Chris Paul, Chasing Rings, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Sometimes I use Twitter to help shape my philosophies around sports.  It is a good tool to throw stuff out there, see some reaction and push back, and develop theories.  It’s just sports, but these things are important to us.  Yesterday, Chris Paul got his wish to be traded and his mantra seemed to be about how he wanted to win now.  It seems over the last few years, we’ve started to accept that as a premise for professional athletes.  We’ve talked ourselves into the fact that that is what they’re supposed to want to do.  If they didn’t feel that way, we’d question their manhood and competitiveness.  We’d wonder if they had any heart.  We’d assume they were just in it for the massive paycheck.  Somewhere along the lines, we’ve lost our way as fans though. I am straddling a line here and I beg you not to take this down the political path further than just this statement, but in politics many voters are scorned if they don’t ...