SPORTS

BRON VS JORDAN

JORDAN – A.K.A - BLACK CAT, SIX RINGS

IT ALWAYS BOILS DOWN TO, JORDAN WON ALL 6 FINALS AND NEVER WENT PASS GAME 6. OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WILL HEAR, JORDAN WON DEFENSIVE MVP MULTIPLE TIMES.

FOR ME JORDAN HAD A BETTER FRONT OFFICE THAN GOAT JAMES. HIS TEAM FOR THE LAST THREE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNS WERE BUILT PERFECTLY. THE BULLS HAD A LEAGUE LEADING REBOUNDER AND IF HE WASN’T LEADING THE LEAGUE, HE WAS TOP 10, THEY HAD A 3 POINT SHOOTER WHO WAS DAMN NEAR AUTOMATIC FROM THE 3 POINT LAND, THEY HAD THEIR SWISS ARMY KNIFE IN SCOTTIE PIPPEN, THEN THERE’S 2 KEY PIECES, RON HARPER AND TONI KUKOC. RON HARPER WAS IMPORTANT BUT I RARELY HEAR ANYTHING BUT JORDAN’S NAME AND THEN PIPPEN. RON WAS A SWISS ARMY KNIFE AS WELL. HE WOULD ALWAYS DISRUPT POINT GUARDS WITH HIS DEFENSE, REBOUND AND SCORE OFTEN. HIS STAT LINE WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE 13 POINTS, 5 REBOUNDS, 7 ASSISTS AND 3 STEALS. THEY WOULD INCREASE AND DECREASE OFTEN. TONI KUKOC WAS MAGNIFICENT. BY THE WAY HIS STATS EVEN BEFORE HE JOINED THE NBA WAS OFF THE CHAIN. THE MAN RAN THE EUROPE LEAGUE! I NEVER KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM BACK WHEN HE WAS PLAYING IN THE NBA. THOSE WERE THE DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPLOSION OF THE INTERNET. THE TEAMS WERE BUILT PERFECTLY. THE BULLS HAD AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF 6’6” PLAYERS IN ALL 5 POSITIONS. IMAGINE HAVING 3 PLAYERS THE SAME HEIGHT AS GOAT JAMES AND THEN 2 PLAYERS WHO ARE 6’10” AS WELL. REMEMBER RON HARPER, JORDAN, PIPPEN, KUKOC, RODMAN AND LUC LONGLEY. WHICH BY THE WAY LUC COULD SHOOT AND HE WASN’T SOFT! I’M NOT GOING TO WASTE MORE TIME ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEAMS.

JORDAN EITHER BY ACCIDENT OR ON PURPOSE CREATED A WAY TO GET HIS SHOT OFF NO MATTER WHAT. THE FADE AWAY…THIS WAS THE BIGGEST WEAPON HE USED ON THE LEAGUE. IF YOU PLAYED BASKETBALL, THEN YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST SHOTS TO CONTEST AND BLOCK. THIS IS WHAT PUT HIM OVER THE TOP OF THE LEAGUE FOR SO MANY YEARS. HE PLAYED HARD AND DIDN’T APPEAR TO BE SHY OR WORRIED ABOUT ANY TALK OF HIS ATTEMPTS TO PLAY. SOME PLAYERS JUST DON’T HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT THAT OTHERS DO. I WOULD ARGUE IF YOU GIVE EACH PLAYER THE SAME VOTE OF CONFIDENCE TO PLAY AT WILL AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT FAILING, I THINK MORE THAN 50% OF THOSE PLAYERS WOULD SUCCEED. HAVING A TEAM AND FAN BASE THAT SUPPORT YOU IS KEY TO YOUR SURVIVAL IN THE NBA. REMEMBER THE DIESEL SAID THE GAME IS 90% MENTAL. BACK THEN PLAYERS WERE IN AWE OF JORDAN AND WOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED TO COPY HIS STYLE OF PLAY. WELL IT WOULD BE RARE FOR SOMEONE TO PLAY JUST LIKE HIM.

