The great (leadership) debate
Don't let the turtleneck sweater fool you. John Shaft is a bad man!
MIAMI - Long after his Miami Heat had finished wiping the AmericanAirlines Arena floor with the Hawks Saturday night, Dwyane Wade said something that crystalized the difference between these two playoff combatants.
Asked about the leadership he provides for his team, the Heat superstar described his evolution as a team leader so perfectly, it almost sounded as if a Hollywood script writer had penned the response for him.
“One thing about being a leader is that it’s 24/7, 365 days a year,” Wade said. “It never stops. I was very disappointed with myself in Game 1. I was quiet, and that is not what my team needs. In Game 2 and Game 3 I took it upon myself to make sure that my voice is heard. To drive the points the coaches made and make sure they hear it again before they get on the court.”
You won’t hear anything resembling that from the Hawks. They don’t have a vocal leader in the mold of Wade (they don’t have a player with game like Wade’s either, but we all knew that going into this series). So their won’t be anyone rescuing the Hawks from themselves between now and the start of Monday night’s epically important Game 4 (a third straight loss by the Hawks spells almost certain doom in this series).
All those cliches about leaders being born and not bred don’t register in this case. Leaders emerge in times like this. Leaders rise to the occasion and impose their will in times like this. Leaders of men and leading men are two distinctly different beings in the NBA landscape and beyond.
Wade’s both a leader of men and a leading man. He’s John Shaft (talk about a leader of men and a leading man) in a pair of funky looking shoes and without the sideburns. There are a handful of Shafts in the NBA these days (Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, DWade, Chauncey Billups and Paul Pierce come to mind with others floating in and out of the Shaftosphere). The mettle required of your team leader in the playoffs isn’t hard to spot. And Hawks’ captain and All-Star Joe Johnson has yet to show if he has it in him in this series.
The contrast between his demeanor Sunday and that of Wade over the past few days was striking. Wade vowed to revive his crew after that humiliating, 26-point loss in Game 1 and has done exactly that with two backbreaking efforts since then. Johnson didn’t sound a similar alarm Sunday when asked if he was ready to do it himself, speaking in terms of “we” and “us” when it’s clear that he has to pick up the mantle and carry his team back to even in this series.
“We’ve just got to grow up, man,” Johnson said, his voice trailing off with every word. “We hit a little adversity and now it’s as if we’re out of it. But we have to think positive the rest of the way. You’ve just got to believe. And we have to put it in the guys who have never been in this situation and we have to make them believe we can do this. We have to keep talking to them and keep putting confidence into them.”
The words are fine, but in the playoffs a man can only be judged by his actions.
Two of these guys will face off in the next round and the third will get to watch it from home.
AND NOW, A MOMENT OF SILENCE for the Detroit Pistons.
James and his Cavaliers tossed the last shovel of dirt on a deceased Eastern Conference behemoth Sunday afternoon at the Palace of Auburn Hills, sweeping the Pistons out of the playoffs in four games.
It’s only fitting that the Cavaliers did the honors, seeing as how they were the first team expose the flaws of the once-mighty Pistons (in the Eastern Conference finals a couple years ago). The interesting thing going forward is what direction the Pistons go with their rebuilding project.
They’ll have plenty of cap space now that the Allen Iverson deal/fiasco is finally over. I suspect Pistons boss Joe Dumars has a plan mapped out already, and there’s no doubt it includes some big names (wish I knew which ones).
It’s certainly going to make this summer a bit more intriguing come July 1, when free agency begins. It’s supposed to be a sleepy summer with everyone waiting on the 2010 free agent crop. But why wait when you can make a splash now?
THE MORNING AFTER GOING DOWN 2-1 IN A PLAYOFF SERIES might seem like an odd time to have a players’ only team meeting, but Hawks coach Mike Woodson gave the session his blessing after the Hawks’ Sunday practice.
”They’ll meet today and try to figure out some things amongst them,” Woodson said. “For me, from a coaching standpoint, this is not the time for me to scream and yell and curse guys out. We’re right where we need to be. We just have to figure out [Monday] night’s game.”
Secret meetings? Josh Smith and the Hawks are pulling out all the stops to get back into this series.
