Why Flaming LeBron James?

 

Give Lebron a break.. We know that the next morning after the NBA final, we can start reading flames all over LeBron James. So why flaming him? The proper answer to this question is another question: WHY NOT? If NBA is City of Gorham, then Dallas Mavericks is the Batman and Miami Heat is the Penguin. There is no reason for not flaming LeBron James. After all, he did:

#1 Leave Cleveland Cavaliers who fully supported him for seven years in such an ugly manner

There is a Chinese proverb "凡事留一线，日后好相见". Obviously, LeBron James does not understand what does this mean because Google translated this as "All things save one, a good meet future". And this also means that Google Translate sucks! Okay back to the topic, after flirting with several teams last year, LeBron James hosted a TV show "The Decision" to reveal his decision of his whereabouts in the future. Well, I understand that LeBron James wants to win so badly but it's not like Cavaliers did not anything to be supportive. In fact, they did everything they could to support LeBron to win a champion. What he did it's like a pussy flirting with a guy - making the guy to spend lots of cash on her shopping and making the guy to buy her diamonds rings, and in the end, "Thanks for all the $$$ but I'm sorry, you're not my type".

#2 Promise the Miami Heat not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven.. champions!
I supposed that he meant to bring the Heat more than seven champions while he's around. LeBron James is a great player. Even Jason Kidd has his very first ring at the age of 38. There is a high possibility that LeBron will win one ring eventually. But he's talking about eight or more champions to Miami Heat. This means that he needs at least another eight years to deliver his promise to the Miami Heat fans. Or else, he will be hated not only by non-Miami Heat fans, but also Miami Heat fans as well. But seeing how he betrayed his hometown in such an ugly manner, there are chances that LeBron James will betray the Miami Heat in his quest for his ring. Or maybe we misunderstood what he really meant. What he really meant was that he would bring not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven but ZERO champion to Miami Heat.

#3 The chalk throwing every single fucking game to annoy people like me

Some people think it's cool, some people think it's gay, some people go "wtf" every time he did this. I don't know why he does this all the time. Maybe he grows up watching WWE and he thinks that it's so cool to have his own signature move for his entrance to the game. "Triple H does his water spitting for his entrance, The Rock does his "Can you smell what The Rock is cooking" eyebrow lift for his entrance, so why not doing the Chalk move for my entrance?" This probably goes through his mind when he first started his chalk move. C'mon LeBron, this is basketball, not wrestling entertainment. When asked why started the Chalk, he replied “I don’t know why I started throwing it up. But it is definitely trademarked." Trademarked? Don't worry, nobody bothers doing such a silly move in a basketball game. Maybe a lame newbie wrestler in WWE might do this - keep an eye on WWE if you're so afraid that somebody else is doing your trademarked Chalk move. Oh LeBron, by the way, here's some tips how to use your chalk better,

#4 Choke in critical moment...again

Even if the Heat had beaten the Mavericks, Dwayne Wade would have been named as the Final MVP. And the reason why the Heat did not beat the Mavericks, it's because LeBron James choked in critical moment again. When I watched Heat-Bulls series and Heat-Celtic series, I thought that LeBron James improved his games by being critical (or relevant) in the clutch moment. And for an obvious reason the Heat won both series against Bulls and Celtic, LeBron James delivered in the final minutes. But during the final series against the Mavericks (a more critical and clutch moment), LeBron James was able to be relevant in the Heat offense. Remember how he scored only 8 points in game 4? Remember how he failed to score in the final 5 minutes of the game? I know LeBron James wanted to play a point guard like Magic Johnson. But his decision making is nowhere close. So why not use his superhuman body to score inside? And for the fact that he always chokes when it matters most, Kobe Bryant is a better player than LeBron James.

#5 Fail at Public Relation

Of course, a NBA player should care the least about public relation and care the most about practice. Or else, you might be ended up in Turkey league like Allen Iverson who talked about practice. But if a NBA player wants to publicize his personal opinions, then make sure it makes him, at least, look smart. LeBron James tweeted "Now or Never" before Game 5. Then "Now or Never" again before Game 6. Dude, how many "Now or Never" situations for you out there? Since it was a "Never" on Game 5, thus, an automatic "Never" on Game 6 too? And a "Never" for the rest of his NBA career? So there will be no champion for him? Okay, at least after his loss to Mavericks, he left the court after shaking (only) the hand of Dirk Nowitzki. Well, he had his explanation for not congratulating:

      

      "It's hard for me to congratulate somebody after you just lose to them, I'm a winner. It's not being a poor sport or anything like that. If somebody beats you up, you're not going to congratulate them. ... I'm a competitor. That's what I do. It doesn't make sense for me to go over and shake somebody's hand." LeBron James after the loss to Orlando Magic in 2009.

He called himself a winner without winning. Ha-ha, very funny.

