I don’t have to go into the historic and societal depths of why, when it comes to the NBA Draft, NBA free agency or college basketball recruiting — or any other time high-profile, talented Black men are making high-profile decisions — us f*cking people in the news media suddenly turn into everybody’s parents. He needs to stay in school … He needs to go to school … He needs to shut up and accept whoever drafts him … He should sign with them … He shouldn’t sign with them … He should’ve taken less money and gone for a ring … He needs to hurry up and pick a college … If he’s smart, he’ll go to that college … Read More »

As championship parades go, the Lakers managed to throw a pretty good party yesterday. Although the whole privately-funded element and Derek Fisher‘s anti-Fun Police PSA threatened to put a damper on things, you have to give the L.A. fans credit for showing up in droves and being on their (nearly) best behavior, and credit to whoever paid for the parade for putting on a good event … Check out this snarky-ass line from the Associated Press story on the parade: “Taking a time-out from work or unemployment, 95,000 people filled the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to give a hero’s welcome to players and coaches.” So Adam Morrison was there after all Read More »