"To HUSTLE is to make the commitment to yourself to never be out-worked. To be GREAT is to remain committed to the HUSTLE!" -JayGraves-
Atmosphere (Why George Hill changes the Pacers vibe for the better)
"That's what I'm talkin' bout playa!"
As
I was standin’ outside of the Magic Kingdom kickin’ it with the fellas, I
noticed these three cats arguin’ about leadership. Martin Luther King, Jr. said,
“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”
John C. Maxwell pulled off those famous ears and shouted, “A leader is one who
knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” Then John Quincy Adams poured
out a lil’ liquor for all the dead homies and said, “If your actions inspire
others to dream more, learn more, do to more and become more, you are a leader.”
Well
playas…the Indiana Pacers seem to be a completely different team when George
Hill is on the floor. I can’t explain it nor will I attempt to dissect the
reasonin’ as to why but I will say this…that dun needs to stay healthy because
he inspires other to do more and become more! When he’s on the floor the energy
changes for the better and they look like a basketball team on a mission. On
Sunday night they got out of Orlando alive with a 106-99 win to end this
season’s second longest losin’ streak.
Let’s
keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! George Hill
didn’t lead the team in scorin’ or assists but he led them in attitude playboy.
For years I’ve always said, “Swagger is the ability to walk into a room and
change the atmosphere in it without sayin’ a word.” Well for some reason ole
George changes the atmosphere and the attitude on the floor as soon as he steps
on it. He only played 20 minutes last night but he was able to peel off 20
points, 6 rebounds and throw 3 dimes. That was enough to kick start the engine
to get the rest of the fellas to play at a higher level.
The
Pacers finished with 6 cats in double figures. David West led them with 20 and
the homie Damjan Rudez went to work on these boyz as he dropped a career high 18
with 16 of them comin’ in the fourth quarter. Rodney Stuckey put 15 in the kitty
as C.J. Watson was one shy of a 12 pack. Even ole Roy Hibbert lived up to his
potential when he put up 11 points and snagged 13 rebounds. All a boy needs out
of him is 10 and 10 EVERY night and we’re cool.
Leadership
on the floor has been needed and I don’t care where they get it from but it’s
got to be there. Someone has to be aggressive with the basketball, walk around
with crazy confidence and be willin’ to show the way EVERY night. For the last
two ball games it just happens to be George Hill. So if that’s what it is
pimpin’, then so be it.
The
Pacers shot 51 percent from the field and 40 percent from downtown. They moved
the ball well with 27 team assists. However, they were only 66 percent from the
foul line. That’s a problem playa! They call them free throws for a reason and
you’ve got to take advantage of them.
There
is a very small window for error with this team and at times I believe that they
realize that because you can see the pressure all over their faces. That’s why
it so important to have leadership on the floor at all times. So somebody else
is gonna have to step up. Up next…Toronto at the crib, where they’ll play the
next 15 of 20 games and stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas
Thesaurus:
1)Dun:
The person in question, dude, guy, etc.
2)Dimes:
hood term for assists
3)Pimpin’:
My man, my boy, my dawg. The person that I’m talkin' to.
4)Playa:
Whoever I’m talkin’ to!
Holla
At Ya Boy!
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