Chris Webber included in Crisler Center intro video
interesting. first sighting of him inside the arena since the ban.
October 28th, 2015 at 8:57 PM ^
We're filming our 2015-16 Intro Video tonight! Check out the full video this season at Crisler. #GoBlue #Squad100 pic.twitter.com/MLITx6NfkW
— Michigan Basketball (@umichbball) October 29, 2015
October 28th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
That was a cool story.....bro. Btw I'm currently applying to UNC (I live in NC) so I'm hoping I'll become a UNCWolverine too.
October 28th, 2015 at 10:19 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 11:16 PM ^
Thanks for sharing.
October 29th, 2015 at 9:42 AM ^
Cool story bro, indeed. I was at that same basketball camp and remember Webber challenging anyone to go 1-on-1. Was fun to watch him easily vanquish all challengers. Wasn't even close.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:14 AM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 11:21 AM ^
I remember being sore as hell from playing mutliple games every day. Hard to imagine what that would do to my body now!
October 29th, 2015 at 10:02 AM ^
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October 28th, 2015 at 10:19 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
...he's on one of the displays in the concourse...
October 28th, 2015 at 9:17 PM ^
I meant like the arena proper as in inside the bowl.
October 28th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
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October 28th, 2015 at 8:58 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 9:12 PM ^
That's weird, I thought there were for 5 of them.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:45 PM ^
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October 28th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
Ahhh I still see the tire marks on the shorts. Is there a way we can get that design off the shorts before the season starts?
October 29th, 2015 at 8:40 AM ^
I thought you meant the video somehow gave you skid marks on your shorts, Boner.
Now I see what you meant.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
Wait, so the Adidas "road kill" jerseys are still a thing? Come on Hackett you were batting 1000.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:13 PM ^
I tend to think of this more in terms of, "The folks at Discount Tire have seen your shorts and measured the gap left in the imprint and would like to speak to you about some new tires if you have a moment." It seems like the sort of cruel joke Adidas might play on us or any other team really.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
It's one crappy design that will be worn one year, that no one will buy because they'll all be saving up for the Jordan uniforms next year.
I'm sure many departments would kill to have one dumb looking uniform be worn one season for Basketball if it meant getting our Nike contract.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
Then just use what you had the year before.
There's no point in changing it at all. We would've been fine with the same design we've had for past 2-3 years or however long its been. Even if it's old technology. Whatever.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
October 28th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
Jalen will not be happy
October 28th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
I really don't think Jalen cares. If he does...he needs to get a life.
All he wants is for Chris to be truthful in his eyes...whatever, it's two grown men, nothing to do with us.
As for the video, how do we know there's not a clip of Walton as Jalen? Maybe he can be yelling and hyping Wilson or Chatman or Dawkins and immitating...this:
October 28th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
This doesn't sound like a dude who's all pissed off compared to some of there back and fourth 3-4 years ago.
DEITSCH: “There’s an interest in your relationship I think because how big the Fab Five was. Do you have any reaction when you found out about that interview and the fact that Chris even refuses to address it in a public forum?”
ROSE: “Yes. We were doing the Jalen and Jacoby radio show around 5:30 Pacific when the clip eventually got sent around, and so I got a chance to watch it. It’s really just unfortunate because, as I’ve said and I’ll say until I’m blue in the face, that’s my brother, I love him, we’ve been friends since we were 12-and-under AAU. We decided we were gonna go to college in the same living room. We played at the University of Michigan together and created a brotherhood that will never be broken. But it’s really unfortunate to see your favorite groups break up. Like, I didn’t want to see New Edition break up. I hated Johnny Gibb because he took Bobby Brown’s place and I never even met him. I didn’t like when EPMD broke up, I didn’t like when the Jackson 5 broke up. So the public doesn’t like to see one of their favorite groups break up, in theory. But we’re not broken up. The term “former members of The Fab Five” — we are The Fab Five. We’re not “former.” And I do think, however, the faction that takes place not only with me, but the four other members: Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson. When I speak, it’s not just about my personal relationship with [Chris Webber], I’m talking for people who are no longer here anymore like, Ed Martin. People who’re no longer at Michigan anymore like Steve Fisher. People who never played an NBA game like Ray Jackson. I do think we will see eye-to-eye and be on the same page one day. I truly hope so because we deserve it as brothers. We’re not just former teammates, we’re brothers, and you can’t break up with family.”