Johnson didn’t give up the particulars of the time or place and barely acknowledged that any meeting would be taking place. Sorting out whatever internal issues they need to before Game 4 is an excellent idea. Because if it’s going to take a secret meeting to get the Hawks back to playing like they did in Game 1, so be it (no one wants to see one-sided blowouts in the playoffs, well I don’t).
”We beat them pretty bad in Game 1, and they beat us pretty bad in Game 3,” Josh Smith said Sunday. So we’re even. We just have to look at ourselves as individuals and as teammates and come together with a solution. There has to be a philosophy where we have each other’s back. In Game 2 it was a hostile environment in Atlanta, it was just them and the crowd. They played together and everything clicked. They had fun. We have to do the same thing.
”Our backs are against the wall. What are we made of? Are we going to fold and let them win, or do we step up and show them this is going to be a series and turn it around?
WOODSON WAS IN FULL SPIN MODE Sunday, casting the Heat as the veteran crew with all the playoff seasoning and his bunch (everyone knows the Hawks are youngest team in the Eastern Conference postseason field) as the “underdogs” according to my man Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel.
When asked about the Heat’s supporting cast Woodson said, “When you have O’Neal, who has been a six or seven-time All-Star, and [Udonis] Haslem who has played championship basketball, they have veteran guys who have been through the battles. My guys haven’t been battle tested. This is something new for our team. When I came into the series I thought we could make it to the next round. I want them to think that too. This series is a long way from being over if we take care of business tomorrow.”
Are you buying what Mike Woodson is selling?
If this was some master media stroke to ease the pressure on his team, consider that mission accomplished. But it didn’t look that way to me. I honestly didn’t hear it that way. Woodson’s comments on how his team would bounce back against the Heat seemed far more interesting to anyway.
”Our team has been committed all year long, so I’m not ready to put them out to pasture so fast,” he said.” They have been committed. We’ve had some tough times and some tough games, stretches where we didn’t play well. And we bounced back. We haven’t played well the past few games. We have to find what we’re made of. Until we’re eliminated I’m going to keep fighting and I’m going to push them to keep fighting.
”Again, when we won the first game, I’m sure they were down after that. They had to be thinking we had to win three more to get to the next round. I’m thinking the same thing. I have to get these guys thinking the right way. The last two games, we’ve been kind of punched out a little bit. We have to rebound.”
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Blast
April 27th, 2009
12:49 pm
Hawks stinking up the joint really bad right now. Game 3 was shamefull, worse than game 2. I could not stomach watching it till the end, so savage was the massacre. Hawks do this to us every time, take us up on a high, then drop us down on a low. If or when they get knocked out of the 1st round, Woody’s head should be the first to roll.
Hawks don’t win tonite and the series is over. Hawks have allowed Heat fans to come to this blog and punk us, and given more fodder to the TNT studio crew that already hates on us to feed on. Thanks very much Atlanta Hawks.
Still love the team, but hating the funk they are in now. It’s one thing to lose a playoff game, but another to get blown out on national tv.
Once Hawks gets knocked out, who we fans going to be rooting for? Personally, my allegiance will switch to Chicago and Cleveland. Love how the Bulls are playing the champs. Those boys got heart, something I think Hawks lost after Game 1. Guess the NBA will get its dream matchup. Clevaland versus Heat in the second round.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
12:49 pm
dan i never said we were bball town that belong to dolphins, was thinking ppl you were hanging out with were heat fans. but if you put a team with the chance to win we will show up might be late but we will attend and dress accordingly
SouthAfrican09
April 27th, 2009
12:50 pm
vava74: strong words, my brother
1) Where is this hard foul everyone talks about? We are a SOFT basketball team–a team coached by a top student of the legendary Larry Brown
2) Expect more Josh Smith trash tonight–out-of-control post moves, bricked layups, but most importantly he will complain to the refs on EVERY SINGLE NO-CALL
3) We have no post presence. Horford gets the ball so little that he shoots every time he gets it
HOW TO WIN TONIGHT:
SWITCH ON EVERY PLAY
PUT SMOOVE’S LENGTH ON J’ONEAL.
LET JOE STAY ON WADE. WADE DOES NOT SCORE WITH JOE ON HIM (I I THINK).
NO DOUBLE-TEAMING
RUN MORE OFFENSIVE SEQUENCES.
