RIP: The Washington Generals

cartman · 08-14-2015, 11:13 AM

The team is folding after the Globetrotters decided to not play them anymore.

Losers’ lament | NBC SportsWorld

JPhillips · 08-14-2015, 11:19 AM

Who needs a team of fake losers when the 76ers are available?

chesapeake · 08-14-2015, 11:20 AM

First I lose the Sonics from my original home town and now I lose the Generals from my adopted one. I hate pro basketball!

Pyser · 08-14-2015, 12:20 PM

thats a great article. love this paragraph:

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The team’s purpose was to PLAY the Globetrotters, the purpose was not to LOSE to the Globetrotters. Weird as it sounds, the Generals were always playing to win. True, they faced a few disadvantages, such as the fact that the Globetrotters would sometimes hide the ball under their shirts, or attach a string to the ball, or pull down the Generals players’ pants, or soak a player with a bucket of water. The referees consistently missed blatant Globetrotters rules violations. In the end, the Globetrotters would go into their famous “Sweet Georgia Brown” weave offense, which has no defense.

who will the globetrotters play now? college teams?

OldGiants · 08-14-2015, 03:12 PM

I miss Red Klotz

tarcone · 08-14-2015, 06:07 PM

Too bad. I wonder what the Globetrotters have planned?
I loved them as a kid. I got to see Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal.

Young Drachma · 08-14-2015, 07:31 PM

I guess the guesstimates are the Globetrotters want to own the opponent rather than this arrangement. I can see that. Seems like you'd want a farm team of sorts to play against might make it easier/better or whatever, but yeah...end of an era. I mean I can't see them going straight and playing real teams nobody wants to deal with those antics. Gotta be a made-up team.

08-14-2015, 11:19 AM	#2
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Who needs a team of fake losers when the 76ers are available? __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

08-14-2015, 03:12 PM	#5
OldGiants College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Location, Location, Location	I miss Red Klotz __________________ "The case of Great Britain is the most astonishing in this matter of inequality of rights in world soccer championships. The way they explained it to me as a child, God is one but He's three: Father, Son and Holy Ghost. I could never understand it. And I still don't understand why Great Britain is one but she's four....while [others] continue to be no more than one despite the diverse nationalities that make them up." Eduardo Galeano, SOCCER IN SUN AND SHADOW

08-14-2015, 06:07 PM	#6
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	Too bad. I wonder what the Globetrotters have planned? I loved them as a kid. I got to see Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal. __________________ Excuses are for wusses- Spencer Lee Punting is Winning- Tory Taylor The word is Fight! Fight! Fight! For Iowa FOFC 30 Dollar Challenge Champion-OOTP '15

08-14-2015, 07:31 PM	#7
Young Drachma Dark Cloud Join Date: Apr 2001	I guess the guesstimates are the Globetrotters want to own the opponent rather than this arrangement. I can see that. Seems like you'd want a farm team of sorts to play against might make it easier/better or whatever, but yeah...end of an era. I mean I can't see them going straight and playing real teams nobody wants to deal with those antics. Gotta be a made-up team. Last edited by Young Drachma : 08-14-2015 at 07:32 PM.

08-14-2015, 11:20 AM	#3
chesapeake College Starter Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Arlington, VA	First I lose the Sonics from my original home town and now I lose the Generals from my adopted one. I hate pro basketball!

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