The NBA playoffs have just tipped off and we already have a media ‘boogieman’ sighting. It was going to be RON ARTEST or RASHEED WALLACE that’s for sure. RON steps up by taking the first charge from the commisar’s office. RON ARTEST has always been on a short leash with the commish’s office and that leash seems to get tighter with every technical foul he is assessed.
NBA commish DAVID STERN may only be 5ft.-4inches, but trust me he is a T.I. STERN is not about to let his jig plantation get out of order either. With NBA attendance in a steady decline and more importantly, NBA merchandising, STERN will not even let the impression slip out that the inmates are running the asylum. RON ARTEST should have known better than to put his hand on the Mexican player with the Italian sounding surname. ARTEST’s action further exacerbates the tense racial issues that Blacks and Mexicans are dealing with now. Social misgivings notwithstanding, the NBA playoffs are all about one thing – money. Disney paid the NBA a grip of scrilla for the exclusive rights to broadcast this watered down product. There are so many goddamned playoff games that the regular season seems worthless. I swear that the NBA finals will be played in August this year.
The NBA had such a sweet run in the years past where they had players that were characters and personalities, but they also had a grasp of the team concept of basketball. Maybe the Association didn’t see the handprints on the neck of P.J. CARLESIMO because of his beard, but here we find ourself with a league whose most nationally recognizable M.V.P. candidate loves to azz rape white women. Well guess who’s getting fucked when you sit down to watch the wet blanket Spurs play against the WARIER-less Kings? Those are three hours you will never get back.
And why was RON ARTEST suspended for a game anyhoo? He hit a white dude upside the head that’s why! This is not hockey where white dudes can hit each other in the face until they are bloody and then finish playing the game after they sit alone in a cubicle during the commercial break.
This isn’t the World Cup either, where players have been known to visit the stands and become acquainted with fans that have different political philosophies.
The NBA sure isn’t the WBA either, but that could be part of the problem. I say let the players get a little intimate and physical with each other. Let the players nibble whisper sweet nothings in each others’ ears.
Instead of promoting scoring so much there should be a new appreciation for defense. The kids on Duke’s lacrosse team got in trouble for trying to score. Now they better hope they have a good defense. RON ARTEST knows what it’s like to be dragged through the system and when he isn’t on the court making it tough for people to score he likes to relax by playing classical music. Even the ‘boogieman’ can appreciate BRAHMS and BEETHOVEN
I hate how they did him…dude was a stronger candidate for MVP than they wanted him to be and that “incident” gave them a reason to help sweep him out of the room so he wouldn’t act up in front of company.
Ron, Ronnie baby
*shaking my head*
That’s funny, Manu Ginobili a Mexican lol. (In case some of ya’ll don’t know he’s from Argentina. 🙂
Billions of years ago his people had to cross thru Mayheeco to get to Arhenteena.
Everyone that speaks Mexican is part of the Mayheecan diaspora, incl. Cheelayans, Salbadoorans, Payrooveeans, Cubeands, etc.
speaks mexican?? what language is that?