I'm reading about some of these players who participated in summer league play and now I'm asking myself,why,most of these rookies and journey men are going to flame out ,once the real season starts. Every year you have 5 or six rookies that play well the other 50 wet there pants because the competition is so fantastic,nothing they ever seen at the AAU tournament,or even the NCAA tournament, Bayless scoring at will ,in a summer league game , well he SHOULD BE BLOWING UP against NBA scrubs,d-league players,rappers,didn't R.Kelly play in a summer league back in the day I know he played in one of them summer leagues, ,this isn't really news ,there are players in every city ,in the parks who can compete in the summer league ,it isn't a diss,it's the truth.Harold Minor ,Walter Berry ,Ed O Bannon were good players in the summer leagues.Now the story is when a player can't handle the summer league and he's a top pick THATS NEWS.O.J. Mayo having a good week ,well he looks like he's going to be a decent pro he been going pro since 7th grade,but can't judge him going against Joe Dleaguer,lets see how he guards Iverson,or CP3 ,thats Chris Paul for those out there who don't know who I'm talking about.
I didn't allow myself to finish the articles because reading about Kevin Love looking great in summer league games, just doesn't do much for me,I''LL wait for him to compete against the Duncans of the worlds,then if he holds up well then ILL be impressed,he should dominate journey men and marginal players, now MCHALE is happy and rightfully so,it's his neck on the line ,then again not really he has become the Eligin Baylor of GMS.You know the guy who stinks it up every year but keeps his job anyway ,we know guys like that working at the post office,welfare office,corporate America,you ask your self how does he stay employed he stinks.MCHALE couldn't figure out how to get over the hump with Kevin Garnet in tow,he kept drafting bums and making terrible trades ,but he still makes 7 figures and lets not forget the Joe Smith debacle that cost the organization draft picks and fines.By the way couldn't he see Joe Smith was going to be nothing more than average i saw that in his one year in college.Him drooling over Joe Smith,that was funny,then he got suckered by his buddy and teammate Danny Ainge,some players aren't good gms,ala Mike Jordan,Paxson in Chicago,Zeke,and I'm waiting on Kerr in Phoenix
Every year at this time elite college basketball players make a decision that will change there life forever,the decision I'm talking about to turn pro early or stay in school, well the object of college is to go to school so you can get a good job well playing in the NBA is a great job.Most of the time if your a first round pick you can make 7 figures with 2 years of guaranteed money.The problem with freshman leaving so early ,it destroys some programs and hurts some coaches chances of getting that fat raise because there record is going to suffer a little bit because that star is gone.College coaches talking about a age limit and a player should do at least three years is only being selfish, coaches leave early all the time ,this is the lifespan of good college players 1 good year and there gone. Tyson Hansborough what are you waiting for ,your stock is never going to be higher,and after destroying mediocre big men in college its time to get that great job,you won every award possible you have nothing else to prove on the college level. Derrick Caracter what are you thinking, you stunk it up in college and your rap sheet is a mile long,don't be surprised if you don't get drafted at all,then again you have first round talent and someone might draft you but you have done nothing on the college level besides get in trouble.Derrick you have been nothing but trouble since you were in highschool .
So who is the first pick Rose or Beasley,if i was drafting and had a choice im taking Rose, Rose will make everyone else on the floor better and his jumper will get better with work,he has good size and quickness.Beasley is a great player but the point guard is like a qb in football its vital to a teams success .
Jason Kidd its not your fault your a great player,but you will never get a team over the hump,something happens when you arrive to a team you win games but your team falls short,maybe its bad luck or bad karma,but Dallas is worst off now, because they gave away young players and you have maybe 2 years left at best .The Lakers are getting better, Boston is strong,the Suns are getting better ,Detroit is steady and Hornets with Bryon Scott at the helm with a young great point guard Chris Paul is on the rise.Maybe you can asked to be traded to the Lakers next year.
