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Turning up is sort of the thing nowadays. But think about it, though. Do you have any idea how bad things would get if people turn't up as much as they'd claim? New York clubs would be set ablaze. Breaking Bad would never get to its final episode because everybody is out turning up, resulting in low ratings and an early cancellation. Drake would risk flopping as an artist because everybody would be too turn't up to be in touch with their inner emotions.
Thankfully, none of those predictions came to pass because turning up all the time is impossible. People have responsibilties and common sense—or so we'd like to think. Plus, a majority of civilians don't make millions, so being turn't up would be financially possible. These 20 athletes go hard enough to account for the rest of us, but even if it upsets the balance of things, we'd still like to join them for at least on weekend. Here are the 20 Athletes We'd Like to Get Turn't Up With.
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J.R. Smith
Sport: Basketball (2004-Present)
Accolades: Sixth Man of the Year
Whether he's putting up bad numbers during the playoffs or flourishing, J.R. Smith is going to find time to tear the club up. The creator of one of the greatest pick-up lines ever has gained notoriety last season for his love of the nightlife as much as his scoring proficiency, which can bother some Knicks fans and critics. It doesn't look like that'll change this season with his five-game suspension for violating the drug policy. But with Smith's apparent dedication to partying, it's hard to imagine that a night with him won't be a good time. Hopefully a member of his nightlife entourage wouldn't be to sensitive to the occassional furious glare by a passing Knicks fan...or Rihanna.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Sport: Soccer (2002-Present)
Accolades: 2x European Golden Shoe, FIFA World Player of the Year, World Soccer Player of the Year
In Ronaldo's case, it depends exactly on just how turn't up you'd like to be. If your idea of turning up centers on being around dozens of beautiful women, then Ronaldo is definitely your guy. You might want to steer clear if hanging out with five hookers in an orgy is a bit much. Either way, there's a guarantee there's going to be a fair share of bottles being passed around.
Mike Tyson
Sport: Boxing (1985-2005)
Accolades: Youngest world heavyweight champion
We'd want Tyson to lay off the drinks because of his admitted severe drinking problem, but he more than likely has a crazy amount of stories to tell from his wild days in the '80s. Like that one time he got so high he beat up seven prostitutes. Or just how exactly he got gonorrhea before becoming the youngest heavyweight champion ever. There's also the fact that he's Mike Tyson. They say power is one of the last physical traits to decline, so if shit starts to go down at the bar, Iron Mike may be your guy.
Usain Bolt
Sport: Track & Field (2001-Present)
Accolades: 6x Olympic Gold Medalist, 3x Moscow World Champion
Two reasons: Hanging out with anybody that's the best ever at anything with that much personality is extremely rare. And his pounds has the magical power to make you feel giddy inside. Dapping up the homies just doesn't have that same effect.
LeBron James
Sport: Basketball (2003-Present)
Accolades: 2x NBA Champion, 2x NBA Finals MVP, 4x NBA MVP, 9x NBA All-Star, 7x All-NBA First Team
Anybody who says it wouldn't be dope to have the police breaking the rules to escort you to anywhere is a liar. We're hoping that if we turn up with James enough, there's a chance we could meet Lambo a.k.a his possible rapping stepfather. We could stumble across the most slept on rapper ever.
Alex Ovechkin
Sport: Hockey (2004-Present)
Accolades: 5x All-Star, 3x Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy, 3x Hart Memorial Trophy
Forget being a two-time NHL MVP. Just look at theses party pics. It's all surrealism and articulations of self-gratification mixed poetically into a few images. Vladimir Putin shed tears over this shit.
Metta World Peace
Sport: Basketball (1999-Present)
Accolades: NBA Champion, Defensive Player of the Year, All-Star
He's past 30, so his wild days should be past him...or are they? Anybody who's familiar with Metta World Peace knows he doesn't simply operate by "should"s, and the fact that he's playing for his home city for the first time in his career may make him take it back a few years. Plus, it's very possible J.R. Smith will be a bad influence. We're not expecting him to drink Henny during halftime like he reportedly did when he was with the Bulls though.
Jacoby Jones
Sport: Football (2007-13)
Accolades: All-Pro, Super Bowl Champion
Jacoby Jones getting injured by his teammate despite a fair catch call is crazy. What's even crazier? Having rumors of you spread about getting hit in the head with a champagne bottle by a stripper in a party bus. What was he even doing to put himself in a position to have to deny the claims? Too turn't? We think so. Any party where strippers are brandishing bottles is a party we want to attend.
Dwyane Wade
Sport: Basketball (2013-Present)
Accolades: 3x NBA Champion, Scoring Champion, 2x All-NBA First Team
First of all, it's hard to say no to hanging out with a three-time reigning champion. Plus, does anybody remember that borderline absurd story from a former business associate about Dwyane Wade allegedly having a series of marijuana-laced sex parties down in Miami? It's "borderline" because there's no way someone would decide make all that up without at least a smidgeon of truth. This was a 2009 story, though; more recently Wade and co. are known for packing the Miami clubs after championships. We'd also like to chop it up with Wade just to inform him what a bad idea "WoW" is. It's not going to happen. Word to Regina.
Joakim Noah
Sport: Basketball (2007-Present)
Accolades: All-Star, All-Defensive First Team
Are you one of the dudes that's trying to get wavy and dance, but your crew just wants to stay by the walls and creep on women? Noah's your man. Pour it up, pour it up!
