Is The NBA Not Basketball Anymore?
By Mason McFee
Conclusion
Look, this isn’t the best article you may have read, or well constructed. It may be the worst. I don’t know what you think. I don’t know.
What I do know is that I love the NBA, and am proud to say that. While it may not matter to you at all what I think, I think it matters what people think of the NBA.
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Yeah, it’s run by money – take a look at terms of contracts from this past summer. But there are some players that don’t care about money.
Karl-Anthony Towns when asked on draft night what he was going to do with all his new money being the no. 1 overall selection said (and I’m paraphrasing), “I don’t know, give it to my mom probably.”
He’s genuine, and he’s real. So are other players.
Channing Frye just lost his dad on Thanksgiving. Zach Randolph lost his mom on Thanksgiving. They’re both taking indefinite leaves of absences. They’re vets on good teams, but they value family and life. Channing Frye almost died a few years ago. They get that life is more than cashing checks and dunks.
Taurean Prince, a 1st round pick for the Hawks this year, was homeless. Demetrius Jackson, a rookie PG for the Celtics, bounced around foster care to now have a real shot at a long and successful NBA career.
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There are players in the NBA that recognize they’re people too, and those people don’t want your money or your attention. They want to be viewed as people too.