Playground Antics in the NBA Finals?

Dave Pruitt, Sports Emerge
http://sportsemerge.com/

I guess I’ll play the antagonist of journalist in this drama filled NBA Finals on & off the court.  I’ll play the defense lawyer of LeBron James & Dwyane Wade since the rest of the world seemingly has convicted them of being a childish, ignorant, under achievers.  Aren’t their “childish, ignorant” antics different & actually less derogatory than Jason Terry’s?

What is mainly different is that LeBron &  Wade should know better.  Especially if they’re joking about a man that has ice water running in his veins (Dirk Nowitzki).


Reports or rumors, however you want to perceive it has risen to the surface recently of Jason Terry getting a little personal with LeBron during the games.  It is a rumor that a teammate of LeBron has recently said that Terry’s TRASH TALK during the games has affected LeBron’s performance.
Statements focused primarily on LeBron James’ family.  Jason Terry suspected of going as far as saying what he’s done with LeBron’s mother & how other players in the league has been involved with LeBron’s fiance & I’m sure it was quoted with much more vulgar content.


Terry is known to be a talker, Dirk said after Game 4, “he likes to hear himself talk.”


Referring to Terry’s statement about LeBron’s defense,” let’s see if he can do it for all 7 games.“
If  Terry’s talk is actually getting under LeBron’s skin then Terry has approached the Finals just as he should have.  He is apparently throwing LeBron’s game off along with all the media coverage that LeBron says he uses to FUEL his fire.


Message to LeBron from me.  “Hate to the bearer of bad news but the bad talk from Terry & bad press from the media is not working to your advantage, you are backing down instead of stepping up.  You are passing the ball as if you don’t want the spotlight on you while playing on the biggest stage in your young career.  You lose the series the way you have been losing it, you’re gonna’ have a rough career.”


There was “The Decision” which had me scratching my head, because I didn’t understand why a young player who really hasn’t accomplished anything in terms of a championship would display him self as so.  I let it go because I saw a man showcasing his confidence in his abilities.  That’s all the “The Decision” was, a showcase for LeBron to bring out to the world that he was going to the NBA Finals by joining the Heat.  Then I questioned the cockiness at the beginning of the season by LeBron when he spoke infront of a filled accepting American Airlines Arena in Miami, where he  literally claimed not 7,  8 championships in a joking fashion which has now been set in stone as LeBron’s futuristic legacy.


I stuck behind LeBron because he represented the “Me Against the World” attitude which I have always been quite fond of.  However, with the recent news release of the mocking of Dirk Nowitzki being sick, I draw the line.  That now shows a lack of confidence in LeBron & Dwyane Wade who joined in on these off court escapades, before Game 5 following Thursday’s shootaround.


Dirk Nowitzki watched the recording of LeBron & Wade coughing & apparently joking about Dirk’s sinus infection which caused his temperature to go up to 102 degrees in Game 4.


Dirk responded before Saturday’s practice at American Airlines Arena  by saying, “I just thought it was a little childish, a little ignorant.”
If this is the case, that LeBron & Wade did stoop as low as this then they deserved to lose Game 5.  It again is a display of their cockiness, like the Finals is a joke, like they can win it easily.  Dirk is taking this seriously & is the last person you want to ignite.


What is most shocking to me is Wade’s part in the foolishness.  Like he is looking up to LeBron & letting him take control of the wheel.


Wade responded to the allegations of his part in the Dirk mocking, “I actually did cough,” Wade continued. “And with the cameras being right there, we made a joke out of it because we knew you guys were going to blow it up. You did exactly what we knew.”


“We never said Dirk’s name. I think he’s not the only one in the world who can get sick or have a cough. We just had fun with the cameras being right in our face about the blowup of the incident, and it held to be true. You blew it up.”


It is what it is, LeBron & now Wade’s attention is focused elsewhere, being down 3-2 in the NBA Finals maybe it’s time to take the high road & not let Jason Terry’s antics influence how you respond to the media.
Joking about Dirk being sick before Game 5 definitely didn’t help, stooping to Jason Terry’s equally “childish” level just put the Heat in a whole with one chance not to lose.


James better show he gots some “balls” & quit joking, laughing, coughing & do what he knows he’s capable of doing, which I thought was be a star (a crown he has accepted) & show up in clutch situations.  2 points in the 4th of Game 5 REALLY? 


If Dallas wins the NBA Finals it’ll just seem like they weren’t suppose to.  It’ll look like the better team FOLDED.


And in response to Gregg Doyel’s (CBSSports.com National Columnist ) article, make sure you call out Jason Terry’s antics as well as LeBron’s & Wade’s.  Not just saying it’s okay to mock Terry or DeShawn Stevenson & not Dirk.


Gregg Doyel’s article @ CBS Sports http://www.cbssports.com/nba/story/15223821/wade-lebron-excuse-for-mocking-dirk-worse-than-act-itself


It’s all “childish & ignorant” to me.


As for LeBron, someone who hasn’t proven anything in the championship arena & he’s playing with his chances (2nd time in the NBA Finals) & how he will be perceived amongsnt the greats. 


It is what it is…