THEN THERE IS HIS DESIRE TO WIN, TO COMPETE, TO FIGHT AND NOT QUIT! HE HAD IT AND HE WAS DETERMINED. LISTEN TO ME…LIKE I USED TO TALK TO HIM OR PLAY WITH HIM. WHICH I DID NOT. BUT YOU COULD SEE IT IN HIS PLAY AND APPROACH. HE WAS INTO THE GAME. THOSE SERIOUS PLAYERS WHEN OTHER GUYS AREN’T FOCUSING. YOU KNOW…. RIGHT FROM THE JUMP. NO GAMES!

OVER ALL I THINK JORDAN’S TEAMS WERE BUILT PERFECTLY AND THE ENTIRE WORLD WAS SUCKING HIS NUTS AND STILL IS. WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE 2 THINGS PLUS YOU HAVE THE GREEN LIGHT, IT WAS THERE FOR THE TAKING. THE NBA WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLOW THE ROOF OFF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE IT WAS A MONEY-MAKING MACHINE ADVERTISING HIM. JUST LOOK AT THE SALARIES THEY ARE GETTING NOW. I ONLY REMEMBER 1 DOG THAT JORDAN HAD SERIOUS TROUBLE WITH AND THAT WAS DOMINIQUE WILKINS! EVERYBODY ELSE JUST COULDN’T KEEP UP. DOMINIQUE JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE TEAMS JORDAN HAD AND THE LOVE JORDAN RECEIVED.

LEBRON JAMES – A.K.A. - GOAT JAMES, BRON BRON

BRON BRON SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM JORDAN WHEN HE DID THESE 4 THINGS.

• 1ST - BRON CAME STRAIGHT FROM 12TH GRADE TO THE NBA AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. I KNOW OTHERS DID AS WELL, BUT JORDAN DID NOT. THAT WAS HUGE FOR ME. I COACHED HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS AND MAKING THAT JUMP IS INCREDIBLE AND THAT’S BECAUSE HE CAME INTO THE LEAGUE AND DID VERY WELL RIGHT FROM THE START.

• 2ND - BRON JUMPED TEAMS AND WENT STRAIGHT TO THE NBA FINALS AND MAY HAVE DONE THE SAME THING THIS YEAR IF HE DIDN’T GET HURT. JUMPING TEAMS AND THEN GOING TO THE FINALS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, IS CRAZY!!! I KNOW…. HERE COMES THE HE LOST ARGUMENT. SAVE IT DOG! I DON’T KNOW ANYONE WHO JUMPED TEAMS AND WENT TO THE FINALS IN THAT FASHION. KEVIN DURANT DID IT, BUT HIS NEW TEAM WAS ALREADY IN THE FINALS THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

• 3RD - BRON BEEN BALLING SINCE DAY ONE IN THE LEAGUE AND NOW HE IS 17 YEARS IN AND STILL DOMINATING. THIS YEAR HE IS LOOKING FRESH AS EVER. 17 SEASONS OF PRODUCING BUCKETS, ASSISTS, REBOUNDS AND AMAZING PLAYS. HE DOES IT SO MUCH I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST TIRED OF HIM OR HAVE BEEN SPOILED SO MUCH BY HIS PLAY THAT IT DOESN’T HAVE THE WOW FACTOR ANYMORE TO THEM. NOT FOR ME! HIS TENURE IN THE GAME IS RIDICULOUS. I THINK HE WILL BE PUSHED OUT THE LEAGUE FOR CONTINUED DOMINANCE IN 3 MORE YEARS.

• 4TH - THE WEIGHT OF THE HYPE AND THE CONSTANT EFFORTS TO REDUCE HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS BY SO MANY WELL KNOWN PEOPLE IN THE NBA CIRCLES, BRON JUST CONTINUES TO LIFT THAT HEAVY WEIGHT AND GO FORWARD. PEOPLE SAY HE DON’T HAVE THAT DOG IN HIM. TO ME THAT’S SOME BULL SHIT. HE BEEN DOGGING PEOPLE WITH OUT EVEN SHOWING THAT USUAL BODY LANGUAGE OR RUNNING OF AT THE MOUTH. IF HE WERE TO GET MAD AND AGGRESSIVE MAN THESE FOOL'‘S WOULDN’T STAND A CHANCE. A MAD BRON AIN’T GOOD FOR THE LEAGUE!