Nonetheless, his poor public relation is mainly due to the 7-year-influence of another greater failure at public relation in Cleveland, Dan Gilbert, the owner of Cavaliers. He shows his lameness by constantly flaming LeBron James after "The Decision" of leaving Cavaliers. He boldly (or rather lamely) predicted that Cavaliers will win a champion before LeBron James. And right after the Finals Game 6, he flamed LeBron James by tweeting "Mavs NEVER stopped & now entire franchise gets rings, Old Lesson for all: There are NO SHORTCUTS. NONE." But hey, everyone else can flame LeBron James but Dan Gilbert. Remember this, you're the one who used your first pick on LeBron James out of the class of 2003. You could have picked Dwayne Wade. Then, maybe the Big Three is in Cleveland now. So accept the consequences of your foolishness and blame no one but yourself, Dan.

Sport vs E-sport

Sometimes my mum doesn't understand why I play computer games. Well, the best answer is: WE HAVE A GODDAMN GENERATION GAP. Yea, because older generations did not grow up with the luxury of advance technology, they don't quite understand why we, younger generation, love it. But actually E-sport has a lot of similarities to traditional sport like football, basketball, badminton etc.

What is sport? According to Wikipedia, a sport is an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means.

What is E-sport? It means electronic sport - which mean it is also an organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity requiring commitment, strategy and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means - but it is played through electronic devices. 

Organization:

Traditional sport and E-sport are both well organized. Traditional sport like football, basketball, baseball etc has organizations to maintain their competitiveness and their function as entertainment. Football - FIFA, Basketball - NBA etc. E-sport are organized too. But unlike traditional sport which is organized according to categories, E-sport is organized by sponsors, This is because the game is updated and replaced everytime, you can't expect an organization to play only Street Fighter II 20 years ago and still play the same game which no one else plays anymore. In fact, E-sport organizations covered all varieties of games.

Competitiveness:

Competitiveness is the MOST important element in sports. You don't play a sport without competing. If there is no competitiveness element, it is not a sport - such as yoga. When we play basketball, even if it is a pickup game, we want to win as badly as LeBron James wants to win a NBA championship. Similarly, when we play DOTA, even there is a feeder on our team, we want to win as badly as LeBron James too.




Entertainment:
Yes, entertainment is the MOSTEST important element in sports. It is more important than being competitive. This is the reason why we enjoy playing sports instead of washing dishes. It is fun, enjoyable, relaxing, entertaining etc to play sports. If a person does not enjoy the sport, he/she will do some other activities such as yoga (entertaining for him/her but definitely not for me).



Skills:
All sports require skills. You just can't play a sport without learning how to play. But here is why I think E-sport is better than traditional sport. In traditional sport, our skills are limited by the law of physics and our body. For example, I can never dunk because I can never jump that high due to my height of 170cm and my skin color. But on the other hand, in E-sport, our skills are limited only by our own imagination. Anyone can be damn good in E-sport. You can be fat, slim, tall, short, male, female, gay, 6 fingers etc to be very good in E-sport. But in traditional sport, you know that a fat man can never outrun a slim man. Or on average, a girl is weaker physically than a guy. There is no such limitation in E-sport. So I can imagine in the next 50 years, E-sport will be more popular than traditional sport.

So given the advantage of E-sport, mum, please stop nagging me when I play computer games, okay?

Who Would Have Thought......?

Very busy month for me which makes me talk less cock. But who would have thought a person like get so serious in studying? Yea, many things went out of your expectations - especially in the NBA season 2010-2011. Here are the list "Who Would Have Thought....":


1. ...the two-time-defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers got swept by playoff-most-favorable-to-choke Dallas Mavericks 0-4?
It is very difficult to three peat because humans get overconfident with their past experience of being successful twice. For example: Ron Artest sold his ring for charity early in the season because he thought that he would win another ring with the Lakers. But this is not the main reason of Lakers' loss. Lakers lost because
         i) Pau Gasol got fucking emo with Kobe Bryant and refused to perform. Pau Gasol's long time girlfriend, Silvia Lopez Castro broke up with him, thanks to the help of Kobe Bryant's wife. The Lakers players refused to give further information about that. But if this is not the reason, why Pau Gasol is playing worse than his brother, Marc Gasol?
        ii) Andrew Bynum fucked the team up by refusing to perform as he supposed to. He got overconfident with his performance and demanded to be the first offensive option but he didn't get it from the coach, Phil Jackson. Of course, he will not be as long as Kobe Bryant is the team. Kobe Bryant is a famous for ball hogging, not to mention he is the BEST player in the league.
        iii) Phil Jackson is fed up of winning. C'mon, a person has only 10 fingers but he has 11 rings to put on. Not to forget that he has a wedding ring too so make it 12! 13 is an unlucky number. To avoid the unlucky 13, he just refused to win the 13th ring!

2. ...the team with the best record in regular season San Antonio Spurs lost to Memphis Grizzlies?
This is the ultimate upset for the veteran team like San Antonia Spurs because they do not have another chance to make another playoff push. They had the best record in the regular season with Phoenix Suns signature run-and-gun offense. It's not difficult to achieve the best record with such offense for the given rooster (well, look at Phoenix for the past 7 years) but the Spurs seemed to forget how to win a playoff game - by defending the paint. Perhaps the lost to the Phoenix Suns last year made a blueprint for the Spurs to win in playoff this year? Better luck next year - oops forgot that you guys are retiring soon...

