CHAMPIONSHIPSVILLE, USA — About a month ago I wrote a crazy Hot Joint entitled “The Firm” where I told you cats that players don’t win championships, organizations do. There is a reason why teams consistently win and why cats consistently lose.
I blessed the joint with these quotes. Vince Lombardi once said, “The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.” Colin Powell gave it to us like this, “If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.” Then Jack Welch shut the buildin’ down when he spit, “An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”
Well playas…we’re watchin’ that ultimate competitive advantage play out right before our eyes. The Golden State Warriors are fresh off of their third NBA title in four years and they’re preparin’ for the 2019 championship parade already.
While everybody and their baby’s momma is chillin’ takin’ vacations or simply lookin’ three to four years out. They swooped in and got Boogie Cousins on a one year deal worth $5.3 million when they didn’t necessarily need him. He’s to some degree damaged goods because of the Achilles tear that he’s recoverin’ from.
Sure, he could be ready to play next year but on some real talk, maybe not. What are the first things to go on bigs bruh? Feet and knees. You can throw the Achilles in with the feet while you’re at it. That’s why nobody was willin’ to take a chance on him askin’ for a long term deal. He can hoop but can he still play comin’ off of an injury like that?
Golden State doesn’t NEED him and they had some extra cash layin’ around so what the heck. If he works out it’s butta. If it doesn’t they made the statement that they aren’t playin’ around with this championship thing. They’re tryin’ to win at all costs and just because they won three out of the last four titles doesn’t mean a thing to their front office. It’s about today and not yesterday.
Boyz have had on their full haters gear over the past 48 hours goin’ strong too. It’s called free agency bruh and Golden State and Boogie were free to communicate and sign paperwork that they both thought made sense to sign.
Fans were killin’ me sayin’ that it’s turnin’ into AAU ball where cats just get the best players and ride out. Hasn’t it always been AAU ball bruh? There have been stacked teams since the beginnin’ of time. Don’t act like you don’t like it. You’re team just isn’t stacked right now so you’re salty.
The Boston Celtics were the first to stack the deck in the darn 1950’s and ’60’s with Bill Russell and Co. Do you realize that all for the best players in the freakin’ league of 8 teams at that time played on one team? In ’57 had duns like Russell, Bob Cousey, Tom Heinsohn and Frank Ramsey. Then turned around and added K.C. Jones in ’59 to go on a string of championships from ’59 to ’62. That wasn’t good enough so they added John Havlicek in ’63. As a team they won 8 straight Finals with Bill Russell leadin’ the charge but they kept addin’ pieces. They won 11 championships bruh.
So miss me with the whole “the NBA is AAU basketball” foolishness. Once the Bulls figured out that Doug Collins couldn’t coach Mike they brought in the Zen Master to manage not only their unbelievable talent but his ego as well. Jordan didn’t show up by himself!! He had a full squad gettin’ off of the bus with him. He always had a dead eye shooter in BJ Armstrong, Craig Hodges, John Paxson and Steve Kerr. He had the best two-way player in the league in Scottie Pippen. They won three straight and then went out and got the best rebounder and defender in the business in Dennis Rodman. AAU? C’mon bruh!!!
Y’all didn’t see Boston stack up in 2008 with Paul Pierce, KG and Ray Allen? I could give you another 15 examples but what’s the point? You get my point!! The Lakers and Celtics owned, at one point, 50 percent of all of the NBA titles won in the league and nobody said a word because they were all Lakers and Celtics fans. Why? Because they were the only duns winnin’ in the NBA.
Ask any cat 50 years old or older and they’re either a Lakers fan or Celtics fans. Why? Because they were the only two teams playin’ on television. Why? Because they kept their teams stacked with all of the best players in the league. For decades the Lakers kept acquirin’ the best center in the game. They got Wilt, Kareem, Shaq and none of them were actually drafted by them. Stop it! You sound crazy hollerin’ bloody murder on Golden State right now.
Then you have the small section of Bulls fans that cheered for Mike. Why? Because from 1991 to 1998 they kept a stacked team. It doesn’t matter whether the front office stacked the team or the players stacked the team. They were still stacked.
So stop with this foolishness that the NBA is suddenly trippin’. It’s just that the front office of your favorite team is doin’ a terrible job of recruitin’ and their missin’ out of the free-for-all. Stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Butta: adjective – great, awesome
2) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.
3) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m currently talkin’ about.
The G is excluded from the endings of all words because the G is near and dear to my heart because I’m from “The G” which is Gary, Indiana. So I only use the G when I’m talkin’ about “The G!”
The caption under the photo isn’t real but its real talk!