NBA Good Guys
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 11:40 pm
I wanted to start a thread to recognize what I consider to be some of the good guys in the League.
There are the self-centered, arrogant "all about me" players like Kyrie Irving and James Harden. There are the childish wimpy whiners like Kevin Durant who angrily complain about every perceived slight and and continue to look for the easy expedient path to success. These sorts of players, including AD, sign contracts but don't honor them and go from team to team like mercenaries rather than taking responsibility for bringing success to the team that signed them.
But thankfully there are many others in the NBA who aforementioned players. I thought now was a nice time to honor them since many of them signed extensions today. I'm talking about Towns, Booker, Ja Morant and Bradley Beal. These are four guys, along with Giannis and others, who have never complained while their respective teams struggled through lean lottery years. They never demanded a trade or denigrated their teammates. They didn't take time off because of other matters they preferred to prioritize over their teammates and the fans who pay their multi-million dollars salaries. They've persevered through lean years and took it upon themselves to be part of turning their respective teams around rather than abandoning those teams and the fans that nurtured them in their early years. They've made themselves parts of the communities they play in. Ja said today he considers Memphis his home. It's not New York, South Beach or Hollywood. But that's not what Ja is looking for. He's looking for a community he can adopt and a team he can help lead to success. Same for KAT and the others I've mentioned.
I'm tired of hearing about Harden and whether he'll come to camp fat and bloated again. I'm certainly tired of Durant and Kyrie. I'm just happy there are players who are nothing like them and that at least one of those players is a Minnesota Timberwolf who just signed a 4-year extension.
There are the self-centered, arrogant "all about me" players like Kyrie Irving and James Harden. There are the childish wimpy whiners like Kevin Durant who angrily complain about every perceived slight and and continue to look for the easy expedient path to success. These sorts of players, including AD, sign contracts but don't honor them and go from team to team like mercenaries rather than taking responsibility for bringing success to the team that signed them.
But thankfully there are many others in the NBA who aforementioned players. I thought now was a nice time to honor them since many of them signed extensions today. I'm talking about Towns, Booker, Ja Morant and Bradley Beal. These are four guys, along with Giannis and others, who have never complained while their respective teams struggled through lean lottery years. They never demanded a trade or denigrated their teammates. They didn't take time off because of other matters they preferred to prioritize over their teammates and the fans who pay their multi-million dollars salaries. They've persevered through lean years and took it upon themselves to be part of turning their respective teams around rather than abandoning those teams and the fans that nurtured them in their early years. They've made themselves parts of the communities they play in. Ja said today he considers Memphis his home. It's not New York, South Beach or Hollywood. But that's not what Ja is looking for. He's looking for a community he can adopt and a team he can help lead to success. Same for KAT and the others I've mentioned.
I'm tired of hearing about Harden and whether he'll come to camp fat and bloated again. I'm certainly tired of Durant and Kyrie. I'm just happy there are players who are nothing like them and that at least one of those players is a Minnesota Timberwolf who just signed a 4-year extension.