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The New York CHICKS, as I like to call them, are the laughing stock of the National Bitches Association (NBA). Not because of their record. They created a situation where a player was mislead into thinking he was going to be given a fair shot, which seems not to have been the case. Star player Stephon Marbury has been suspended for one game for allegedly refusing to play in two recent games. Starbury’s teammate Quentin Richardson recently blasted Stephon saying he wasn’t his “teammate.” Maybe Quentin should go ask D’Antoni and Walsh, “massa, is we sick!”
When the Chicks hired D’Antoni, he was asked about coaching Marbury again. Mike told the New York press that everyone would have a clean slate. That was obviously all talk. From all reports, Stephon came into camp in shape and was saying and doing all the right things. Marbury played about 20 minutes a game in the preseason, averaging 8 points and 4 assists a game. When the season started, he was relegated to the bench being told that he doesn’t “fit into our plans.” During the season opener, a blowout, fans began to chant “Stephon, Stephon” which according to published reports pissed Mike off to the point he was heard cussing fans for doing so. I don’t recall Richardson coming to his “teammates” defense then, do you?
Now because of some bonehead trades and some unexpected injuries, the Chicks are left short handed and now want Marbury to play. When Stephon allegedly refused to play this brought out Starbury’s “teammate” Richardson to make his bullshit comment.
For whatever reason, Mike is being treated as some kind of “basketball genius.” He hasn’t won a damn thing yet he is getting props like he is the next Red Auerbach or something. The “run-and-gun” style of basketball that he plays is exciting during the regular season, but won’t win you a ring. Teams will take that away from you in the playoffs. If that style of play didn’t work with a much more talented Phoenix Suns team, what the hell makes you think it will work with a dysfunctional group like the New York Chicks?
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The mailman is at it again? First off, let me give you the background.
I was a Laker fan going back to the late 70’s. Pre-Magic. So when Magic brought Showtime to the Forum, it was on and poppin. And even through the early Vlade years when you could get Laker tickets when you bought a gallon of gas, I was still there. Me and Jack. Rollin’ with the Lakers. Up through the 3-peat mini dynasty of the early 2000’s. And because I was a Laker fan, I hated everyone else in the Western Conference. That included the Jazz. And at the top of that list were Karl Malone and John Stockton. Might as well add Jerry Sloan to that list for that matter. The reason I hated them? Well why the hell else. They always gave the Lakers’ fits!
Magic couldn’t stay in front of Stockton so the Lakers put Scott on him. But because Byron didn’t have Magic’s height or length, John was able to make any and every pass that he wanted. And with Karl, the Lakers had absolutely NO ONE who could even make it look good at trying to defend him. He made mince meat of BOTH A.C. Green and Kurt Rambus on a regular basis. While both Malone and Stockton “brought it” every night, they seemed to give a little something extra to the Lakers. And they were cocky about it too. That is why I hated them!
I also hated the “aw shucks” persona of Malone that was presented by both him and the media. I consider myself to be a pretty good judge of character and always felt something was “up” with him. So when I heard that he had teenage children that hadn’t been publicly acknowledged, I had my proof. What kind of shit is that? For someone who didn’t have a father around, to be doing the same thing, with millions in his pocket no less, let me know what kind of character he really had. Not much!!!!!
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Future NBA player Hall of Famer, Jason Kidd, gave his 2008 Olympic Gold Medal to Elaine Wynn because of a conversation they had while the Olympians stayed at a Wynn resort in Las Vegas, before the Olympics began. There are so many things wrong with this that I don’t even know where to begin.
First thing is this. Yes it is HIS medal and he can do whatever he wants with it. But this year’s Basketball Olympics was different. For the last four years, pundits have said America no longer is the leader when it comes to basketball. And that even though players in other foreign nations come to America to play in the NBA, American players are no longer “head and shoulders” above the rest of the world. That losing in 2004 was “inevitable” and that America should “face it.” Other countries are no longer “afraid of us” and that they take great delight in beating us. If anyone saw how Argentina celebrated by winning the 2004 Olympics, they know this is indeed true. So why would you give the medal away willy-nilly because of a conversation?
If anyone was fortunate or unfortunate enough to watch “The Road to Redemption” on NBATV, the main theme of the “redemption” was to bring back the Gold Medal to its rightful place, America, where the game was created. Everyone from Kobe, to Lebron, to Chris Paul, to coach Mike Krzyzewski, all talked about what it would mean to “bring it back.” Even Jason, when interviewed for the documentary, stated that same thing. Yet after being named to the team SPECIFICALLY to bring guidance to a team that didn’t have any in 2004, the medal meant so little to him that he gave it away. With a flip, “I already have one”, the mis-deed was done.
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