Grant and JJ -- Orlando-Detroit
First time watching Grant play in a long time. Brought back memories of years gone by, he looked great. A nice block on D and several layups straight through the defense. Brought to mind a Billy Joel song, This is the Time.
Given his own thoughts about whether to play after this season and potentially where, we may not get much of a chance to see one of the class acts ever in basketball after this year's playoffs. If the Magic hold on to the eighth spot.
JJ hit a couple of open jumpers, but overall the Magic appear greatly outclassed by the Pistons.
lets think before we write
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JJweMISSu
i didnt see the game but when i read your comment it sounded like they won. then I looked at the box score and they losted, so im guessing you care about classiness more than the win...
I think he meant the Pistons were in a different "class" or "tier." Not classiness in terms of sportsmanship.
If I am wrong and he does mean sportsmanship, you're comment is still silly because he said the PISTONS outclassed the Magic, and since the Pistons won that would mean he cares about both classiness and winning.
Complete and Total Speculation
I have no basis for this, its just something that I keep wondering. For 4 years JJ was pretty much public enemy number 1 in college basketball. Is it possible that some of his teamates actually couldnt stand JJ before he was on their team, and now that he is that sentiment has carried over a little. As we all remember, there was more than dislike of JJ as basketball player, there was actual resentment from a large population of basketball fans. I am sure that most NBA players are fans of the college game, either their team or just the game in general if they didnt go to college.
Just a thought I had, perhaps its way out in left field.