Passionate Greed (Nets 106 Bulls 89)

"I would play but I got way too much bread in my pockets bruh!"

Pope Paul VI gave it to boyz like this, “All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.” The famous psychiatrist, Thomas Szasz, spit that fire when he said, “It is easier to do one’s duty to others than to one’s self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.” The Cuban poet, Jose Marti, shut the building down with this joint, “A selfish man is a thief.”

I’ve been saying for the past month that Derrick Rose was selfish and is stealing money but boyz in Chi-town have continuously been defending this dun! The Bulls medical staff cleared him to play more than a month ago and he’s yet to TRY to put on a uniform! On Saturday the Brooklyn Nets blew the doors off of the Bulls 106-89 and the score was in no way indicative of the beat down that they actually took.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Joakim Noah was out there with a split in his foot and tried to go but was eventually sidelined after a quick 14 minutes. Now I hear some clown in a Derrick Rose jersey, sneakers and underwear screaming from the roof tops, “There’s a difference between a torn ACL and a split foot!” There sure is playboy and when you show me the dun with the torn ACL I’ll agree with you because Derrick Rose ain’t him.

He’s completely healthy according to not only the medical staff but by his own admission. He’s telling boyz that he’s just not mentally ready to play. You can’t even tell that to cats playing in the park without getting beat up bruh! Where you from and wheredeydodatat? Not to mention being a professional athlete that has already signed a $95 million contract with the Bulls for GUARANTEED MONEY! Don’t let me forget the $200 million joint that was signed last year with Adidas.

He was sitting on the bench last night looking stupid as his boyz were getting the brakes tore off of them. Why? Because he really wants to play but his brother is calling the shots! If we gone talk playboy then let’s talk. When your brother is your manager with no experience of managing anything prior to you becoming a professional athlete it only makes sense that you’ll get bad advice pimpin’! It's like when Master P tried to be a sports agent and got Ricky Williams to the worse contract known to man. Stay in your lane homie!

The problem is, his brother isn’t the superstar getting blasted because Derrick's name is the one on the marquee. See his brother is looking out for HIS income and not Derrick's career as a player and his reputation. Because on some real talk, Jordan would be playing! Kobe would be playing! LeBron would have no other choice but to be playing. King James would be getting crucified right now for pulling that foolishness.

How in the world do you think that it’s OK to get PAID to do a job and not do it ON ANY LEVEL? That’s like a cat telling his boss down at the car wash that he’s healthy enough to come back to work but he’s just not mentally prepared to work yet. Now who do you know that is mentally prepared to go to work bruh? Nobody wants to freaking go to work but we all have to. Not everybody has a $300 million option to sit on playa.

Didn't both Shaun Elliot and Alonzo Mourning have organ transplants and came back to play? Ole boy Jeff Green from the Boston Celtics had open heart surgery and came back faster than this dun! Now wouldn't organ transplants and open heart surgery be worse than an ACL? If we gone talk ACL Adrian Peterson came back to play FOOTBALL where boyz are TRYING to hit you and pealed off 2,000 yards in less than a year! So stop the madness playboy!

 Boyz would respect Derrick in the morning if he would have at least TRIED to come back and had a setback. Great players compete playboy, not make excuses. Great players lead bruh, not sit in the cut and let duns make decisions for them. Do you think that some cat would have been able to keep Jordan from playing? Do you think for one minute Bill Russell would have let his brother tell him that he needs to wait ‘til next year when his team was still playing in the PLAYOFFS and he’s healthy? Are you kidding me?

If he’s got $300 million in the bank the future is secure. He’s a basketball player and playing is what basketball players do. Don’t tell me that he’s worried about his future because his future is on lock. The only reason duns go the league early is to secure their future's. The only reason players don’t take chances is because they’re waiting for the huge payday. Once it comes in boyz are free to get it in. If it were a contract year he'd be out there diving for loose balls and dunking on everything moving. If I'm lyin' I'm dyin' bruh!

What’s happening with this cat is that the passionate greed of his brother has taken over and he’ll suffer as a result of it! Isn't his brother the same dun that was screaming about the Bulls not making moves at the trade deadline this past All-Star break? So if he’s so worried about the team winning why does he have his boy chillin’ when he could have been playing a month ago and he'd be ready to help them make a playoff run by now? It’s called selfishness. I’m preaching but y’all ain’t listening!

Don’t think for one minute that Joakim isn’t gonna blast this cat as soon as Kenny and Charles gives them the fishing pole. He went out there and gave everything he had on a bum foot and ole boy has been healthy for more than a month and he’s not fired up? Think again! Don’t forget last week he was "Chillaxin" in the luxury suite at the United Center while his team was playing. Stop me when I start lyin’!

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
Get @ me on Twitter: @jaygravesreport
The quote under the caption isn't real.