Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 11:24 am  |  244 responses

NBAers React to Osama’s Death

Players take to Twitter to air out their diverse emotions.

As everyone knows by now, last night President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden was located and killed. While some people took the streets to celebrate and others slept through the late-breaking news, many took to Twitter to air out their thoughts on the matter—including more than a handful of NBA players. As you’d expect, their reactions ranged the whole gamut—from conspiracy talk to congragulatory praise. Here are some of tweets that caught our eye.

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  • HAMMER

    Alot of questions. Very few concrete answers. When Saddam was captured and was bout to b hanged, @ least we saw his face. Wether it was actually him or not is another question. As for Bin Laden, we didn’t even get 2 c his mug. He was just dumped in the ocean. “Allegedly” (Jim Rome voice). Its all just very suspect

  • http://slamonline.com datkid

    oh thanks for clarifying enig. can you adress teddy’s comment though? i was about to ask you the same thing.
    …also you guys do know there’s a picture of osama’s dead body on twitter right?

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    regardless of Obama’s faith, I would be willing to bet they want to know everything they can about Osama, the life he was living, where he’s been, that sort of thing. AN autopsy can reveal a lot of that information just be examining the contents of his stomach — religion or not, if you have a chance to find out more information about Al Quaeda you take it. Its not like they had to admit they autopsied him, infact they don’t even really have to tell you when he died. Its peculiar this all happened in less then a day, with corresponding DNA evidence. Oh and they already got rid of the body (never to find it again) — when does that ever happen?

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    that picture if its the one I saw Dat, is a fake that has been around since 1999 (yes, since before 9/11)

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    nbk:
    You know that bin Laden’s family owns the entire city of Mecca, right?
    You know that Bush Jr. worked for bin Laden’s father in Canada before he became governor of Texas, right?
    It is not out of the realm of reality to think that there may be at least “some” interest in what happens to the body, no?
    Maybe, even, to try and avoid a retaliatory response?

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    @ nbk: It’s definitely fishy. Perhaps they wanted to silence Bin Laden–and fast–to prevent him from spilling the beans about his former involvements with the CIA, or about any other accomplices he may have had in orchestrating 9/11 (maybe the US is protecting former terrorists turned informants? Donno…).
    Or, maybe they didn’t want to p!ss Al Qaeda off too badly because, despite fighting them in the Middle East, those same Al Qaeda insurgents are now in Libya helping the West take out Ghadaffi… (not all rebels are Al Qaeda, obviously, but it’s a well-known fact that Al Qaeda h@te him more than the Brits or the French do).

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    The Philosopher how much do you know about the Muslim Religion? Because by burying him in the sea they are immediately defiling his body. If they were following Islamic practices Osama would be buried in the earth, from which all man has come. Immediately this story contradicts itself, immediately.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    We’ll never know for sure what really happened.
    Also, am I the only one who initially thought Obama was gonna confirm the existence of aliens??

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Oh, just read Myles’ post. Thanks for updating us, although I don’t think my mouth was open when I was typing up my comment.
    Kinda mean for SLAM to post Lamar’s Tweet up there with the rest, even if it was a joke–very misleading.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Rules About Burial of the Dead Body

    620. * It is obligatory to bury a dead body in the ground, so deep that its smell does not come out and the beasts of prey do not dig it out, and, if there is a danger of such beasts digging it out then the grave should be made solid with bricks, etc.

    621. If it is not possible to bury a dead body in the ground, it may be kept in a vault or a coffin, instead.

    622. The dead body should be laid in the grave on its right side so that the face remains towards the Qibla.

    623. * If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land. Otherwise, after giving Ghusl, Hunut, Kafan and Namaz-e-Mayyit it should be lowered into the sea in a vessel of clay or with a weight tied to its feet. And as far as possible it should not be lowered at a point where it is eaten up immediately by the sea predators.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    matic I thought that if he wasn’t going to proclaim to everyone the beauty of my jumper that he was definitely going to confirm something about aliens lol

  • http://slamonline Brion

    Its unfortunate that this news had to interupt Bogat’s twitter acct. what an a**.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    Also twice now I wrote long posts about Clinton’s fails as Commander In Cheif but they won’t show up.
    He must’ve paid off the folks at SLAM or something. SMH

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Actually, to be more accurate:
    “According to Yugoslav Committee for Cooperation with UNICEF, the Yugoslav civilian victims are more than 1,200.[2]”
    And… “According to military historian Michael Oren, for every Serbian soldier killed by NATO in 1999, four civilians died, constituting a civilian casualty ratio of 4:1″
    Yep, this was all Clinton. If that isn’t enough pro-activeness for you…
    I really don’t know how anyone in the United States can support American foreign policy. I really don’t. I won’t criticize anyone who fights for their country–but seriously…