The one good thing about Chillz is he f’ing cut to the basket. No one on this team does this. If Joe and Flip are in at the same time, there is no ball movement. Same with Bib
Reality
April 27th, 2009
12:51 pm
Hey vava74,
2 questions:
1. Did the NBA hire a 3pt shooting coach for Wade for the playoffs?
2. Did the NBA secretly pay Joe Johnson to grow a vagina?
Teh Refs!! Teh NBA!!! Conspiracy Theories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
12:53 pm
blame jordan for the way ref call games not wade i wish LEN BIAS would’ve been alive to battle jordan b/c he owned him at maryland
doc
April 27th, 2009
12:55 pm
look one win fixes this and changes the complexion completely. wont count the guys out until they cant muster up a win on the road. i know it is a tall order but these guys have gotten up off the floor before.
if not then we begin to hash it out. it usually isnt a direct line going up for most doing it the ay the hawks have. too many examples otherwise.
O'brien
April 27th, 2009
12:55 pm
Two examples of Woody ignoring his assistants.
1) Last year, he said he ignored his assistants’ plea to play the bench more.
2) At halftime (I think it was game 2), he said there was a raging debate about double teaming Wade, and he made the decision that he was not going to.
Woody always makes excuses. Last year playoffs, before a game in Boston, he said everybody wants to talk about the Hawks like they’re so good (because they won games 3 and 4), but he said we’re not, and we’re still young. And now he wants to talk about our guys not being battle tested? Whose fault is that?
Think about this. Acie Law has been on 2 playoff teams, but has Acie Law really played in the playoffs? What about Mario? Or Solo? How guys get battle tested is if they get PT when it counts. And Woody has failed miserably.
My only concern is that if the Hawks come back and win this series, Woody will be back next year, with more excuses, no offensive system, JJ still top 2 or 3 in minutes played, and no bench.
Ray, you must be popular, because there always seems to be someone on here trying to be you.
Zack
April 27th, 2009
12:55 pm
Dont get me wrong here the hawks did get smoked in game 2 and 3. there are positives to take from those games tho… especially game 3 when we played d and got some fast break buckets. If we can do that successfully we can win the series but i sure hope woody is gone sometimes soon
Reality
April 27th, 2009
12:57 pm
Blast, there you are.
Remember after game 1 you told me I was delusional for even thinking the Heat had a chance to win?
Haha, I had to man, sorry. Well, I certainly won’t say the Hawks don’t have a chance, because they do, even though things do not look good for them. I believe the Heat figured them out after Game 2’s victory and there’s no reason why they shouldn’t continue controlling the series.
Anything can happen, but I expect the crowd to be crazy and for the Heat to come out with lots of energy looking for that early knockout punch once again.
Watch for Beasley to finally break out.
Hawks73
April 27th, 2009
12:58 pm
WOODSON WAS IN FULL SPIN MODE Sunday, casting the Heat as the veteran crew with all the playoff seasoning and his bunch (everyone knows the Hawks are youngest team in the Eastern Conference postseason field) as the “underdogs” according to my man Ira Winderman of the Sun-Sentinel.
When asked about the Heat’s supporting cast Woodson said, “When you have O’Neal, who has been a six or seven-time All-Star, and [Udonis] Haslem who has played championship basketball, they have veteran guys who have been through the battles. My guys haven’t been battle tested. This is something new for our team. When I came into the series I thought we could make it to the next round. I want them to think that too. This series is a long way from being over if we take care of business tomorrow.”
I have stated all along that Woodson will never accept the blame for his teams poor performance(s). He is obviously very poor at making adjustments and his lack of bench development (and NO OFFENSIVE sets) have crippled this team. I don’t see how the Hawks will progress with him at the helm…even if they comeback and win this series.
Nookah
April 27th, 2009
1:00 pm
vava74, you’re on point. The NBA want’s no part of the Hawks playing in the 2nd round. I’ts all about what will sell the NBA, and we know it certyainly won’t be JJ-Lebron.
Go Hawks anyway!!!!
Nuff respect everytime!!!!
Reality
April 27th, 2009
1:02 pm
It does not matter what the NBA “wants”. Stop and think about what you’re saying? This isn’t the WWE, but I understand that when fans are down they do look for excuses….
