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June 18, 2004
Rats Desert Sinking Ship
I've said that there are three groups I want to see go down in flames this calendar year. One down, two more to go.
And now things are falling apart in La La Land. Yoda's fleeing the building before the crap really hits the fan; fitting, since we all saw what happens when the greatest coach of all time actually has to break a sweat coaching.
(And just for the record, can we bury the "Phil Jackson is the greatest coach of all time" argument? Unless someone out there has evidence of a Red-Auerbach-coached team that came into a series the unanimous favorite and then had its collective heart ripped out, thrown on the floor, and stomped on, that is.)
And Shaq wants a trade. And Kobe wants out of LA, though presumably not in favor of a mandatory 10-year contract to play ball in western Colorado. And carpetbagging "stars" Gary Payton (who in 14 seasons has one less ring than rookie Darko Milicic) and Karl Malone (ditto, in 19 seasons) are going to be left floundering.
It was painful to see the Celtics drop out of glory in the early 90's - though to be fair, two of their superstars were physically unable to play anymore and one died - but the mass exodus from Chicago in '98, and the current hit-the-lifeboats mentality in LA, mollify me somewhat.
But won't somebody please think of the celebrity hangers-on? Where do they go? Here?
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Comments
Good comments.
Phil is a front-runner. Probably wants to see where Shaq winds up before "deciding" on his next gig.
Posted by: Vin | June 19, 2004 08:39 PM
i think Phil is waiting to see if the Harlem Globetrotter's gig is open cuz they play that demanding schedule year after year.
Posted by: edved | June 21, 2004 12:16 AM
I checked with group number two. They said they're not going to go down. I guess you've always got next year. And I mean always.
Posted by: Pete | June 21, 2004 04:50 PM