HIS PLAY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. HE DOES MORE THAN JORDAN DID EXCEPT A HIGHER POINT TOTAL AND THAT’S BECAUSE HE LET’S HIS TEAMMATES SHINE AS WELL. HE MAKES THE RIGHT PLAY. THAT’S WHAT WE ALL TEACH WHEN IT COMES TO COACHING. WE ALWAYS HERE JORDAN AND KOBE DIDN’T WANT TO PASS THE BALL. BRON DOES, BUT THAT’S A MINDSET EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE.

IN THE END THE STATS WILL DETERMINE WHO DID WHAT. THE RINGS ARE A RESULT OF THE ENTIRE TEAM. NEITHER ONE OF THEM HAD ONE SHOT AT THE END OF EACH GAME TO DECIDE ALL OF THEIR FINALS. EITHER WAY THEY BOTH CONTRIBUTE SO MUCH WHEN THEY PLAY IT’S AMAZING TO SEE. WHEN HIS CAREER IS OVER, HE WILL BE APPRECIATED MORE THAN HE IS NOW. THAT’S A LOCK FOR SURE.

MY DECIDING FACTOR IS BRON CAME FROM HIGH SCHOOL WHILE JORDAN HAD 3 SEASONS AT COLLEGE WITH DEAN SMITH. JORDAN CAN’T MAKE UP THAT GAP AND BRON MAY GET MORE TITLES. FOR HIM TO WIN THIS LATE IN HIS CAREER WITH THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY REDUCED PRODUCTION SEALS THE DEAL DESPITE THE 6 RINGS. I CAN’T HELP BUT TO THINK THE BULLS WAS NOT WINNING NO MORE TITLES AFTER THERE LAST ONE ANYWAY. SHAQ AND KOBE SMASHED THEM IN THE COLISEUM THE YEAR THEY WON THEIR LAST TITLE. THE BULLS FRONT OFFICE WAS SMART BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT SHIT WAS OVER AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO MESS UP THAT STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE A NEW ERA WAS HERE.

SHAQ & KOBE!     

BOSTON CELTICS

THIS YEARS TEAM SEEM’S TO BE HELD BACK BY A VERY GOOD COACH. IT FEELS AF IF THERE BEING RESTRICTED BY THE COACHING SCHEME. JAYSON TATUM IS AVERAGING CAREER HIGH’S BUT HE SEEM’S RESTRICTED. THE TEAM OVERALL IS DOING WELL BUT IT DOES’NT APPEAR TO LET HIM OR ANYONE ELSE FLOURISH. WHEN THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS WHO WILL RISE ABOVE THE PLAY OF EVERYONE THE OPPOSING TEAM’S SUPERSTAR AND SEIZE THE MOMENT? PART OF THAT MAY BE BECAUSE OTHER TEAMMATES WANT TO SHINE AS WELL. THE CLIPPERS VS BOSTON ABOUT A WEEK AGO COULD HAVE BEEN EASILY WON IF JAYSON TATUM WAS GIVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES. I LAY THE BLAME ON THE COACH AND THE PLAYERS. JAYSON TATUM WAS HOT AND THEY WENT AWAY FROM HIM. YOU ALSO HAVE TO DEMAND THE BALL AS WELL. EVEN JAYLEN BROWN COULD BE DOING MORE BUT BECAUSE OF THAT SYSTEM HE LOOKS AVERAGE. HIS AVERAGES ARE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS WELL. THOSE TWO GUY’S SHOULD BE DOMINATING TOGETHER. BUT AGAIN THE SYSTEM THAT THEY ARE RUNNING ALLOWS FOR BALL MOVEMENT AND EVERYONE TOUCHES THE BALL, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT I JUST CAN’T HELP TO WONDER WHAT THE TEAM THINKS OF THE CURRENT COACH AFTER THE PAST SEASON WITH KYRIE AND HAYWARD FAILING TO UPLIFT THE TEAM AFTER THE GREAT RUN THEY HAD WITHOUT THEM. THE TEAM IS HAVING SUCCESS, BUT IT ONLY MATTERS TO THEM IF THEY CAN SEIZE THE MOMENT IN HIGH PRESSURE GAMES. TO LOSE TO THE CLIPPERS WITH THERE TEAM SUMS UP EXACTLY WHAT I’M TRYING TO POINT OUT. THEY CAME UP SHORT IN THE ONLY MOMENT THAT MEANS SOMETHING. BEATING THE CLIPPERS, LAKERS OR ROCKETS IS THE ONLY GOAL!

