Also, I know it’s become very en vogue dating back to 2015, but the MVP of the league being subbed out for a critical defensive possession will never sit right with me.
Magic retired at 36, Bird retired at 35,
Jordan at 38 (we call ceremonial years)
Kobe at 37 farewell tour and praised, Tim Duncan retired at 40 and his last couple years he was allowed to just be and play. No expectations. Dirk made all star game at 40 averaging 7 and 3 because he was appreciated and honored. Draymond says LeBron deserves that and people get in an uproar. It happens to all the greats. Why is it a problem with a LeBron?
Anyway
LeBron at 41 expected to compete to win it all. Ridiculed if he doesn’t. KD at 37 expected to compete to win it all. Ridiculed if he doesn’t. Steph at 38 team ridiculed for being in play in. I don’t know when we got here but we live in the era of discredit and hypocrisy; but how quickly we forget how we treated the greats of old. 🤷🏾♂️
BBC: "You had Nick Fuentes on your show who said Hitler was cool"
Tucker: "I've also had Ted Cruz who defends the genocide in Gaza, and sending money to a military that murders children is a worse moral crime than saying ugly things"
KIRBY SMART ON BEING GREAT
"There's one way. The right way. The hard way. There are no shortcuts.
When the alarm goes off...if you wanna be a really good player, you're gonna get up & go to class.
You've gotta do something somebody else isn't willing to do."
~@TerryCollege
“Young people, you need to bet on yourself.
If you think you're that good, you don't need a handout. You just allow your work to speak for itself."
Do not ask to be chosen.
Work until you cannot be ignored.
"I wish that we would stop calling it old school coaching and say that's how you should coach..
Be honest and in the moment..
The way Coach McCollum coaches is real and we should like real more" ~ Coach K #PMSLive
I asked Tom Izzo about the viral clip of Charles Barkley defending his coaching style by saying people have gotten too soft.
Izzo: "Now we're supposed to just hug and kiss everybody... Accountability is going to be big until I leave."