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Lawrence Funderburke has been signed by the Chicago Bulls in replacement of Eddy Curry for the the remainder of the season.
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HabaneroBuck
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Lawrence was pretty good for the Kings..................
about 6 years ago. Does he still have bendable knees?
I shouldn't knock him, he's a pretty good guy. Wish him the best.
about 6 years ago. Does he still have bendable knees?
I shouldn't knock him, he's a pretty good guy. Wish him the best.
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tibor75
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Does he still think the end of the world is coming?
This week was supposed to be a goof. I had heard that Lawrence Funderburke, a middle-of-the-road talent for the Sacramento Kings, had predicted that the end of the world was going to occur on New Year's Eve, 1999.
And I also had recalled that Funderburke signed a four-year contract this past summer to stay in Sacramento -- which, some might say, is the equivalent of experiencing the apocalypse, but that's another story.
Anyway, I'm thinking to myself, if this guy thinks the end of the world is going to happen in a few short months, midway through the season, why did he sign a four-year deal?
Why not sign a one-year deal, or a half-year deal, get everything up front, live it up like a drunken banshee for the remainder of his days and just go nuts in that final game of games, the Kings-Seattle SuperSonics tilt on Dec. 29?
Hey, I realize the globe is about to blow a gasket, and in the larger scheme basketball does not really mean a whole lot since all life on this planet is about to end, but regardless, we've still got a job to do. Tip-off at 7:30.
So I go in to talk with Larry after a game the other day, completely prepared to listen to his prediction of Almighty destruction with a smirk on my face.
And guess what? The guy is very well spoken, very intelligent and makes some solid arguments. And after writing the column last week about what a farce some of the aspects of religion are in this league, it was actually refreshing to listen to a man who is so devoted to his beliefs and so willing to shamelessly stand up for them in the face of ridicule and adversity.
I'm not saying I believed his ideas -- which, by the way, are not that the world's destruction is going to happen this New Year's Eve, but rather, that the end of all life is tied directly to Israel. But neither am I completely willing to dismiss him as a bubble headed goofball who's been watching too many televangelists and got hit in the head too many times when Vlade Divac was flopping around last year.
Listen to what he has to say:
"As a Christian, I believe the end can happen any given year. I'm of the belief the Lord will come when Israel is at its weakest moment. That's what I believe, and I think anybody who studies the prophecies about the nation of Israel all understand that everything revolves around Israel, not the United States and not anybody else. My beliefs are tied to the nation of Israel, them coming back into the land, the fact that they're going on with these peace treaties, they're trying to make peace with all their enemies. And I believe that when Israel is at its weakest moment, that's when all these things are going to happen. That time is not here yet. Who knows when that will be. Could be next year, the following year, the following year, who knows?
"But everybody that looks can see that the last days are going on right now. As far as what people are saying, Matthew Chapter 24, things like that."
At this point I wanted to break in, because I was wondering what people he is hanging out with that are saying these things, and who this "everybody" is that is looking to see the last days in something called Matthew Chapter 24. But he continued on and I didn't interrupt.
"Things are just getting progressively worse, on and on. You know that the next major war to break out is going to be a nuclear war. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that."
I certainly am not a rocket scientist, but I was under the impression we were disarming our nuclear weapons. Still, he went on.
"But I think before that happens that Jesus will intervene before any such thing takes place. I don't worry about that. I don't worry about what's going to happen, am I going to be around when it happens. I sleep peacefully at night knowing that what I believe in will come to pass. A lot of things already have happened. Israel is coming back into the land. How can 10,000 troops fight 200,000 people without God being on their side? They had four or five tanks. How can you explain it? You can't."
He was right. I couldn't.
"But if you believe in God, you can understand. They're His chosen people, He loves them, He protects them, and all the promises come to them. And those who love them are called to Christ. It's something I've been studying for many, many years."
I'm a little confused at this point, so I ask, bottom line, if my last meal -- which, by the way, I want to be Chesapeake Bay blue crabs with lots of Old Bay and a nice, cold brew -- is tied to Israel, what state, exactly, are they in?
"They're in a state now where, as a Christian, I would say they are unbelievers because they don't believe in Jesus as the Messiah. And He is. And they will come to know that, but they don't believe that He is. Right now what they are doing is making peace with their enemies. They're compromising their security, they're giving up a lot just to make peace for empty promises. 'If you give us land, we won't destroy you.' What is that? But that is what they are doing. And it will keep going on and on and on. And they are headed in that direction that I see that it can break out at any moment. Everyone knows that if you look at Daniel, Chapter 9."