I HAVE TO TAKE MY HAT, off the Cleveland Browns signed Crennel to a extention earlier and now there on the verge of signing Derek Anderson to a 3 year extention.Cleveland is obviously,thinking of challenging for a Super Bowl in 2008.Now you have to ask yourself how long will Brady Quinn,sit still and play the nice soldier,he's a competitor how is he going to take it going into camp with no real chance of starting,unless a injury occurs to Derek,now Cleveland needs to draft a speedy running back in the draft, and they will be on there way ,signing Jamal Lewis is a no brainer.
Dallas gave up to much to get J Kidd,yes he is the second best point guard in the league,behind Steve Nash,but 2 number ones Devin Harris, a servicable big man in Diop,and a throw in in Keith Van Horn who came back for the 4 million ,and the Nets are also getting 3 million in cash.If the Mavs tank out early in the playoffs, the Nets got the better of the deal,now if Dallas wins the championship then Dallas came out ahead.Don't think they have enough to win it, though,its sad day when a player who hasn't won a title can pretty much say he wants out, and he gets traded to a team that he chooses like he has a right to a championship likes its owed to him.Plenty of players are doing this today,and it stinks.
Will Barry ever play baseball again I don't think so, and Roger will probably have to wait to he's 70 to get elected to the Hall of Fame,Barry probably 75 but they cheated when they didnt has too.Then again these 2 wanted to play until they were 50 years old and keep raking in the money,and pad there stats.
Shaq to the Suns,what are they thinking adding the Deisel,on the other hand great move for the Heat they get to unload a player who is owed some 40 million dollars on his contract ,who is constantly hurt,and wont be able to play more than 2 weeks straight without pulling up lame with some ailment.Plus the Suns run and THE Diesel is low on fuel,he will be a no show on the offensive end and be a liability against a young athletic center.On the other hand the Heat is obvious rebuilding,and Shawn Marion is all star caliber player ,Marcus Banks has underachieved so far but there is time for him to grow, we know about Wade.THis is a great move for them.There going to add a player or two in the draft so look for the Heat to rebound next year or 2010.This is a robbery by Miami,now if they can lock up Marion once he opts out this is a win win for Miami.
Charles Grant you would think getting stabbed in the neck,over the weekend ,would be enough for you to blab to the authorities about who ACTUALLY STABBED YOU,also a young lady was killed,forget the street cred,no snitching rule ,go tell the cops what you know,this is nonsense.
BOB Knight see you later,this guy was a great coach,but he was one of the biggest bullies that ever coached college basketball,this guy was always looking for a fight,he even tried punking off the media for years, I will shed no tears over him resigning,he was loved by few and hated by many.Plus 42 years coaching and 3 National Titles, thats not so impressive ,if you think about the talent that he had at Indiana,over his tenure as coach
Still can't believe Isaiah Thomas is still the Knicks coach, well Elgin Baylor,Kevin Mchale,they have been GMs for years so being mediocre must be in style.
Is the caliber of the NBA player that bad ,that old guys like Scottie Pippen,Charles Oakley,Roy Tarpley,and numerous others out there who are well past 40 and schooling people at the local recreation center,tinkering with the idea of a comeback.They always say athletes aren't the smartest people in the world,but just because your dominating fatty four eyes, or the computer geek on Wed.night in front of a capacity crowd of 5,doesn't mean your ready for Shaq,or even Channing Frye.Now Tarpley is looking to get his good name back,but his name hasn't been good since his days of Michigan.
Last time i checked about the whereabouts of Charles Oakley he ,was in New York happily running his car wash empire.Now there are players in there 40's playing professional sports most of them are on the diamond and most of them are pitchers.You also got Evander Holyfield still fighting and he's going to fight for a belt in the fall.Boxers,never know when to give it ,and the blows to the head,leave them to the point where they can't think rational, The NBA is totally different for starters you run all day ,you have to be in great shape ,and after time your skill set erodes.Your body takes longer to recover once in your 40's,playing back to back nighters ,is hard for yougans so how in the world is it going to be easier for guys in there 40's .NOW IF YOUR ONLY MOTIVATION IS GETTING A CHECK,then thats different, but if a rock hard Karl Malone gave it up at 40 ,and it looked like he could play forever,then I'm NOT SO SURE about Pippen and Oakley making successful comebacks.Are the players that bad ,now I watched more NBA basketball in the 80, and 90s than I do now and the product isn't as good in my opinion ,BUT IS IT THAT BAD, when guys like Tarpley wants reinstatement,Oakley says he 's ready for 20 minutes a night, and Scottie can't make up his mind,one way or the other. Next thing you know Micheal Ray Richardson is gonna suit up,but first he needs to shut up with the stupid comments.
