Coach K Blasts Rose, Michigan

Let me preface my comments with this…Mike Krzyzewski is a snobbish, self-serving, condescending, self-righteous, egomaniacal, little troll. His holier than thou Duke attitude smells of jealousy and smarminess because he feels that nobody, and I mean absolutely nobody, should be talking about any other university but Duke when it comes to college basketball. And it almost seems as if he feels that Duke is THE basketball university in the NCAA and that nobody should look at his recruiting under the microscope while Jalen Rose suggests that Krzyzewski discriminates against inner city kids. It’s funny to me that Krzyzewski, who’s from Chicago which is an inner city full of basketball talent, cannot find players from his own backyard that he can recruit successfully, even missing the boat on potential NBA MVP Derrick Rose, now of the Chicago Bulls, and Juwan Howard, both from Krzyzewski’s hometown. Krzyzewski even goes so far to claim that Duke recruited Chris Webber, well I don’t hear Chris Webber coming out and backing that claim, nor do I see Krzyzewski pulling out anything showing the proof of recruitment to Chris Webber that he so “frankly” claims. What I do hear is the troll, aka Coach K, babbling out of the side of his mouth with his whiny voice and talking down the basketball program at the University of Michigan and the Fab Five’s legacy. Regardless of their inability to finish an NCAA tournament on top to close out their college careers and with the timeout that never was in 1993…sorry Chris Webber, the Fab Five’s impact on the young and old college basketball fans of all races (not just African American), is a part of history that may never repeat itself. Talent like that can’t be harvested all at once in one school so we have to appreciate it when we can, no matter the result of it.

In closing, I would like to express my sheer delight in seeing Duke get their collective asses handed to them by Arizona, thank you Wildcats! Suck on that bit of history “Coach K”!

Krzyzewski had some comments regarding Rose’s comments about Duke when he was an impressionable youngster in high school. More about the “Uncle Tom” comments than anything. To me this is nothing more than piling on. Personally I’m tired of hearing of it. What do you think Kentucky players were privately thinking before they played Texas Western back in 1965. Do you think they still harbor those same feelings? I don’t think so. Rose admitted that he said it and that’s how he thought back in 1992, when he was 18. Just because he was young doesn’t make it right, but I understand.

Here’s what the mighty Coach K had to say about Rose and Michigan.

“We were very successful against them and, to be quite frank with you, we recruited Chris Webber,” he said. “I didn’t recruit Jalen Rose because we had Grant Hill and I’m happy with that. We didn’t look at the other, Juwan Howard [because] we knew he wasn’t going to come to Duke. The other two kids we didn’t think were the caliber that could play as well as Thomas Hill and Brian Davis and Billy McCaffery. They’re good kids. They were good kids.”



“They had a heck of a run but, they didn’t leave anything, they didn’t establish anything there,” Krzyzewski said. “The guys that I had established something that Jay Williams continued to do 10 years later — the standards of what it meant to be a Duke basketball player.”

What was said there pretty much validates what Rose was saying and how he felt. At this point it’s just piling on. Where was Krzyzewski when the documentary first came out? He waits until his squad gets eliminated then he comes out and says something. How macho is that?

Of course I don’t think anyone that reads this to agree with what I said here, but it’s done and over and it’s time to put this subject to rest.
     

Austin Carr Calls Chris Bosh A "RuPaul" Look-A-Like

Cleveland Cavs announcer Austin Carr went a little overboard when assessing Chris Bosh’s appearance. During tonight’s game against the Miami Heat Carr called Bosh a RuPaul lookalike.

Yes RuPaul the well known drag queen. He must think like a few of my friends at work who think Bosh may be ‘suspect’.

Jalen Rose Arrested For DUI

Jalen Rose has been under attack ever since the ‘Fab Five’ documentary came out, but that’s another subject for another day. Now he has to fight a DUI charge from earlier this month.

Rose was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of drunken driving. Law enforcement sources say the 38-year-old former NBA star was driving along an icy roadway on March 11 when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed.

West Bloomfield Township Police Lt. Tim Diamond said Tuesday that Rose was arrested around 2 a.m. March 11. He’s accused of operating a vehicle while impaired.

Not the kind of publicity that Rose was looking for.
Mug shot courtesy of tmz.com

Brad Stevens And Shaka Smart Invited To Sing At Wrigley

The Chicago Cubs want Shaka Smart to sing at a game during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley Field. Of course he’ll be singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”.

Smart says he would take the invitation if given. Butler’s Brad Stevens has also been invited. He sang at Wrigley last year after the Bulldogs’ run to the finals last year. Both coaches are Cub fans. Smart has called Chicago a second home.

“Chicago is my favorite city in the whole country, and I’ve spent a lot of time in the city of Chicago as a kid,” Smart said. “It was kind of a second home for me.

“I’m a big Cubs fan, probably been to — conservatively — 50-60 Cubs games over the years. I once caught a Ryne Sandberg foul ball at my grandfather’s feet. So I’m a big Cubbies fan.”

Smart is a hot name in coaching circles and should capitalize on his hotness right now. Just don’t make a bad decision by taking the N.C. State job.
 