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    So, it’s acceptable but not preferable to bury him at sea.
    And since the feds said they didn’t want to create a shrine, they ruled out burying him on land. Seems like their logic was we will do as much as we can as long as it doesn’t cause more problems. That is if you believe that dude was actually killed and buried yesterday.
    The thing is, if you think Obama faked it, why would he fake it and not Bush when this would have validated Bush’s entire presidency and made life so much easier for him. Do we think the people who brought us the “mushroom cloud and yellow cake” were above manufacturing information to suit their needs?
    As for Obama not doing anything, that’s hilarious from a conservative. The entire conservative movement has been galvanized behind the idea that Obama is stripping liberties, overstepping his boundaries and generally rolling back all of the hard won gains of “real” Americans.
    How can he be doing all that when all he’s doing is playing golf and reading from a teleprompter?
    Y’all don’t even make sense in your own minds.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    When I saw that there was going to be a major announcement from President Obama I said to my wife “either there is something terrible that happened or about to happen or we’re going to hear some real wild sh*t no one was expecting to hear”. I’m glad it was the latter. I was half expecting him to tell us that an asteroid was heading for the Earth and will be here within 6 months, eraticating all life, like Morgan Freeman did in Deep Impact. The timing of the conference was so strange for such a huge story to American citizens. I mean, 11:30p on a Sunday night?

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    nbk:
    To some, the sea is the earth. Depending on interpretation.
    And, I’m not a religious expert…
    But, the last part of your 3:55 pm comment tells it, no? I mean, we’re talking about a person with what many people call a radical view on religion. I’m not saying that that was the basis of him being buried at sea, but again, do we know the interpretations of protocol of the people who is running this deal?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Eboy

    I thought Barry likes to shoot j’s in his spare time?

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    There are only two reasons to bury at sea, first because the body is decaying at too fast a rate, on the ship in which the person died, and out of fear of desacration of the budy and excavating of the body. — Which begs the question, why would they have to release where he is buried? and what gives them the right to decide its best that he gets buried at sea? the US is a governing body, not a religious body.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    This is SERIOUSLY p*ssing me off, I’m trying to reply to you Teddy but I can’t seem to post any long posts about clinton. Damnit

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    Because, someone is listening to what somebody is telling them to do…

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    and the sea is the earth is an interpretation by you a non muslim. Its actually more of whether or not a sea burial is ever acceptable when death occurs on land that is up for interpretation. I have been searching pretty solid today about mulsim burial practices, and nowhere have I read that the sea and earth are the same, under any Muslim/Islamic interpretation of their religious scriptures. Its whether or not the sea is acceptable at all. Every time you say earth burial is a risk another Mulsim can just say bury him somewhere else then, don’t throw him in the ocean.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    I for one don’t at all believe he was killed, autopsied, and disposed of in a 24 hour period, call me crazy. — we either killed him days/weeks/months ago, or are just saying we dropped the body at sea to stop the questions. One way or the other, we have proof he’s dead, it will inevitably be released, and the whole story will never be known. that’s how i see it.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    NBK
    Well, I think you’re assuming that the primary goal was to bury him properly. I think that was a consideration, but it was weighed against other stuff. So, basically, they respected the time limit, but not the location. Typical political compromise.
    Eboy
    That’s what I thought too, but according to doyouwantmore, he plays golf. And he’s only good at speeches because of his teleprompter.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    WTF, SLAM??

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    And I don’t think that’s crazy at all NBK. Either explanation, although I think that it’s unlikely that a sieve like the federal government could keep that sort of explosive secret for weeks or years.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    LOL @ Eni. When we look at this again tomorrow there’ll probably be like 8 posts by you on Clinton. hahah

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    I take back there being no photos. There are alleged photos.
    @nbk:
    It can be argued that you are generalizing…
    You do not know if I am Muslim, or not. There are many people who practice and believe in things that they do not fully understand. People look at things in all kinds of different ways.
    But a major point in the argument is whether sea burial is accepted at all in the Muslim faith. You posted a quote where it says that it is acceptable. Albeit, not preferred. (Allen)

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    Benezir Bhutto has said that bin Laden has been dead for years.
    Then, she was killed…

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    That’s a good point, nbk. Perhaps the deed has been done for a long time but only now is the American government telling us about it. Maybe they interrogated/questioned/tortured him beforehand and then disposed of the body, telling us about it only when it was safe to do so? Sh!t is mad suspicious…

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Political compromise? its a religious practice, there is no compromise. If you defile a body in one way the body is defiled. Its not half defiled, he doesn’t get 36 virgins. They took a DNA sample, put a hole in his head, on land, and then threw him in the ocean to keep some muslims happy? No, they “threw him in the ocean” so no further investigation can take place. Its the perfect, “we can’t prove he died May 1, 2011 (exactly 66 years after Hitler was announced dead) cuz we threw him in the ocean” – you can’t do any independent tests, you have to take us at our word, and maybe we’ll supply a picture that will basically tell you nothing but that we killed a guy with a beard. Its like when your parents tell you santa clause came last night and you have to just believe them cuz theres presents. Obama went from a disappointment to over achiever and shoe-in for a second term in under a weekend, and nobody finds the timing a bit odd/convenient/perfect? I’m just saying we can’t just believe this stuff cuz they tell us its true, they have to prove it.

