The Messenger

"Man, where these dudes from?

Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis, once said, “Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.” Louise Nevelson, the famous American sculpturer, kept that joint real when she said, “What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life more livable.” Big Momma would just say, "Don't worry about folks laughing at you! You ain't goin' to school to be fashionable, you goin' to learn!" As you walked out of the house lookin' like a complete fool!

The good folks in Indiana have done just that all season long. Boyz have been running around here fooling themselves into believing that the Hoosiers were the best team in America because the dull media told them that they were. Now reality is finally setting in after a 61-50 carjacking in D.C. by Syracuse on Thursday night.

The Cuse just kept it simple and played a 2-3 zone all night and beat them up inside. Indiana averages 13 turnovers a game and these duns had 12 in the first half trying to figure out that zone. They finished the game with 18! It was like the cat that wouldn’t follow the unwritten rule of not going to the bathroom in the middle of class only to get robbed by the gangsta’s who were skipping class and smoking weed in that joint.

Don't give the excuse that boyz weren't calling fouls or that they were just off last night! They could play Sryacuse in a best of 7 and still lose because IU was "scared of them boyz!"

They took their soft 3 point shooting butts to the projects in the middle of the ghetto and got destroyed last night bruh. All Syracuse did was take advantage of their lack of toughness and their inability to find their way out of the ghetto before the street lights came on and beat the brakes off of them.

 I’ve been telling boyz and you can check the blog for evidence, that the Hoosiers had mad talent but no heart. You can’t role off into the hood being soft bruh! Those duns from Syracuse ate Zeller for dinner in the paint and quickly reminded him that this ain’t little ole Washington, In. This is New York City, Philly, Chicago, G.I., Detroit, LA etc etc etc. If he's gonna play in the NBA he's gotta bring more to the table than his uniform playboy.

Talent with no heart is simply a beautiful picture hanging on a wall in a museum bruh. It's like dating a broad online or having a long distance relationship. It does absolutely nothing for you!

I’ve said and I quote, “If the 3 ball isn’t falling the Hoosiers will get run out of the gym because they have no heart.” Cody Zeller is as soft as drugstore cotton candy and he proved once again that he needs to go see the Great and Powerful Wizard.  He has all the athletic ability in the world but he’s not tough enough to take over when he needs to. For that reason he needs to go the the league now before his draft status plummets because he's not going to get any better staying another year.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! Denny Green was sitting court side screaming, “They are who we thought they were!” rockin’ an orange tuxedo with a top hat and tails eating marsh mellows, chewing on candy canes sippin' on something listening to Lil Wayne.

Indiana is my alma mater but I tell boyz all of the time that you have to learn how to be an objective observer of sports to appreciate it for what it is. In order to win championships you have to have the heart it takes to possess it. IU just didn’t have it bruh so there was no reason for me to lie to myself or to other folks about them winning a stinkin’ title.

The same logic applies in basketball as in football; you have to stop a boy from scoring to win. Duns like Jordan Hulls and Christian Watford can shoot the lights out of the joint but they are absolute liabilities on defense. So when the 3 ball isn’t falling it’s 10 times worse. You’ve heard boyz say, “Don’t hate the playa hate the game.” We’ll I’ll say, “Don’t hate the messenger for keepin’ it real because these other duns out here have been lyin’ to you.”

 It’s like when all of the girls are about to go out and the big girl jumps in the ride with a joint on that she found in the petite department. When she asks how she looks everybody in the car says, “Girl you look good! As a matter of fact, you look GREAT!” Knowing they’re about to laugh at her all night. Well playboy, I don’t pull up with cats like that. I'm only hangin' with studs that keep it real!

And yes I picked Miami to win it all but their big man went down with a knee injury this week. IU showed up with the same duns that they started the season with so there shouldn't be any excuses playa! So in my Denny Green voice, "They are who I thought they were!"

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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