LA Laker and former Gonzaga star Adam Morrison, who is mostly known for crying in the closing minutes of a March Madness loss to UCLA in 2006, will be at the end of the bench in the NBA finals, which starts tonight in LA against the Orland Magic.
Morrison was the third pick of the 2006 draft by the Charlotte Bobcats and has not played in one game since being traded to LA earlier this year.
He played 78 games for Charlotte, tore his ACL and fell off the NBA map. He is a crier and his Bobcat coach Larry Brown said Morrison could not handle the pressures of being the third overall pick.
I totally agree.
Ironically, Morrison was named the college co-player-of-the-year in 2006, along with Jonathan Clay "J.J." Redick who also shares the role with Morrison as being the most overrated college players to ever play in college ever (I know what I just said).
Redick was chosen 11th overall in the 2006 draft by the Orlando Magic. He has never averaged more than six points per game in a season.
Now the two will face off in the the championship series.
But I really couldn't care less. Well with a few exceptions I couldn't care less. Those exceptions are: I hope neither Redick or Morrison see any playing time. I hope that the Magic pulls off the sweep over the Lakers and holds Kobe to zero points for the series.
I hope these things because Morrison and Redick are overrated as I stated earlier. I also hope this because if LA wins this series, it will become the single most worst team to ever win a championship in NBA history since the beginning of time... ever (I know what I just said).
What I am most concerned about for this Thursday, June 4th of 2009, blog, however, is this idea that LeBron James is a horrible person for showing a lack of sportsmanship after Cleveland lost out to Orlando in the semifinals.
Yes, he probably should have shook hands after the game. But he was frustrated. He was probably pouting a little bit but he was overwhelmed with disappointment. No one has dodged that feeling of being overwhelmed by something and just could not bare being around people, especially people who just caused all the disappointment.
LeBron didn't go to a bar, shoot people, or stab anyone. He did not set the arena on fire or run into the stands to beat up drunken fans.
So lets get over it folks. He's still a decent human being. He was just upset.
And I can totally relate. I hate losing. For instance, just yesterday, I lost around $140 to Bank of America in faulty overdraft penalty fees.
BOA was completely in the wrong. They didn't process a pending check that I deposited before my previous pending fees went through. Had the check cleared in time, there would have been no need for any overdraft penalties. BOA charges $35 per overdraft. I had eight so I was penalized $280.
After becoming aware of this tragic incident, I spoke with three BOA employees, who worked in the national branch in California (just another reason to hate the Lakers). Two of the three people were managers and none of them would help me.
For that, I showed a great deal of bad sportsmanship.
I even lost my cool at one time and shouted at the first manager I spoke with because she kept using the list of responses she was given by the company. She was so stupid and unhelpful that twice she used a response that did not fit the situation.
I then asked to speak with someone else. Before she transferred me, she tried to tell me thank you. I have no idea why she was thanking me, so I quickly interrupted and told her, "Don't be stupid. Don't tell me thank you. I could not be any more frustrated right now and you are a worthless liar. Sorry to be rude. Have a nice day."
She then said for the 670th time that she understood how I felt.
I said, "No. No you don't because you can help but you aren't going to. Just transfer me already."
I had to leave a message for that lady to call me back. When she did, I didn't bother to ask for her help. Instead, I gave her the best speech I have ever given in my life.
The speech consisted of the following comments.
"I am absolutely disgusted with this situation. It makes no sense to me that this bank would take part in beating the poor, working class, into the ground (I am not a democrat but I do hate all members in office equally) over a simple mistake.
"I barely get by as it is and have too many necessary bills for this non sense. In two years of banking here, I have never had an overdraft and you cannot cut me a break? Get real. And I immediately tried to correct this. I mean, within hours of seeing that I went under $38, I put a $175 check into my account, a check that was not processed until the next day. I ended up at a total of $78 in the negative. By my math, 175 is bigger than 78.