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:08 pm
hawks 73 ,if you think about it we do have more playoff exp. We have five player with at least 300 gms of playoff action. WADE HASLEM J.ONEAL JAMES JONES, AND MAGLOIRE, WOODROW has been keepin it real(no pun intended, syke)
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:10 pm
HOW CAN YOU DEMAND COACH TO ACCEPT BLAME WHEN THE PLAYERS THEMSELVES ARE PASSING IT AROUND!!! GO FIGURE
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:10 pm
AND WHO WOULD YOU REPLACE WOODY WITH PLZ TELL
O'brien
April 27th, 2009
1:11 pm
Another thing that concerns me is the fact that we need a players only meeting…in the playoffs! Are you kidding me? We’re not motivated enough, or coached up enough, (or yelled at enough by coaches/team leaders) where we play with intensity?
JJ has been to the playoffs with Phoenix and the Hawks, Flip has been there before, Mo Evans has been there before, Bibby made it to the conference finals. And we still need a players only meeting?
Even if the Hawks win tonight, the issues are still there. We struggle on the road, have no offensive system, no consistency, an underdeveloped bench, and a head coach with limited capabilities. Winning might make us forget about it, but sooner or later, it will rear it’s ugly head again.
RickNole
April 27th, 2009
1:18 pm
Al, my post were not racist at all because I happen to be black. Just because I chose to become educated and can form a proper sentence does not make me a racist. I simply pointed out that you lose all credibility when talking smack on an opposing teams blog without using proper english.
To insinuate that I am afraid to walk though those neighborhoods shows that you really dont know me. The only reason I know those neighborhoods is because alot of my friends are from that area.
dmortone
April 27th, 2009
1:18 pm
I’d replace Woody with any coach who understands what the word “offense” is. And whose defensive gameplan consists of more than just switch on every screen.
I just read at Hawkssquawk that T-Moore says Woody’s staying.
“Terrance Moore on Sportszone said that he has spoken to someone in control of the situation and they told him that Woody is here regardless if the Hawks win or lose this series. Terrence also said that the Hawks are through in this series. Terrence’s final article for the AJC is Tuesday. He is leaving after 25 years to go write nationally for AOL. I’ve never really been that big of a fan so i’m kinda ho hum about it. Guy has got connections though so his statements on Woody may be correct. I hope he’s wrong though.”
So two more blowouts and we get another year of Woody as a consolation prize. I love our ownership situation.
hawkzzz
April 27th, 2009
1:21 pm
@WHO DIED…?
avery johnson would be a nice one. a tough minded coach that has a good offensive system
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:21 pm
MAYBE NO ONE WANTS THE JOB!!! THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MINUTE
dap01
April 27th, 2009
1:22 pm
I can’t take another year of Woody. But I will admit that he is a master of offensive plays, he is great at in game adjustments. And isn’t his presence on the bench inspiring.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:22 pm
ITS HARD TO CRITICIZE TEAM AND THEN BECOME COACH OF THE TEAM WITHOUT MAJOR CHANGES
Anonymous
April 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
I’m sick of Heat fans on here … i only want to hear Hawks talk, not Heat fans biased opinions. This is a Hawks Blog, not a Miami Heat blog. Who Died … if you represent the typical Heat fan, you are the most uneducated basketball fan i’ve ever seen …
bigdave
April 27th, 2009
1:24 pm
Cheeks…
cornerstones
April 27th, 2009
1:25 pm
The Hawks have never had a motion offense. They wait for Joe Johnson to pull a rabbit out of a hat far too many times. It’s a one and gun offense and that’s why they lose as much as they win.
I wish Mike Woodson would team up with Utah’s assistant coach for help with the offense; then perhaps the Hawks would be worth my time. As it is now, they specialize in the word “potential”, which is sad.
Nookah
April 27th, 2009
1:30 pm
Anonymous, open your mind. This blog should allow all views, even if they support other teams.
What really matters is what happens on the court. Ain’t no thing, we can all get along, even if we have different opinions.
Go Hawks!!!
Nuff respect everytime!!!
crystal
April 27th, 2009
1:31 pm
Hawks if u just win 2nite and win the series we will all shutup!! Joe as much as I love u baby u gotta have one of those special games again I Know u can do it. LETS GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Westurd
April 27th, 2009
1:40 pm
One commonatily us HAWKS fans see every season is “excuses.”
I’m behind the HAWKS 100% but the excuses have got to stop. Own up to your lack of heart and poor playing and F-ing do something about it instead of whining everytime a mic is put infront of you.