I resisted the urge to tell him everybody does not know that, and I personally wouldn't even know where to find Daniel or Chapter 9. He kept going.
"Everyone knows that if you look at Daniel, Chapter 9, talking about how Israel is going to sign a covenant with the anti-Christ, different things like that. Everything is tied to Israel, not to the Gentiles. I don't get caught up in the millennium, and I know that it is not going to happen around then. And I think a lot of people will point at Christians and say, 'If it doesn't happen, then they are all false prophecies and they are predicting all these things.' But it all revolves around Israel, so if you keep them in the picture, you can never go wrong." I was wondering if he meant "keep them in the picture" as a cliche, or if he meant it literally, considering their destruction is, well, my destruction. Instead, I asked him how he reconciled his beliefs with everyday life.
"I live day to day, my life. If you look at Payne Stewart, if you look at John Kennedy, no one knows when The Lord is going to come for your individual life. The main thing is to be ready, make sure you have a personal relationship with Him. I don't worry about that. I've always lived my life day by day. I can't control the future. No man can. What I try to do is give to the Church, help people out, do all I can to follow Christ's example. A lot of people kid me, a lot of people ask me questions about Y2K ... but I tell them I don't know. I believe the last couple years, I believe this year, I will believe next year. If it doesn't happen, there is the possibility that it can. And it will revolve around Israel and their tradition and their customs. That's pretty simple."
I breathed a sigh of relief. I can still make the New Year's Eve bash.
Frank Hughes covers the NBA for the Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune. He is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.
This week was supposed to be a goof. I had heard that Lawrence Funderburke, a middle-of-the-road talent for the Sacramento Kings, had predicted that the end of the world was going to occur on New Year's Eve, 1999.
And I also had recalled that Funderburke signed a four-year contract this past summer to stay in Sacramento -- which, some might say, is the equivalent of experiencing the apocalypse, but that's another story.
Anyway, I'm thinking to myself, if this guy thinks the end of the world is going to happen in a few short months, midway through the season, why did he sign a four-year deal?
Why not sign a one-year deal, or a half-year deal, get everything up front, live it up like a drunken banshee for the remainder of his days and just go nuts in that final game of games, the Kings-Seattle SuperSonics tilt on Dec. 29?
Hey, I realize the globe is about to blow a gasket, and in the larger scheme basketball does not really mean a whole lot since all life on this planet is about to end, but regardless, we've still got a job to do. Tip-off at 7:30.
So I go in to talk with Larry after a game the other day, completely prepared to listen to his prediction of Almighty destruction with a smirk on my face.
And guess what? The guy is very well spoken, very intelligent and makes some solid arguments. And after writing the column last week about what a farce some of the aspects of religion are in this league, it was actually refreshing to listen to a man who is so devoted to his beliefs and so willing to shamelessly stand up for them in the face of ridicule and adversity.
I'm not saying I believed his ideas -- which, by the way, are not that the world's destruction is going to happen this New Year's Eve, but rather, that the end of all life is tied directly to Israel. But neither am I completely willing to dismiss him as a bubble headed goofball who's been watching too many televangelists and got hit in the head too many times when Vlade Divac was flopping around last year.
Listen to what he has to say:
"As a Christian, I believe the end can happen any given year. I'm of the belief the Lord will come when Israel is at its weakest moment. That's what I believe, and I think anybody who studies the prophecies about the nation of Israel all understand that everything revolves around Israel, not the United States and not anybody else. My beliefs are tied to the nation of Israel, them coming back into the land, the fact that they're going on with these peace treaties, they're trying to make peace with all their enemies. And I believe that when Israel is at its weakest moment, that's when all these things are going to happen. That time is not here yet. Who knows when that will be. Could be next year, the following year, the following year, who knows?
"But everybody that looks can see that the last days are going on right now. As far as what people are saying, Matthew Chapter 24, things like that."
At this point I wanted to break in, because I was wondering what people he is hanging out with that are saying these things, and who this "everybody" is that is looking to see the last days in something called Matthew Chapter 24. But he continued on and I didn't interrupt.
