- One who criticizes or passes judgment from a position of hindsight
Awww....poor Lebron.
NOBODY CARES!
Or maybe you do since you might be one of those parasites that waits on every move Lebron makes.
I will get to the disdain I have for the NBA in just a bit, but for now let's take a look at our girls teams in their first weekend of regular season action.
Not a good start for the 8th grade girls who did not bring their "A" game to the court Friday night. Blame it on the bad rims in the first half, blame it on the refs, blame it on anything, but the bottom line was the girls did not execute.
Let's fat back (flashback) again to a post from 2009, where I listed what I think are the keys to win a game, in a blog post called How do you win?
BASKETBALL
In basketball, more than any other sport, the ingredients to be a good team are basic, and you don’t even need a coach to tell you what they are.
Make your lay-ups. You’ve all seen and been in games where lay-ups are missed left and right. When you make your lay-ups, more often than not, you will win.
Make your free-throws. Do we expect everyone to make all their free-throws? Absolutely not. But is one out of two too much to ask for? Look back at all the games you have lost in the past and how many free-throws were missed.
Don’t turn the ball over. Mistakes will always hurt you. When you throw the ball away, the other team gets a head start on their offense. It’s one less opportunity for you to score, and one more opportunity for them to score.
Basketball is such a mental game, and you need to be as strong mentally as you are physically. When you make a mistake, you can’t let it bother you. Learn from it, and do better the next time.
We have had games this year where we haven’t been able to do all three -- sometimes not even two of those, and still found ways to win. But when all three of those expectations are met, there isn’t a team out there that is unbeatable.
I guarantee that if your team is successful at those three things, 99 times out of 100, your team will be victorious.
There you go folks, easy, simple and basic. Nobody should ever lose another game.
The 8th grade girls didn't do any of these in their game Friday night and lost to a team they shouldn't have lost to. But after a good practice yesterday, let's see if they can regroup with a strong showing this coming weekend.
The 3rd/4th grade scored the same amount of points Saturday in their game as the other three girls teams combined Friday night. Great for the 3rd/4th grade girls, and not so great for the other three teams.
Adrianna has really stepped up her game this year and has averaged 7.0 points in the last two games. Michaela, who is only in 3rd grade, scored a career high 10 points, very impressive.
Hopefully they keep in mind that there is a whole lot of season left and that they will need to maintain this level of play and work even harder if they want to sustain this positive momentum.
The 5th and 6th/7th grade girls are all new so they will get a free pass for a lot of their mistakes. It's just simply inexperience right now, so if they can start getting acquainted with the game, they'll improve. It's just a matter of when they'll break through.
WHY YOU ARE A NOOB FOR LIKING THE NBA
Why can I not stand the NBA? Because it's boring, predictable and full of selfish, greedy players who are out of themselves. Look no closer than the Miami Heat.
Lebron James couldn't win a championship by himself, so he had to join forces with two other superstars to get what he wants. And it turns out, Chris Bosh is nothing more than a big fish in a small pond.
After the game yesterday, the Heat cried. Grown men crying after a regular season game. Give me a break.
Only in the NBA can you predict who is going to win the NBA championship on one hand. The Spurs, Lakers, Celtics, Magic, Heat, possibly the Bulls and an outside shot - the Mavericks will win the NBA title. And this will stay the same for years to come. Ok, that's 7 teams, but you get the point...But if you don't count the Bulls and Mavs, it's still one hand.
If you are a Warriors fan, or a fan of the Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, you are not going to win a championship in the next 15-20 years.
Superstars nowadays are going to pull a Lebron, Wade and Bosh and go play for the same team. Carmelo Anthony is with Amare in New York, and soon to be joined by Chris Paul or Deron Williams in another year.
This means the rest of the NBA is irrelevant other than the handful of teams.
If you can enjoy an NBA game for what it is, and accept your team will win regular season games and an occasional playoff game, and not a title, then more power to you. If that floats your boat, good for you. My boat for the NBA has been sinking by the day.
So why waste your time? I know I am not wasting mine.
Go Sharks!
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