Where is Laura Ingraham when
you need her?
Remember the comment
by Fox News host Laura Ingraham regarding LeBron James? Ingraham on her television program said:
“Shut up and dribble.” She believed it more
important for LeBron and others to play basketball and not discuss or get
involved in social issues. Well she
received plenty of push-back on her comment.
Harvard University invited Celtic Jaylan Brown to speak on advocacy for Harvard's Graduate School of Education. So much for Laura Ingraham, she needs to cross over into the 21st Century.
Show us your jab step and
cross over
I hope you had an
opportunity to see video of Rockets guard James Harden in action guard on Wednesday night. Most of
the websites have it available, just in case you haven’t seen it allow me to
attempt to describe it in a “words” picture.
Harden with the ball dribbling down the court on the left side Clippers
Wesley Johnson guarding him. Harden gave
Johnson a jab step and sent Johnson to the floor his feet tangled and he
flopped on the floor. Harden standing
alone at the 3-point line looked at Johnson, looked at the basket for what
seemed like an eternity. Clipper guard Milos
Teodosic realizing with Johnson on the floor came rushing toward Harden but was
too far to bother the shot. Harden on fire in the first quarter sank the basket, the action was a thing of beauty see it if you can.
Is he gonna be a star?
I cannot answer the
above question regarding Laker point guard Lonzo Ball, this I can answer he can play in the NBA.
He’s returned from his injury looking improved on the court, his field
goal percentage was so low that even though he’s shooting better he’s still
only at .356. Here’s the State of the
Lakers as I see it, Ball is scoring at almost 11 points along with 7.1 rebounds
and 7.1 assists per game. It’s my view
there is no requirement for Ball to score the Lakers have several guys that do
that. It’s the other things, the assists
his rebounds and defense are the takeaways for me. The Lakers can score the ball, their problems
as a team have been on the defensive end.
All I’ve seen is video
I have no clue if
point guard Trent Williams can play at the Division I level. Williams who hails from Houston Texas is a sophomore at Gillette Community College in Gillette
Wyoming. Coach Cuonzo Martin is recruiting
Williams hoping he will chose Mizzou among the teams seeking his services in
the fall. I’ve seen video of him in
action and his numbers are sound however we must keep in mind they represent play
at the junior college level. In 24 games
Williams is scoring at nearly 15 points a game while shooting 58% from the
floor. At the free-throw line Williams
is a 73% shooter along with 8.2 assist per game.
Curious
Curious
It would prove quite
interesting to determine the roots of the Big 12 break up. It’s been almost 8 years and I can only remember
portions of the story. This is what I
remember reading, several schools (including Mizzou) were upset with the
disproportionate amount of revenue Texas was receiving. Texas having implemented the Longhorn Network
and other streams of revenue led to the school receiving more income than the
other 11 schools. It finally resulted in
reached athletic directors of four schools deciding to leave the Big 12
Conference.
All the schools did
not leave for the same conference, Colorado in 2011 departed for the Pac-12,
Nebraska in 2011 for the Big 10. In 2012
Mizzou and Texas A&M left for the SEC so as you can see and my argument all
along I don’t understand Bill Self. He
continues to hold Mizzou solely responsible for the break-up when there were
other schools involved. The portion of
this issue so interesting, despite the sterling reputation of Kansas in
basketball the football program is a bottom feeder. No conference wants to take on a school with
a poor football program.
