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on the floor against the Golden State Warriors tonight.
In the first few minutes, the ball came right at me, and I had to hand it back.
12 responses to “LeBron James”
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An amazing athlete…. and born to a 16 year old mother.
I am a total newbie to basketball and spectator sports in general. My flickr archive reminded me that this was the fourth basketball game I have ever seen. The prior one was in 2004 at the opening of Maples Pavilion at Stanford. And the first was back in high school, but I did not know any of the rules of the game back then.
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Overpaid athlete, as most are. You overpaid for those seats too. This is a GAME where overgrown men & women have to put a ball in a basket. This guy barely graduated high school and is a big part of why the inner city dream is more rare than a lottery winner. Kids kill other kids just for the shoes!
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I grew up with the American sports that were played when I was a kid, and football and basketball can only be played by freakish giants, normal bodies can only sit and watch… I was forced to play baseball, which all shapes and sizes can play, every summer day of my childhood and it bored me stiff. Soccer wasn’t played in the US when I was a kid and I only discovered it as a spectator when I went to school in England, and it was too late to acquire the skills. I think I would have played it well, because although I am a light boned 6’1", I am fast and well coordinated. I have few regrets in life, but that is one of them.
I love soccer (football everywhere in the world except the USA because…. it’s played with the feet you see) and I really love the idea that the greatest player of the "beautiful game" today and perhaps in history, is Leo Messi, who is very short, only 5’7".
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rleephotos2010] — Oh, I did not overpay, in fact, I have never paid to attend a basketball game (last night, I was a guest of an owner of the Warriors).
And you may find that my sentiment is quite similar to yours, but perhaps a but more strongly worded, for example, over here on a facebook rant comparing the attention paid to the Olympics vs, the Curiosity lander…
My disdain is for spectator sports in general. What a colossal waste of human attention.
The Olympics will eventually fade into an irrelevant footnote in history… some ritualized glorification of tribal hunting skills carried forth from a bygone era. Watching track and field shouldn’t be that different than watching farmers in the field.
When thinking about how we influence the next generation, perhaps we don’t have to do what our parents did. Perhaps we could encourage them to look elsewhere for heroes and role models. Perhaps we could at least have a balanced discussion of the tradeoffs these people make to entertain us.
I was struck by Perkins’ comment above: “most Olympic athletes, even medal winners, are "at sea" after the competition. A lot of these folks have no clear plans or goals beyond their sport. Even the "greatest Olympian of them all" swimmer Michael Phelps, age 27, spoke only vaguely of travel and golf. He is uneducated and will soon be forgotten by the media machine that made so much money off of him.”
Here are some Obama quotes from his call to JPL today:
“what makes us best as a species is this curiosity that we have and this yearning to discover and know more, and push the boundaries of knowledge. And you are perfect examples of that, and we couldn’t be more grateful to you… This is the kind of thing that inspires kids across the country.”On the other hand, I am struck by the sheer beauty, skill and determination of Romney-style sport… =)
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Amazing. People who have a disdain for sports have access to court side seats. If you have disdain for any future Warrior games I will gladly take your place 🙂
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/] That is cool that the ball came right at you, and you had to hand it back.
That is a very good point: "When thinking about how we influence the next generation, perhaps we don’t have to do what our parents did. Perhaps we could encourage them to look elsewhere for heroes and role models."
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thanks.
Like Michael Jordan, LeBron appears to float through the air at times, makes shots while falling backward from a foul, and most amazingly, knows when not to leap when a shot is destined to bounce off the rim.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/whereyallgoingnow] – it’s a deal. I enjoy the spectacle, for a bit.
I just posted the video
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Great video. Wow a Basketball clip with almost zero game footage. However I can understand when you are that close to the cheerleaders. Primo seats. Thanks for sharing.
On another note, it amazes me when others call them overpaid athletes and no one complains about the millions the owners and corporations make off of their name. Look at the record industry where most artists during and after their career can barely sustain themselves while the record companies make all the profits. Don’t blame the athlete for taking the money, for their career is short.
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I don’t pay a lot of attention to sports myself, but I don’t think those athletes are overpaid by very much. They sold their services at an auction, so maybe the high bidder overpaid by a little compared to the wisdom of the crowd but if all the other bidders aren’t complete idiots then the final payout should be not too far above fair.
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Not like baseball, soccer too you throw it back. I used to shoot soccer games at Anaheim Stadium and being right there is very revealing about the players that you don’t get to hear on television or up in the stands. Language isn’t fit for television. It reminds me of being in the Army many years ago, real men enjoying each others competitive company.
People in general are competitive and best applied to sports rather than domination of others. I think the Olympics will endure but may evolve including other sports and maybe going back to true amateur competitors. I once had aspirations of competing and refused taking prize money for the fear of being branded professional.
Basketball is played by the atypical competitors. Perhaps raising the basket and disallowing anyone to hang on the rim would add something to the game.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/48331433@N05] You understand and appreciate the game. I recall weekend days watching the West German Army playing on the pitch with a truck nearby loaded with beer. It is a social event too. The US Army didn’t play at that time. I enjoyed hanging out with the Bundeswehr. I am happy that my kids and grandkids play and have played the game. I attend as many games as possible.
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