Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Fuck Steve Belkin


This Joe Johnson situation is starting to get me really fucking salty. To recap as briefly as possible for those of you who don't follow or give a shit about the Atlanta Hawks...
  1. JJ had a very good season as the 2-guard and the third/fourth option on a spectacular Phoenix Suns team and was a restricted free-agent.
  2. Phoenix said they'll match any offer made on him, meaning they've got him on lock if they want.
  3. The Atlanta Hawks--who have sucked for a long time and haven't really been relevant since they traded Dominique Wilkins for washed-up loser Danny Manning while they were in 1st place and 'Nique was having a career season--have some promising young talent in Josh Smith, Josh Childress, Marvin Williams, and Royal Ivey. They need a point guard and a big man, and they need some veteran leadership.
  4. ATL made a big offer, $70+ million for 5 years.
  5. PHX offered to match.
  6. JJ who perhaps wants to play point and to garner a little more shine than the stocked Suns could provide, said you know what Phoenix, it's been fun, but I want out.
  7. Hawks and Suns worked out a sign and trade; same $70 million for Joe plus Boris Diaw (who is an absolutely worthless basketball player) and two "lottery protected" first round draft picks.
  8. That's a lot for Joe Johnson. But the Hawks have been rebuilding forever and need to get better now. Cap-space doesn't do anybody any good if you don't use it.
  9. The deal was vetoed by Steve Belkin, the most powerful of a loosely connected consortium of Hawks owners known as Atlanta Spirit.
  10. The sleeping giant that is the Hawks fan-base was incensed.
  11. The other owners took Belkin to court. GM Billy Knight came and said Belkin is a straight sucker and a cheap-skate and doesn't give a fuck about the Hawks.
  12. Belkin won.

What's next? An appeal, I guess, and a public outcry against Belkin. Belkin seems like he doesn't give a fuck if the rest of the Hawks organization and the entire city of Atlanta hate him, though, so perhaps more drastic measures are in order.

I say we send your favorite rapper's favorite rapper (and favorite trapper's favorite trapper) to blow his fucking head off, and then you let Josh Smith put on a dunk show with it out on some ATL blacktop. Some real Run n' Shoot for that ass. Who's with me? Regulators, mount up!

// posted by Mr. Babylon @ 11:55 AM
Comments:
Damn! The birds' gonna suck another year. I always read the box score with one hand over my face. What a prick!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 11:47 PM
 
Open your eyes, man, stare that shit in its face. We must face our demons.
# posted by Blogger Mr. Babylon : 1:51 PM
 
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