Comments on: They shall call him Maximus Szczerbiak

By: wally for 3

wally for 3 — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:35:50 +0000

MCM: Lol okay. Totally agreed. Yeah, nice chatting with you too=)

By: mcm180

mcm180 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:48:42 +0000

Wally for 3,

Sorry to imply I knew him — I only bumped into him a few times on campus. I just meant our player-fan relationship goes back a ways.

I agree he’s got the right to name his kid whatever he wants even if I think it’s weird, and given all the rest of the lousy, evil, selfish, harmful things so many NBA players do, this is nothing wrong.

I’m thinking more of the kid — how he’s gonna deal with having an odd name (Maximus, not Max) for what is sort of a cheezy reason to pick a name. My own name is only a little better than “Max Szczerbiak” — easier to spell but doesn’t sound any better — and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wished I were “Joe Miller” or “Steve Parker” or something simple.

Take care, nice chatting with ya…MCM180

By: wally for 3

wally for 3 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:53:40 +0000

MCM :
Yeah. I understand what you are saying, but don’t you think the name Maximus would be shortened to Max? Because Wally’s real name is Walter and they shortened his name. And I tottally agree that nothing goes with the last name Szczerbiak. But I just think he should be able to name his son whatever he likes without people making fun of his choice. Wally is my favorite basketball player ever, and I’m happy for him on having his first son. And while I’m on the subject, you were friends with Wally?! Lol and honestly the only reason why I commented this was because it made me mad after reading all those rude comments about Maximus and I felt that I had to say something. Lol =) re

By: MCM

MCM — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:21:07 +0000

Wally for 3:
Don’t forget Wally’s dad (and Maximus’ granddaddy) Walt, who was a pretty good player hisself (though not in the NBA — mostly in Spain, if I do remember right; Wally was born in Madrid, I think).

I was at Miami U when Wally played there, so he ‘n’ I go way back…that’s how come I know this stuff.

That said, I agree nothing much goes well with Szczerbiak, but c’mon, what if the kid ends up growing up to be a CEO of a Fortune 500 firm? “Maximus Szzerbiak, chief executive officer” sounds like a title from a bad sci-fi novel. Something normal like “Steve” or “Joe” would be a much safer bet.

By: wally for 3

wally for 3 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:40:25 +0000

Okay. I think if he wants to name his kid Maximus, he should. I mean Max isn’t a bad name. And when Max grows up and becomes a pro basketball player like his dad and is making something of himself, nobody is going to care what his name is and WHY that name was chosen. Okay that’s all I got to say. GO WALLY!

By: Paul Peter Paulos

Paul Peter Paulos — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:13:55 +0000

The big problem with that skirt-like clothing that gladiators wore is that if women wear skirts it’s quite nice and apeeeling to sit back and wonder what’s within while if men wear skirts, it’s just sort of pukus (Latin for rendering one to puke)

By: fasolamatt

fasolamatt — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:02:42 +0000

I’ll second the SCH +1. Still chuckling over it 45 minutes after reading it.

By: scagmajor

scagmajor — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:23:59 +0000

SCH +1.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:16:42 +0000

AZGopherGirl: +1.

By: StraightCashHomey

StraightCashHomey — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:13:19 +0000

Are you not entertained?!?!

Seriously, Maximus, are you not? Because I could put the Little Einsteins back in…