 

Dez Bryant Sued Over Jewelry Bill

Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant is having a busy offseason. First there was the incident at Northpark Mall. Deion Sanders blasted him in the media. And now he’s being sued for not paying his jewelry bill. And that’s all we know of.

Bryant has been sued by Rafaello & Co according to a report in the Dallas Morning News, for $246,000 for eight to 10 pieces of diamoned-encrusted jewelry that he ordered more than a year ago after he declared for the NFL draft.

“My client’s counsel in New York has been trying for at least six months to get him to pay,” said Mike Bowers, a lawyer with the firm of Bell Nunnally & Martin in Dallas, who is representing the jeweler. “We still would obviously like to have a satisfactory resolution to this outside of a trial.”

Of course, Bryant couldn’t be reached for comment. I guess Dez never got the memo that the “bling” era was done and over.

Bryant ran up a $267,000 bill and paid $21,000 of it. I know Deion didn’t mentor him on that.

“One was religious-type jewelry,” Bowers said. “One was his name with his area code.”

Maybe the good lord can help him in getting this matter taken care of. Clean it up Dez. Starting right now.

  

Is Kaepernick’s Arm Really This Strong?

When I saw this video I had to call b.s. on it. I know Nevada’s Colin Kaepernick has a stronger arm than I’ll ever dream of having, but to chuck it more than 200 yards across ESPN’s campus is absurd. Check out the video to see if I’m wrong for questioning this feat.

Michael Vick Ditches Another Event

It seems that every other week we hear about Michael Vick not showing up for something that honors him. Not that he has to give an explanation, because personally he doesn’t owe me anything.

WAVY-TV in Virginia reported that Vick was supposed to be the honored guest at the Southeastern Virginia Arts Association Gala. The event was held at the Half-Moon Terminal in Norfolk. Problem is Vick didn’t show.

Vick was supposed to be given an award and the association said that Vick was a hero. Don’t tell that to the people who shelled out $100 for a ticket to see the NFL star. They were so upset at Vick’s no show that they walked out and left. I would’ve been pretty pissed myself if I went there only to find out he was gonna no-show the event.

However, it’s not clear from either the WAVY report or the invitation that Vick ever did say he was going to attend this event. On this one, I’m inclined to give Vick the benefit of the doubt. So far it’s a he-say/we-say deal.

Source: ProFootballTalk.com

Quote Of The Week: Chad Ochocinco

Chad Ochocinco rating his skills during his MLS tryout in Kansas City:

“The only thing I’m probably good at is being fast as hell.”               

Sometimes that speed is called into question on the football field.          

Mo Williams Calls Derek Fisher Hines Ward Of The NBA

Call me out for this one. I guess I haven’t paid much attention to Los Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher has done over the years. He’s made big shots and has been a solid player, but I’ve never fashioned him as a dirty player.

Don’t say that to Los Angeles Clipper guard Mo Williams. After being downed by the Lakers, again, 112-104, Williams called the Laker guard the Hines Ward of the NBA.

That came about because of center Chris Kaman’s ejection with 28.8 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Kaman and Fisher collided on a screen near the three-point line, and Kaman ended up pointing angrily at Fisher, motioning for him to meet in the hallway after the game. Who does Kaman think he is Rasheed Wallace?

“There was no reason for that,” Clippers Coach Vinny Del Negro said. “Chris was just setting a good screen, a legal screen. Fisher came up high with the elbow. So the NBA will look at it, and they’ll make those decisions.”

Phil Jackson disagreed with Del Negro’s assessment of the play. “Fish doesn’t take kindly to that…” he said.

Kaman took the wise man’s way out by not talking about it at all. “I’ll get myself in trouble if I talk about it. I’d rather not do it”, Kaman said.

Williams took to the Twitter route to get his two cents in.

“If yall didn’t know, D Fish is the Hines Ward of the NBA,” wrote Williams. “I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not. But don’t let that nice guy fool u.”

I don’t think that’s a compliment. Ward was called one of the dirtiest players in the NFL.

  

Michael Beasley Shuts Down Twitter Page

Another day, another Twitter controversy. Not really a controversy, but someone backtracking on what they posted and going into denial about it.

Minnesota Timberwolves forward Michael Beasley shut down his Twitter page after re-tweeting that head coach Kurt Rambis needs to let him ‘play his game’. Message to Beasley, playing your game is why your in Minnesota and not Miami right now.

The post read, “I sure wish coach would just let @RealMIkebeasley play his game!”

After the message was out Beasley recanted and said he has no problem with Rambis. He also said the post was accidental.

“Nah, nah, nah, nah,” Beasley said. “Kurt has given me all the opportunity in the world to grow as a player, as a leader. I really don’t have anything against Kurt and my game.”

Beasley says he finished with Twitter, for now.

“I just got tired of it. Somebody said something I didn’t like. I just got rid of it. That was an accidental re-tweet,” he said. I really don’t know how to tweet well from my Blackberry. That was accidental. I didn’t agree with it at all.”

If you’re gonna deny what you say about how you feel about something, it’s best to keep it verbal or don’t say it at all. At least you can deny it when it’s verbal.