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Star means Star
Back from our long hiatus and hopefully better than ever. Especially since it's basketball season.
I was perusing the news this morning and found this headline: "NBA star arrested for DUI." I began to think, hm, I wonder who that could be. Must have been somebody good.
I also thought to myself, wow, another DUI for an NBA player, remembering how I heard yesterday that Kwame Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers had been arrested earlier in the week. So, I clicked the article.
It led me here, to a site with the headline Lakers Star Arrested in Georgia DUI Incident. Sure enough, the article was referring to the aforementioned Brown. Kwame. Star? I think not.
If by star, you mean the guy who averaged 8.4 points and 6 rebounds per game last season in just 41 games despite a wide open middle and no one else on the team (Bynum doesn't really count) could grab a rebound, then sure, Kwame's a star. If by star, you mean the biggest first pick overall in an NBA draft bust in this century, then sure, Kwame's a star. If by star, you mean the guy who begins to show a bit of promise, then gets injured, gets arrested, or even just turns the ball over on the next possesion, then sure, Kwame's a star.
That was perhaps the most misleading headline I ever read. I expected it to be referring to somebody good.
I was perusing the news this morning and found this headline: "NBA star arrested for DUI." I began to think, hm, I wonder who that could be. Must have been somebody good.
I also thought to myself, wow, another DUI for an NBA player, remembering how I heard yesterday that Kwame Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers had been arrested earlier in the week. So, I clicked the article.It led me here, to a site with the headline Lakers Star Arrested in Georgia DUI Incident. Sure enough, the article was referring to the aforementioned Brown. Kwame. Star? I think not.
If by star, you mean the guy who averaged 8.4 points and 6 rebounds per game last season in just 41 games despite a wide open middle and no one else on the team (Bynum doesn't really count) could grab a rebound, then sure, Kwame's a star. If by star, you mean the biggest first pick overall in an NBA draft bust in this century, then sure, Kwame's a star. If by star, you mean the guy who begins to show a bit of promise, then gets injured, gets arrested, or even just turns the ball over on the next possesion, then sure, Kwame's a star.
That was perhaps the most misleading headline I ever read. I expected it to be referring to somebody good.
Labels: DUI, idiot, Kevdog, Kwame, Los Angeles Lakers
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
What's the Big Deal?
As the 2007 NBA draft approaches, I'm kinda surprised at the hoopla being raised over this draft class. I'm all for hype and expectations, but the thing that floors me is that these draft picks are being used as cornerstones of trade deals in the works for MAJOR superstars in the NBA. I can understand the 1 and 2 pick being viable trade bait; Oden and Durant seem to be capable of contributing immediately in a big way. But these trade rumors that have Garnett going to Boston contingent on whether the Celtics include their number 5 pick just seems ridiculous to me.
This infatuation with draft day prodigies seems to have been sparked by the recent coming-of-age of LeBron, Carmelo, Wade, Bosh, and other members of that '03 draft class (sorry, Darko. Not gonna mention you here). I understand teams' enthusiasm about this draft class; but for every LeBron there are about 50 Kwame Browns.As a team owner or GM, you have to be reasonable about what you're going to get out of a player who has only competed against a bunch of college teams, against college defense, under college coaches. Could the risk pay off? Maybe. But is it worth banking on that one pick to fill the gap left by the superstar you dealt to get him? I say no.
Labels: draft, Garnett, Kwame, LeBron, trade
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