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    F*ck Clinton!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.bulls.com Enigmatic

    Feel a little better now…but have now fallen way behind in terms of what everyone else is discussing.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Philo we aren’t talking about the ruling of one muslim, if they are acting in accordance with islamic religious practices it must be done the most generally accepted way, we are the United States of America the most overly analyzed and scrutinized country in the world — luckily though, the majority of muslims have no means to speak out against the way this is being handled, or just plain don’t give a damn about Osama Bin Laden because he killed them just like he killed everyone else, so they don’t feel he deserves a proper religious burial. Really the only logical reason to bury him at sea is to hide something, unless you can logically explain why they are so worried about a shrine, when they can bury him anywhere on earth that trash isn’t thrown and not tell anyone about it.

  • http://slamonline.com datkid

    lmaooo @enigmatic. nbk look…if they had him dead for years then bush would’ve def. used them to validate his policies..i mean it’s weird but stranger things have happened. get off it.

  • JTaylor21

    I guess Enigmatic is in favor of having coke heads running the country.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Never said years.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    NBK
    Like I said, the only reason the dead for years thing is weird is because why would Bush save that for Obama? Unless you roll with the larger conspiracy theory community, that doesn’t make sense. Now, if you roll with them, it all make perfect sense.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    never said years

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Also, the way NATO has chosen to handle the current crisis in Libya is a complete joke. NATO is NOT a humanitarian organization by any means. FRANCE, the former colonizer of Libya, is the country pushing the strongest for a ground invasion–think about that for a second. How can ANY former colonizer even pretend to be “humanitarian” when dealing with a former colony?
    Oddly enough, we hear absolutely nothing about the protests currently going on in Bahrain, nor do we hear self-righteous calls for “freedom” and “democracy” in Saudi Arabia. But Libya, which had a better human rights track record than Saudi Arabia and more freedoms than MOST Middle Eastern states (especially the ones in bed with America), is being divided and conquered.
    The SAME AMERICAN COMPANIES commissioned by the government to set up fake Twitter sites and help Libyans (and also people in China, etc.) bypass internet censors are the SAME ONES implementing those very censors in Saudi Arabia, for THEIR government.
    Humanitarian my @ss…

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Oh, I reread your timeframe post.
    Look, I don’t disagree at all that the body disposal makes no sense if you want to placate hardcore Muslims.
    But I don’t think that’s who they are trying to placate. They are trying to placate folks who are already looking for a reason to side with the U.S., but would be turned off if the country desecrated dude’s body. So, it’s possible they gave them a semi-plausible truth.
    I don’t know. Nobody really knows yet.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    The picture that’s floating around is a photo-shopped picture of him alive.

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    @nbk:
    So, what about other Muslims whose bodies were defiled during the time of death, (suicide bomb victims) but still follow protocol according to their interpretations of it? Or, are you talking predominantly politics, and THEIR suspected views?

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    Also, there are alleged photos of him dead. Just look for it. They have at least, “something”.
    @nbk:
    We have to remember that there are people who sympathize with bin Laden’s ideology. They are not, according to many, “generally” accepted, you know?
    It is real tricky. I wholeheartedly agree with that.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    Philo – I was talking from a political standpoint but lets just forget that he was shot in the head. They took something from his body to test DNA on, maybe I’m misinterpreting the rules of death but that right there is defiling the body. — Associated Press Hamza Hendawi- Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.

    Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial — as with many issues within the faith — a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard Muslim practice of placing the body in a grave with the head pointed toward the holy city of Mecca.”

  • blakos

    Looks like the CIA and British training wasn’t enough this time Osama. You got smoked.

  • http://Philosophervision@blogspot.com The Philosopher

    But, was bin Laden… a “standard” Muslim?

  • http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/02/c_13854920.htm nbk

    Philo will you stop bringing up the picture I’ve already explained 2 times that there are photoshopped pictures going around, nothing has been released by the US government. — Also it is being reported in China that Osama was actually killed by a Pakistani Helicopter Raid – you can click my name for the story.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    ^ Wait WHAT? This is crazy!

  • http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-05/02/c_13854920.htm nbk

    what is a “standard” muslim? what are the non-standard burial practices? Osama wasn’t a muslim by any standards, he regularly killed his people. So i think its almost impossible to distinguish what kind of “muslim” he was.

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