What the F#%k did Baron Davis do to Tim Kawakami? Or is this a classic case of pogonophobia?
Did he not accept Tim to be his friend on Facebook? Did he cut him off driving into the Oracle parking lot? Did he call his mama a b@#ch? Seriously, what could possibly motivate Kawakami to dedicate so much time to the Baron Davis contract issue on his “Talking Points” blog for the San Jose Mercury News? There has to be something more than Kawakami’s mosquito’s-sized sphincter that would induce his epic exegeses on the subject. We all know BD had a reputation coming from The Hornets, but the fact is that conflicts of personality and such have been mostly absent since his arrival, at least on the surface (but of course with Kawakami-Vision, one can see far below the surface into the minds of coaches, players and general managers). It’s dismaying to me that in some blog-chatter, there are a few Dubsfans seriously thinking it would be cool to have a Stephon Marbury or Ron Artest trade - Are you F-ing kidding me? Oh yeah, let’s trade “can be moody” for “complete psychopath.” That’s a great idea. Here’s what I know, and what the average fan knows (which is apparently negligible to TK) - Since Baron donned a Warriors’ Jersey,
1. The Warriors have a winning record and have continued to improve.
2. Attendance is through the roof.
3. Golden State is back on the national sports radar.
I’ll take that trend over the unknown of a Baronless Warriors. Everything the coaches and players have said up until this point is that this team has great chemistry and they all enjoy playing together. What’s so hard about taking that at face value? Maybe Nellie benched Baron in the Phoenix game just to give Kawakami something to write about for the next four months? That would be awesome if Baron and Nellie planned the whole thing at half-time just to mess with some no-life havin’, write a billion words a day blogger/quasi-journalist dude.
Yes, Baron is our avatar, but not because we think he can deliver us a championship (are you kidding, we’re true Warriors fans remember?). We chose Baron because he has a swagger that we felt resonated with the East Bay Culture that we know. It’s that value-add that’s hella important to us as fans. But for people like T. Kawakami it’s more important to play armchair GM and pretend to “know” what will make a championship team. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out after this year’s championship between the Lakers and Celtics (unless The Pistons prove me wrong) that to get all the way, you need to have at least two superstars AND a bunch of great role players. Merely trading Baron Davis for Elton Brand doesn’t even get us close. So, unless we’re really talking about doing super duper big things, why bitch about the squad we got? That’s why Kawakami’s brain diarrhea on BD can only be explained by some personal vendetta-type ish or a severe case of pogonophobia, otherwise his talking points on this matter are utterly pointless.
M. Meschery
Thank you for saying what the rest of us have been thinking. It’s obvious that TK has got some real personal issues.
Perhaps Mr. Kawakami could successfully lobby to bring Stephon Marbury and the 6th draft pick the San Jose Sharks. I’d like to watch OJ Mayo on ice skates.
FTH.
Comment by Gd. | 05.27.2008 | 11:09 pm