It is one of the oldest clichés in sports: There is no “I” in the team.
But in reality, it ison.
It should always be linked to the team, not just an individual player – no matter how good.
Enter here and now.
If you think the analysis did well in sports, this preparation for a player’s career is even worse.
You see her now more than ever. It’s all about not losing a certain player’s career. Somehow, the team has to do anything and everything to make sure that a certain player wins in his career. If not, that player needs to get into a better situation.
Swill.
Often, travel and struggle make the reward even sweeter. The Chicago Bulls have not lost Michael Jordan’s first seven years. Only better teams and players were in his way.
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This notion is not accepted today.
The latest nonsense came from Golden State. Somehow, the leadership had to assure Steph Curry that the Warriors would do their best to make sure he won the rest of his already stellar career.
General Manager Bob Myers said the Warriors feel a responsibility to maximize Curry’s title window.
Not ORGANIZATION window, but Curry.
“We feel this responsibility until that guy retires, or not in our team, “Myers told reporters. “It simply came to our notice then.
“You have to do what you can, but that does not mean that these opportunities are there every day and are easy to find. Always look, but that’s your job. ”
What doesn’t make sense is that the mission to try to win is based on helping Curry win. The team didn’t create Curry when he added Kevin Durant to a team that had already won a title. In addition, Curry has won three NBA championships.
However, somehow the Warriors owe Curry a little more at this point in his career.
The mission should be for an organization to try to win always. And when you select Curry, does that mean that the careers of Klay Thompson and Draymond Green don’t matter as much? And if Curry wasn’t on the team, wouldn’t the Warriors try as hard to win for those guys?
Nothing makes sense.
And guess what. Not everyone can win.
So if a team doesn’t win, it really means that the franchise has wasted a player’s career.
But there we are today. It’s all about single-star power supply. That’s why there are two NFL defenders that we both believe their inheritances are more important than someone else’s.
First of all, Deshaun Watson decided that the Texans don’t know what to do, despite having made the playoffs four of the last six seasons.
Somehow, because he was not part of the interview process to hire the new general manager of the team, he no longer wants to play in Houston and asked to be changed.
Remember, Watson is the same guy who signed a mega-dollar deal with this organization. after changed its target no. 1 in DeAndre Hopkins to Arizona.
This would have been the time to cry and ask for a transaction. Instead, he agreed with the team’s decision and took the money anyway.
The same goes for Russell Wilson with the Seattle Seahawks.
Somehow, after going to the Super Bowl twice and winning once, Wilson doesn’t think Seattle is working to secure his legacy. He was vocal in front of the audience against the team.
Wilson never acknowledged that his legacy would have been even greater if he hadn’t thrown that interception at the goal line to lose the Super Bowl to the New England Patriots.
And, although Wilson did not officially request a transaction, he suggested that he would not mind switching to another team that he considered a better situation for him.
And let’s not forget James Harden’s departure from the Rockets. Houston certainly did everything he could to put other stars around him. They brought in Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook. And while the team did some serious running, it finally couldn’t make it to the NBA Finals.
They hardly lost Harden’s precious years. In addition, he could have reached a championship if Harden himself had not melted in large places under the strong postseason lights.
Sports teams should simply try to win all the time – and especially for fans, not just a player obsessed with their place in history.
“What is your responsibility?” Myers said about Curry. “It’s to help him win a championship, to put around him the best players you can.
It should be about the Warriors, not just Curry. These days, teams are concentrating badly.