How our current NBA media and fan base is making more excuses than ever for its players
Since when did you care? At what point did you begin to care about athletes being tired?
At what point did “Super Teams” become bad? Since when did
injuries count against the team
that won? I can assure you that historically you never cared
about any of these things, not one
time in the history of sports.
Oh, you don’t believe me? The Showtime Lakers were a super team. Bird's Celtics were a Super Team. Zeke and the Pistons tried to build a super team when he asked management to acquire Adrian Dantley after he led the NBA in scoring. When Boston traded for Ray Allen and KG the media called them the Big 3, but they were, however short lived, a super team. The thing is they were never called a super team even though they pretty much had the odds in their favor to make it to the finals every year. The term "super team" did not exist and furthermore it never mattered until the players took the reins in assembling them. It’s a made up term by a weak media and it’s re-echoed by weak fans.
Oh, you don’t believe me? The Showtime Lakers were a super team. Bird's Celtics were a Super Team. Zeke and the Pistons tried to build a super team when he asked management to acquire Adrian Dantley after he led the NBA in scoring. When Boston traded for Ray Allen and KG the media called them the Big 3, but they were, however short lived, a super team. The thing is they were never called a super team even though they pretty much had the odds in their favor to make it to the finals every year. The term "super team" did not exist and furthermore it never mattered until the players took the reins in assembling them. It’s a made up term by a weak media and it’s re-echoed by weak fans.
So now injuries “taint” championships? When did this become part of the narrative? In the 1983 NBA playoffs James Worthy injures his leg and misses the finals against the Sixers. Have we taken that into consideration when talking about that Philly team? No, we simply call it one of the best playoff runs in history. No caveat no excuses just credit for winning. In the 1988 NBA Finals Isiah Thomas hurts his ankle against the Lakers then proceeded to put on a historic performance before being rendered useless in the closeout game. Do we say yeah Magic has five but that fifth ring is tainted because Zeke got hurt? No, we simply call Magic a five-time NBA champ. No caveat or excuse just credit for winning. Championship 1989 Magic Johnson injures his hamstring vs the Pistons. Do we say Zeke has 1.5 rings because that one is tainted? No, we say Bad Boys Back to Back champs. No caveat or excuse just credit for winning.
During the 1991 NBA finals both Worthy and Scott were injured vs the Bulls. Do we say yeah Mike has six rings but he was lucky on that first one? No, we say Mike is 6 for 6 in NBA finals case closed. No caveat or excuse just credit for winning. In the 2003 playoffs the San Antonio Spurs got breaks against two separate teams. Against Dallas Dirk got hurt in game 3 and missed the rest of the series and against Phoenix Joe Johnson misses the series with an eye injury (not to mention the
suspensions). Neither series was a gimme, but do we say yeah
Timmy has five rings but in 2003
he got lucky? No, we simply call him a five-time NBA
champion. No caveat or excuse just credit for winning.
And let’s not forget this season Boston without Kyrie and Gordon take Cleveland to game 7 of the ECF. Do we say LeBron made it to 8 straight finals but hey he’s lucky on the 8th one? No, we say LeBron James has made it to 8 straight NBA finals that is an amazing feat. No caveats or excuses just credit for the feat.
Injuries have never tainted a championship. That is a new narrative; a weak excuse from weak fans and an even weaker media. These new rules and caveats make the fans look weaker than ever, and I truly believe it makes the athletes weak too. Now the players have the gall to use the same lame excuses that you fans use. They tweet them, they even spew them in interviews and it’s your fault. You’ve made them weak, you are messing up the game. You are disregarding logical debate with your circular reasoning. Thanks zealots have a nice day. No not really.
And let’s not forget this season Boston without Kyrie and Gordon take Cleveland to game 7 of the ECF. Do we say LeBron made it to 8 straight finals but hey he’s lucky on the 8th one? No, we say LeBron James has made it to 8 straight NBA finals that is an amazing feat. No caveats or excuses just credit for the feat.
Injuries have never tainted a championship. That is a new narrative; a weak excuse from weak fans and an even weaker media. These new rules and caveats make the fans look weaker than ever, and I truly believe it makes the athletes weak too. Now the players have the gall to use the same lame excuses that you fans use. They tweet them, they even spew them in interviews and it’s your fault. You’ve made them weak, you are messing up the game. You are disregarding logical debate with your circular reasoning. Thanks zealots have a nice day. No not really.
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