I agree, I think it'll be tough as hell without Drew but we have as good a shot as anyone. C's have a tougher road too.
man, I can't count the number of Lakers fans at PSU that laughed in my face when Oden went down. For that reason, I couldn't care less.
So because a few Laker fans behaved really poorly, we should behave just like them? I don't think so. I hope for much more from our fans.
Karma doesn't care if the shot was cheap or not. If you hurt another person because of your actions, regardless of reason, karma is probably in effect. Too bad for Bynam. At least now the lakers suck more.
Bynum also hurt Oden earlier in the year by tearing him down...reason he rolled his ankle. Not that that, or the assault of Wallace, was the reason he got hurt. Just an unfortunate incident.
The whole 'never wish injury upon an opponent' thing is bull You always hear that, as fans, you should never wish an injury upon an opponent. Well, I'm here to say... screw that! There's a clear line, career ending.... major injuries that don't end a career but majorly alter it... stuff like that. But as a fan of a team, if a good player of a rival gets injured, and I know they will recover from it just fine, be it 2 weeks or next season, why would I not be happy? Because you want to beat them at their best? Screw that. Let me put it this way... Would you rather beat your most hatred rival in the final, without their best player.... or lose to them with their best player? Everything about sports in America is win, win, win. I will take wins anyway I can and smile all the way to the end.
It's about excuses. The reason people want to play a healthy opponent is because they want to eliminate all the excuses when they win. The problem is opposing fans ALWAYS make excuses for why their teams lose. You don't actually root for an opponent to get injured for karmic reasons, but you're not exactly sad about it.
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I think there's also a difference between a testosterone-infused eff-you teenager-level take on life, and a more mellow, "in the grand scheme of things we're talking about a game and the men who play it" respect level. A difference b/w "win at all costs, including wishing harm on a guy playing a game who wears different laundry than you", and treating others with a bit of dignity. By and large (generalization alert), most people today don't pick that up growing up, or they do and think it doesn't apply on an anonymous internet forum.. I mean, say what you want about K*be b/c he's a polarizing figure, both on the court and in his personal life. I can think of nothing that Andrew Bynum has done to have that level of vitriol spewed his way. Wishing an injury on a guy? Wow. /soapbox
Nor am I saying you should wish injury on other players but if an injury happens to a player of a rivaled team, do I feel sad about it? No, but we are forced to put on fronts in society, saying I wish him well, even though we may think the exact opposite. Nothing but falsehoods. I laugh at dignity.
I don't understand the logic to this post. If everything in sports is win, win, win, and you will take wins anyay you can and smile all the way to the end . . then why are career ending injuries different? What about career altering injuries? So some injuries you are happy about but others you are not? Personally, from the perspective of going through a major injury, I hate to see them happen to players . . . on good teams and bad teams.
