Mind Games (Why Paul George won't struggle mentally like Derrick Rosehas)

"I can't wait to do this to boy again bruh!"

Mark Twain once said, “To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.” Helen Keller looked up at a boy and said, “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” Then the homie Norman Vincent Peale stood up and shouted, “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.”

Well playas…it looks like Paul George (PG) has enough confidence in his own powers to be both successful and happy. Not to mention that he has enough confidence to step back on the floor after completely snappin’ both his tibia and fibula on his right leg. For all of you simple minded individuals those are the two bones that make up is lower leg. PG has been adamant about comin’ back and ballin’ since trainin’ camp. And many people, includin’ myself, just thought ole boy was talkin’crazy!

Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1^st! Many of us were lookin’ at ole dull Derrick Rose and how much he’s struggled with returnin’ from knee surgeries and figured that completely snappin’ a leg would be much harder to come back from not just physically but more importantly mentally. Well pimpin’ we were wrong!

This past Saturday on my radio show called “The Barber Shop” on ESPN’s 1070TheFan that I co-host with the big homie Conrad Brunner, we had Dr. Robert Klapper on. Ole boy is an Orthopedic Surgeon at LA’s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where he is also the Director of the Joint Replacement Program. He owns nine patents on the angled telescope as well. What I’m tryin’ to tell you playa is that we didn’t go get Lil’ June and Man-Man from the east side and start askin’ them questions. We hollered at an expert! 

We had him on because he’s been Tweetin’ about PG’s recovery and rehab since day 1. So we did what makes since playa when we want to learn somethin’. We chopped it up with a cat that was smarter than us.

Dr. Klapper broke down why cats like PG can return without dealin’ with the mental hurdle that duns like Derrick Rose do. PG’s injury was essentially a car accident. It was caused by somethin’! He ran into the basket stanchion which caused the break. So there was an explanation for the injury. Therefore, because it can be blamed on somethin' or some event it’s easier to process and get over. As long as I don’t run into the basketball stanchion again I’m cool.

However, for duns like Derrick Rose who tore an ACL, a meniscus etc. without contact, his brain processes the event differently. Because it was torn without something actually happenin’ the brain is on high alert thinkin’ that his body is failin’ him because there is no justified reason as to why the ACL or meniscus tore. Are you smellin’ that?

That’s why PG is jumpin’ around tellin’ boyz that he’s ready to play and Derrick Rose has been lookin’ for the Boogie Man to come out of the closet for the past few years. This is not a knock on Rose but it’s a testament as to why PG isn’t trippin’ on comin’ back. Now let him tell it he’s comin’ back around the March 14^th date. The Pacers have said nothin'. But if he says that he’s comin’ back then I believe him playboy. Let the games begin.

The Pacers are sittin’ at the 8^th and final playoff spot as of today and duns like Miami that are sittin’ in the 7^th spot may lose some ground over the next month because of the absence of Chris Bosh. Everybody and there momma’s momma knows that D. Wade can’t carry them on those knees bruh. On some real talk, Miami may not even make the playoffs playa.

So put ya seat belts on! It should be an excitin’ run over this next month or so! Look for PG to pop the trunk on these boyz and give them the boost that they’ve been lookin’ for all season.And look for D. Rose to be bumpin' that old school Geto Boys, "My Minds Playin' Tricks On Me!"  Up next the dull 76ers! Stop me when I start lyin’!

Playas Thesaurus:
1) Ole boy: noun – the person that I’m talkin’ about playa
2) Lil’ June and Man-Man: nouns – Some random cats hangin’ out in front of Mr. Lucky’s Hamburger and Liquor store in Any Hood, USA.
3) Are you smellin’ that?: In other words, “Do you understand what I’m tryin’ to tell you playa?
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