Le Basketbawl

Are We Victims Of Destiny or does our own free will determine the final path we end up on? Your Old Pal New York Vinnie believes that both those forces are involved in our daily lives.  As we are intelligent beings (at least some of us) we make the decision to take the left or right hand turn, to go backwards or forwards. However sometimes destiny, karma, fate is the far greater force and we end up in a situation not of our choosing. However New York Vinnie does believe that things happen for a reason and most time work out the correct way in the end.

The Philadelphia 76ers will be out their starting point guard Louis Williams for what is being said to be an eight week period as he had surgery Thursday morning to repair a broken jaw. New York Vinnie’s choice as the “TOUGHEST PLAYER” in the NBA played with a Frickin broken jaw for 39 minutes and led the Frickin Sixers with 26 points in a loss to the Washington Wizards Tuesday. 

The Sixers are now starting rookie point guard Jrue Holiday in place of Williams. Philadelphia Team President and General Manager Ed Stefanski told the “Philadelphia Daily News” that the club has not made a decision on whether to bring in another player as the team waits for Williams to mend. Stefanski told reporters “We are going to see. We have versatility in the back-court.”

Yo Ed; Let us be Frickin honest here. You do not have “versatility” in your back-court because if you did you would not be starting a Frickin unproven rookie. The only other “true” point guard you have on your roster is Royal Ivey; a Frickin journeyman player playing in his sixth season in the NBA and a Frickin career back-up guy. However Ed; and please pardon the Frickin pun; but what has been a bad break for Williams could be just the break that a certain veteran Free Agent guard has been looking for!

Now this where we bring in the destiny, fate and karma. You could use a talented starting point guard and it just so happens that Allen Iverson is looking for that exact gig! Now if that is not Destiny than New York Vinnie does not know what is! Iverson has an eight week tryout to see if he can still be an effective starting point guard in the NBA back in the city and on the team where it all Frickin began! The advantage for you Ed is you can get Iverson most likely for the NBA veteran minimum which is a Frickin great bargain. Is that not just Frickin Poetic?

New York Vinnie believes that destiny is knocking on your door right now Ed. This a Frickin no lose situation; so answer the Frickin door and see if Iverson can be the “Answer” for your team!