3 ...Orlando Magic who swept and humiliated Atlanta Hawks by a margin of 30 points per game last year lost to Atlanta Hawks with the same rooster?
Actually, not really the same rooster as Magic had a blockbuster trade in February. It is a very poor choice to have Hedo Turkoglu back in the Magic rooster. Yea, many people think that he runs the best 3-5 pick-and-roll with Dwight Howard but that's just all Dwight Howard's effort. Believe me, if I can play with Dwight Howard, I run pick-and-roll easily with his help too. Dwight Howard is the SUPERMAN! By playing on average 45 mins per game in the series and having 40-20 night in night out and a lost series to Hawk, this is obviously not Dwight's problem. Magic roosters just suck. Probably Dwight Howard should follow the "betrayal" footsteps like Lebron James in his free agency next year?

4 ...Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtic fail to meet each other to square off their rivalry?
Lakers and Boston had two upset losses to Mavericks and Heat, respectively. Lakers' loss is explained above. Boston's loss started in February when Boston Celtic GM Danny Ainge traded Kendrick Perkin to Oklahoma City. Boston Celtic head coach Doc Rivers claimed that his starters have not lost a series when they all played together. So why the fuck Danny Ainge traded such a core piece to Oklahoma City? Look where Oklahoma City has achieved with Kendrick Perkin - Western Final. Maybe Danny Ainge should grow up and become "Daniel" Ainge to make some mature trades. 

5 ...Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat would meet in the NBA final?
This is NOT a rematch of of NBA Final 2006. Both of teams failed miserably for 5 years until recently with a different rooster. The Heat 2011 does not have Shaq "Most Dominating Ever" O'neal and Gary Payton. But they now have Dwayne Wade plus LeBron James and Chris Bosh. This is not the Heat 2006 who had D-Wade one man show. This is the Heat 2011 who has Super Friends 3 men show. On the other hand, the Mavericks 2011 is different than the Mavericks 2006. The only roosters left from the Mav 2006 are Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry. The Mav 2006 ran Dirk as center which failed miserably because of his softness in the middle. Now the Mav 2011 ran Dirk as 7 footer shooting guard. This shooting guard is more dangerous than Kobe Bryant because his fade away is literally impossible to defend. Dirk is releasing the ball from his hand at 9 feet height and he is fading 3 feet away from the defender. Although the Super Friends are the most athletic players in the league, Dirk Nowitzki and his Mavs are not easy to guard. So let's compare the roosters:

Starting Line Up
At Center Position: Tyson Chandler (Mav) vs Joel Anthony (Heat)
Tyson Chandler, a 10-year NBA player, plays decent basketball even back in the days in the Hornet. He hustles, he defends, he rebounds and he catch an alley oop pass and dunk on your face. And Joel Anthony - have you heard of his name? Umm no. This probably has something to do with his skills.
Obvious choice here: Mavericks wins at the center position.

At Power Forward Position: Dirk Nowitzki (Mav) vs Chris Bosh (Heat)
This is tough comparison here not because of their skills level but because of their different play style.Chris Bosh is a power forward who plays like a power forward. He loves to get inside and score while he can shoot pretty good too. The only thing you can pick on him is his inability to defend. Dirk Nowitzki is a power forward who plays like a shooting forward. He can get inside with his lefty layup (he loves to do that!) but what makes him very dangerous is his ability to shoot the ball from anywhere on the floor. He's notorious for his inability to defend as well but his offensive output can make up for that. Beat this: 40% from 3point, 50% from the floor, 90% from the free throw. You want a crazier stat? This playoff: 52% from 3 point, 52% from the floor, 92% from the free throw while scoring 28 points a night.
Another obvious choice here: Mavericks has an upper hand at this position but probably Mavericks will run Dirk as a shooting guard on the offense and power forward on the defense.

At Small Forward Position: Shawn Marion (Mav) vs LeBron James (Heat)
Many people might say this is an obvious choice that favor the Heat. Yes, I have to admit that LeBron James is considered one of the best players in the league. But Shawn Marion is called "The Matrix" for some reasons. Although the stat of Kevin Durant during Conference final was not poor, Shawn Marion's ability to make crucial stops has denied Kevin Durant and the Thunders from the NBA Final. But what make Shawn Marion "The Matrix" is not his ability to defend but his ability to score from anywhere on the floor with his signature ugly shooting style. LeBron James has yet to be defended by a pesky defender during this playoff. If LeBron wants to shine, he need to get through "The Matrix".
Of course, the favorite choice: LeBron James will be the choice compared to any small forward in the league. C'mon, he is the best small forward. But do you know that he plays better at power forward position? Like how he crushed the Celtic and the Bulls defends.

At Shooting Guard Position: DeShawn Stevenson (Mav) vs Dwayne Wade (Heat)
Just like the Heat center, Joel Anthony, DeShawn Stevenson is his counterpart. Have you ever heard of his name? Umm no - same reason as Joel's case. Dwayne Wade had a Jordanique performance in 2006 NBA Final to crush the Mavericks. He is able to do so again. Dwayne Wade is the best scorer option in the Heat. Remember when the Heat tried to run LBJ as first offensive option, they lost tons of games till D-Wade is running offense again. D-Wade makes better decision when to slash, when to shoot and when to pass.
Obvious choice here: Dwayne Wade, enough being said!

