tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623792489158195598.post1365393164592685675..comments2024-01-31T10:41:53.074-05:00Comments on Keith's Space: It's Only Basketball Folks!Keithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325582825431855883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623792489158195598.post-40370905937502891252011-11-11T12:38:25.890-05:002011-11-11T12:38:25.890-05:00I found a great deal of helpful info here!
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For me the...Let the Church say amen with this post!<br />For me there are more important matters to take care of first,basketball or any sports is re-creation!BigmacInPittsburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727923795293367521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623792489158195598.post-21657355287883093742011-06-15T06:31:47.669-04:002011-06-15T06:31:47.669-04:00Kobe Bean Bryant was born in Philadelphia PA. Augu...Kobe Bean Bryant was born in Philadelphia PA. August 1979!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325582825431855883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623792489158195598.post-82902945546650752662011-06-15T04:35:19.109-04:002011-06-15T04:35:19.109-04:00Going back to that Sixer team... they were at leas...Going back to that Sixer team... they were at least as good as the current Heat squad... and they only won it once. Talent rarely trumps chemistry, though sometimes you can have both. Even if the Heat gets to develop chemistry (which is going to be difficult to do, IMO), something you can't ever have both of is sympathy and arrogance. Hubris falls hard and the Heat and Lebron were full of both.<br /><br />When it comes to his teammates not being able to convert key plays... uh, again, while LBJ never said he was 'this', he has profited and allowed himself to be hyped as 'that', and has contributed to his negative legacy as much as his idolization may have been put upon him. I think you are being a bit disingenuous with saying LBJ had teammates. See, I remember when Magic drop 42 playing center against the Sixers... sure, there were other player on his team but when you are at that champions level, skill is in abundance. For you to make the claim of greatness, that is the stage you must perform well on, and right now, Lebron has yet to do so.<br /><br />I really don't care too much about whether or not he ever is a winner or his place in history. But in an era where self-entitlement allows people to await recognition for 'almost', the scorn that comes his way has been earned. So I don't think it is fair to blame the haters for doing what they do when Lebron has profited and even baited (because though he was correct, we still have our crap lives while he has one of luxury... and he MEANT his statement that way) many people, I don't feel one way or the other... I do like to pontificate, and that is what I did right here..!<br /><br />Peace,<br />MarkBig Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5623792489158195598.post-53107259142363220882011-06-15T04:34:54.548-04:002011-06-15T04:34:54.548-04:00Why is Kobe without a home? He spent enough time ...Why is Kobe without a home? He spent enough time in Italy with he Pops, of whom Kobe is a carbon copy with even more talent? (or have you forgotten how Jellybean expected to get his shots with on a line up that include, the Doctor, George McGinnis, Doug Collins, Lloyd Free, Bobby Jones, and Steve Mix). He did not belong to Philly, playing high school ball there being high school ball. LeBron was the rare person who was able to grow up and play for his hometown team.<br /><br />When LeBron first showed inklings that he was not going to resign with Cleveland, I put it off to his wanting to get out of town because that is what many people do when they go to college. They spend 4 - 6 years exposed to different cultures and people from different parts of this grand country who have also spent time traveling the world and I thought he may have envied that. Secondly, having grown up in a Midwest town that is down on its luck, home may be where the heart is, but not the head. At first, my thought was that he was ill of his hometown. He had to grow up there and each day reminded him of how his struggles and dislikes of Cleveland was still with him in spite of his talents. Even if he now lived where the rich people did in his hometown, everything would be associated with deprivation as much as it was his success. Ugh, I would tire of that too, people who could say they knew me when without actually having to had any knowledge of me directly, but because my story and their experience grants them familiarity to me, they get to claim it. <br /><br />Not to drag his Mother into this, but not only was the rumors of her liason with a teammate troubling, it was another in a series of social faux pas she had made while in Cleveland. Again, I put myself in his shoes. When I had my small success in my chosen sport, when I returned to my hometown, people would greet me warmly but then gather to whisper about how 'he ain't all that' and 'remember when Ray Ray busted him up?' So I could imagine that got to him as well.<br /><br />Then there is his style of play. As talented as he is, I never thought of him as a Jordan-like cat. That he had to be all things on the Cavaliers weighed on him. He actually does seem to be a facilitator in the vein of a Magic Johnson than a Michael Jordan (more on that later). It may have bothered him that he HAD to play the way he did in Cleveland and that was not as fulfilling to him as it was to be a part of something, you feel me.<br /><br />But another thing that to me is also unmistakable is his propensity to shrink in big moments. As I mentioned Magic, like Bird, and Jordan, there is a killer instinct that takes over in them that Lebron may not have. Dirk Nowitski did not have it and he does now, so he can get 'it'. But there is something else to his not having 'it' that showed up in his game and in the game of Bosh and Wade. It was that THEY did not have 'it' either!!<br /><br />In this era where young people feel entitled to success because that is what they want, forget about the work or circumstance involved, none of the trio understood what has to be done under times of difficulty. Dewayne Wade had Shack to act as a buffer for his ring, so all he had to do is play. Too many times the three cats for the Heat were looking around for someone to do what anyone could have done... but no one did.<br /><br />As to when it comes to the vitriol being heaped on LBJ, how does the saying goes... if you reap the wind you will sow the whirlwind or something like that. No one asked him to make a spectacle of his 'Decision' nor did anyone ask if he thought they would win 5,6, or 7 titles. In fact, should the Heat win ONE title, they will be fortunate.Big Mark 243https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974573439218884164noreply@blogger.com