Kevin Durant Partners with Jay-Z, Fuck Loyalty

This post will be brief but I had to write something after listening to radio talk show hosts publicly scratching their heads over the recent signing of Kevin Durant by Jay-Z.

One radio host had a current agent on who made follie of the signing and they both chuckled how foolish this signing was because in their opinion Jay-Z doesn't know anything.

They were also taken aback at the "disloyalty" Durant showed to his current agent.

Well, let me explain to these morons very plainly why Jay-Z is so appealing to today's athlete.

Anyone with a radio or television has heard or seen stories of big name athletes in all the major sports winding up sleeping under bridges, dying of cancer destitute, unable to support themselves and their families when their playing days were done. Guess what, all those guys had "experienced" agents too.

The Geno Smith's, Kevin Durant's and Robinson Cano's of the world didn't sign with Jay-Z because of the the next contract but so that Jay-Z can advise them on wealth management.

These young cats do not want to be the subject of the next ESPN 30 For 30 about broke former athletes.

Jay-Z has not simply made a lot of money rapping he is a very astute
businessman who has turned his rap riches into what will be generational wealth for his descendants. That is nothing to joke about or giggle over.

For anyone to see Jay-Z attracting young and wealthy athletes as simply a matter of these young people wanting someone to hangout with is at least ignorant and at worse borderline racist. Fuck loyalty.

A Beast at the Point

Yesterday, June 3rd, the Knicks aged point guard Jason Kidd decided to retire after 19 years of playing in the NBA.

When J.Kidd was young he was a beast at the point and was only second in my opinion to Magic Johnson when comparing pass first point guards and his run with the New Jersey Nets in the early 90's pulled the team up from being the doormat of the NBA to back to back appearances in the NBA Finals.

I can only hope that the current owner of the Nets speaks to Jason about signing a one day contract so that he can officially retire as a Net and we can retire his jersey and raise it to the rafters in Brooklyn.

It's being reported today that J.R. Smith has decided to opt out of his last two years believing that the Knicks will offer him a new larger contract. Between Shumpert and Copeland the Knicks will easily make up J.R.'s erratic 18 points per game. J.R. is making another huge mistake.

I believe the Knicks GM Glen Grunwald did back flips out of bed this morning when he heard the news because J.R. gave the Knicks a way out of dealing with his foolishness and an opportunity to couple his money with Kidd's retired salary to acquire someone like O.J. Mayo.

Mayo would be a instant upgrade over Smith and can assume some point guard duties as well. He'd be the perfect fit for the Knicks and would allow the team to focus on big men in the draft and as free agents.

The Knicks are going to have to deal with the Bulls, the Pacers and the Nets for years to come, all three teams have formidable big men on their front lines.

What am I saying? The Knicks will probably fuck this opportunity up too and resign JR Smith.

Knicks fans, you have it all wrong

So I wake up this morning at 4:30 AM to get my Rack workout on to get pumped for the day and I turn the radio on to the local sports talk radio show just because I enjoy hearing Knicks fans whine. I really do.

I feel the need to say something to Knicks fans and Carmelo Anthony's college coach who is about as bias as they come.

Listen guys, I hear the comparisons of Anthony to Jordan, Kobe, Lebron and Magic and the argument always comes back to the fact that those guys had a sidekick who helped them win. Their Robin helping out Batman and this is the reason why Carmelo Anthony hasn't won.

Knicks fans, you have it all wrong. Carmelo Anthony ain't Batman, he's Robin.

Carmelo Anthony has a single skill which is scoring. He doesn't have anything else in his utility belt. His belt is strictly for holding up his tights.

Carmelo Anthony doesn't have shutdown defense in his utility belt that can stop the likes of Stephenson in the fourth quarter.

Carmelo Anthony doesn't have ferocious rebounding in his utility belt that could battle West or Hibbert.

The villains of the league have never worried about a team that Anthony was on because they knew he was Robin wearing Batman's costume. When are Knicks fans going to realize that too?