Sworn Duty (Why fear & guaranteed money makes it easy for D. Rose to sit out)

"I got what I came for bruh! Now what?"

Plato once said, ‘We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Nelson Mandela stood up and shouted, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Then George S. Patton shut the buildin’ down with, “Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.”

Well playa… Derrick Rose is once again allowin’ his fear to overcome his duty to play the game of basketball! Yes my brother, his duty is to play because he’s collectin’ a check. Ole boy said after Tuesday’s practice regardin’ boyz trippin’ about him sittin’ out that he’s thinkin’ about his long term future more than ever.

This cat said, “I’m thinking about long term. I’m thinking about after I’m done with basketball. Having graduations to go to, having meetings to go to, I don’t want to be in my meetings all sore or be at my son’s graduation all sore just because of something I did in the past.” Whatttt?

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! This dun just essentially told the world that he’s got his bread and he’s straight! Keep in mind that the Bulls signed him to a $95 million guaranteed extension just before he got injured the first time. Then Adidas signed him to a 10 year $200 million boy that guaranteed $185 million of it. So for all of you simple minded individuals that’s pretty much $300 million guaranteed.

An old NBA executive once told me that there are two kinds of people in the NBA. Those that love the game of basketball and those that love what the game of basketball can do for them. Derrick Rose is in that second group playboy! Don’t get it twisted.

I told you last season when he was cleared by the medical staff in freakin’ February and he refused to play, that he was as soft as drugstore cotton candy. Boyz went nuts and called me a hater. Look here pimpin’, competitors compete! They don’t sit and watch their teammates fight to make the playoffs. They get out there and work themselves back into game shape and get it in. Do you think Mike would be cleared to play and not attempt to? Do you think Kobe would ever tell a boy that he’s thinkin’ about 20 years from now? If LeBron would have said that he would have been crucified at the crack of dawn. C’mon bruh!

Think about the duns on that Bulls roster right now! They’ve got warriors on that team and they’re best player is scared of the light. For all of you cats that had them contendin’ for a title you better find somebody else to bet on playa because this ain't that.

Naw bruh, forget about the duns on that roster think about the all of the regular cats in the world that HAVE to get up and go to work EVERYday just to eat! The boy that goes to the steel mill or factory, the mechanic, the construction worker etc. that can’t afford to think about what he's gonna feel like in 20 years. On some real talk, it doesn’t matter what he’s gonna feel like in 20 years bruh. He’s gotta feed his family today. Real cats don’t get guaranteed bread. Derrick Rose has been blessed to play a game for a livin’ and he’s bein’ obtuse. For all of my hood dwellers out there that means that he’s bein’ a butt wipe! And that's the edited version. For all of my suburban cats he's bein' annoyingly insensitive. For my rural homeboys and girls he’s bein’ a jerk. Stay with me dawg.

Let me put it where the goats can get it. The same cat that’s grindin’ out here, regardless of how he feels, just worked two weeks straight rockin’ 12 hour days just to be able to take his family to see the Bulls to not have to sit in the nose bleeds. Then he shows up to the United Center and boyz tell him that Derrick Rose isn’t playin’ tonight because he’s worryin’ about what he’s gonna be doin’ in 20 years.

This dun said that he doesn’t wanna be sittin’ in meetings all sore. What meetings is he gonna be in when he doesn’t even talk? If this cat is worried about goin’ to a graduation in 16 or 17 years then he’s got waaaay too much time on his hands playa.

I spent my hard earned money to come see you and you ain’t playin’? Those are fightin’ words where I come from pimpin’! You owe that man and every other fan in the buildin’ some bread. There’s a difference between bein’ hurt and injured. If you’re hurt you’re playin’ because boyz are payin’ you to play and fans are buyin’ tickets. Real talk!! I don’t care how you feel. Nobody cares how the dun feels on fries at McDonald’s but he better have them joints hot when boyz show up I know that.

When this cat says that he’s not playin’ and he’s not hurt he’s tellin’ the fans, the Bulls and Adidas that I’m straight and I really don’t care how you feel about it. He’s got what he came for. Stick a fork in him bruh! He’s done! Stop me when I start lyin’!

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