He did what????
Jay-Z is giving up ownership in the Nets (whatever the percentage) to become a sports agent. This is not---repeat this is not a late April Fools joke Shawn (Jay-Z) Carter has decided to become a sports agent, of course this announcement would end his relationship with the Nets. Jay-Z might have been more visible at times than majority owner Mikhail Prokhorov. Of course we must take into consideration Prokhorov spends the majority of his life in Moscow.

Does he remember what he writes?
This is a prime example of my beef with Jason Whitlock Fox Sports.com; he flip-flops so often on stories and sometimes it’s within a matter of days. I underlined and placed in bold type those words I thought were key, this from his March 25th column.  “Just because the tournament and college basketball can be improved doesn’t mean they’re broken. I love the tournament. And, in all candor, I love this year’s tournament the most. I took bracketeering to its highest level this season."  A few days later April 2nd to be specific a porion of that column follows.  “Had (Kevin) Ware not broken his leg, much of the discussion this week would likely focus on how boring and noncompetitive this tournament has been, particularly this past weekend.” Jason what is your view of the tourney at 2:11 p.m Central Standard Time April 2^nd 2013?

No more characters
Basketball as with other sports had a number of characters in the past. Unfortunately those persons no longer exist in basketball or any other sports. The serious tenor of the game no longer allows for Billy Tubbs, Frank Layden or Abe Lemons to coach anymore. I attempted to provide you glimpses into the men I thought might entertain you, in addition writing about a funny thing sometimes fails to connect with the reader. The late Abe Lemons coached a number of teams over his 34 year coaching career. Always ready to provide the media a sample of his wit; “I don’t have any trick plays, “I’d rather have tricky players” or how about this one; “there are really only two plays; Romeo and Juliet, and put the ball in the darn basket.” These represent just a few of the Lemons funny quotes, there are more search them.

Frank Layden served as coach of the Utah Jazz during the ‘80’s; he is now in the front office of the team. Several of his gems; “I told him, 'Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.” Referring to his high school team in New York Layden said. "We had a lot of nicknames--Scarface, Blackie, Toothless. And those were just the cheerleaders.” Finally we focus on Billy Tubbs who coached the University of Oklahoma for a number of years. If you closed your eyes and listened to him you’d think Jack Nicholson was talking rather than Tubbs.  His view of an opposing player; “I'll tell you this. He'd sure look good in an Oklahoma uniform. Right now.” How about this one, “First off, we have to make the tournament (the top eight finishers qualify), but I do feel that we will get in. We still have a shot at a home seed, but actually I'm not sure that that would be good. We may want to open with a road game.” (think exist.com and wikipedia)

Is this a “Smart” move?
Not a word from the coach himself or at least what I’ve heard. Shaka Smart VCU’s coach turned down UCLA and Minnesota to remain at Virginia Commonwealth. After his team burst into the national spotlight a few years ago we all knew his name. I wasn’t real surprised when he pledged his loyalty to VCU they had allowed him the opportunity to coach at the Division I level. The same story applies to Brad Stevens at Butler University. Steven’s too burst on the national scene in similar manner to Smart. This guy lives basketball, last year his wife told the story their first date Stevens took her to a high school basketball game. Interesting comment by Seth Davis of CBS Sports, he says; “when a coaching position opens the first call is to Smart and Steven’s, nobody else.”