One and done should be one and done
There has been all kinds of talk about the NBA’s one and done rule. The rule states a player must go to college for at least one year to be eligible for the draft.
College coaches and several analysts have problems with the one and done. Oklahoma’s Head Coach Jeff Capel said it was a bad rule because it makes a mockery out of the education system. A “student-athlete” attends college to be the athlete not the student. Dick Vitale said the players not participating in their education, whether skipping classes or not getting good grades, hurts the education system at the universities. Vitale said players should not be made to go to school if they are not going to go anyway.
Others say special talents like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James or Kevin Garnett shouldn’t have to waste their time going to college when they are already a NBA star before they sign a contract.
The one and done rule should be left alone. This should be the one age requirement stipulation the NBA ever has.
Bulls could use a big man/ Big Z needs a job
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, “Big Z”, is officially a free agent. The Washington Wizards, who picked him up in a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers shortly before the deadline, bought out his $11.5 million contract and then released him.
Big Z can not go back to the Cavaliers for 30 days but could be picked up by any team immediately with a prorated share of the veteran’s minimum. He is still valuable and could help teams make the playoffs or into later rounds.
He is a solid veteran big man. The Cavaliers were his team before Lebron James dropped in the team’s lap. Besides having knee problems in his first couple of seasons, his numbers are very consistent. He was only a few rebounds away from averaging a double-double for a season multiple times in his 10 years on the team. A couple years ago, he was the only respectable center in the eastern conference.
Agent Idiot
Gilbert Arenas has lived up to both parts of his league nick name, Agent 0. Instead of being the type of agent needed to help his team win, he decided to bring four guns into an NBA locker room to settle a gambling debts.
0 is the number of games Arenas will be playing for the rest of the year. 0 is also the number of games he will dress as a Washington Wizard. He should be renamed Agent Idiot.
To most people the Arenas story is old news by now. The NBA can’t let this issue die. This is more than a player, this is the history and outlook of the world wide National Basketball Association.
5-5 to start 2010
With the loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday, the Chicago Bulls register a 5-5 record for the new year and the new decade and 18-22 for the season.
There are pluses and minuses comparing the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010.
A quick and well known minus, Vinny Del Negro could lose his job at any minute. Some of the following may not be on the shoulders of Del Negro. On the other hand, if it isn’t, it is his job as the head coach to find and right the problem.
The 2000-2009 Running of the Chicago Bulls
The decade began with the Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf trying to replace the championship roster he had in the 90’s. We know the story. Michael Jordan retired, then un-retired for a year or two for a season with the Washington Wizzards . Phil Jackson left for the Los Angeles Lakers, where he three-peats to start the decade. Scottie Pippen was traded to the Houston Rockets and Dennis Rodman went completely over the edge.
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