I think way too much is being made of this. Fan favorite Anderson Varejao tried to knock down a three at the end of the Cavs win over the Pacers on Sunday. The game was essentially over with seconds remaining, and the Cavs up 11. But the Cavs were also 1 point away from free Chalupas for all in attendance. Varejao clanked the three and then got death stares from a fleet of Pacers, and Cavs coach Mike Brown. This is just stupid. The game was over and Varejao (who's statistically embarrassing from anywhere farther than 10 ft. from the basket) lofted an inconsequential rainbow from 3 point land. It was an 11 point game, not a throttling, but also well out of contention. It's not like the Cavs were up 30; it's not like Varejao's a starter who had sunk 10 triples that night; it's not like he charged through the lane and gorilla jammed it; it's not like he was looking for 2 points to complete a triple double. He tried to score a couple points to give the fans an extra bonus. Both the coaches, Brown and Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, jumped down the poor kid's throat because they found it "unprofessional." What a load of bullshit. Here's unprofessional; getting your ass handed to you by another team and then bitching and moaning about a last second shot that didn't even go in. Do the Pacers have any dignity left? Varejao did the absolute right thing: he gave the fans their money's worth by playing his ass off and then tried to go the extra step and send them home with a smile on their face. The fact that we're so married to these concepts of "professionalism" (that strangely don't include things like beating the shit out of a bartender or firing a gun in public) for no other reason than that we think we should be is concerning to me. I can understand the concept of not showboating or trying to run up a score, but if you can't see the difference between that and this, you're crazy.
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Annoy me. The pacers suck.
I'm glad you said something about this. It amazes me when the losing team has time to think about anything other than the fact they just lost. It would be one thing if it went unsaid and Mike Brown brought it up and said he was disappointed. But for the losing team to talk about anything other than why they lost should be unacceptable to the fans and management. Varajao was trying to get the fans a chalupa. He is the people's champ and moves like this will only cement his legend as so. Varajao should and would do this again 100% of the time. GO CAVS!
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