Stupid things people have said to me 2008 Part 2

Today I got up at 8:50 am. Boarded the plane at 4 pm and took off to Alaska at 5;30 Pm.
-> Currently 7 PM in New York.

The worst part about writing on an Airplane: People can’t keep their eyes to themselves. That’s right fat guy next to me, I’m talking about you.
As if being stuffed into a shitty American Airlines 757 wasn’t shitty enough, the geniuses decided to play random CBS sitcoms on the mini TV screens. Great thinking guys!
So anyway, Onto part two of “Stupid things people have said to me 2008”

#1. “Don’t blame Isiah for the Knicks sucking, Blame the players. Isiah doesn’t take it to the courts”. - Security guard at work.

Oh yeah thanks for reminding me bro, I almost forgot that it’s the players who put the ball in the hoop and not the (now former) gm and coach Mr. Isiah. I mean, it would be silly to blame Isiah for the crap fest that was the Knicks since he took over. Its not like he picked the personnel, coached the team, made major trades and played a vital role in decided the route the team would take. Oh wait a minute, HE TOOK PART IN ALL OF THAT. Isiah’s first genius move was bringing Stephon Marbury. If Isiah took the time to look at what happened to teams who got rid of Marbury and what happened to teams that got marbury we possibly could have avoided all the crap that came along with him. For example, as soon as the Wolves traded him to the Nets, the Wolves improved while the Nets continued to suck. When the nets traded him to the Suns, the Nets ended up going to the finals twice while the Suns could barely make the playoffs. When the suns traded him to the Knicks, the suns got a future two time MVP and made one of the biggest single season turn arounds in nba history. At the same time the Knicks, well you know, became a laughing stock. So in a way by getting Marbury the Knicks fate was sealed from the get go. It didn’t help that he brought in notable failures such as Eddy Curry, Zack Jail Blazer Randolph, and Jamal Brickfard. Oh and don’t get me started about his insane coaching methods, he didn’t seem like he knew what he was doing. In the end its safe to say Isiah is a perfect target to blame, besides his constant trips out of reality showed us how out of it this man really was.

Uh oh we’re going through some TURBULANCE. Did you hear that fat guy? Put the chips away and put on your seat belt.

-> Its Currently 9 Pm In New York, should reach Seattle in 2 hours or so.

#2. “Kobe Bryant is just a lucky Tracy Mcgrady, there’s nothing special about him” - Dumbass At Recreational Basketball league

The amazing thing about Kobe Bryant is that for the most part its either love him or hate him. Rarely are people able to fall in between. Sure the man may have an arrogance problem, and his image was definitely damaged by his Colorado case/break up with Shaq. Even so the mans primary job is to be a basketball player, and there is no denying that he is one of the best players today. To say Kobe Bryant is just a luckier T-mac because Kobe has avoided many serious injuries and had shaq early in his career is to be in denial. Lets just compare a few accomplishments and the like between the two.
For the sake of the comparison I will exclude Kobe’s three championship rings with Shaq.

Kobe
1 Mvp Award
2 time scoring champ
2nd highest scoring game in the history of basketball (81 Points)
5 50 point+ games in a row
Reached NBA finals
10 time all-star selection
2 time all star MVP
10 time all nba team
8 time all defensive team
NBA slam dunk champion

T-Mac
2 time scoring champ
2nd longest winning steak in nba history (22)
7 time all star
7 time all nba team
Most improved award

By comparing major achievements in both players career, Kobe clearly edges out t-mac even without listing his three rings. And its not like T-Mac has been cursed to play on shitty teams. In fact it can be argued that T-MAC is just 2nd fiddle to Yao. Although they missed Yao last year, T-Mac failed to get past Dallas or Utah in the first round during years he had Yao’s help. Tracy Mcgrady is an amazing player, but he is not nearly as great as Kobe. Plus Kobe isn’t scared of New Orleans.

->Currently flying over a lot of mountains…and…more mountains. Experiencing a lot of turbulence, mainly from the walrus seated in front of me. I swear if this GOD DAMN walrus pushes his seat back into my laptop one more time, I’m going to punch him in his giant watermelon-shaped head. Anyway, onto number three.

3. “The Lakers making the finals was a fluke”-Same Guy as #2

Yes pal, the Lakers making It to the finals was as much of a fluke as the New England Patriots making it to the Super Bowl. The lakers only swept a 50 win team in the first round, followed by knocking out the Jazz in 6 and he defending champs in 5. The Lakers may have had their amazing offense destroyed by Celtic defense in the finals (Same can be said about the patriot offense against the giants defense), but that is no reason to call their journey to the finals a fluke.


-> Its currently 1 Am in New York, Getting ready to take off from Seattle to Anchorage Alaska.

Honorable Mention

“I’m going to bust your ass” - For the sake of anonymity lets call him “matt”
Matt felt that he would be able to beat me in a one on one game of basketball. I don’t know why he thought this, possibly because of the size advantage, or maybe he was on shrooms. Naturally the game ended with the winner being captain awesome at a score of 15-1. Silly matt.

-> Reached Alaska at 4;30 am.