REMEMBERING ORLANDO MAGIC’S - TRACY MCgrADY

T-MAC IS UP THERE WITH THE BEST OF THEM. HIS CAREER WAS CUT SHORT DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES. TO ME HE WAS AS GOOD AS THE TOP NAMES YOU WILL EVER MENTION. I WOULD PUT HIM OVER KOBE AND JORDAN. HIS GAME WAS VICIOUS! HE WAS ULTRA AGGRESSIVE! WHEN HE PLAYED HE COOKED YOUR ASS FOR SURE! HIS DEMEANOR WAS STRAIGHT FRYING NO GREASE AND HE KNEW HE WAS A MONSTER. KOBE DID TOO BUT HE HAD A TINY GLIMPSE OF HE GOULD BE GOT! T-MAC WAS A DIRECTOR OF THE FRY ZONE. HE WAS JUST NASTY! THAT DUNK HE DID IN THE ALL STAR GAME WAS ONE OF THE BEST IN GAME PLAYS I HAVE EVER SEEN. THAT WAS UP THERE WITH DR. JAY’S INFAMOUS DUNK. THE WHOLE COURT STOPPED WHEN HE THREW THE BALL OF THE BACKBOARD AND DUNKED IT! HIS THREE POINT GAME WAS NATURAL, WHERE AS JORDAN WAS CATCH AND SHOOT AND KOBE’S REQUIRED AN EFFORT. T-MAC WOULD JUST NATURALLY PULL UP AND GET TO BLINKING ON THEM. HIS BODY MOVEMENT WAS MORE NATURAL AND FLUENT IN MY OPINION. HE COULDN’T TRANSLATE HIS GAME PLAY INTO WIN’S IN THE PLAYOFF’S AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHY HE DOESN’T GET THE PRAISE HE SHOULD. IF I COULD CHOOSE MY TEAM WITHOUT FACTORING IN LONGEVITY AND CAREER SUCCESS, I WOULD CHOOSE HIM OVER KOBE. KOBE WAS A DOG AND THIS IS NO WAY A KNOCK ON HIM.

ORLANDO’S T-MAC WAS A DOG THAT WAS NOT TO BE PLAYED WITH!

LOAD MANAGEMENT

THIS IS THE WORST MOVE THE NBA’S TEAMS, COACHES AND PLAYERS HAVE MADE SINCE I HAVE BEEN WATCHING. GUYS ARE NOT PLAYING SO THEY CAN BE READY FOR THE NBA PLAYOFFS. DISREGARDING THE REGULAR SEASON SO YOU CAN TRY AND SET YOURSELF UP FOR A PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS OF THE NBA’S GREATEST PLAYERS. THE HARD WORK IT TAKES TO GO THROUGH A FULL SEASON AND THEN SHINE IN THE PLAYOFFS IS WHAT MAKE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS GOLDEN. YOUR PLAYING WEEK IN AND OUT TO HOLD THAT TROPHY UP IN THE END. 82 GAMES PLUS THE PLAYOFFS AND IF YOUR REALLY GREAT YOUR IN THE OLYMPICS. I UNDERSTAND PLAYERS GET TIRED TOO. BUT IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT UNLESS YOU REST DURING THE SEASON, THEN YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE. LIKE TRAIN BETTER! I’M NOT A FAN OF LOAD MANAGEMENT. IF YOUR HURT SIT OUT UNTIL YOUR HEALTHY OR PLAY UNTIL YOUR INJURED AND CAN’T PLAY. BUT IF YOUR HEALTHY AND SITTING OUT GAME’S, IT JUST DOES’NT FEEL RIGHT. I’M NOT INTERESTED IN PAYING FOR TICKETS TO SEE A STAR PLAYER WHO MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY. SEASON TICKET HOLDER’S AND US LEAGUE PASS PURCHASER’S ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THIS GUY’S. PLUS I HEAR THEY ARE TRYING TO TWEAK THE SCHEDULE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GAMES. I’M NOT IN FAVOR OF A SHORTER NBA SEASON EITHER. I LOVE BASKETBALL AND WANT TO WATCH IT ALL YEAR LONG. PLEASE DON’T MAKE IT EASIER TO WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