"Every pending charge I made that I am being penalized for is under $20 and you are going to charge me $35 a pop. It is now obvious to me how banks make their profits. This is a money making scam and it sickens me to think so many people probably go through this on a daily basis. I know you can help me but you won't. This bank has stolen from me. It makes me sick. You should petition to change the name because Bank of America is unAmerican and you've lost my business."
She never got a word in before I was done. As for her response, all she could muster was, "Wow!"
I don't know what her inflection meant but I felt good about it.
She said, "I'm sorry Mr. Pastorfrelly," or something to that affect.
I told her "thank you for MY time" and for her to have a wonderful afternoon preying on people like me.
I gave that speech while in the local manager's office. That man decided to help me and was able to cut $140 off my penalties. I shook his hand before I left but I later told him over the phone that I still felt cheated.
I can promise you all that I will not be staying with BOA any longer. In fact, after Friday's check from the PA News, I will be closing my account.
Anyway, I shook the manager's hand because I thought of LeBron and how he was ridiculed for not being a handshaker.
And I will tell this story to anyone who considers me a bad sport or questions my love for sports because I shook Mr. Manager's hand for LeBron.
And for those of you who are even the slightest bit confused or not convinced there is a sports connection with Bank of America, you probably won't be surprised to know that BOA is the official bank of the Houston Astros.
So it is no wonder why they are struggling. I apologize for being completely wrong with last week's assessments about Houston's problems because it's obvious that Drayton McLane cannot spend the money needed to a acquire a good team and good coach. He is probably worried sick that BOA is going to work him over with penalties.
The other connections between BOA and sports: BOA has manager's and so do all sports teams.
There are penalties called in football and there are penalties at BOA. The penalties are often unjust in both places. I looked at my online account for video replays just like the official boneheads do in baseball, basketball and football.
It took me nearly three hours to finish arguing about my contract (transactions). There are contracts in all sports.
Surely, you can see that the similarities are abundantly obvious.
In conclusion, I now have a theory that Adam Morrison was not crying about losing to UCLA. Instead, I think Morrison had found out (in the middle of the game) that BOA slammed him with overcharge fees because he went into the red after buying his Diabetes medication and supplies.
I mean, BOA literally tried to kill Morrison in the middle of a basketball game, a game where millions probably placed bets.
Just think of all the many people, who are probably homeless now all because of BOA's poor business ethics. I don't even think attempted murder falls under ethical crimes.
Someone could have died or worse.
And how do we know BOA is not behind America's current deficit, a deficit well into the trillions?
The government was trying to finance a war and health coverage all while BOA is running up overdraft fees.
It's just sick.
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ReplyDeleteIf you claim to be a Republican, then you have to respect the right of a corporation to increase revenue. You, the consumer, are purchasing a commodity, the account, from a seller. The terms and conditions are written somewhere in the contract, and by violating them you are legally obligated to pay their fees. That’s it. The letter of the law holds regardless of whether it conforms to the norms, the practice, or the general idea of “fair banking.” So suck it up and be more responsible next time. And anyway, by giving your money to BOA CEOs, you can be assured that you are stimulating the economy. You’ve never heard of trickle-down economics? Your fee will help someone buy he and his wife a few glasses of wine in the Bahamas. But to get to the Bahamas, they’ll have to fly their jet. But to fly their jet, they’ll have to buy fuel. And that fuel may be produced by a plant in the Golden Triangle, which may help some grunt get a 15 cent per hour raise. And who knows, maybe that bonus allows him to keep his subscription to the PA News. It’s good for everyone right? I mean, you’re getting back around .0000013573 cents for every dollar you put in.
The beauty of free-market capitalism is that fault always lies with those who end up losing. So why on earth should we ever regulate banking practices? Let’s let the rich get richer so they have more scraps to toss our way. Vote Republican in ’12.
And go J.J.! You got screwed by the poetry think in college. After hating you for 4 years, I just feel sorry for you now. If we ever meet, I’d apologize.