DEITSCH: “You know, Chris has become, I think, a really terrific broadcaster. I like watching him both on a game and in the studio. Did you see that at all when you were in college? Could you have envisioned him going into broadcasting as you did?”
ROSE: “Yes I did. He was always articulate. He was always first. He always had the ability to function in any situation — the city or the suburbs — and going to Detroit Country Day was probably the best decision he (and his mom) has ever made in his life because it’s a wonderful school. So I saw it for him, but I’m sure the world didn’t see it for me. My plan was whatever they saw in him, I wanted to be a person that people believed in also. There were rumors when we came to Michigan. “Chris came from Detroit Country Day. Jalen, are you actually going to compete academically at Michigan? What position was he gonna play?” He was always polished and disciplined. He was the number one pick in the draft, he was the team’s best player, has a great smile — I agree with you, he’s killing it on TV. That’s why I don’t see why he doesn’t choose to let go of past transgressions for the greater good of the group. Yes, he’s gone on and is doing amazing things, but doesn’t Ray Jackson deserve an opportunity to take his kids back to Ann Arbor and see the fruits of his labor in the rafters? And if all you gotta do is say you’re sorry? Even if you don’t mean it? I’m the person that would do it.”
October 28th, 2015 at 10:11 PM ^
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October 29th, 2015 at 9:27 AM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
but I don't apologize for something I'm actually not sorry for doing. Amateur athletics is a joke and kids are getting money under the table all day every day, he just happened to get caught doing it. Of all the guys you named, do you think they are the only ones that got paid? Really? Nobody is asking all these guys to stand up and admit what they did and apologize. Chris Webber made millions of dollars for UM, and the Fab 5 cultural and economic impact may be in the tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, and you're mad a Chris for 300k? Sounds extremely pety and IMHO if you don't stand behind any of these kids you aren't a real UM fan.
October 29th, 2015 at 11:27 AM ^
you're not married.
October 29th, 2015 at 3:04 PM ^
+1 from one married man to another. Learn those two words, and learn them well.
October 29th, 2015 at 3:40 PM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 3:38 PM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 3:07 PM ^
Thanks for posting. Made me really feel bad for Ray. The whole piece in the Fab Five book that discusses Ray Jackson on draft day is equally depressing. Damn, that crew was amazing playing together.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
CWebb is the man and I am happy to see him included.
October 28th, 2015 at 9:44 PM ^
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October 28th, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
He was young and he made a mistake. How did he do after he went to NBA? He deserves a second chance, whether you like it or not. Give it a break. People make mistakes. Not everyone can be as perfect as you.
October 28th, 2015 at 10:02 PM ^
He was 29 when he lied to a federal grand jury.
October 29th, 2015 at 3:51 AM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 8:28 AM ^
Just because one's time line doesn't happen to run concurrent to an event doesn't mean you can't have an opinion about that event. Though most of his career took place before I was old enough to appreciate it, I still think Billie Dee Williams was cool.
Was anything that WD said wrong? The dude lied. He tarnished the legacy of the very thing you are calling a "culteral phenomenon". I know the circumstances, and I don't have a problem with it, but just tell the truth.
WD's flaw is that he takes it too personally; it's sports. That happens.
October 29th, 2015 at 8:42 AM ^
You both are correct and you both are wrong.
Yes WD needs to stop piling it on about something he never experienced and truly only knows what he's read or seen on TV.
But he was 29...so people like you should stop making excuses for an adult just because you have fond memories of a childhood or young adulthood era of basketball. Weber is in his 40's now. I agree that he made "mistakes" as a kid or a young adult, but he's also had plenty of time to man up or own up to them as an adult. Especially knowing that nothing he currently has will be lost.
For what you guys are saying...they can be both. The truth probably lies in the middle of your view and WD's.
Your post was warranted, IMO, it was just attacking/responding to the wrong post, IMO.
But that's just my opinion. My other opinion is that I just wish we could move past it...clearly the team has if they're doing things like this for infro videos. They're not throwing "FAB 5 is BACK" in anyone's face...but they're acknowledging part of their history. Which is cool.
November 17th, 2015 at 1:24 AM ^
October 29th, 2015 at 11:59 AM ^
The current NBA culture was driven by the Fab Five? Hardly. Those guys were still in college when Magic and Bird got the NBA off the mat and then Jordan entered the league and redefined it. NBA basketball was at its zenith on TV during Jordan's run, not the Fab Five, who were making their name at the top of the college basketball world as the 90's began.
October 29th, 2015 at 12:41 AM ^