Rummpd
05-21-2012, 12:19 PM
Went to get my SI from the local Barnes and Noble and a high school kid, albeit super talented/humble and all that + the Mormon angle is on the cover instead of Duncan.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/05/prep-star-jabari-parker-gets-sports-illustrated-cover/1
How bad does it suck that the "greatest player of his generation" is not on the cover for another PARKER, not Tony (who would have deserved it for the Spurs run through the playoffs and end of the season) even though:
1) he probably, definetely does not care;
2) that cover is coming as the Spurs continue to roll; and
3) they claimed this kid was the best since James - having seen Durant play at Montrose Christian* I find that hard to believe.
4) the SI story came on Duncan came out on the internet days before.
5) nice not to have the SI jinx against the Spurs going until they win :lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:
* although a couple of decades before, Shaq in SAS was arguebly more dominant than either, I saw him destroy backboards and opponents even when a raw big man at Cole HS when I was a pediatric resident and sports doc for the school and a guy named Lew Alcindor was the best I ever saw in a HS game when he was in the NY area.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/05/prep-star-jabari-parker-gets-sports-illustrated-cover/1
How bad does it suck that the "greatest player of his generation" is not on the cover for another PARKER, not Tony (who would have deserved it for the Spurs run through the playoffs and end of the season) even though:
1) he probably, definetely does not care;
2) that cover is coming as the Spurs continue to roll; and
3) they claimed this kid was the best since James - having seen Durant play at Montrose Christian* I find that hard to believe.
4) the SI story came on Duncan came out on the internet days before.
5) nice not to have the SI jinx against the Spurs going until they win :lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:
* although a couple of decades before, Shaq in SAS was arguebly more dominant than either, I saw him destroy backboards and opponents even when a raw big man at Cole HS when I was a pediatric resident and sports doc for the school and a guy named Lew Alcindor was the best I ever saw in a HS game when he was in the NY area.