You would have made a whole lot more sense if it wasn't me who got wronged. Bank of America is completely unjust and they probably put anthrax in their ATM machines.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, I'd rather someone getting rich than for the country to actually run out of money to the point that our machines that print money breaks and no one can fix it because the guy who would normally do that became homeless and died because he failed to sell his monthly quota for General Motors. This is MADNESS!
ReplyDeleteI think we're going to wake up one day and "This is Our Land" will be more like the country we see in 12 Monkeys or I am Legend. We're going to wake up one day and there will be deer and lions running around in New York City. How dangerous is that? Lions! We're going to wake up one day and it will be like Idiocracy. We're going to be trying to grow our crops with Gatorade. And we won't have any youth to help us through the problem because all pregnancies will have been aborted because having children was ultimately causing the cost of car insurance to increase, which was lowering the morale of potential car buyers. And no, I don't know what any of this really means but it all sounds horrible because the only way to really save America and GM now is to force all foreign made cars out of the country and to not allow any Americans to drive said vehicles. And then we've really hurt our economy because gangs across the country will have no Hondas to steal and resell. Lawn mowing companies will be forced to shut down because there will be commercialized equipment (all made foreign) to cut lawns. If we have no lawns, how are we going to build homes? If we aren't building homes, we won't have architects. If we don't have architects, how are we going to "build" our economy? You want to talk about stimulating? GM has the worst made vehicles on Earth, so we'll eventually all have to walk, which means we'll have to start drinking gasoline so Exxon Mobil can stay afloat. If we are drinking gas, how will Starbucks survive? If we aren't drinking Starbucks, no will bother reading books, which means Books a Million, Barnes and Noble and all schools and universities are done for. Plus, if Starbucks is forced to close, where will the potheads go for work? If potheads stop smoking, there will be no need to traffic weed, which has to be one of our most lucrative businesses in the country. If we have no weed, our athletes won't bother playing professional sports. If we have no athletes, McDonald's will have no marketing to sell their hamburgers. If McDonald's closes, there will be no one selling Disney toys. If there are no toys to promote their movies, there will be no Disney. If there is no Disney there will be no Pixar. If there is no Pixar, there will be no computers. If there are no computers, we will have no money because apparently BOA has put computers completely in charge. Not to digress, but I don't know if gasoline is healthy to drink. And if League of Nations hates America now, wait until we tell them that we will no longer be importing foreign goods (this will probably include basketball and baseball players). And just wait until China hears that we have to take our Wal-Mart back. They are going to go bat crazy. And all we will have to defend ourselves with, is used mufflers from Pete's Junkyard (Pete is owned by GM and banks at BOA). So thank you greedy Bank of America. Thank you greedy Republicans. And thank you Democratic/Socialist party for being stupid. Because of those three, we're all going to die someday.
Deon, I believe the Mayans predicted 2012 for the end of the world, so we may not be voting for anyone. Based on that truth, if I were you, I'd take all your evil and unjust comments back. I'd take it all back and join my crusade (to stop BOA), which is actually your crusade now because in this hyperbole, I am you so you must be me, which means I, whoever I am at the moment, need to show you my appreciation for allowing me to show myself the light and for you becoming a leader in my fight to save mankind by shutting down BOA. With reasoning like that, I will most certainly follow you to freedom because you are obviously a brilliant and noble man.
*** that was supposed to say we will have NO commercialized equipment to mow lawns.
ReplyDeleteBest post ever, even better than the "Beaver" post. I think the quote you are looking for is by Thomas Jefferson and it goes " I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous than standing armies...if the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency... the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of their property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." I have a very good feeling that is the exact quoted you needed for this article of yours. The Federal Reserve is a private bank, do your own research I have no time to go into it right now. Our nation and the world has been taken over by an international banking cartel. And it must be stopped. The republicans and demorcrats both work for them. Sorry to get off topic. I need more sports to keep me in my matrix, so I don't wake up to the fact we are being FUCKED!!! (really sorry, i know this is a lite-hearted blog, but I'm a little drunk and pissed right now )
ReplyDeleteThat is spot on!!!
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