John Wooden once said, “Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” Henry Ward Beecher, the famous abolitionist, spit some fire when he said, “Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.” Then Hugh Prather, the Chinese philosopher, shut the joint down with, “Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty. When I am honest I never feel stupid. And when I am honest I am automatically humble.”
In the closing seconds of regulation Russell Westbrook just couldn’t be honest bruh! Pride jumped in that duns collar and he couldn’t get out of the drivers seat and let the probable MVP take the wheel as he missed the 3-pointer as Memphis eventually held on to win in overtime 111-105.
Sure, the Thunder had several opportunities to still win the joint but the pink elephant keeps farting down in OKC and boyz wanna act like he doesn’t have gas. I’ve been saying it since Young Russ came back. "Everybody in the world knows that it’s KD’s team but Russ!"
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! KD should always have his hands on the wheel in critical moments of the game and that three point attempt in the closing moments of regulation was one of them. You live or die with KD not Russ.
Durant hit these boyz up for 36 points with 20 after the end of the third quarter. The only way that game should have gone into overtime was because KD misfired not because someone else did. You could see ole boy looking for the rock as Russ spotted up. His facial expression simply said, “This mother friend!” And that’s the edited version bruh.
Russ is that cat you grew up with that always wanted to prove that he was hot too. You show up with the new Jordan’s on and he’s gotta try to top it. Not only does he get the new Jordan’s but he’s gotta talk his mom into getting the whole Jump Man 23 warm up, the Hanes underwear and that dull Jordan cologne too. If you tell a joke in class he’s gotta stand on top of the lab table in chemistry and tell one too.
If you race down the street against a boy, he’s gotta take his shoes off and race everybody. If you show up with a bad chick, he’s gonna show up with two even though they’re his cousins. He’s constantly competing with KD to prove that he’s the man too instead of playing his role.
Even though it’s only one loss to a scrappy Memphis team, that dynamic is gonna kill them against a better squad down the road if it doesn’t bite them in the butt messin’ around with Zebo and Co. now! I’m just sayin’!
What happened on South Beach is the same thing that has to happen in OKC bruh. Young Russ has to relinquish the wheel and tell himself that it’s KD’s squad and then they’ll get over the hump. But as long as that dun wants to prove that he’s the man too they’re in trouble.
It was Wade County when LeBron showed up and their first year they lost a championship not because of Dallas. They lost a championship because they were wrestling over the steering wheel in rush hour traffic and hit the guard rail.
Now I know boyz out there will say, “Jay you trippin’! Young Russ was good taking that shot because he was ballin’ too!” Instead of paying attention to Russ you needed to keep your eye on KD bruh. His body language told you everything that you needed know.
Go back and watch the tape. I’m from Any Hood, USA and you’re my neighbor. Whenever a boy looks at you like “Dang bruh?” You got problems. Sit in the cut and in my Huggy Lowdown voice, “Waaaait for it!” Stop me when I start lyin’!
Holla At Ya Boy!
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