Re: Kenyon

[Dave Malaska]

On 4/25/03 1:56 PM, "Shawn Hunter" <address@hidden> wrote:

> > The NBA is unwatchable for several reasons:
> >
> > 1) Star players getting all the calls
> > 2) 4-5 steps before travelling is called
> > 3) Isolation plays instead of team offense (24 second clock is part of the
> > problem here)
> > 4) Little to no defense
> > 5) Thug players and the whole "business" of professional sports...
>
> I told someone this morning that I *tried* to watch Kenyon last night but
> couldn't stomach the NBA and cited points 1-4 verbatim.  Kenyon makes some
> stellar defensive stands around the basket (blocked/altered shots), but too
> many times he would just stick an arm out instead of playing solid D.  It's
> not a knock on Kenyon - he's merely adapted to the NBA style.  As you said
> CD, it's simply unwatchable.
>
> Shawn
You want something to really turn your stomach on the NBA? Read Steve
Ruschin (sp?) column in SI the week after the all-star game. As some were
getting ready to go to Iraq, the NBA parties read as opulence and ignorance
central.