Hey if your that bored fellas,there 's alot of poor kids in America that need food, mentors ,and yes adequate school books,VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME AND MAKE IT HAPPEN and remember tuesday nights on TNT are totally different than Wed.nights at the Rec.
THE LAST time i checked David Stern was the commissioner of the NBA, the situation with Yi ,is pretty much standard with some of todays disgruntled draft picks,Steve Francis pulled this when he was drafted and some other players Bo Jackson just to name a two,,but Milwaukee hold firm and let him play in China if he wants,he's a project at best right now it's not like you drafted Greg Oden or Yao Ming,.
IF you fold and trade him every good player from China might try to pull this mess,and it's not YI its his country and reps.This is about money and marketing ,and nothing more, do you think Yi people would be happy in Memphis NO,,I doubt it,i would let him sit all year and at the very last minute before I lose him i would unload him for a truck load of picks or players.Or just let him sit,
The #### about his development ,don't you get better playing in practice against other 7 footers who are the best players in the world.If he's a good player he'll play and develop,but don't try to insult the my intelligence and others.
I F JERRY WEST DECIDES NOT TO COME BACK TO THE LAKERS SHOULD THE LAKERS TRADE KOBE?
Either way the Lakers are going to struggle next year with Jerry West or not.Bryants trade value will never be greater than what it is now.So maybe it makes sense to see what they can get for him.
Someone should remind Kobe he 's partly the blame for the Lakers struggles ,he is the one who wanted to be the man,he wanted Shaq gone,and we have seen how that has turned out.
That Brett Farve showed up for mini camp,i guess the people in Green Bay,they are a young outfit who are going to struggle to win 7 games.By the way i don't care about all the records he has achieved he is not a better quarterback than Marino.If Don SHULA WOULD OF CONCENTRATED ON DEFENSE Marino might of won a couple of Super Bowls.In his latter years as a coach Shula and his coordinators were clueless on defense. Dan Marino was a cool customer he had a flair about him,he still is cool and magnetic ,this #### guy I mean Farve guy is a brat and a whiner ,nothing cool about him,he is talented though.
That T. O has bought in to Bums son, program after week one if T.O gets two balls thrown his way the real T.O will show his real colors,he is all about T.O so when he runs all threw Wade Philips remember where you heard it first.
That the Raiders made improvements on paper they have a rookie coach and a wooden qb named Walter who is going to lose his starting job by week 4 ,to Russell,see Walter is slow footed and the line will still stink.
That Mike Vick is totally involved in the dog fighting business ,he's going to pay a fine and maybe be suspended a few games and proceed to lead the Falons to 7 or 8 wins.Then Vick will be on his way to another team.Can't blame the recievers this time because Joe Horn is legit,and a healthy Alge Crumpler should be enough.
That Keyshawn Johnson is visiting the Titans ,if the money is right he''ll sign he''ll play in London if the money is right.Siberia etc.
That Floyd Landis continues to lie and lie and Lie,
That Paris is going to jail , that LOhan is average actress and Britney can't sing a lick
That Floyd Mayweather is lying about retiring he can't do nothing as well as he fights
That Antonio Bryant is blowing his career
That A-ROD is considered Mr.April April Rod
That Clemens will never retire as along as he can pitch ,
That there showing the movie Brokeback Mountain in elementary schools across America
That Rocky has a statue in Philly ,and Bernard Hopkins, and Joe Frazier doesn't
IF league is 85 percent black ,wouldn't this be obvious, I don't care how you break this down and I don't care who did the study ,this doesn't prove there is bias involved. II watch plenty of basketball games and I see no blatant attempts by the refs targeting black players,except for the Tim Duncan situation a few weeks ago ,and that happened because of the whining done by Duncan,and him attempting to show up the ref.Most of the time the refs do a great job and even though some calls are suspect I see no ill will towards black players most of the time the refs get it right and once again the court is just about all black,so i don't see it.The bottom line a foul is committed and the refs get it right.I know studies were done, and they have charts and other methods they use Im just not buying it.
