“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” – Santiago, ‘The Old Man And The Sea’
Kyrie Irving, a casual basketball player and passive absorber of words, demanded to be and got traded from the Brooklyn Nets this past weekend. It’s a hilarious development, coming on the heels of his non-apology for encouraging Holocaust denialism, which came on the heels of him missing half a season because he refused to get vaccinated against COVID, which came on the heels of forcing out a future All-Star in Jarrett Allen so the Nets could start DeAndre Jordan’s corpse at center, which came on the heels of
Huh. Dunno who put that there. Anyway, Kyrie got traded. and did the best writeups I read, KD for speculation on Kyrie’s probable produce storage habits and Ziller for the prose poetry. Dan Devine had a correctly brutal read of the last few years of Mavs decisions. Speaking of, I got some stuff I wanna get off my chest about that vile capitalist Mark Cuban and the clown shit coming from Dallas the last few
Who keeps doing this? Is that Monaco? Man, I’ll never be able to afford Monaco. There’s a special kind of bummer, realizing specific places you’ll never be able to travel to. Time, money, circumstance—I didn’t necessarily desire a trip to Miami, but it could’ve been cool. Anyway,
A gif of the Mavs getting scored on, sure. Get us back on topic. Wait, that looks like an old clip—
Holy shit Boris Diaw! Cool! How’s retirement, Boris?
HOLY SHIT BORIS DIAW’S ON A 13-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION!
Congrats, Boris. I am so jealous. I too “love water-based activities, like diving and fishing, and then also being on the water and enjoying the calm of the ocean.” Well, I can’t dive yet, but I love snorkeling so much I once kept snorkeling mid-panic attack. Shoutout to my wife for guiding me through that. Anyway, SCUBA is on my bucket list. I see that the transatlantic crossing was on your bucket list, and now it’s on mine, too. Man. Congrats, Boris.
To address the elephant in the room (the one that didn’t play for the 7-59 Bobcats), I don’t know how I missed this. James Dator was on this at SB Nation in 2019. That Simpson Marine article is from 2020. I don’t know how I missed this. In fairness, a lot was happening in 2020, and if I was told this information, “Boris Diaw is sailing around the world,” I probably reacted with “I know.” Because I always knew this. Leigh Ellis and I joked about this.
Okay, fine, I don’t follow many athletes on Twitter. I’d say something principled, like “give them their privacy,” but the real answer is that’s not what I use Twitter for. Athletes are always posting stuff like “tough loss tonight, but we keep it moving! #SeeRed.” Or this with no context:
Right, we’re avoiding current events. We’re not talking about how Kyrie Irving deleted his apology for anti-Semitism the second he was a member of the Mavs. We’re talking about the sea.
Boris is also GM for the French national team. He seems confident Joel Embiid will play for them soon, so he must be doing a good job. While also sailing for six months out of the year. What a retirement. What a dude. Congrats, Boris. Hey, in case you’re somewhere without cell service, allow me to tell you that on NBA French heritage night, Nic Batum hit a game-tying three at the buzzer.
Le basketball ne s’arrête jamais. Mais la mer elle fait signe. Take me with you someday, Boris. Until then,
Sorry you got an email,
Chris