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| "I'm not feelin' this young boy gettin' all of this shine bruh!" |
Billy Graham once said, “I don’t need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.” The Latin American writer Jose Marti broke it down like this, “He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter.” The old timers in the barber shop just put it on the table like this, “Whenever a boy does everything in his power to destroy the ambitions of those among them who wish to improve themselves they’re called crabs.” Thus, the crabs in a bucket concept!
Since nobody has the guts to say it, I will! Michael Jordan is a straight up crab bruh! How is it that the G.O.A.T. refuses to ever encourage the next Michael Jordan? When the new generation comes along it’s the old cats that teach the young boyz the game. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking sports, entertainment, the corporate world or the streets. When there’s a young boy that is showing promise the O.G.’s automatically feel obligated to take them to school!
Guys like Julius Erving and the Big O gave Mike the game when he was coming up. They stood on the side lines and in the stands and said nothing but positive things about this new young stud. When Shaq was young in the game all you heard were guys like Kareem, Wilt and Bill Russell giving him praise for the way he played the game. Magic and Barkley give all of these young up and coming superstars their props constantly. Everybody’s passing the torch except Mike.
LeBron is by far the greatest basketball player we’ve seen since Jordan. Sure, Kobe is close but LeBron has a gift that we’ve never seen before and all Jordan can find to do is tear this kid down? “I’ll take Kobe over LeBron. I see flaws in his game! When he goes left he’s gonna shoot and when he goes right, he’s going to the bucket.” Why does the greatest player known to man keep chipping away at this cat? Why not sit down with the young boy and teach him the secrets of the game that made you great like the old schools players did for you instead of hatin' on him?
Why? I’ll tell you why! This dun was the greatest competitor we’ve seen in our lifetime. His career is over but he can’t turn off that switch. His resume is complete! You can’t add or subtract anything to or from it and as long as LeBron continues to develop he’ll get closer to being as good as or even better than MJ.
He won’t embrace him because internally he’s competing with him. I know boyz are saying, “You sound like a fool for even saying that!” Do I? Then why hasn't this cat shown the next promising stud any love? It's like Sidney Poitier dissing Denzel! It's like Richard Pryor not accepting Eddie Murphy or Eddie telling boyz that Chris Rock has flaws in his act. It's like Johnny Carson saying David Letterman isn't good or Oprah not encouraging Ellen. Would Tony Dungy refuse to sit down with a young Mike Tomlin? That's like John Wooden never saying anything positive about Bobby Knight or Mike Kryzewski and then all of them never encouraging Brad Stevens. Stop me when I start lyin' bruh!
Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Why is a 50 year old legend talking about making a comeback? A cat that smokes cigars daily at that! Why, because he wants to steal LeBron’s shine because it’s driving him nuts not to be the center of attention in the basketball world. He's in the game now but he's not having the same success as an owner. It's killing him bruh and the only thing he can find to do is to put down the greatest player currently in the game and boyz act like they can't see it.
Let's keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Why is a 50 year old legend talking about making a comeback? A cat that smokes cigars daily at that! Why, because he wants to steal LeBron’s shine because it’s driving him nuts not to be the center of attention in the basketball world. He's in the game now but he's not having the same success as an owner. It's killing him bruh and the only thing he can find to do is to put down the greatest player currently in the game and boyz act like they can't see it.
Sure he’s selling sneakers but the duns that are wearing his shoes have never even seen him play. My boy told me that his 5 year old daughter begged for a pair of Jordan’s and some gear for months. When she finally got them she asked, “What is the #23 on there for?” He's just a brand to these young cats now, no different than Calvin Klein or Ralph Lauren Polo was when I was a kid bruh.
Mike wants to continue to be relevant to the game of basketball and in his head he’s not completely standing alone if LeBron is getting all the attention now. In order for that to make sense to you, you gotta understand just how competitive Mike is. As crazy as that sounds it's the truth because we're not dealing with a normal cat here. We're dealing with a highly competitive and selfish dude. I'm not a psychologist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Mike wants to continue to be relevant to the game of basketball and in his head he’s not completely standing alone if LeBron is getting all the attention now. In order for that to make sense to you, you gotta understand just how competitive Mike is. As crazy as that sounds it's the truth because we're not dealing with a normal cat here. We're dealing with a highly competitive and selfish dude. I'm not a psychologist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Why else would the greatest player ever refuse to sit down with his successor if he wasn’t jealous of what the kid could become? Stop me when I start lyin’! LeBron is just playing the game that Jordan laid out in front of him but he can’t get any love from him. He refuses to even sit down with the boy. Why is that bruh?
That’s called a hater and a crab where I’m from playboy and it doesn't matter what your name is. This isn't unchartered territory for Mike! Why do you think Zeke was left off of the Dream Team? Cause he wasn't good enough or did MJ playa hate him right off of the list?
If a cat were acting the same way Mike is acting toward another boy in the streets. You wouldn’t hesitate to call it what it is but since it’s the G.O.A.T everybody acts like they can’t see it. All hood instincts go out of the window when we’re talking about Mike huh? Not for me playa because wrong is wrong and if you can't see that, then there's something wrong with you.
I call it like I see it and he isn’t comfortable with all of the attention that this young boy is getting so all of the negative comments and the comeback talk is designed to steal that young boy’s shine! I hope he comes back and gets dog walked and dunked on by this young boy, all 6'8" 260 lbs. of him!
He needs to be taught again that he's human and that Father Time is still undefeated regardless of what boyz are in his ear telling him! He acted like he didn't know that when he put on a Wizards uniform at 38 and embarrassed himself. Don't act like you didn't see that dun go up for a dunk and the engine pooped out on him. Am I hatin’ on Jordan? Not at all! I’m just sayin' what folks are afraid to say. See I'm from the G (Gary, In.) and around my way cats just keep it REAL!
If a cat were acting the same way Mike is acting toward another boy in the streets. You wouldn’t hesitate to call it what it is but since it’s the G.O.A.T everybody acts like they can’t see it. All hood instincts go out of the window when we’re talking about Mike huh? Not for me playa because wrong is wrong and if you can't see that, then there's something wrong with you.
I call it like I see it and he isn’t comfortable with all of the attention that this young boy is getting so all of the negative comments and the comeback talk is designed to steal that young boy’s shine! I hope he comes back and gets dog walked and dunked on by this young boy, all 6'8" 260 lbs. of him!
He needs to be taught again that he's human and that Father Time is still undefeated regardless of what boyz are in his ear telling him! He acted like he didn't know that when he put on a Wizards uniform at 38 and embarrassed himself. Don't act like you didn't see that dun go up for a dunk and the engine pooped out on him. Am I hatin’ on Jordan? Not at all! I’m just sayin' what folks are afraid to say. See I'm from the G (Gary, In.) and around my way cats just keep it REAL!
Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
Get @ me onTwitter: @jaygravesreport
Jay Graves
Get @ me onTwitter: @jaygravesreport
Brother no need to add to this this post because it says it all...there's a bunch of people that feel that way but won't say it so thanks for keeping it real.
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