And pretty damn cut, too! What happened to that Boris?

Oh yeah, that’s right…

His mother was in labor for 13 days straight – and thus he was accused of being too nonchalant.

I’ve seen Nazr Mohammed, Kwame Brown, and Gerald Wallace blow tons of dunks. Two points is two points. If the layup is there just as easily or moreso than the dunk, what does it matter? As for his lack of blocks, that’s not that big a deal either. His defense is above average, even though he’s not going to rack up a lot of blocks.

He goes to work, clocks in, does the job, and then goes home. I know a lot of people that “work the 8 and then hit the gate.”
Most have some other passion in their lives that they save their energy for that’s more important to them than their jobs. For some it’s the family, others have hobbies or community service work, or church-related activities. Church may be one of those favorite things. Especially the part where they get to “pass the plate.” I bet that gets him really excited because he isn’t required to do more with it. Nobody gives him grief if he doesn’t shoot it up and onto the altar.

Or maybe his thing is the environment – hence the Segway.

Whatever it is that trips his emotional triggers, it isn’t often basketball. It’s something he has skills for and therefore is a means to an end. I think that’s why his attitude is so maddening to most fans. Most of us would do almost anything to have his skills and would burn them up Crash-style every chance we could. It’s hard to for us to understand why someone with that kind of talent would choose to mail it in most nights instead of giving it their all.

I’ve gigged with guys like that in my time. Sometimes a band gets “in the pocket” and the same song that you’ve performed hundreds of times will just suddenly sound and feel different. The audience can always tell and gives a lot of love to the stage afterwards. Most of the time you’ve forgotten they were even there until the cheering starts because you were just as caught up in the sound and moment as they were. It’s a very intimate feeling and all-too-rare. At that moment you believe it’s only a matter of time before you and the guys are playing before 40 thousand fans instead of 4 or 5 hundred. At those moments, the members of the group look at one another with open admiration and a “MAN that felt good!” energy that’s as rewarding as the afterglow of sex (without the sleeping) and it was unnerving to look up and see the bass player or whomever calmly checking his settings and tuning for the next song on the playlist. It’s the ultimate buzzkill. After the gig, when everyone is smiling and talking over their Denny’s Grand Slams, that person just shrugs and says, “yeah, I guess it was alright. When did that happen exactly?” You want to kill him.

“That approach ticks some of you off. But if Diaw leaves, would the Bobcats really be better for the exchange? Most likely no. That’s why he’s not been traded.”

For me, the relationship is hate/tolerate.

There is no consistency from Diaw when it comes to performance. The only consitency I find with Diaw is that he’s good for about 3-4 games per month where he just springs to life and dazzles – which in itself testifies to his inconsistency!

People (including Jackson) can say Diaw is capable of averaging triple-doubles every game until the cows come home. Show me one since he came to the Queen City. Just one. Didn’t think so. Show me a month-long stretch where he’s averaged a double-double. Good luck with that.

He’s not worth the money he earns imo. One strong night does not a star make. One strong game out of every six doesn’t either.

But the 4 or 5 so-so games in a row he plays where nonchallance rules the day let down his teammates each and every time. How many times in even a single game where Jax, Liv, or DJ passes the ball to an open Diaw only to see the ball coming right back to them? We have a coach that has said several times his philosophy is “if you’re open, shoot.” He’s also said he’s told that to the players in general (and Diaw in particular) virtually every practice since joining the franchise.

Most have embraced the philosophy with remarkable results. Diaw has not. If he’s as good as Bonnell (and a few others) have made him out to be, why aren’t other teams breaking down the door with good offers in trade for him? If that ridiculously skewed rumor about the Cavs and Wallace had been for Diaw, I’d have been all over it.