Food for thought
While researching a story I came across this fact, don’t read anything into this, just sayin’. Before conference play begins this week, we reported Mizzou was undefeated in the month of December. Rock M Nation reported Mizzou’s 3 losses prior to Saturday's action, Iowa State 11-2 Kansas State 10-3, and Temple 10-3. As indicated earlier they could have beaten Temple losing to them 79-77.
While researching a story I came across this fact, don’t read anything into this, just sayin’. Before conference play begins this week, we reported Mizzou was undefeated in the month of December. Rock M Nation reported Mizzou’s 3 losses prior to Saturday's action, Iowa State 11-2 Kansas State 10-3, and Temple 10-3. As indicated earlier they could have beaten Temple losing to them 79-77.
Cancer
Personally, I don’t like to use the C word in reference to an athlete. This discussion while serious doesn’t come close to death which cancer could in a late stage. My terminology is an older one once heard, “Clubhouse Lawyer.” That’s the name we might apply to the Sixers Jimmy Butler in early January. Most of us have little clue with the move from the Bulls (who drafted him) to the Wolves. We are familiar with that story, after the move was okay then it wasn’t. He complained about teammates particularly Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, made it clear he wanted no part of coach Tibs and the Wolves.
Personally, I don’t like to use the C word in reference to an athlete. This discussion while serious doesn’t come close to death which cancer could in a late stage. My terminology is an older one once heard, “Clubhouse Lawyer.” That’s the name we might apply to the Sixers Jimmy Butler in early January. Most of us have little clue with the move from the Bulls (who drafted him) to the Wolves. We are familiar with that story, after the move was okay then it wasn’t. He complained about teammates particularly Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns, made it clear he wanted no part of coach Tibs and the Wolves.
Presto, change a
trade is worked out sending the disgruntled Butler to the Sixers, all is now was
right in the world. Peace and harmony
prevailed and then the pillar of the team Joel Embiid mentioned he was
concerned about the manner he was often placed on the floor. Later he attempted to clean it up by saying
everything was okay but was it? We now
read Butler is “testing” Brett Brown
over his offensive scheme. And to think
we believed the on-going soap opera regarding Markelle Fultz was the only Sixer
issue. Standby we can be assured there
is more to this story.
Frustrated
I can rival Superman this morning, I might be able to bend steel. Well that’s an exaggeration let’s just say I’m frustrated with the Lakers. Friday night saw the Knicks arrive in Staples Center with a 9-28 record and an 8-game losing streak. They departed with a win over the LeBron-less Lakers 119-12. The injury to LeBron has impacted this Laker squad beyond what I believed. One of the losses suffered was against the Thunder, that I understand. The Thunder have a greater collection of talent but losing to the Knicks there is no excuse.
I can rival Superman this morning, I might be able to bend steel. Well that’s an exaggeration let’s just say I’m frustrated with the Lakers. Friday night saw the Knicks arrive in Staples Center with a 9-28 record and an 8-game losing streak. They departed with a win over the LeBron-less Lakers 119-12. The injury to LeBron has impacted this Laker squad beyond what I believed. One of the losses suffered was against the Thunder, that I understand. The Thunder have a greater collection of talent but losing to the Knicks there is no excuse.
Kyle Kuzma hinted
prior to this loss it was time for the team to step up. Well it didn’t help the forward was sidelined
with an injury for this game. I must
remind you of an earlier conversation I held with a friend and Laker fan last
August. Jack said, “I don’t think Luke Walton is
the coach for this team especially with LeBron.” I took his comment in and stored in my
memory, I’m revisiting it, was Jack correct?
Was this a precursor to what we are witnessing currently. I haven’t given up I will remain a Laker for
life let’s just say I’m extremely frustrated at this point.
Decisions, decisions
This account relates to the one above, surgery and then termination. I wonder what occurs with Shareef O’Neal? You might remember the son of Shaquille O’Neal was all set to begin his freshman year and then a health issue arose. Doctors discovered Shareef had a heart issue requiring surgery, this is not a reference to the surgery it was a success rather I’m referring to his school. From all indications he should be able to return to competitive basketball in the fall. You may have forgotten how the youngster arrived at UCLA in the first place.
This account relates to the one above, surgery and then termination. I wonder what occurs with Shareef O’Neal? You might remember the son of Shaquille O’Neal was all set to begin his freshman year and then a health issue arose. Doctors discovered Shareef had a heart issue requiring surgery, this is not a reference to the surgery it was a success rather I’m referring to his school. From all indications he should be able to return to competitive basketball in the fall. You may have forgotten how the youngster arrived at UCLA in the first place.
Early on Shareef committed to Arizona and then disaster struck. Sean Miller and Arizona were named in the
Adidas “Pay for Play” trial, probably
figuring on sanctions Shareef changed his mind and decided to remain close to
home enrolling at UCLA. With the recent
firing of Steve Alford what he does now becomes the question, we can guess playing
for Alford and UCLA were key to his decision.
He backed out after the school was one of the several mentioned in the
adidas trial. I’ve not read anything, but we guess playing for Steve Alford
impacted his decision, we shall see how this eventually plays out.