At Point Guard Position: Jason Kidd (Mav) vs Mike Bibby (Heat)
This is not the Kidd from the Nets and this is not the Bibby from the Kings either. What left in these two old men is experience and ever improving skills. However, Mike Bibby can never be like Jason Kidd, the master of Triple-Double. Well, now the master of Triple-Double is, of course, LBJ Although both lost to the Lakers eventually, Jason Kidd single handedly brought the Nets to the NBA final twice 10 years ago while Mike Bibby has never reached NBA final. Jason Kidd knows that his age slows him from splitting the defense. Therefore, he improves his shooting skills to draw the defenders on him (Steve Nash style) while Mike Bibby is just an old point guard now.
Favorite choice here: Jason Kidd - with his better experience and wider visions - he is the mastermind of the Mav offense. Look how he saved the timeout to run the last second offense at Game 4 vs Thunders. This is something Mike Bibby cannot do.


Heat To Win
Offensively
There is nothing much to analyze about the Heat offense because the Super Friends are just too imbalance. They can't be guarded one-on-one and the Mavericks are not known for their ability to defend one-on-one. However, what is more important is the Heat second unit (which basically everyone else but the Super Friends) to step up big in the final stage. The Super Friends cannot do all the offense by themselves. When D-Wade/LBJ draws defender and makes plays, the other Heat players must score.


Defensively
Known for their athleticism, the Heat is a super defensive team that forced turnover and turn it into scoring. But the Heat must find a way to stop Dirk Nowtzki one on one. Dirk Nowiztki's ability to shoot anywhere on the floor is basically unguardable. But if he is forced to pass to other Mavs, the Heat has to stop the other Mavs from scoring.


Mavericks To Win
Offensively
Everything has to run through Dirk Nowitzki. Although Jason Kidd is the brain of the offense, Dirk Nowitzki is the weapon that hurts the Heat in a lot of ways. DeShawn Stevenson is nothing more than a defender to annoy the Heat's scorer. What more dangerous for the Mavericks is its bench that full of scorers - J.J. Barea as a slasher, Peja Stojakovic and Jason Terry as deadly shooters from the wings and 3 pointers. To win, the Mavericks need all the scorers to be effective.

Defensively
Not known as a defensive team, the Mavericks get into the NBA final through their offense. However, when switched into zone defense, the Mavericks can force the Heat into a jump shooting team. If the Heat fail to make the jump shoots, the Mavericks has the chance to win the series. But most importantly, the Mavericks have to stop not only D-Wade this time, but also LBJ.

PREDICTION
No more prediction from me. My prediction stinks!!!! But I hope the Heat will lose =D You know why...

A letter to Carmeloser Anthony... (not from me, I swear!)

Dear Mr. Carmelo Anthony,
First of all, I want to congratulate Celtic for sweeping you. I always think that you're fucking overrated and you proved me right again. You know what, you should change your nickname from "Melo" to "Ser". I know that in the league we have Dwight "Superman" Howard, Lebron "King" James etc for their nick and I think "Ser" suit you well so that now everybody can call you Carmelo"Ser" Anthony.

Let me tell you the best part of this series. It wasn't the 3 pointer by Ray Allen because we expect him to do it. It wasn't your 42 points game because we know you're a ball hog. The best part was the interview with you after your game 2 loss:

"The Celtics didn't do anything special, they won two games on their home court. Now it's our turn to do the same thing." 
-- Carmelo Anthony @ Game 2



Wow, you called a team that just beat you two straight nothing special? Yea it's true that they have home court advantage but they still beat you (with lots of lucks). But what now when you have home court advantage? You lose two straight. 

I admit that the Celtics did nothing special for winning two game straight at home because everyone expect them to do so. But losing two straight at home to the Celtic, that's something special.



By the way, have anyone told you that you look like a God in Taoism? If you don't know which God, let me tell you now - it's the Great Pig General who lead 100 thousands Angel Warriors 天蓬元帅 猪八戒. Please don't take this as an insult. In fact, it's a compliment for saying you look like a God.

Lastly, I hope you do better next year. But for now, your nick will be Camerloser until you prove that you're not. See ya~~






Truly yours,
An anonymous flamer

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p/s: Again, this is not written by me but an anonymous flamer.

NBA Playoff 2011 - 1st round

Basketball is not the biggest sport in the world, not even the biggest sport in U.S.A. But I just love watching basketball. And the moment of truth began - Who'll be crowned as the basketball champion in 2011?

West
Spurs vs Grizzlies (Prediction: 4 - 0)
No offense to Grizzlies, but Spurs will 4-0 you. Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol are good but not good enough to beat Spurs. Spurs is not a team of 5 players but a team of 12 darn good players. The Spurs bench alone makes any team sweat (look at the match April 13 Spurs vs Lakers). It's okay for Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Paker to rest their legs before they need to get big in 2nd round.


