Young Thunder Cat (How Marcus Smart screwed his teammates & coaches)

"Dang bruh! I wish I could get that one back!"

William James, the 19^th century philosopher and psychologist, once said, “Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.” Confucius says, “When anger rises, think of the consequences.” Then Robert Louis Stevenson, the 19^th century Scottish poet, got boyz attention with, “Everybody, soon or late, sits down to a banquet of consequences.”

Well ole Marcus Smart sat down sooner rather than later to a table full of those joints on Sunday a day after shoving a Texas Tech fan during a loss in Lubbock on Saturday. He was suspended for the next three games for his actions. He’ll miss the Texas, Oklahoma and Baylor games.

What blew my mind on Sunday was the amount of duns on social media that were caught up in what the fan said as opposed to what Smart did in response to what was said. Was the fan dead wrong and needed his butt whooped for saying whatever he said? Absolutely! Should his season tickets be revoked? You darn right! And that’s the edited version playboy.

However, the entire sports world isn’t talking about the fan today, they’re talking about Marcus Smart. The fan isn’t trying to get drafted bruh! He isn’t trying to improve his game either. He isn’t even trying to make the NCAA tournament. The fan isn’t trying to put himself into a position to make easy money with endorsements down the line but Marcus Smart is.

In my Big Momma voice, "Marcus better take care of Marcus before Marcus get's himself into a lot of trouble."

So whatever ole boy said wasn’t worth being suspended for the next three games and having to deal with the embarrassment of the last couple of days. All of these young thunder cats that I’ve talked to since the incident have completely been focused on what the fan said like that was more important.

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! That ain’t the first nor the last time ole Marcus is gonna run into some racist cat during the course of his lifetime. Let me put something on ya head playboy. You can’t jump bad every time some cat says something crazy to you. Otherwise, you’re gonna be fighting everyday of your life and nobody is gonna want to fool with you if you can't control your freakin' emotions. Like I told you in the Hot Joint entitled, “The Wish Factor” on yesterday Big Momma always said, “The penitentiary and cemetery is full of cats that didn’t want to be disrespected.”

I guess I can throw in the unemployment line too. We all know the fool that can't keep a job because every time somebody pisses them off they're ready to fight. Well good luck with that playa. Is it comfortable down at the mission bruh? And guess what? Somebody is gonna piss you off down there too.

Think about this pimpin’! Oklahoma State has lost 5 of 6 games and now four straight! Smart is the whole freakin’ team playboy and with him being out for the next three they’re sure to lose those. So by the time he comes back there’s the real potential of them having lost seven straight. Not to mention that they still have No.8 Kansas and No.16 Iowa State still on the schedule. Can you say, “Oklahoma State's not making the NCAA Tournament this year playboy?”

In hindsight, stepping to ole boy and shoving him wasn’t really worth it now was it? Not only did he screw himself but he screwed his entire team, coaches and the program. Also every time they bring up the name Marcus Smart during the pre-draft conversation guess what tape they’re going to show playa? Not the joints of him ballin’ these boyz out here but the joint of him pushing some old fart that means absolutely nothing to him.

Listen up all of you young thunder cats! If you’ve got aspirations of being great at anything you’re going to run into some haters on your way to the top. The key is to not let them keep you from accomplishing your goals. If they know that by saying something crazy to or about you will derail you, they’re coming at you every time. It's a set up bruh! Keep your eyes open for it.

Now on some real talk let me ask you, was pushing ole boy worth the consequences regardless of what was said? At the very least playboy you gotta live up to your last name! I’m just sayin’ and stop me when I start lyin'!

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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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