LA CLIPPERS

DEFENSE! THAT’S WHAT YOU HEAR ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN SPEAKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE CLIPPERS. THEY ARE GOING TO GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE TEAMS EVER, SUPPOSEDLY! I SEE THE DEFENSIVE APPROACH HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT COULD HAVE GREAT IMPACTS ON THE TEAM AND IT COULD ALSO HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS. WITH ALL THOSE DEFENSIVE PLAYERS ON THE TEAM WHO CAN HOLD IT DOWN OFFENSIVELY WHEN THE TIME COMES? WE HAVE SEEN KAWHI COME UP BIG LAST SEASON. BUT THAT’S IT! WHEN PATRICK BEVERLY SO CALLED HELD KD DOWN, DURANTULA JUST SAID ENOUGH AND PUT THE BIG HAND DOWN ON THE FOOL’S GOLD! LIKE RUSS SAID A FEW WEEK’S AGO…ALL THAT JUST TO GET 47 HUNG ON YOU! PATRICK BEVERLY DOES PLAY DEFENSE WELL, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE SUPERSTARS THEY NIP THAT IN THE BUD WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT. I SEE SOME WEAKNESS’S IN THE CLIPPERS. IF KAWHI OR PAUL GEORGE HAS TO SIT OUT OR IF ONE OF THEM HAS A BAD GAME THE TEAM DOES’NT DO WELL. WHEN THE PLAYOFFS START AND IF FOUL’S BECOME A FACTOR THE TEAM IS NOT AS STRONG. THEY HAVE TO ALL PLAY TOGETHER AND PLAY WELL TO HAVE THE SUCCESS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. MAYBE THEY WILL BE BETTER OVER THE COURSE OF THE SEASON. I THINK IT’S TO SOON TO CROWN THEM. PLUS NONE OF THOSE PLAYERS HAD PLAYOFF SUCCESS TO THE POINT OF WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS. I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO SAY KAWHI HAS. MY COUNTER WOULD BE THAT KAWHI CAME TO A TEAM THAT WAS A DYNASTY MEANING THE SPURS. THEN HE WENT TO A TEAM THAT WON 59 GAMES THE PREVIOUS SEASON. KAWHI HAS NOT CARRIED A UNSUCCESSFUL TEAM SQUARELY ON HIS SHOULDERS FROM START TO FINISH PAST THERE EXPECTATIONS. HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON GOOD TEAMS AS HE IS NOW. I CAN’T GIVE HIM THAT MUCH CREDIT. HE IS A TOP TIER PLAYER BUT, I HAVE’NT SEEN HIM DO SOMETHING AMAZING. BEATING GOLDEN STATE WITHOUT KD & CLAY IS NOT THE SAME AND THEY ONLY WON BY 4 POINTS WITHOUT THEM IN GAME 6. KAHWI IS NOT OVERRATED BUT HE HAS BEEN ON TEAMS THAT WERE ALREADY ESTABLISHED AND WINNING PRIOR TO HIS ARRIVAL. THE TEAM JUST SEEM’S LIKE THEY HAVE IT ALL BUT SOMETHING IS STILL IN QUESTION. I JUST DON’T THINK THEY CAN SUMMON THE WINNING PLAYS THROUGH OUT THE COURSE OF THE SEASON AND PLAYOFFS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN CROWNED A WESTERN CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVE SINCE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED. A LOT OF PRESSURE IS MOUNTING FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE TO STEP UP. PAUL GEORGE’S PLAYOFF SUCCESS WAS SHORT BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. HE IS ALSO COMING OFF A DOUBLE SHOULDER SURGERY. LOU WILLIAMS IS MOST REMEMBERED FOR HIS SCORING ABILITIES BUT NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE. PATRICK BEVERLY IS KNOW FOR HIS DEFENSE BUT ALSO WILL MAKE TERRIBLE PLAYS OFTEN. OVERALL THEY HAVE A TOUGH GROUP. THEY ARE A PLEASURE TO WATCH AND KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM DAY IN AND OUT HAS NOT ESCAPED US. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE SEASON SHOULD NOT BE SHORTENED. IT’S GONG TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THEY CAN WITHSTAND THE GRIND OF THE SEASON.