This isn’t about Amare Stoudemire, the Suns, or that ridiculous dunk from yesterday’s game.
Can One Dunk End Someone’s Career?
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↵We need to talk about Richard Jefferson. Think back to when he was brought in this offseason. People were speaking in reverential tones about his athleticism, how the Spurs were going to be scary on the perimeter, and how the whole league had better gear up for another title run from those pesky San Antonio Spurs.
↵And then they started actually playing games and the whole league realized that Richard Jefferson has lost a step (or eight) over the past few years. So yesterday was quite a moment, with Jefferson’s age and incompetence frozen in one, spectacularly embarrassing facial.
↵One sad, irreversible moment, when everybody realizes that a someone’s well past his prime, and probably better off just retiring on the spot. Like The Who at the Super Bowl. Like whenever Jason Kidd plays defense. Like everyone in the movie Righteous Kill. And most of all, like last night’s terribawful debut of Jerry Seinfeld’s The Marriage Ref.
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↵That was Richard Jefferson on Sunday. Just like NBC, the Spurs were looking for a savior, and they got Richard Jefferson. So where does that leave San Antonio’s title chances? Marriage Ref levels of hopelessness.
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