Street Credibility (Bulls-90-82)

"This joint is HURT-IN but I'm all in bruh!"

Willie Mays once said, “In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won’t be able to do this.” Then ole Vince Lombardi stood up and shouted, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Then everybody said amen but Derrick Rose and he thumped the bottom of the collection plate!  

Everybody in the Bulls locker room including the freaking mascot is all in but the $95 million man. For the second game in a row my man Joakim Noah went to WORK on a bum foot to help his teammates even the series 1-1 by beating the Nets in Brooklyn 90-82. While his boy Derrick Rose sat on the bench looking like Gentleman’s Quarterly and looking like he was trying to set up something to get into after the game.

Now on some real talk, he’s no use to them now because he’s in no game shape let alone playoff game shape but if he had been dedicated to his craft 7 weeks ago he’d be in game shape and playing by now. Like when Doogie "freaking" Houser cleared him to play.

All I’ve got to say is that Joakim is the new Chi-town favorite now! The Chi is a gritty spot and boyz respect cats that get it in. So his street credibility just went up 300% not just in the hood but in the burbs too. See what makes Chicago such a great place is the fact that there are so many different ethnic groups there and they all love cats that work hard. It comes out in the food whether you're on the south side, west side or northern suburbs. So free Harold's Chicken for all light skinned pony tail wearing duns today

For that reason alone Joakim is the new mayor playboy whether they win a title or not. The fact that he went out and put up 11 points and grabbed 10 boards on a bum foot moved him up on the list of Chi-town favorites. However, cats can’t help but think what if Rose had come back when they cleared him? We’d have a better seeding or we’d be up 2-0 going to the crib to finish these boyz off. I’m just sayin’!

 More importantly, I’m still trippin’ on the clowns that keep saying, “The Bulls can’t win a title this year so that’s why D. Rose shouldn’t play.”  Just so I got it, you’re telling me that Kobe should still be healthy right now because he should have just quit a month ago because they had no shot at winning a title? He blew his Achilles out for no reason then right? I mean, they ain’t gotta a shot at winning? How stupid does that sound bruh?

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! The same duns that are telling me that it’s OK to get paid for not working are the same duns that either ain’t working or don’t wanna work! So there looking for a scam too. Because any logical thinking hard working individual would have a problem with their co-worker collecting a pay check for sitting on their behind while the rest of the crew is grinding. Keep in mind that his check is bigger than everybody else's joint on the job.

Peep this, you and the fellas work on the road crew and the highest paid cat on the team was cleared to come back to work darn near two months ago. Now he shows up and practices with you at the garage but when you go out on the street to actually implement the game plan he changes his clothes, sits and watches boyz grind it out. He even sat in the sky box with his family and watched you guys work a couple of weeks ago. You telling me you don't have a problem with that?

If you don't, you're the same cat that knows his girl is dirty but is cool with it as long as nobody puts it on the table. Now you're mad because I opened the closet because you either gotta address it or look stupid.

I’m not a Bulls fan at all but Joakim is one of my favorites now because of his dedication to his craft! Kevin Garnett is still my favorite player of all-time because of his work ethic alone.

Holla At Ya Boy!
Jay Graves
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