GET IT DONE HAWKS>>>>!
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:40 pm
and if you a hawk fan no wonder you a loser anonymous,b/c everything i said i’ve only hear hawk fan cry about same thing, joe is no superstar,athlete dont win titles,TEAMS do,you have no bench but before series that’s all i heard flip speedy mo evans zaza west like they are animals. it would be easier to find waldo than a stud on hawks roster,and your starting 5 is suspect so what part of that cant you interped. and if heat fans werent here this would be a bunch of lies being told to you. trust me i dont have to say nothing all of you are making my points valid jus go from the beginning and work your way back to this point to understand what i’m talking about
Westurd
April 27th, 2009
1:43 pm
The HAWKS have to be one of the most frustrating teams to follow. At least during their 13 win season you could see there was something missing. Now its as if we have the pieces in place, we beat the best teams out there, yet we can still show up on for a game an loose by 30. Man, you HAWKS frustrate me!
…..alright, got that out my system and ready to get behind you again tonight…….Show us fans some love already! ! !
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:45 pm
thx NOOKAH, its all about hyping your team not a grammer test, when someone make statement like that, they have nothing to bring to the table, to be honest i graduate 20 yrs ago and how often do a person rite on average, so just maybe i need to get in the gym and work on my typing and spelling
Fire Woodson
April 27th, 2009
1:46 pm
Please God Fire Woodson, or demote his to an assistance coach so he can learn how to coach NOT JUST BASKETBALL BUT HIS PLAYERS also. THE ATLANTA HAWKS DO NO PLAY FOR WOODSON. Woodson is not reaching the players, Josh Smith needs to stop shooting jumpers and stay is i’m in the club everynite instead of the gym, overated, butt in the paint. Joe Johnson needs to step up too.
SWAT Native
April 27th, 2009
1:46 pm
Sekou is right – it’s time for Joe to step up. Joe came to Atlanta because he wanted to be “the man” and he got the big contract to go along with it. And, although it wasn’t his fault, getting him here really tore the Hawks franchise apart – the owners are still fighting in court. Tonight is where Joe needs to show why he was worth it. I keep seeing the commercial where puts Powe on his back with a crossover and drops a 3-pointer on him. We need to see that Joe Johnson tonight.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:48 pm
teh
hawks owner are idiots
April 27th, 2009
1:50 pm
Hawks Owner are idiots, and care very little about there investment or winning. Hawks have no half court offense, my son’s college teams have more ball movement and post play than the one-on-one offense the hawks run. And i also agree we need to Fire Woodson, that may be mean since he has a family, is it possible to trade him?
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
1:53 pm
the difference in that coomercial and now is, NO ONE IS FALLING DOWN
freshd
April 27th, 2009
1:54 pm
The odds are not good for the hawks winning tonight. Dating back to 1997, the hawks have lost 11 road playoff games in a row, and in the last 2 years they have been blown out by at least 20 points against BOSTON and MIAMI.
darrell starks
April 27th, 2009
1:55 pm
CAN anyone name me a NBA TEAM that won the NBA championship with a 8 man rotation or less?
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
darrell starks
April 27th, 2009
1:59 pm
IF WE DONT WIN THIS SERIES WOODY HAVE TO GO.
GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bigdave
April 27th, 2009
2:00 pm
who died…
dont mind your presence but i cant agree with you about the lies part… if there is anything we do here its air out our glaring deficiencies as a team. sure all of us have favorites we defend more than others, mine being joe and josh… but we tell it like it is… have done it all season, before kenny and charles, any espn analyst, and u and your boys from dade… but if u know basketball you know 7 is a long series… a win tonight puts us, well our hawks, right where we need to be…
Al
April 27th, 2009
2:01 pm
I expect a strong game from the Hawks. Their season is on the line tonight. They’ve been getting smacked around in the national media, the Atlanta media, the SoFla media for two days.
