Thursday, November 5, 2009

There's No Crying in Basketball




There has been a catastrophic outbreak of bitch assness in the NBA over the past few years. For those of you who aren't familiar with the term, it is essentially when a person whines or throws a fit like a little girl. This is not a characteristic that would be expected in a group of six foot six grown men. Well that is not the case. In the past ten years arguing over calls has become a huge part of the game. After every call (or "missed call") there is someone in the ref's face holding their palms to the sky with a facial expression similar to that of a person who smells four day old cabbage. Players have gotten increasingly creative over the years with their reactions to what they deem to be bad calls. Some take spontaneous jogs down the court to blow off steam. Some say, "Good call ref," when they really mean, "If we weren't on national TV right now I would punch you in the face." Some even laugh. My personal favorite is the sarcastic head nod. It's the most suddle way of saying F You without getting T'd up. Why is it that no one ever thinks that they committed a foul. You get six of them. It's okay to get one. On the flip side of that, practically every time a player drives they want a foul. Basketball is meant to be a physical game. If you don't want to get hit, play golf. That's the craziest thing. Players act like they've never fouled anyone in their lives, but feel like they get hacked every time down the court. What I'm basically trying to say is that these guys need to stop all of the crying and just play ball.

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