Didn't realize they were doing this until I saw a commercial last week.

Some of OT prob never heard of Chris Herren. He was a super talented hoop player who fucked up his career cuz of drugs and booze. I know, pretty common story!
Thing is I played against this kid in high school. He played for my high school rival Durfee HS in Fall River, I went to New Bedford. Dude was a fucking punk and def unguardable.

There might be even footage my white ass at the end of the bench.

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketb...n_details.html

Watching this and it is great so far.

which one are you?

school name and number

i dvr'ed it and will be watching later

I understand he was great and all, but why is this story special? He seems like a special talent that fucked up with drugs and booze, big fuckin deal, he didn't make it to the NBA, there's tons of people who didn't make it for similar reasons. It seems like he is fine now. They already did the Len Bias doc.

Lol I love how they say "this 30 for 30 sponsored by jameson whiskey" lmao

 

Originally Posted by slaps825

I understand he was great and all, but why is this story special? He seems like a special talent that fucked up with drugs and booze, big fuckin deal, he didn't make it to the NBA, there's tons of people who didn't make it for similar reasons. It seems like he is fine now. They already did the Len Bias doc.

He DID make the NBA. Its amazing how well he played on Oxy and when he was a coke head at Fresno

I will wait for reviews, sounds pretty depressing to me... don't really want to watch. I read the brief mention of it where they said this one was much more difficult for Hock to relive the experiences with the subject, as opposed to the Marcus Dupree feature where he was happy to discuss the past. Lot of painful things still for Herren, such as deserting his wife and childen. I hate watching that stuff.

 

Originally Posted by Hateflops

Lol I love how they say "this 30 for 30 sponsored by jameson whiskey" lmao

oh my

 

Originally Posted by slaps825

I understand he was great and all, but why is this story special? He seems like a special talent that fucked up with drugs and booze, big fuckin deal, he didn't make it to the NBA, there's tons of people who didn't make it for similar reasons. It seems like he is fine now. They already did the Len Bias doc.

He was the 32nd pick in the NBA draft and had a couple successful seasons...You must have never played small town high school sports if you can't somewhat relate. This guy was a local stud, had drug problems, and still became a college and NBA star...I dunno these stories just get to me and I think about how close he was to his hometown and wife.

this kid, even playing against him, seemed larger than life. I remember us saying to each other during a game, were playing a future NBA player. It was pretty cool!

wow, I don't even usually watch the 30 for 30s but that was really, really good.

 

Originally Posted by voorh33s

It's different because he had millions thrown at his face and he still chose to do a shitty ass drug like coke instead. Miraculously, he was still good enough to be picked in the 2nd round and START for an NBA team even thought he was doing heroin (oxy) daily. That's ridiculous. There's hundreds of stories like that? And the way he turned it around at the end and stopped being a total piece of shit also makes the story unique. There's not hundreds of stories like this.

First of all, he started 8 games in two years. I don't mean to belittle this accomplishment...I am still proud of what I did in sports and it wasn't 1% of his accomplishments, but I mean, Mickey Mantle played on a destroyed knee with an average blood alcohol level of .08 and still did what he did. Some people can still achieve athletically despite being complete drug addicts. Also, I don't think he chose to be an addict. Part of the difficulty of addiction is that it controls your entire thought process and obviously, it cost him a lot. I think it is awesome that he has come to terms with his addiction and his demons and currently has them under control. I am happy for him. It ended up being a good and empowering story, yet it was still sort of a meh documentary.

a very compelling story

i think it was presented in a fantastic manner

I find it hard to believe that many can watch it and not be moved by his story

i wish him, and his family, well

it is on Saturday the 5th at 7:00 am on ESPN2, aka channel 209 on the DirecTV

 

Originally Posted by SluggerWV

it is on Saturday the 5th at 7:00 am on ESPN2, aka channel 209 on the DirecTV

Nice thank you. Was pissed I missed this now I can DVR it. Herren is a legend around here.

Lloyd Daniels more talented than Herren
Lloyd Daniels more fucked up than Herren

NYC > New England again yawn