The Heat should also come out fired up, looking to put the their foot on the Hawks throats in front of a loud and hostile home croud. Should be the best game of the series basketball-wise for both teams and the first close game of the series.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
2:01 pm
SPURS LAKERS BULLS
Astro Joe
April 27th, 2009
2:03 pm
Melvin, Joe may be the one who gives this team confidence, but Smith has to give them bounce (especially defensively). If you believe that a team MUST play great defense to win on the road (which I do) and if you believe that Smith is the defensive catalyst for the club (which I do), then one could logically conclude that he is the most important factor for this team to gain a road win. And because I believe that most teams spend far more time trying to stop Joe then anyone else on the club, then I truly believe that Smith is the one who needs to elevate his game for us to win in the playoffs. To use a football analogy, teams will first try to stop Michael Turner. If Turner can’t defeat 8 in the box, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. (Turner isn’t LT, Payton or Emmitt and Joe ain’t LeBron, Kobe or Wade). But I do expect Ryan to step up the passing game as a result of the defensive focus on Turner. Well, I think most teams key on JJ and the backcourt (wouldn’t you if you were scheming against this team)? So I expect Smith to attack the basket, create turnovers on the other end and generally “force that safety out the box”. Joe is not an MVP candidate and no one should have ever expected that of him. He’s not an elite player who can defeat double teams on a nightly basis. Bibby doesn’t have the ability to take over a game anymore. The weight falls on the darn-near $60M man to initiate things (he doesn’t have to shoulder the entire load but he needs to at least “complete a bomb or 2… and not after his team is down 51-29 or the football equivalent at half-time).
I tend to “bash” him because I recognize his importance to the success of my favorite team. And because I believe that he stops himself far more often than opposing teams (or Woody) stop him. And that ticks me off. Pardon me if I don’t applaud what he did after his team was down 51-29 and he produced 0 points and 0 rebounds. I wouldn’t applaud Matt Ryan for having comparable stats after the opposing team just spent the first half concentrating on Michael Turner. If we’re going to win on the road, Smith MUST be at his very best.
Rev. Moring
April 27th, 2009
2:04 pm
Hawks stop doubting and believe! You are going to win this series, but you got to run hard and pound inside. Don’t let the Heat rest on you. And always feed the hot hand! GO HAWKS!!!!
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
2:04 pm
THX DAVE B/C 99% OF THEM THINK THE SERIES IS OVER B/C I SAID SO, I SEE NO FAITH IN THEM AT ALL(FANS),MAYBE THEY SHOULD COME OFF LIKE YOU,B/C IT’S ALL FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR FAVORITE WHICH EVER TEAM IT MIGHT BE
Bobby Knight
April 27th, 2009
2:11 pm
DEFENSE. I just don’t see the streaky Heat hitting 3-pointers like that have been doing in this series..Again. Just to let you guys know, I call Mike Woodson and advised him to extend his defense to the half court line and fall back to the three point line and make the three point line be the team’s last line of defense. I also think you guys should give Mike Woodson credit for working with what he got and to not be afraid to use his fast guards on the bench. I really dont think you Atlanta fans really want to start all over. I’m not jumping ship yet and I’m covering all point spread in Vegas for the Hawks Win.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
2:11 pm
AJ i dont think teams key in on one player more than the other for hawks B/c you never know who gonna jack up shots, just play hard and somebody gonna do something out of the norm i,e josh smith. all i know before series everybody down here was screaming beasley should start over haslem(i was one of them)but now i see how valuable he is to the teams overall success again
Al
April 27th, 2009
2:12 pm
Rick I call em like I see em. You could have easily said South Beach, Coconut Grove, and Hialeah. But you didn’t. Maybe what you say is true. Maybe its not. This is an anonymous blog. Who knows? I could be Dwyane Wade or Barack Obama on here and you wouldn’t know. All I see is your words.
So you’re a black man and you’ve got friends from Miami’s black neighborhoods, huh? Yet you come on here making fun of those neighborhoods calling people from there uneducated. Something ain’t adding up, my friend. But whatever, I’ll take you at your word.
My only advice, stick to basketball.
Al
April 27th, 2009
2:15 pm
Astro Joe, I see what you’re saying completely. I love Beasley but I spend a lot of time yelling at my TV calling him names when he doesn’t rotate on defense.
WHO DIED ......?
April 27th, 2009
2:17 pm
stop trying to make peach cobbler with oranges, smith is who he is, he still a big baby with alot of money, and a lot of growing up to do. Is it possible he”s a cancer to the development of the team? i mean WOODROW is to old to slap sh*t out of him,but the old man should pull out the pocket knife and cut his a$$!!! lmao