the team would still be boring and unwatchable with Mike Barrett and Mike Rice calling the games. Blame the right source.
We are boring to watch right now, that is for sure. However we have a new GM for the first time in nine and a half years. That could be pretty exciting. I really do think that Joe Cronin either has to relegate himself to being an assistant GM going forward or make an exciting move or moves to lift this team out of obscurity. If Joe does nothing or only pulls an Olshey deck shuffling bullshit move by the deadline then yeah we're boring for the rest of this season and will probably make the playoffs just to get swept out. I just don't think Cronin can honestly see that as an option though. He has to see this as his big shot to prove he can do what is necessary to make a team relevant in this league. A shot to go from a career underling to a guy known throughout the league as a GM to be taken seriously. So I am very bored with the product that I see on the court and almost even more bored by the idea of the product that we could see on the court very shortly that has our entire roster healthy and playing but I'm excited by the very real possibility that our roster will look extremely different in seven weeks.
Yes I do. I also remember Pete Pranica and Pat Lafferty. Doesn't mean that Mike Rice's shtick didn't get old.
Ah - so you mean "shows emotion" rather than "happy-go-lucky". I think of Brian Grant as intense rather than easy-going. Yeah, the worst offender, then, is CJ. I agree, I want somebody to be happy when things are going well and ready to fight when needs be. Magic, for all his faults, and for all his whining about calls (he may have been the greatest of all complainers) genuinely played with joy. More of that, please.
Yes, maybe so. I think Dame being a continual sourpuss is showing emotion - it's just that my perception of his emotional state doesn't match my perception of his reality. Maybe he's sometimes smiling on the inside, I don't know. And yes, even though I was no fan of Magic because he was a Laker, he did seem to enjoy the game. Same for Shaq, for that matter. barfo
I am so glad somebody finally said this. I mention this to my pals and they think I'm nuts. "Gotta love Dame!" He's just so much into the thuglife mentality imo. It's how he grew up, I get it, but damn...smile sometimes bro!
I've thought that too. That is what is fun about Nas....he smiles, sometimes erupting in passion and energy. Of course, it is because he is young, but I still see that joy in the aforementioned Curry. CJ will smile at times, so will Nurk, but Dame comes across like he is not very happy on the court. It's not that he doesn't love the game, because you don't put that much work and effort in to something you don't love. It just doesn't come out in a joyous manner on the court.
Honestly, I think Rasheed Wallace fits the bill the best. Because of all his technicals and arguing, and the way he left the team, I think people's perception of his "mood" was angry and/or apathetic, but I think until near the end, Wallace expressed a lot of joy when things were going well and, yes, was stormy when things didn't go his way. He was basically an open book emotionally, but I always thought of him as an extremely expressive star. Rather like Kevin Garnett in that way.
He's been like that his entire career. Not everyone smiles when they are doing something they love. They are concentrating. People concentrate differently, too. Watch drummers. They are up there doing what they love. Some are smiling, some are not. But its joy all the way around. Just shown differently. When dame hits big shots he doesn't smile but I bet if you asked him in a candid moment he was overcome with emotion. Remember after the Denver playoff series the emotion he had coming off the court? Different than most. Not everyone shows their emotions on their sleeves. Both are justified and okay and doesn't mean one cares more or one is not happy.
I would submit Dame shows emotion. It's just that it is usually the mean mug, his bottom lip out, and acting like he is mad at anyone and everyone. Not saying that is right, wrong, or otherwise, just that is the way it is. Instead of smiling and being elated and running to your team, he iswaving off the other team with a 'how dare you' look on his face, or the mean mug while everyone else is jumping up and down. Fair?
I don't understand why it feels this is a slight on dame, then? In your original post it felt like a slight towards him because he's not "Happy" on the court and that is somehow a negative towards dame. Lol. That's where my confusion lies now.
