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• JohnPaulsen said May 22, 2009

  I love this post. Love it!
  
  Don't forget -- Vujacic gave himself that nickname, according to Doug Collins. Who gives himself a nickname?

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  • speedwell replied May 23, 2009

    No, it was long time local (LA) broadcasters Stu Nantz and Joel Meyers that gave him this name.
    • JohnPaulsen replied May 24, 2009

      Someone on this page said it was Spiro Dedes.
      
      http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090123022030AAnyer1
      
      Regardless, Doug Collins said over and over in last year's playoffs that Vujacic kept mentioning his nickname. The way that he played this year, he should have it stripped.
      • speedwell replied May 24, 2009

        His name is Spero not Spiro.
        Journalism is in trouble if we have to cite random anonymous Yahoo Answers for facts.
        But, obviously I agree. I never liked Sasha's excessive crying after foul calls and his alleged defense (which consists of running around frantically and slapping the ball handler until a foul is called). His three point shooting was his only redeeming quality. On another note, Vujacic's website prominently advertises game 2 as "Sasha vs. the Nuggets". That is pure self-absorbed comedy.
• ArrowheadAdam said May 22, 2009

  Sasha Vujacic is killing me. Why even play this guy with the way Shannon Brown and Ariza are playing? They are outshooting the shooter and are actually excelling at other things as well.

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  • RatherUnique replied May 23, 2009

    I'm a Boston and Denver fan, but yeah gotta admit that the Lakers who really stepped up are Ariza and Brown. Kobe is Kobe, Fisher and Odom are soft, Gasol is great, and the rest I couldn't care less.
• Scrapper1 said May 22, 2009

  Sasha is garbage,how can a person with this low grade of talent have a nickname?"Machine"...are u kidding me?

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• ArrowheadAdam said May 22, 2009

  What I hate about hearing is how he hits every shot in practice, blindfolded, etc, etc...if that is the case his name should be the Mental -- not the Machine.

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  • RatherUnique replied May 23, 2009

    LOL.
• speedwell said May 23, 2009

  Yeah, Sasha is having a terrible year. I believe it's 100% mental. He's got performance anxiety and can't get it up for games. 25% FG% is terrrrrrible. Shannon Brown deserves every minute that he takes away from Sasha.

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• giantsrepeat said May 23, 2009

  Go Denver!!!!

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