In 2012, almost all sports know-it-all's were all in on the Washington Redskins drafting the "sensation" of Robert Griffin the Turd based on the hype that mostly created by a super effective marketing scheme concocted by Griffin's father for the Heisman trophy.
However, I was not fooled even though I was a Washington fan (we've since divorced this offseason). I actually watched tape of the sensation Robert Griffin and saw things that nobody dared mention: he couldn't read a defense, never led, used his legs to spread a defense, and only would throw to open receivers.
In short, I pinned the tail on the donkey and Griffin was all fraud. He was really a running back who thought he could throw. And in college, his limited skills at QB were masked by the diluted talent on defense.
In the pros, however, the Great Gimmick was exposed and his 12 win and 21 loss record as a player who started and finished games was horrific - especially when he cost his team three number 1 draft picks and a number two.
And so it goes that the latest sensation, the all great LeBrick James caught my eye as not being nearly so great and being much more a product of sports hype.
There is no denying LeBrick can score.
He should be able to do so.
He doesn't get called for traveling even though he commits at least three a game.
He constantly bashes into defenders and initiates contact by dribbling into defensive players. I'm watching game two of the finals and he just did this again - pushing off a defender without being called for an obvious foul.
But the most glaring aspect of this fraud is his laziness on defense.
And all I can do is to call what he does as lazy.
I so noticed this that I had originally thought that he took off 60% of defensive plays. So I started tracking him - I logged him when he was ACTIVE in defense; when he was partly active but then backed off and just stood there; and then when he just stood there. And when he stands there he is infamous for watching offensive players just going to the basket and doing nothing to stop then (when he could).
When I started tracking this, he shockingly only was active 17% of the time, not 40% as I thought; he was partly active and then just stood there about 40% of the time and did nothing but cast a shadow on the court; and the rest of the time he impersonated a defender for several seconds and then went into stand like a statue with a step to one side or another looking to rebound even while defenders sped right by him.
It is not as if any of this is a revelation - had the pundits actually sat there and logged LeBrick's efforts, you'd see he is really a part time player - when he isn't showboating and making highlight plays, he just doesn't do much else; oh sure he has "assists" which means he gives the ball to someone else instead of hogging it for himself, but this is an after thought - he so often plays selfishly that it seems like he forgets he has teammates.
In a shocking additional exhibit, this time to revoke his man-card, LeBrick is a whining bitch like no other - you won't find an owner of a cunt being such a prissy bitch - LeBrick whines when he doesn't get his way - he whines when you actually play defense against him - he whines so often that I'm surprised his face doesn't permanently contort to his girlie cry face - and of course he raises his arms in protest. Professional sports has never had a larger whining, sniveling, girlie bitch than this cunt.
Great? Only if you ignore the half of his game he doesn't play.
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