Okay, not a huge story considering the majority of the sports world had no idea John Amaechi even existed before releasing his book, but I found this story particuarly interesting as I follow both Penn State basketball and the Utah Jazz.

The problem with Meech coming out like this is nobody really cares because nobody really cares about John Amaechi. The guy was a good collegiate center (1st Team All-Big Ten at Penn State) but wasn't drafted and was lucky to latch on with the Magic. Then after turning down a $17 million contract to play alongside Shaq he signs a $9 million with the Jazz, which was about $9 more than he was worth.

He was absolutely dreadful with Utah. His mid-range jumper was streaky at best and his go-to move always seemed to be a baseline drive. The problem is he was never able to actually drive the baseline. On the rare occasions he didn't step out of bounds he would always get behind the basket then try a flip shot, either resulting in his shot being blocked or hitting the underside of the basket. As a fan, it drove you crazy. For someone who is as inteligent as he reportedly is, it is mind boggling that he failed to realize that this move never worked.

Even worse, he lost interest in the game, which if you play for Jerry Sloan is like a fat man becoming lactose intolerant. Jerry Sloan breathes hard work, compete and play hard. The fact that Amaechi openly admitted to Jerry that he didn't like basketball did not make the two of them friends for life.

As a result, it is also not suprising that Amaechi's book openly criticizes Sloan and the Jazz organization, but that should not be taken seriously.

The bottom line is Amaechi did absolutely nothing for the Jazz (the fact that Greg Ostertag was more productive than meech is saying something)  who is trying to use his time there along with his homosexuality to propagandize in an attempt to raise money for his floundering gyms and organizations in Britain.

The fact that he comes out now means nothing, and is not the nobel act that he is trying to make it. If he truly believes in his cause then the courageous, book-worthy act would have been to come out and admit it while he was still playing. Would I have bought that book? Probably not. But atleast when people called him #### as a player they would have known they weren't actually insulting him.