Thunders vs Nuggets (Prediction 4 - 3)
Thunders is looking hot and their defense has improved after Kendrick Perkins was traded here. Although Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant are leading the Thunders offense, Thunders has yet to win a series. This is a team has nothing to lose and plays like a mad dog to win. Thunders look like a scary team to beat in the playoff.

On the other hand, since Carmelo Anthony was traded to New York Knicks, Nuggets' defense has improved without losing their offense. I always think Carmelo Anthony (just like Lebron James) is way overrated. It's no surprise to me that Nuggets play better without Carmelo because he's just a ball hog. And since Carmelo Anthony left Nuggets, the Nuggets team become more like a real team of 12 good players, although not many people expect Nuggets to be this far without Melo. This is a team has nothing to lose too. They will beat you in all ways. Thunders - Nuggets series will be very interesting.


Mavericks vs Blazers (Prediction 2 - 4)
Mavericks is the type of opponent everyone wishes to face in the playoff because they are just not a playoff team. They are soft. They think they are good enough not to play dirty and tough. But hey, playoff is an elimination series, if you lose the game, you don't get to play the next match. There is NO NEXT CHANCE. If Mav continues to play like a pussy, they will lose to a lower seed in the playoff again.




Lakers vs Hornets (Prediction 4 - 2)
Lakers the two time defending champ but without Andrew Bynum looks very fragile. However, Hornets, without David West, will not match the Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom in the inside. Not to mention that Lakers has the best player in the league - Kobe Bryant. Although Chris Paul, the 2nd best point guard in the league behind Ranja Rondo, can create some problems to the Lakers' point guard weakness, one point guard position is not enough cover their interior weakness (for example, Phoenix for the past 5 years). With Kobe in Lakers to lose in 1st round, please wait until Kobe Bryant retire.


East
Bulls vs Pacers (Prediction 4 - 0)
Chicago is no longer a city who lost in the memory of Michael Jordon anymore. They have Derrick Rose, a 2nd MVP to the city besides Michael Jordon. I'm used to like MJ a lot but with all the craps he has done lately to the Bobcats, I think he's better off staying at home watching his highlights in his Bull days. Oh yea, all the MJ Bulls memory will soon be replaced by Rose soon. Do you remember the epic double OT 7 games series with the Celtic two years ago when Derrick Rose was just a kid? Now he has become better than before. Bulls will win in four games for sure. Who's Pacers anyway?


Magic vs Hawks (Prediction 4 - 2)
Hawks was humiliated by Magic last year in a 0-4 2nd round playoff. Hawks has not improved to avoid being 0-4 again but not to worry that issue this year because Magic is not as good as a year before. Dwight Howard has improved but the teammates have all changed into rubbish, especially the super overrated Hedo Turkogulu. However, Magic still has the superman Dwight Howard. As long as Dwight Howard stays as Superman instead of Clark Kent, Magic will win this series.



Celtics vs Knicks (Prediction 4 - 2)
The epic series of Defense vs Offense. Celtic is a team born for playoff, despite their ugly play during the regular season. But without Kendrick Perkins in the middle (physically and mentally), Celtic has more defensive weaknesses than they used to a year ago. Knicks has the best offensive forwards in the league. Melo is overrated but Amare Stoudamire is not. If Knicks can find their way to exploit Celtic defensive weaknesses, they can steal a game or two. But Celtic is a team full of veterans. Their weaknesses can be exploited only once. And a friendly reminder to Amare, defense always wins - if you've forgotten the days in Phoenix Sun.


Heat vs 76ers (Prediction 4 - 0)
Yes, Heat is not a champion team yet but 76ers has nothing to compete with the talent in Heats. Even 76ers with Allen Iverson of 2000 is not gonna win the Heat today. Dwayne Wade and Lebron James are monster players who are unstoppable.  You need a deep bench, a strong interior players and fucking good shooters to beat Heat. But 76ers has none of them. Heat will win in 4 games.

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First round in the playoff is always predictable based on their past performance in the playoff, the players, and their performance in the regular season. But things gonna get more interesting in second round, we shall see!! I'm so excited now already~~~~~!!

Loyalty is for Dogs

What is loyalty (忠)? Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. (Source: Wikipedia) Loyalty used to be a virtue, but now it's just plain foolishness - oh wait, has loyalty ever been a virtue? I guess it only happens in the perfect world under Confucius' teaching. Or loyalty is taught as virtue for the politicians to control over us?

In the world we living now, is loyalty a highly praised virtue? Or it just shows plain foolishness? We suppose that life with virtues will lead us to happiness and happiness is what we, every human, ultimately pursue for. However, loyalty, often times, is not rewarding although it is highly praised by the "saints". Let me illustrate a few example:

Kevin Garnett was a loyal basketball player to the Timberwolves franchise in NBA. He spent his prime time in that lousy franchise, which happened to be located in a a cold and deserted lousy place, achieving nothing and ended traded to Boston Celtic due to his age. So what loyalty rewards him? 7 years of losing. He didn't demand for the trade to Celtic but he was traded because he was too old for the franchise. Luckily, Celtic is a better place for him as a player, as he won his first championship on the year he got traded to Celtic.

