The Finger Wag – Athletes using Twitter and Social Media to their Disadvantage

jtthekid

(Jason Thompson)

RT @I_AM_SMUT: Maaaa niggg!!! Thanks for the sound bite nate. LOL On 2:55 AM Jun 7th 2010 from UberTwitter

Thank you indeed Nate.

Rajon Rondo of the Celtics goes for a triple-double of 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a huge win over the Lakers last night. The series is now tied 1-1 going into three straight games in Boston. The real question is who does this favor? The argument can be made for either team.

One could say the Celtics have the advantage because they can win the next 3 at home and clinch the series without ever having to see the Staples Center.

However, that would assume the Lakers will lose three games in a row. It would be a huge feat for the Celtics to accomplish that. Assuming the Lakers get one of those three games then the Celtics would have to win in LA because the series ends with games 6 and 7 on the west coast.

I really dislike the NBA changing the finals around.

Happy Monday Everybody, hope you enjoyed the weekend.

DickieV

(Dick Vitale)

just thinking out loud-Who would u want to be your pg Rondo (Celtics) ex Kentucky star or #1 NBA choice John Wall? On 3:12 AM May 10th 2010 from mobile web

Now I respect Dickie V and what he has done for college hoops. I also respect that is basically an ambassador for the game and tries to promote it whenever he can. That being said, this is just silly.

Dickie was on Mike and Mike saying John Wall, in his opinion, has what it takes to be an all time great point guard in the NBA.

Let’s review a list of all-time great point guards, picked by ESPN:

Magic Johnson
Oscar Robertson
Isaiah Thomas
John Stockton
Bob Cousy
Walt Frazier
Jason Kidd
Tiny Archibald
Steve Nash
Gary Payton

Now, that’s some good players there. Here is the question though how many championships between those guys?

17

17 World Titles between the best 10 point guards of all time. The
average is less than two per. Now let’s take out the number one best of the current three-point era of the NBA and the number one best of the non-three point era – Magic and Bob Cousy.

6

Now we are down to six titles between 8 of the very best 10 guys to
ever play the position in the history of the game.

My point here is, the difference between Jason Kidd and BJ Armstrong is that BJ Armstrong is an NBA Champion while Jason Kidd is not. It’s not that BJ Armstrong is any better than Kidd, in fact he much worse, the fact of the matter is that point guards don’t make a tremendous difference on your ability to win a championship. Playoffs? Sure, they can get a team there. The issue at point here is the all important ring and unless a guy is going to be Magic Johnson you shouldn’t risk your franchise in order to get or keep them. In fact, I would argue paying a max contract for a point guard does nothing more than hurt your team in having money to get a second tier guy to work with them.

All this being said, you have a proven point guard at a relatively low price for the next few years thanks to the extension. You should never, under any circumstances trade him for an unproven (at the NBA level) talent, unless you know 100% this guy is the next Magic Johnson. On that note, even Magic Johnson couldn’t win Boston a title next year when Pierce, Allen and Doc Rivers leave town.