"There's No Crying in Basketball"
By Jake Bailey,
TheSportsStand.com (4/23/07)
A recent sighting of Ivan Drago, I mean, Andre Kirilinko has been reported. I asked myself, "Where in the world is Andre?" Well, I was answered quickly when the cameras showed him. On the bench. Crying.
Crying!? Crying!? You are a professional basketball player. You don't cry. To steal a line Tom Hanks in A League of Their Own: "There's no crying in basketball!" Clearly Kirilinko didn't get the message. Apparently, he was upset over the lack of playing time. Wow, Andre,...I feel bad for you. Wait a second. No, I don't. You make millions of dollars, there's worse things in life.
Quick story. I was at a little league baseball
game for my frie
nd's little brother recently. The team is full of
seven year olds. There were two kids that stuck out out me.
There's a rule where everyone has to play x amount of innings.
Yeah, these kids got that that treatment. One was there cheering
his team on and providing moral support (although, in my opinion, a
motivational speech from Leonidas, Jackie Robinson, or Hank Aaron
couldn't get an ounce of effort from these kids. Heck, even Barry
Bonds telling them how they can get better by pumping 'roids all day
couldn't get them off their lazy...well, nevermind, I'm getting off
track.). This kid isn't' even getting paid. He
probably just wants the free food after the game. The other kid,
who ironically looked like Kirilinko was sitting there, balling his eyes
out, crying. The kid probably ran through at least two boxes of
tissues on his own. The kid who was cheering his team on was much
more liked than the cry baby.
The same applies to Kirilinko. Stop crying. Maybe if he actually played well. Actually, allow me to rephrase. Maybe if he actually played, he'd get some playing time and an ounce of sympathy from me. As of right now, I'm crying my eyes out feeling sorry for him. Ok, I lied. My eyes are teary from laughing at him.
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