On the other hand, Lebron James, the most hated NBA player on earth, saw Kevin Garnett's past and decided not to waste his prime in Cleveland (yet another lousy place, cold and deserted). After the Decision, he went to Miami (one of the best cities!!) to join his friends. And here the story of anti-LBJ goes.

Lebron James shows no loyalty at all. The Cleveland Cavaliers did everything they could to retain him but ended up setting records of losing 26 straight games. But he did show reasoning and intellect while making the Decision, making the best choice for himself.

Yet to see how loyalty mistreats players like Dirk Notwizki and Steve Nash. Yes they are white but when the time for decision making comes, they are more emotional and less reasoning than the black (Carmelo Anthony and Lebron James).

Enough for the NBA stories. How about some examples that are happening in our life? Such as brand loyalty? I will show how loyalty plays tricks in our mind and often misguides us from enjoying a better life.

We understand how companies spend tons of resources every year to build up brand loyalty in their customers. For example, Toyota, the leader in automobile industry, builds its brand loyalty through constant marketing, products upgrading and improvement on services. Through such efforts, Toyota successfully make its customers feel that driving a Toyota is driving the best car ever (for the given price of course!) and I was one of the millions brand loyalty victims. When competitors like Honda and Ford improves their products and services even better than Toyotas, Toyota customers, blinded by brand loyalty, refuse to accept or try the products manufactured by the competitors. As the result? These customers (including me) pay more for poorer product and service.

So does loyalty serve us good? Being loyal to Toyota is a good thing for Toyota's profits. And bear in mind, it is ONLY good for Toyota but NOT you. When competitors offer better products with lower price, we refuse to being reasonable and intellectual and make our decision based on emotion and past-ol-good-experience. As the result - we are paying more for less, and forfeit the "could have"/ "would have" enjoyment brought by the new competitors.

Also, loyalty is very often exploited by the politicians. What makes you vote for Party A instead of Party B? Some vote for party A because they like a particular politician figure in Party A. Some vote for party A because they feel that they belong to Party A.. Some vote for party A just because they hate Party B. But very few vote for Party A because they think Party A's policy serve them better in long term or short term.

So what is the purpose of having democracy when loyalty plays a more important role in deciding the country's leader/policy? Why don't we just have our monarchy system where the King and Queen live happily together in their pretty castle and we will be loyal for the emperor forever (as long as he doesn't abuse us)?

So back answering the question: Is loyalty a virtue? My answer is HELL NO because of the following arguments:

1. A virtue is a moral excellence in a person.
2. We practice a moral excellence because by practicing it, we believe we will achieve happiness.
3. Loyalty benefits only the loyalty-receiver, but not the loyalty-offeror.
4. Loyalty does not bring happiness to someone who practice it (the loyalty-offeror).
5. Hence, loyalty is not a virtue!!

Examples and arguments are presented to show how loyalty obstructs our reasoning and intellect to make decision which is best for us, hence hindering us from happiness.

So what makes us loyal? The rewards (often time in monetary form) given by the loyalty-receiver. Thus, loyalty can be bought with a price! You may ask what's the price for a loyalty. Remember the loyalty card given by Starbuck? A free coffee for every 10 coffee bought is what Starbuck paying to get a loyal customer!


We are just human. If you want loyalty, get a dog........ and feed it!

Road to the Champ - Miami Heat

Miami Heat, in spite of being the winner of the off-season free agency trade, is now a public enemy in the basketball world. When Lebron James and Chris Bosh joined Heat this summer, it was nothing like when Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen joined Boston 3 years ago. Unless you are staying in Miami Heat, everyone else HATE them and wish that they (or more precisely, Lebron James) would lose. Lebron James lost most of his fans while gaining very little as he went from Cleveland to Miami for his new career.

On the other hand, Kevin Garnett's fans wanted him to be traded to a better team after wasting all his prime time in Minnesota. Not only Boston embraced the arrival of KG, his fans who root for him are now rooting for Boston Celtic too! And without any disappointment, Boston Celtic won championship that year.

Therefore, for Miami Heat to be able to say "FUCK YOU! We are the champ!" to all its haters, Lebron James and Dwayne Wade's crews need to win championship so badly this year - not reaching Conference Final, not reaching Final, but winning a championship. But the road is not easy for them to win a championship as here lies their challengers.

1. Boston Celtic - Difficulty Level: Very very Difficult
Boston Celtic, although is able to play with its 60% of its full lineup, is having a better standing than Miami Heat. Yea Boston Celtic is a monster team, they have the depth in bench and they can integrate with any player to their game plan. Look at Shaq, the big failure after winning a championship in Miami Heat in 2006! Now, as a sidekick, he's having his best season since being a Lakers.

Talking about match up problem with the Miami Big Three? How about we talk about match up problem with the Boston Celtic whole fucking team. They have the bench who play as good as any starting lineup in 76ers, Clippers or even Hawks!

Not to mention that Boston Celtic is a veteran playoff team. If they can play this good during regular season, they are for real (unlike Dallas, Houston or Phoenix) for playoff matches.

Therefore, if Miami Heat wants championship, Boston Celtic will be the main challenger.

