Is His Nickname Just A Teeny Bit Tacky? October 2, 2007
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As I put up a very important and lengthy post on Spencer Hawes’ unbe-knee-vable injury before he even started training camp for the Kings over at the F-House, I went over to Sam Amick’s blog to see what else is up. Lo and behold, da Kings might (like, I’m guess 0%) of getting a former And1 player on its roster, specifically, this guy:
So what’s my problem? Well, it’s not really a problem, but you see in that clip he’s balling with a bunch of Asians, probably Chinese right? And well, Sam reveals his And1 moniker:
As a bit of a teaser, camp invite Rashid Byrd is an interesting story who I’ll talk more about later this week in the paper. Among other things, the 7-foot-1 big man is a former And1 player who was known as “Seven and Sum Change.”
Dude. I mean, really, it’s not offensive to me at all. Like back in high school when dumbasses would go for that joke trying to make fun of Chinese names? I can’t say that I was mad, only sad… for them. Because of how unfunny it is. And being unfunny is the greatest crime of all n’est pas?
Anyway, I wonder if Mr. Byrd dropped the alias when he was introducing himself to the group of Chinese playas, only because seriously? Not that classy.
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Maybe it’s because I’m not Asian or something, but that one went way over my head. I just assumed he went with the easy tactic of spelling part of his nickname wrong.
You know, like Fabolous, or Ludacris, or Soulja Boy, or Spydaman, or Limozeen.
Yeah I know, normally it wouldn’t have registered with me as well, but it was just interesting that he was playing with Azn around with the name “Sum Change”
Well, Urban Dictionary is our friend for cultural name jokes!
Why are you discriminating against people who spell phonetically using Ebonics! How dare you! That’s borderline racist!
Or maybe you’re making a fucking big deal out of nothing, moron.
Because only Asians can use “sum.”
What does his nickname have to do with the Chinese players he played with? He has had that name for years way before he played for the Chinese team. He just played with them last year, and he has had that nickname since And 1. Before you talk about someone’s nickname, check your facts first!