Pointing out that the sky is blue doesn't make you a "hater." Sergio had multiple chances, and he just couldn't cut it at the NBA level. How is that even debatable?
Depends on your perspective. As compared to, say, Tony Parker, no, he didn't cut it at the NBA level. But as compared to 99.9999% of the people on earth... He made it to the NBA and played a few years. That's not a shabby achievement. I'd take his basketball career over mine. barfo
I don't expect Sergio to be back. I'm sure he'll be happier playing in Europe. He gave it a shot. That's more than anyone on this board can say. Why some people feel the need to insult the guy because he didn't make it (for more than a few years) is beyond my comprehension.
Well, as any Jr. High Science teacher will tell you, in fact THE SKY IS NOT BLUE. It only seems that way to the uninformed and ignorant.
You'd have a point if he played for free. He made $4.7 million playing a game he just isn't good at. $4.7 MILLION for Sergio Rod-freaking-riguez.
But, then, what is the definition of "blue"? If the sky is not blue, are there other things that are blue? What makes them blue that does not apply to the sky? If there are no things that are blue, then what's the point of having the word "blue", unless it is to describe things that look blue? barfo
Am I the only one who paid attention in class? http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/sky.asp The sky appears blue to us on a clear day, because the atoms of nitrogen and oxygen in the atmosphere separate the suns white light into its many colors, and scatter them throughout the atmosphere. The wavelength of the blue light scatters better than the rest, predominates over the other colors in the light spectrum, and makes the sky appear blue to us. The scientific name for this phenomenon is the Tyndall effect, more commonly known as Rayleigh scattering. This phenomenon describes the way in which light physically scatters when it passes through particles in the earths atmosphere that are 1/10th in diameter of the color of the light. The light spectrum ranges in wavelength from red to violet, and, since the wavelength of the blue light passes through the particles with greater ease than the wavelengths of the other colors of light, the sky appear blue to the naked eye. The human eye has three types of light receptors, known as cones, located in the retina. The cones are either considered to be red, or blue, or green, based upon their strong response to light at these wavelengths. As light stimulates these receptors, our vision translates the signals into the colors we see. When gazing at the sky, the red cones respond to the small amounts of red light scattered, and even less strongly to the orange and yellow wavelengths. Although green cones respond to yellow, their response to scattered green and green-blue wavelengths is stronger. Finally, colors near the strongly scattered blue wavelengths stimulate the blue receptors. In short, the skylight stimulates the red and green cones almost equally, while stimulating the blue cones more strongly. For these reasons, our vision naturally adjusts as clearly as possible to separate colors.
That's simply the explanation for why the sky is blue. The "sky is blue" is a descriptive term, and an accurate description of something perceptual like the colour blue. The sky itself being nothing more than a construct of the human mind--there's no such entity as "the sky"...it's simply what humans call the experience of looking up at the atmosphere. That construct of the human mind IS blue, because that is the colour that it appears. Space is not blue.
The Virginia Squires, high school PE league. My earnings were somewhat less than Sergio's. But of course, salaries were lower then, especially in PE class. barfo
Does anyone remember how much Raef-Freaking-LaFrenz got paid for not even stepping on the freaking court? Or how much the Blazers paid Stevie-Freaking-Francis to NOT even suit up for the Blazers? Sergio Rodriguez was certainly not overpaid by NBA standards. IMO Sergio could continue his career as a career backup in the NBA, or he could go back to Spain for more money, more glory, more playing time, and more fun. He made the right choice.