"Things are just getting progressively worse, on and on. You know that the next major war to break out is going to be a nuclear war. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that."
I certainly am not a rocket scientist, but I was under the impression we were disarming our nuclear weapons. Still, he went on.
"But I think before that happens that Jesus will intervene before any such thing takes place. I don't worry about that. I don't worry about what's going to happen, am I going to be around when it happens. I sleep peacefully at night knowing that what I believe in will come to pass. A lot of things already have happened. Israel is coming back into the land. How can 10,000 troops fight 200,000 people without God being on their side? They had four or five tanks. How can you explain it? You can't."
He was right. I couldn't.
"But if you believe in God, you can understand. They're His chosen people, He loves them, He protects them, and all the promises come to them. And those who love them are called to Christ. It's something I've been studying for many, many years."
I'm a little confused at this point, so I ask, bottom line, if my last meal -- which, by the way, I want to be Chesapeake Bay blue crabs with lots of Old Bay and a nice, cold brew -- is tied to Israel, what state, exactly, are they in?
"They're in a state now where, as a Christian, I would say they are unbelievers because they don't believe in Jesus as the Messiah. And He is. And they will come to know that, but they don't believe that He is. Right now what they are doing is making peace with their enemies. They're compromising their security, they're giving up a lot just to make peace for empty promises. 'If you give us land, we won't destroy you.' What is that? But that is what they are doing. And it will keep going on and on and on. And they are headed in that direction that I see that it can break out at any moment. Everyone knows that if you look at Daniel, Chapter 9."
I resisted the urge to tell him everybody does not know that, and I personally wouldn't even know where to find Daniel or Chapter 9. He kept going.
"Everyone knows that if you look at Daniel, Chapter 9, talking about how Israel is going to sign a covenant with the anti-Christ, different things like that. Everything is tied to Israel, not to the Gentiles. I don't get caught up in the millennium, and I know that it is not going to happen around then. And I think a lot of people will point at Christians and say, 'If it doesn't happen, then they are all false prophecies and they are predicting all these things.' But it all revolves around Israel, so if you keep them in the picture, you can never go wrong." I was wondering if he meant "keep them in the picture" as a cliche, or if he meant it literally, considering their destruction is, well, my destruction. Instead, I asked him how he reconciled his beliefs with everyday life.
"I live day to day, my life. If you look at Payne Stewart, if you look at John Kennedy, no one knows when The Lord is going to come for your individual life. The main thing is to be ready, make sure you have a personal relationship with Him. I don't worry about that. I've always lived my life day by day. I can't control the future. No man can. What I try to do is give to the Church, help people out, do all I can to follow Christ's example. A lot of people kid me, a lot of people ask me questions about Y2K ... but I tell them I don't know. I believe the last couple years, I believe this year, I will believe next year. If it doesn't happen, there is the possibility that it can. And it will revolve around Israel and their tradition and their customs. That's pretty simple."
I breathed a sigh of relief. I can still make the New Year's Eve bash.
Frank Hughes covers the NBA for the Tacoma (Wash.) News-Tribune. He is a regular contributor to ESPN.com.
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HabaneroBuck
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Obviously, since he is quoting the book of Matthew and the book of Daniel, he believes the "end of the world is coming." Every Christian on the face of the planet who believes even the most rudimentary elements of his faith must believe that the end of the present world order will come in fiery judgment. That's just the way it is.tibor75 said:
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littledawg
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As a Bulls fan and a Buckeye I am glad. As long as Sir Lawrence gives what they expect from him, knows his role, is a good team mate, doesn't disrupt the chemistry, and doesn't get in trouble with the law, I don't care if he doesn't believe that man walked on the moon. With a visible contribution he can earn another contract whether it be with the Bulls or another NBA team. (They will still be under the cap with max extensions to Curry and Chandler, have both exemptions, and no first round pick)
As a Bulls fan and a Buckeye I am glad. As long as Sir Lawrence gives what they expect from him, knows his role, is a good team mate, doesn't disrupt the chemistry, and doesn't get in trouble with the law, I don't care if he doesn't believe that man walked on the moon. With a visible contribution he can earn another contract whether it be with the Bulls or another NBA team. (They will still be under the cap with max extensions to Curry and Chandler, have both exemptions, and no first round pick)
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BuckeyeInTheBoro
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You think it will just go on forever?tibor75 said:
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