THE ELEPHANT SITTING IN THE LIVING ROOM: WHAT HAPPENED TO DANNY GREEN IN THAT NBA FINAL GAME #7?
Posted June 23, 2013
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Now that the sun has settled on the horizon and we experienced the “Repeat of the Heat,” there seems to be an elephant sitting in the living room that everyone (and I mean EVERYONE) is ignoring. First, let me say I don’t believe there’s such a thing as someone just happening to have a bad game. This is especially true in the world of professional sports. There’s always a reason and I’m a firm believer that what takes place away from the field of competition affects what takes place on the field of competition. Isn’t it weird how Spurs point guard Danny Green needed just five games to break the NBA finals record for most made three-pointers, and yet two games later went two for 18 scoring a total of five points. Okay, so he said he was slightly “under the weather” and there could be some truth to that but how often have we seen a professional athlete who was a little “under the weather” have one of the best games of his or her career. So to me, that just doesn’t wash. More than likely he (like so many male high school, college and professional athletes) was having a “girlfriend problem.” If this were the case, and had he made up with her just prior to Game #7, the Spurs today might be the new world champions. Of course, Green wasn’t the only reason the Spurs lost. Maybe Manu Ginobili, who caused all those turnovers, was also having a girlfriend problem?
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