2. Orlando Magic - Difficulty Level: Medium
Orlando Magic has Dwight Howard and that makes them a regular playoff team. Dwight Howard is the best center available in this era. He has a "defend wins games" mindset and yes, with him in the middle, LBJ and D-Wade are not getting to the rim this easy.

After the 3-way-trade with Phoenix Suns and Washington Wizards, Magic now has Jason Richardson, Hedo Terkugolo, and Gilbert Arenas in their lineup. Not a very defensive lineup but they can kill you with their 3 pointers. Although they have achieved 5 wins after the trade, we still need to have a look the chemistry among these players before we label the Magic as the threat in the East.

If Miami Heat wants to stop Orlando Magic, they need to stop Dwight Howard from stopping them to score.
3. New York Knick - Difficulty Level: Easy
Yea Amare Stoudemire! A beast at the rim!! So what? They have only one Amare Stoudemire as one man team. Remember Cleveland last year? It is an one-man-team too and see how far it went? And Amare Stoudemire is not as fearful as Lebron James.





(Now if Miami Heat clear all the opponents in the East, they must face the powerhouses in the West before they can win a championship!)

4. San Antonia Spurs - Difficulty Level: Very very Difficult
Deep, strong and consistent are Spurs. Tim Duncan, being the best player after Michael Jordan, is the key to the playoff. And tell me, who can match up with Tim Duncan in Miami Heat? (oopps i mean in the league!) No one can stop him but hope that he loses his touch whenever he shoots. But hey, he's the big fundamental! If you're hoping him to make mistake, you are making a big mistake!

Besides Tim Duncan, Spurs has
1. Ginobilli - who is always creative in scoring and is a lefty!
2. Parker - who just lost one ring and is hungry for another ring!
3. Hill - who is not Grant Hill but plays like him, being hustle in both ends
4. Jefferson - who is getting back his offensive power which he left in New Jersey Nets
5. Bunch of players from the bench - who are all possible to make a run for the 6th man award if they want to
6. Popowich - the mastermind of the Spurs who transformed Spurs from a super defensive team into a super offensive and super defensive team.

This is the depth that Miami Heat can't match. If Miami Heat wants championship, the big 3 need to be consistently super explosive for the series.

5. Dallas Mavericks - Difficulty Level: Difficult
Regular playoff team but not able to finish a series but we have to remember that the German man is not going to back down. When Dirk Nowitzki is playing at MVP level right now, Miami Heat really need some luck to stop this 7 footer from making wade-away shots.

But Mavericks is always seen as a soft team. They need some toughness and hustles from all their players. If all the players are as tough as their owner Mark Cuban, Mavericks is one hell of team that Miami Heat should fear! Never forget that Mavericks is able to stop the hot winning streak of the Heat!

6. Los Angeles Lakers - Extremely Difficult
When it all comes to championship, we think of a championship team - Los Angeles Lakers - the two time defending champion. Yes, Miami Heat kicked their ass on Christmas but don't forget that Lebron James as a Cavaliers kicked the Lakers ass too last Christmas! And? The champ is still the champ.

They might not be playing like a champ right now but we cannot ignore how pushy & crazy & hungry to outperform Michael Jordan & scorable Kobe Bryant is, how tough Ron Artest is, how deadly Derek Fisher is, how productive Pau Gasol is, how commanding at the post Andrew Bynum is, how deep the bench is and how winnable Phil Jackson is.

Soon when they play like a champ, Miami Heat should fear the champ. I do not see how Kobe Bryant is going to give Miami Heat the ring and we should always remember that the Lakers being the Lakers is the defending champ!

Paul - The Oracletopus

How can you be correct 12 times out of 14 the predictions on football matches? No human has done it before but yes, we have an octopus, named Paul, that actually did it. Besides guessing wrong twice in the Euro Cup in 2008, Paul had 100% correct prediction over the football matches in FIFA World Cup 2010. Oh my god, it's 8 out 8! If it's 50/50 chances to predict the winner, then the chances for Paul to make all these predictions are 1/2⁸ = 0.0039, or 0.39%!!!

Are you fucking kidding me??? Why the fuck didn't I follow Paul's prediction in this FIFA World Cup?? I could have made millions! It's true, I could have made millions but I wouldn't because first of all, I will NEVER bet on football matches.

If everyone still remembers the final between Spain and Netherlands, Spain won 1-0 in overtime. Oh my god!! Paul is fucking correct again but football gamblers did not win a single cent in this match. This is because the bet can be interpreted as "Spain will win the match in 90 minutes or you lose your fucking money". So who's the winner? Paul and the casinos/mafias.

This is how it works - Paul is given two identical food with two flags of the country that are competing before the football match. Paul usually (12/14) chooses the food with the flag of the winner of the match.

It's simple to explain that why Paul can never go wrong because the choosing of the food is NOT its predictions but its choices of the winner. No matter which country Paul chooses, the casino/mafias will control the football match and let the chosen country win the match.

