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The Ville & Trey Burke: "What the....?"

My boy Aristotle one said, “We are what we repeatedly do! Success therefore, is not an act but a habit.” Vince Lombardi gave it to us like this, “The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” The 17th century British Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, broke it down like this, “One secret to success in life is for a man has to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

Well, the Louisville Cardinals were ready for the opportunity, naïve enough to believe that work always comes before success and simply made a habit out of winning. They followed those simple instructions on Monday night and won their third national title, their first since 1986, 82-76 in a classic over Michigan.

They put in work all over the floor after being down 12 points in the first half. Peyton Siva pulled a Kobe and put boyz on his back. Sure, he only finished with 8 points but it was his leadership and critical buckets down the stretch that kept them alive late. Luke Hancock came off of the bench looking like a corporate tax lawyer and set the joint on fire with 22 points to not only lead the Ville to the promise land but to also pick up the game’s Most Outstanding Player Award.

The cat that nobody is talking about this morning that made the biggest difference in the ballgame was ole boy Chene Behenan! This stud finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Michigan was killin’ Louisville in the first half on the glass bruh! They couldn’t buy a rebound from a dope fiend in an alley behind a liquor store in the ghetto. By half time the Cards had been out rebounded 18-9 or something crazy like that. When the smoke cleared the rebounding deferential was 31-26 Cards! Michigan was held to only 8 joints in the second half. Talk about ballin’! I say give Behenan half of that Most Outstanding Player joint and we'll call it even.

Now I can’t give Louisville all of the credit because ole dull Jim Beilein completely out coached himself. Trey Burke, the National Player of the Year, picked up two fouls early in the first half then that dull mug sat him down for 12 minutes. Yeah, I know that Spike Albrecht came off of the bench unconscious shooting from the parking lot and scored 17 points in the first half going 4-4 from downtown. However, by taking Burke off of the floor for that long he also took his leadership off of the floor. Albrecht kept the water out of the boat but he couldn’t give you the presence of the National Player of the Year. That's like taking a dragon and cutting his head off and expecting him to still spit fire!

That move alone may have cost them a national championship because Michigan was rolling at that point! Cool, go ahead and keep Albrecht out there because he was "sick wit it" but you gotta trust the best player in America to be smart enough not to keep fouling. He’s a freaking point guard bruh not a center bangin’ in the blocks. Beilein straight up panicked!

It’s like they carjacked a boy sitting at the light, took his whip, his gun and his girl, drove two blocks and gave it all back. It was like the feds comin’ in on a cat at 4:37am catching him with all of the dope and the guns in the house and then deciding that it wasn’t fair that he was asleep when they hit the joint. So they let him go and told him they would be back tomorrow at noon.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! The refs must have been blind, def, cripple and crazy with the way they called that game against Michigan in the second half! I saw boyz getting mugged, beat over the head and stripped in broad daylight and the whistle kept gettin’ swallowed. Stop me when I start lyin'! I'm not making excuses for Michigan because I could care less! My life doesn't change one way or the other. I'm just telling you that my eyes work.

Now was it just me or did Trey Burke look like he was the valedictorian of the Dwayne Wade School of Ending up on your Back after Every Freaking Shot? That dun stayed on the floor all night bruh! Also was it just me or did Rick Pitino look like he'd been sitting at the MAC counter at Macy's all day? That cat had on more make up than Lady Ga Ga, Little Richard and Bozo the Clown! All he needed were the shoes. Which one? Pick one, any one! He looked like a vampire out  there pimpin'.

Was it just me or did the brotherhood cringe every time they put the camera on ole dull Tim Hardaway Sr. with that hot scull cap on inside in Hot-lanta? Big Momma was at crib cursin' every time they scanned over to him looking like a cheap thug at the car wash and he's got tall bread!!!

All props to Louisville because the best TEAM won the game! In order to win championships the entire unit, including the coaches, have to perform at the highest level and that they did.  Michigan having them on the ropes early is called a spurt, not a game! Note to ole dull Jim Beilein:  “Please understand one simple freaking rule! Never sit the best player in America for 12 minutes during the national championship game! It COULD come back to bite you!” On some real talk, Rick Pitino just out coached him!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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