The Wish Factor (Why Marcus Smart put all the homies in a bad situation)

"C'mon dawg! You gone get us killed in this joint!"

My homeboy Royce Bradley always says, “Life is a thinking man’s game.” Albert Einstein gave it to us like this, “We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” Then C.S. Lewis, the famous novelist and poet, shut the building down with, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

Well on Saturday night ole Marcus Smart not only didn’t think but he definitely didn’t think less of himself and not at all about his teammates. With 6.2 seconds remaining in what turned out to be a loss to Texas Tech, ole boy was trying to block Jaye Crockett’s dunk attempt. When he fell out of bounds some clown fan said something crazy to him. Instead of Smart thinking he just reacted and shoved the guy.

Now on some real talk, the fan probably said something real crazy to him that was completely unwarranted. So I understand in the heat of the moment that in his mind it made sense to go at him. However, my hood survival instincts tells me that he was nuts to even step to ole boy in that situation.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Did the fan say something crazy! Sure he did! Why else would Smart turn around, go from 0 to 60 in a split second and go at him! Did Smart put himself, his teammates and coaches in a bad situation? Absolutely he did!

Growing up in the hood has taught me several things and survival is at the top of the list playboy. One thing you learn in the ghetto is that things can pop off in a heartbeat. By pushing ole boy he could have ignited a riot in the joint and Texas Tech fans could have stormed the floor on him and his boyz. Now it’s suddenly 15,000 on 15 and those aren’t good numbers I don’t care what kind of new math you’re using.

Should a boy get the brakes beat off of him for throwing a cup a beer on someone? Absolutely! Should Ron Artest have gotten up and went at that fan in the Palace? No way! Why? Because once he went at him he forced everybody that was in the ride with him to fight their way out of the joint.

You can’t be in rival gang territory throwing matches into paper homes regardless of what a boy says or does to you. You always have to be in survival mode. “If I do this…this could pop off!” If you swing a boy in his hood there's alway a good chance of you not getting out of there alive.

The only reason that that joint didn’t explode last night was because it was on a college campus.

They don’t serve alcohol at college venues and the rest of the duns sitting there couldn’t afford to get kicked out of school. Guess what playboy? They were THINKING! That’s why Smart and his boyz got out of the joint without a scratch.

Sometimes you’ve got to be smarter than that and just walk away. No pun intended playa. Big Momma always said that the penitentiary and the cemetery are full of cats that didn’t want to be disrespected.

Had that game been at a neutral site in a big city somewhere like at Madison Square Garden or something like that where they serve alcohol it would have gotten ugly because that oil would have triggered some fools to go at ole Marcus. Why do I know that? Because I grew up in the hood and I’ve seen boyz die for less.

Did you see the panic in his teammates faces trying to get him off of the court bruh? They already knew that it was brewing but luckily there were no G’s in the building. The last place in the world Ron Artest could have swung on a boy was in Detroit! The joint was full of Master P’s that was Bout it Bout it that night!

You’ve got to understand that 99.999% of the cats that started squabbin’ with the Pacers that night didn’t even know the cat that threw the beer and would have beaten the brakes off of him had he hit them too. Some cats just have the “Wish Factor” and are always looking for a fight because they care nothing about going to jail.

The cat that was killed a few weeks ago at the movie theater for texting his babysitter made one critical mistake. He reacted to a fool sitting behind him that had the "Wish Factor" telling him to stop texting. Once he got up and started jawing with the old man he put himself and his wife in the middle of a war zone. Then he threw his popcorn at the dun. Does that justify the ole geezer shooting and killing him? Not at all and he should spend the rest of his life in jail too!

However, it shows those of you that didn’t grow up in the hood just how fast things can pop off. If ole boy had just gotten up, taken his wife by the hand and moved to some seats on the other side of the theater he’d still be alive today. If Marcus Smart had just gotten up and ignored that fool regardless of what he said he would only be dealing with an “L” today instead of all of this foolishness.

Now he’s a young intelligent cat with a bright future and I know that he’ll learn a valuable lesson from all of this. So I’m still gonna ride with him because only suckas bail on a boy when he makes a mistake. I’m just gonna put the big homie Royce in the front seat with him so he can always hear him say, “Life is a thinking man’s game.” Stop me when I start lyin’ playboy!

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