Re: No Love from Wal-TUH!

[Douglas342@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 7/9/2003 7:41:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
berrym@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> 2.   Karl Malone being lauded for taking less to sign with the Lakers
> (maybe) in order to "win a ring." This one drives me nuts. Do you think Bird
> or Magic would have done that?

-------------moot question because they didn't have to.

> Those kinds of guys who spend their career
> with a franchise would earn more respect in my eyes if they said "I'm a Utah
> Jazz. I want to win a championship for the Jazz. I'll keep fighting for the
> Jazz until they tear the uniform off me." That's what Bird would have done.
> If you're fighting with and for something, is it really admirable to jump to
> the other side just because that side has a better chance to win?  <snip>
> Will it mean as much to Malone if he wins one with the
> Lakers? 
---------------I certainly admire folks who stay in a city for an entire 
career, but I also admire great players, and don't begrudge them the right to win 
a championship.  Malone gave his heart and soul to the Jazz for 18 years.  
He's earned his chance at a title with another team.  Will it mean as much as if 
he won with Utah?  I doubt that even Malone would make that statement.  Of 
course it wouldn't.  And doesn't all this piss you off just a bit more than usual 
because it's the (*{Y_ Lakers?  I know it ticks me off.  And isn't it an 
awesome starting four in LA next year?  Four slam-dunk Hall of Famers?  Did the Cs 
ever field such a lineup?  (Maybe so - I just don't know.)
 - Doug