homies from cali back in the late 80's had told me "my bad" started out as "my bust."

ANYwho, RIP, dude was a great dude.