Thank you, Minstrel. I was wondering if I was the only one disturbed by this. The article was interesting, light-years ahead of the usual Crapanzo bs. And most of it unobejctionable, the information on Wesley's relations with parents, draft night, past coaches, etc. But someone who would commit a near-assault after losing a friendly card game, and then the winner apologizes? That is uncomfortably close to Cheney shooting a friend in the face and the friend apolgizes. I suppose every athlete (and non-athlete) has occasionally kicked a wall or knocked over a pile of towels or somesuch, but someone who does this every time he (or she) is upset or frustrated does have issues. People who constantly knock holes in walls all too often "graduate" into knocking about spouses, children, animals, others. I'm not saying Wesley is doing this, I've heard no reports he is, but he's a grown man, he does need to learn some control over his temper. And I say this is someone whose temper has gotten me into trouble, although I have never been physically violent. Better to take control now than after you hurt someone or damage your career. If there were reports he was uncontrollable when upset, could this be why he went undrafted? Just wondering. True, that turned out to be Portland's gain, I just don't want it to be Wesley's loss.
It was obvious sarcasm from Patty. Did you notice his reply? "I apologized...for winning." There is more praise than angry issues in the article, so I wouldn't be too alarmed and worried about any future troubles.
Don't you think you might be reading into this a bit too much? He wasn't drafted because he was viewed as a hustle player with some major flaws in his game. He's not a great ball handler, he can't create his own shot, and he was 28%, 31%, 36% (respectively) from the COLLEGE 3 point line his last 3 seasons - not exactly a sharp shooter. He is a classic overachiever. He shouldn't be this good, but because of hard work and determination his is. I'm not worried that Wesley has a chip on his shoulder. If he didn't have it, he wouldn't be in the league.
His play last night was puzzling, to say the least. All he did was throw it in to Aldridge over and over.
It almost makes you wonder if he and the others were instructed to do that. I swear our coach can't get out of his own way
I think a lot of NBA players have issues to some extent or another. If what makes Wes so competitive also has a side effect of outburst of anger . . . well I would rather he keep his competitive nature than have him resolve his ager issues.
You're accurate, only because even one ever is too often. But really? Is it all battered wives and kids when you look at us?
This is how I read your post: "He better get his anger under control because it's walls now, but eventually, he'll probably hit his wife. Guys like this tend to do that."
500 years of crime statistics pivoted by gender would agree with her, too. I was just getting snippy. I take back my insinuation.
I don't think she thinks that. But I think that it's a valid point that celebrating, as a society, greater aggression and even anger in men is one factor that leads to the much more vast number of cases of male crimes of aggression, as compared with cases of female crimes of aggression.
If the manhaters ever succeed in eliminating aggression and assertiveness, they will not only eliminate elite sports, they'll bring all human progress to a crushing halt. 40 years ago, the Left was aggressive and making itself heard. By 30 years ago, that was all over, replaced by narcissistic talk like this. Top pro athletes are a different breed. Imposing little-girl rules on them may succeed in putting them all into jail, but it will also turn pro sports into YMCA scrimmages.
