My grandpa once said…
“Hip Hop is not my thing. But don’t you let them people do to your Hip Hop what they did to my Jazz.”
And I think about that often.
Patrick Mahomes retires today he’s the best I’ve ever seen, & there’s no conversation. He goes into the Hall with no vote. It’s almost become laughable. We should probably stop critiquing regular season woes and struggles. Just wait until Championship weekend & watch then.
For the Kobe haters out there: If Michael Jordan is indeed the gold standard, how is the closest player to ever get to him not #2 all time, or at least in the conversation? Actually think about that. If Jordan is the perfect basketball player, wouldn't the closet thing to the perfect basketball player be the next perfect basketball player?
There's a valid argument to be made that Kobe was more skilled than Jordan, just not quite as athletic. Even if you don't believe that Kobe played against better competition, their true shooting percentages were less than 2% apart. The real only difference between their scoring average was the amount of shots Jordan took over Kobe. If you look at the average shooting percentage of their peers, neither player was that far ahead. Kobe's shooting percentage was actually higher than Ray Allen's and I've never heard a single person say Ray was an inefficient chucker. You could try to make the claim that Kobe couldn't take the amount of shots Jordan did, unless you've already said Kobe was a chucker. 😉
Just something to think about ♾
DeMar DeRozan is signing a new four-year deal to stay with Nike, per @ShamsCharania
He’ll continue being the ‘featured face’ of the Nike Kobe line @brkicks