Im the first one to scream injustice when it's obvious, but this isn't the case.
Did Mark Cuban have anything to do with this because he is the biggest crybaby ,when it comes to wrong doings by referees,
What's this about placing all Minnesota's wows on Kevin Garnet,Garnet doesn't make the trades Kevin Mchale does.Last i checked he is still the GM,he brought in players like Mark Blount,who can score and do nothing else,Mike James is average point guard who is more like a combo guard,as a starting point he's been a bust.Then you have Ricky Davis who can score but is not consistent,Troy Hudson doesn't play and Eddie Griffin who is on his way out the league do to drugs and alcohol,
should i continue,okay i will you have a stiff by the name ofMarko Jaric who gives you nothing on both ends of the floor.
Out of Garnett your going to get a future a hall of famer who is going to give you 20 and 10 and comes to play every night.You also have a player who loves Minnesota,he's willing to stay put and put up with managements blunders and see this through.
So if you trade him your not getting equal parts back,and your still lottery bound.
Did I mention they just fired there coach[Casey] but besides Garnet he wasn't working with much to begin with.Now it's Randy Whitman chance,fat chance,if your going to fire anyone it should be Mchale,he has been stinking up the joint since the Joe Smith fiasco,and my man KG shows up and puts up numbers and stays out of trouble,represents the organization in a positve light.
How in the world do you have 2 plus 14 game winning streaks in the first 45 games of a season .Im sure it happened before ,but the suns are playing awesome basketball so if they fail to win the championship ,there season is failure.If they don't win it this year then they will never win it. Steve Nash is my M.V.P, all he does is put up Tiny Archibald numbers,and manages a game not seen since Magic Johnson
So fire the coach if they don't win it this year,unless there hit with injuries.
Teams can't keep up with them but the key is to have everyone healthy come playoff time and get home court advantage. As i watch them they never look like there going to lose they don't hardly ever trail ,and if they trail it's by 3 or 4 points no insurmountable amounts then 7 players chip in on offensive and they out score you so defense is optional.
Steve Nash is consistently good every night 18 points 12 assists games are almost the norm. Amare comes to play every night then you have Shawm Marion .
Every few years New York city produces a prodigy point guard and by the time there in 9th grade there anointed the next whoever,and for the next 4 years until they go to college there already a first round pick because of potential and hype.
True some of the prodigies had long successful careers but none of them changed the game.Lets go back to 80'S when a point guard by the name of Pearl Washington entered Syracuse,he was fabulous in College and horrible in the league for the Nets and Heat.
In the 90's you had Kenny Smith who was solid in the Pros ,but not great,Mark Jackson was a very good point guard but not great not ,Kenny Anderson was solid but nothing special on the pro level yes he did have a wrist injury that slowed him down ,but he didnt live up to the hype,Rod Strickland solid but not great.
Now we have Marbury,and his cousin Sebastion Telfair once again Marbury can score points but he isnt a special player,Telfair is all hype.Then you had players who believed the hype and left school way to early,Omar Cook remember him,Kareem Reid,God Shammagod ,even Shaheen Holloway although he stayed four years in college.
All prodigies who were projected saviors comming out of highschool but who turned out to be solid or busts.Then again its us who look for the next hot thing,look at soccer prodigy,Freddy Adu traded once and the jury still out on him.Michelle Wie is another child prodigy.
Can we hold off on calling some one the next so and so until they at least put 3 years in on the professional level.
IM 39,YEARS OLD A CASEWORKER ,S ECURITY GUARD AND IM FROM NEW JERSEY, AND I HAVE A PASSION FOR SPORTS ,BUT SOME THINGS REALLY TICK ME OFF AND IM GOING TO VENT FROM TIME TO TIME .IM LITERALLY GOING TO CAUSE A STORM ON MY BLOG.I USE CAPITAL LETTERS FROM TIME TO TIME AND THAT JUST SHOWS I HAVE PASSION LOVE FOR SPORTS.SO BARE WITH IT
