Basketball Headlines That Shouldn’t Be…
Each day in the offseason you get some newsworthy tidbits of information and those are great. Kobe deciding against surgery and people signing with different teams are for the most part newsworthy tidbits of information. Every so often though, usually in slow news times, stuff leaks out and comes out and is covered and really shouldn’t be. Case in point from Espn yesterday:
Blazer center LaFrentz to have shoulder surgery-
Most of us didn’t even know LaFrentz was a Blazer. Most of us didn’t care that he was a Blazer. The Blazers don’t want him on the team I’m sure of it. I’m sure Raef is a nice guy and is an Iowa high school basketball legend, but the guy has been injured throughout his pro career and is now a scrub worthy of a Granville Waiters reference. He gets a mild headline for some reason. NEXT…
LONGTIME MAGIC FORWARD GARRITY RETIRES FROM NBA
I didn’t know if he was still playing either. Garrity dates me a little because I remember him as a very good college player and it doesn’t seem that long ago. Now he retires and he got a slight headline and even a photo associated with it. When he retired, it is being reported, that every 12th man on every nba roster got happy and had a party because they were now guaranteed a job this season. Garrity was a tall version of JJ Redick and hung around a long time. I thought of a list of players who just walked away from basketball who got less pub than this. Two words: Dino Radja. NEXT:
Quinn re-signs with Heat, will have shot at starting PG job
This one made me laugh. I laughed out loud. Chris Quinn should not start for any NBA team and is a marginal 2nd guard for most teams. If he is starting for the Heat next season at point then the Heat don’t want this article making it to their season ticket holders. Quinn is a decent player but you aren’t going to win with him. There is a reason the Heat weren’t good last year and one reason was that Quinn played a lot for them. Like I said, he should serve in a role that is supporting, not starring. As the Heat point guard he will need to get the ball to Dwyane Wade and Shawn Marion in good positions and he hasn’t proven he can do that. Miami has since made a retraction on the announcement of this are just going to keep this hush hush until after season tickets have been renewed.
