Golden Nuggets: 20 Questions

by Berkelium97 on Dec 31, 2009 5:00 PM PST in Golden Nuggets

Jerome Randle is Farudo's most recent guest for his 20-questions feature.

Your five-man Dream Team, including yourself in the lineup: Me at point guard. I’ll pick Kobe (Bryant) at the 2. I’ll take LeBron (James) at the 3 . . . No, M.J. (Michael Jordan) at the 2, LeBron, me, I’ll pick Wilt Chamberlain at the 5 and Kevin Garnett.

Age when you first dunked: I actually have dunked. I dunked my sophomore year in high school. There was this guy called Jumping Jack from Chicago. He was about an inch shorter than me, and he jumps out of the gym. He showed me where he jumps from, how to extend my hands and stuff. He threw the ball up and I dunked it in. I’ve never dunked (in a game at Cal).
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Besides Cal, the Pac-10 school with the best basketball fans: I love Washington’s fans. They’re really live.

The worst: Oregon State . . . they’re horrible.

The sport you refuse to watch: Hockey. That’s like boring. Omigod, it’s just horrible.
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Best advice you ever got: It was from my cousin, who passed. He told me I could do anything I put my mind to. He was real hard on me as a kid. He told me that when we were walking 10 blocks to go to the park, and he made me shovel (snow off) the whole court so we could play. It was like 10 degrees and I remember just crying. My hand was frost-bit and he was like, `You can do anything you put your mind to.’ I’ll always remember that.

Favorite meal your mother cooks: Red beans and rice with cornbread, chicken and sweet potatoes.

Food you will not eat: I hate chitlins. My family eats chitlins. I think it’s like pig guts . . . a lot of people like that. I remember waking up as a kid and my Grandma would be cooking it late at night. I would smell it . . . ugh, it was horrible.

After the jump we have a hoops-centric series of stories, featuring info on the upcoming live-chat with Randle, the all-decade Cal basketball team, and women's hoops' win over Nevada. No Golden Nuggets tomorrow, but we'll be back Sunday with a recap of Cal's first day of conference action. Have a good New Year! Go Ducks! Bring home some respect to our miserable conference!

Cal Basketball

Get ready for a live chat with Randle on January 8th at 11am.
Farudo posts his first and second all-Cal teams of the decade with a couple of honorable mentions.
Boyle's squad finished the non-conference slate with an 85-60 win over Nevada. Cal jumped out to an early 31-8 lead and never looked back. Boyle and her players are happy to build some confidence heading into Pac-10 play this weekend.

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Actual link for the all decade team here

I don’t have any real quibbles with his all decade team

by LeonPowe on Dec 31, 2009 8:16 PM PST reply actions

Too bad the Lady Bears have to start with the Furd

And why do we rarely call them the “Lady Bears?” I’m glad we don’t, but if I were a Louisiana Tech fan I’d DEFINITELY call them the Lady Techsters !!!!!!

Anyhow, I’m already proud of Cal’s freshmen who are stepping up in a BIG way. Go (Lady) Bears !!!!!!

I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.

by BTown85 on Jan 1, 2010 11:11 AM PST reply actions

I’ve actually never heard them called the Lady Bears. You’re the first to me!

Personally, I’m with you – I’m also glad we don’t call them “the Lady Bears”. It somehow implies to me that what theyy do isn’t as equivalent to what the men do. To me, it’s like saying, “They don’t play regular sports – they play lady sports” – as if they necessarily put in less work, or serve tea on doilies while they compete. It really should be done away with once and for all.

As to why we don’t use it… who knows. Maybe we just treat people more equally at Cal!

CGB: Wasting Your Potential, Your Time, & Your Life Since 2006.

by BearStage on Jan 1, 2010 7:08 PM PST up reply actions

When, in fact, I think the women do MORE than the men....

….because they can’t dunk and fly through the air, so they have to use ball skills instead.

I’m with you, bro’.

I'd like to smell the Roses before I die.

by BTown85 on Jan 1, 2010 8:22 PM PST up reply actions

Jeez, hockey apparently gets no respect from the Cal basketball team

What is this, like the fourth guy who’s dissed it?!

O'Hara: Detective Lassiter is literally on fire.
Spencer: What kind of fire are we talking about-- "Michael Jackson in the Pepsi commercial" fire, or "misusing the word literally" fire?

by PaulThomas on Jan 1, 2010 11:24 AM PST reply actions

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