Lord, my former favorite NBA Team, the Wizards, are such a mess. Players refusing to go back into games. And just who does Andre Blatche think he is? Abe Pollin must be turning over in his grave.
In Ninth Grade, I would have killed to get that kind of run. Let's just say that I had a lot of "DNPCD"s next to my name in the scorecard that year.
Hell, in one game against (I believe) Cochran Junior High from Johnstown, Coach inserted me into the game (for the first time that game) with 2 seconds left. We were winning by 14 points :-)
I wonder what the thought process was there? For example. when we were winning by 10 with two minutes left, did Coach assess the situation and come to the conclusion that the risk was too great?
Did I bitch and moan because of this massive dis? Did I just refuse to go in the game like Andre Blatche?. Hell no, I ripped off my warmups, sprinted to the scorer's table, and checked in. Cochran had the ball at mid-court and I had single-minded purpose - I was damn sure not going to let my man get off a 14-point shot!
I was playing the 3 (small forward) then. The guy I was guarding made a hard cut to the wing, and I denied that with a perfect overplay. He must have thought I was some sort of chump because he tried to backdoor me - no dice, just like I was taught, I opened up perfectly - ball - you - man.
Dude didn't even touch the ball the rest of the game. Given it my all for dear old BG. I thnk I had to even shower after that game.