This is not hard to be seen. Last Euro Cup Final, Paul made the wrong prediction. People believed in Paul because he was the "oracle" and had the heaviest bet in the final game. A simple "mistake" in the final game by Paul caused billions of dollars of profits to the casinos/mafias. People won't stop believing in Paul just because of this small mistake it made because it has the correct prediction consistently.

Before FIFA World Cup Final, Paul has made 7 straights correct prediction. "Wow, this Paul must be the gambling God! Let's have my final bet in this world cup. Umm let's gamble half of my assets," the gamblers thought. But Spain and Netherlands had a tie game in 90 min and the gamblers lost all of their money. Still, Paul made the correct prediction but the gamblers lose money. As long as casinos/mafias forbid Spain and Netherlands to have a winner in full time, they can make billions of money again!

We all know how the casinos/mafias control the football world. So y'all gamblers out there, HAIL TO PAUL THE ORACLETOPUS!!

the Three Kings in Miami

The Three Kings are LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. These Heat version of Big 3 is bigger than Celtic Big 3 or Spurs Big 3 or any other Big 3 you can think of. It's like putting Akon, Eminem and Katy Parry in a pop band. Each of the three names could single handedly bring ANY team into NBA playoff. Putting three of them together will guarantee you a playoff basketball. Championship? Hardly, unless Pat Riley put some size in their ball game. Let's compare them to other Big 3's in this decade.

San Antonio, Spurs
It all started with a man called Tim Duncan - the best forward/center in this decade. Then you put a French and an Argentinian into the mix and we have Spurs Big 3 + Gregg Popovich as head coach + lots of players who do all the dirty works for them.

Tim Duncan is undisputable the best old school forward/center in this decade. His moves are always solid and reliable (except for his free throw, no one is flawless right?) in both ends. Backdown leads into a hook, a layup or a dunk = 20 points with 60% field goal + 10 rebounds.

At the same time, Tony Parker has the quickness to drive through ANY defender. "I'm going left, I'm going right, no I'm going left again, umm no right... left.... sorry see ya!!" <-- These are his crazy crossover moves. Allen Iverson probably doesn't handle the ball as good as this Frenchman right here. Manu Ginobili, the left handed dude, can do crossover, step back 3 pointer OR crossover, layup with his left hand there.

And we have players who do the dirty work (aka Dirty Crews). Bruce Bowen - a lock down 1 on 1 defender that can guard 1 to 4. Robert Horry - the Big Shot Rob that always makes the most critical 3 pointers. Michael Finley - used to be one of the Mavericks Big 3 (Finley, Nowitzki, Nash).

And this = 3 Championship!

Boston, Celtic
Spurs Big 3 is more like 1+2 = 3 but Boston Celtic Big 3 is the true 1+1+1 =3.

Kevin Garnett is a 7 footer shooting guard that plays FUCKING intense defense. He knocks down 20 foot jumpers, fade away and sometimes 3 pointers. He is EVERYWHERE in the defensive end and brings the emotion to the team in defensive end. He has a "Defense Aura" around him that gives his teammates +20% defense.

Paul Pierce. Ugly moves but effective. I have no comment about him because I do not like him. He has a sexy voice though. Probably he can be a R&B singer after he retire as a player. Ray Allen is the motherfucker. He has the best shooting form that you can imagine. Lightning fast quick release jumper and 3 pointers. He is the best pure shooter that you can ever have.

And the dirty crews are:
Glen "Baby" Davis and Kendrick Perkins - two fat men who plays intense defense and solid rebounding. Thanks to Garnett's "Defense Aura".

Ranja Rondo, perhaps the best point guard right now. Sorry Steve Nash, sorry Chris Paul, sorry Derron William. Not you, yes you were but Ranja Rondo IS the best!

Doc Rivers, the head coach, who has a sick annoying voice. The players were like "Okay, let's do this! We gotta do better to avoid a timeout to listen to this annoying fuck voice."

And this = 1 Championship + 2 rounds of NBA Final in 3 years

Miami, Heat
Okay this not even Big 3. It's like 1.5 + 1.5 + 1 = 3 and it's not even right. LBJ is 0.5 > than any small forward and Wade is 0.5 > any shooting guard but Kobe. (Kobe is like 1.99 > 1.5)

But I don't see the big picture of a championship team. Heat Big 3 can beat ANY Big 3 in a 3 on 3 basketball but hell this is NBA, it's 5 on 5!

Where is the dirty crews? None.....

Who's the head coach? Erik Spoelstra.... I am not trying to be mean but this dude (the one in the middle) - is he a fucking coach or this is a Miami joke?

Pat Riley gotta do something to this team such as bringing in the dirty crews and more importantly coming down to the bench and be the head coach instead of having Erik Spoelstra as their head coach.

Or else, the talent of the Three Kings will be wasted.

Conclusion
Bringing top players into a team doesn't guarantee championship but it does guarantee sales of jerseys and tickets. Sometimes, four 0.8 players can be very effective too (Detroit Piston). Sometimes, two 1.5 players are enough to kick yer ass (Lakers with Shaq and Kobe and Heat with Shaq and Wade). Sometimes, one 1.99 player (you know I mean who) is better than Big 3.

Nonetheless, this season will be very entertaining and the road to be a champ again is harder and harder....