Roy Keane
Sport: Soccer (1989-2006)
Accolades: English Football Hall of Fame, FWA Footballer of the Year
Keane didn't do much to argue against the Irish stereotype in his younger days, because the dude was a notorious drinker. Alcohol almost completely derailed his career after tearing his cruciate ligament in 1997. He spent his weekend nights at the pub until closing time and spent Monday puking his insides out from the resulting hangover. All wasn't lost, however, as he returned to become Manchester United's captain. He probably has tons of stories of his escapades.
Matt Leinart
Sport: Football (2006-13)
Accolades: NFC Champion
One of the best parts about being an unemployed quarterback is how you have no public standards or expectations to live up to—only self-intergrity. Once you realize that's overrated, there's nothing holding you back from being the center of attention at a party. Such is the case with Matt Leinart. The Cardinals could've saved themselves years of headaches had they'd known Leinart was more about beer pong than winning games. The latter does require throwing accuracy to some degree so we guess it's an understandable mistake.
Derek Jeter
Sport: Baseball (2006-Present)
Accolades: World Series MVP, 5x World Series Champion, 13x All Star
The fact that Derek Jeter has such a solid body count and still manages to keep his private life lowkey is an achievement on its own. His exploits were so serious at one point that it prompted the New York Post to do an article on him "bedding a bevy of beauties" (yeah, we don't know either). This makes him a prime candidate to turn up with because you're likely to get some residual leftovers meet lovely young ladies.
Reggie Bush
Sport: Football (2006-Present)
Accolades: All-Pro, Super Bowl Champion
Reggie Bush isn't above finding a reason to party even in the oddest of circumstances. Bush lost four straight games in 2011 when he was with the Dolphins, yet he was still seen partying over in Los Angeles. Bush welcomed his first child into the world last Spring, but he still decided to hit a Las Vegas club three weeks after her birth. Questionable, but at least we never have to worry about him being down.
Richard Sherman
Sport: Football (2011-Present)
Accolades: All-Pro
Sherman isn't just known for being one of the best cornerbacks in the league. The dude has as an extreme amount of self-confidence. Could you imagine him trying to pick up a girl at the club? "Oh, you got a man? It don't matter because I'm better at life than him!" Whether her boyfriend is there or not is irrelevant.
Floyd Mayweather
Sport: Boxing (1996-Present)
Accolades: WBC World Light Middle Weighweight Champion, 45-0
Hanging out with Mayweather is more than likely your best chance of literally waking up in a new Bugatti after a wild night out. Mayweather has had the dough to throw some wild parties for a while, but that potential arguably reached its absurd peak around the time he went to jail for misdemeanor battery last year.
Pretty Boy Floyd decided to throw his fiancee an extravagant party from jail. Then after he was released, Mayweather and Ray J decided to spend $50,000 on strippers. Mind you, this is something light for the undefeated champion. Mayweather interestingly said a year prior that he partied strictly to promote his Money Mayweather persona, to which we say "riiiigghhhttt."
Johnny Manziel
Sport: College Football (2011-Present)
Accolades: Heisman Award, SEC Offensive Player of the Year
Sure Johnny Manziel got kicked out of a frat party, to which we say A) If going to a frat party with Manziel matters that much, then chances are you aren't turn't up enough to handle any of the athletes on this list and B) Manziel hangs with Drake's OVO collective, so all other arguments are immediately void. We don't know what type of initiation ceremony you have to go through to get into the clique, but Manziel passed and now he splits time as college football's most turn't up athlete and OVO member.
It's also hard not to want to hang out with the dude since he's also doing things like hanging out with Rick Ross at the club and cuffing up beautiful women. Getting kicked out of Manning camp feels like a minor inconvienience from the perspective of turn't upness.
Dennis Rodman
Sport: Basketball (1986-2006)
Accolades: 5x NBA Champion, 2x All-Star, 7x Rebounding Chamipon
Dennis Rodman turn't upness has a certain level of importance because of his recent travels. Rodman has been known as one of the craziest, wildest ballers ever, but he might've saved our asses when he chopped it up to Kim Jong-Un earlier this year. The exact moment may be when he sang Frank Sinatra's "My Way" to the dictator. He does this shit for his country.
It's not like that's his one standing achievement, though. In 2010, he forgot to turn off a cordless microphone when he decided to bring a couple of women with him to a bedroom during a party in the Hamptons. A lot of ears got de-virginized that evening. He also allegedly had Madonna tell him to impregnate her during a two-month tryst. Also, wedding dresses. Turn't up enough for you yet or no?
Rob Gronkowski
Sport: Football (2010-Present)
Accolades: 2x Pro Bowl, 2x All-Pro, Most receiving yards by a tight end in a season
Last year, the tight end gave an interview with ESPN Deportes which he "erroneously" said "Yo soy fiesta." People laughed, but the joke is on them because Gronkowski really is the party.
In fact, it appears his whole purpose of being is to party. He once said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he trains hard "to get chicks." He does that well, but his skill at charming members of the opposite sex worked against him when he was caught taking a picture with porn star Bibi Jones. Gronkowski's inclusion feels right since the name of this list is "Athletes We'd Like to Get Turn't Up With" and getting turn't up is part of a porn star's job description. Even without that moment, the fact that he still gets it in with a damaged forearm doesn't just make him a go-to party guy; it also makes him inspiring.
Mario Balotelli
Sport: Soccer (2006-Presnt)
Accolades: Golden Boy Award (2010), FA Cup Final Man of the Match (2011)
There's very few things more interesting than a guy who's aware of his position of being that dude. Balotelli is that guy, and he likes to hit the nightstrip a lot. What better reason is there to celebrate than being Mario Balotelli? Fuck a birthday. Balotelli doesn't just party; he parties really well. Case in point: He once had to escort so many women to an afterparty that he needed to hire a mini-van to take them. He did manage to squeeze some into his Bentley GT. #King