A tough game
Normally in Words eye view you are likely to read an
after story regarding a game, this one is written in advance. Tuesday evening Texas A&M visits Mizzou
Arena. In my view Mizzou might have played
their worst game of the season January 20 losing to A&M 60-49. This time the Mizzou faithful are hoping for a more favorable outcome.
Chase Center
Construction of the
Warriors new arena in San Francisco appears to be progressing smoothly. The building at Third Street & South Street has the majority of its “skeleton” in place,
steel girders are evident. Chase Center
is schedule to open for the 2019-20 NBA season and the Warriors will re-locate
across the bay to the city they left in 1971.
If you live in the Bay Area and are a certain age your insight might be
more informative than mine.
The Warriors moved
from Philadelphia in 1962 but never had a permanent home on the San Francisco
side. The Warriors would play in the Cow
Palace, Civic Center and Oakland plus San Jose before the 1971 move to was then
the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena.
This would become permanent home except for a few years whenthe arena
was being renovated. In 2006 the arena was re-named Oracle after a 10-year agreement was instituted with the Orale Corporation.
Zip your lips
Last week the NBA
fined Magic Johnson $50,000 in case you hadn't heard. I believe all of us
understand tampering and the reason behind it.
Magic was fined for making a complimentary statement about the Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo. This is a second
slap on the wrist for Magic, in the future it might be advisable to make no future statements regarding any NBA player.
Clipper re-build?
By the time you read this it might be more Clippers missing than those noted below. Since last season shooting guard J.J. Redick has left in free-agency as did power forward Mbah a Moute, point guard Chris Paul was traded. The latest of course is forward Blake Griffin, count that, four of last year’s starters are no longer members of the Clippers. DeAndre Jordan remains the only holdover starter from last season.
By the time you read this it might be more Clippers missing than those noted below. Since last season shooting guard J.J. Redick has left in free-agency as did power forward Mbah a Moute, point guard Chris Paul was traded. The latest of course is forward Blake Griffin, count that, four of last year’s starters are no longer members of the Clippers. DeAndre Jordan remains the only holdover starter from last season.
Valuable reserve Jamal Crawford is gone too, if we check out the
roster on January 30 there exists a collection of talented players. The greater question is this roster ready to
compete for a playoff berth? An NBA
Championship is out of the picture at least for now. For the past few years this Laker fan has
been forced to admit the Clippers were clearly a better team. At this point I’m not so sure, it appears the
Lakers are ascending, and the Clippers are descending. What do you think? NOTE: After discussions on a few players the Clippers made no deals.
Agree to disagree
An acquaintance
would use the above term routinely. If there was a point we didn't agree, he would always say: “We can agree to disagree.”
A point of compromise could not be reached but at the same time he
respected my view and he hoped I respected his without an argument. I’m watching Baylor-Oklahoma, Trae Young has
44 points, 9 assists but 6 turnovers.
I thought about the
uncomplimentary comments made by a local radio guy regarding Young. It’s quite easy to sit behind a mic and offer
an opinion, its far more difficult to go out and compete. The radio guy is 50-years old, I seriously
doubt he could even play a game of H O R S E with Young, but I hope you
get my intent. The radio guy is entitled to his opinion and so am I, this a rebuttal to his comment.
