Fight starts at the 2:30 mark unless you want to hear a bunch of yelling in Greek.
This week had an extraordinary amount of d-bag activity and until 5 minutes ago I was set to rip Tony Dungy for not keeping his mouth shut about Rex Ryan or Lebron James for saying, "even my family gets spoiled at times watching me doing things that I do, on and off the court." Pretty good stuff but that changed when it was reported that Nenad Krstic was released from prison after a brawl in Greece and Coach K had the nerve to use this as an example of what not to do.
To begin with, this displays a fundamental lack of economic understanding. This video already has over 175 thousand hits and it was posted yesterday. The next biggest video of Krstic has fewer than 2,000 hits and it was posted in 2009. Take a page from the Charlestown Chief's Reggie Dunlop and give the people what they want. You think the casual fan wasn't amped up about Malice at the Palace? Violence sells coach. Get your act together. You're at Duke you think you'd learn a thing or two about selling your product.
Ticket sales aside, you've gotta step back and let the boys play. This is as amateur as it gets for not understanding the pro game. I get that you don't want to spark an international incident but this was a great moment for your best player, Kevin Durant. Krstic knew that the Lakers upped the ante in the west when they signed Ron Artest. Ron ron's already proven to the league that he's a loose cannon on the court and that if you take it too far he'll mess you up. Kobe went out and raped a girl to show some edge. The Thunder look baby faced in comparison. Krstic knew that, in order to beat LA this postseason, OKC needed a new aura to put off Kobe and company. This man should be commended for his courage rather than put down by someone like Kryzweski. If the quiet guy on the team starts choking people and throwing chairs, then what are the others capable of? Does Russell Westbrook bite? Is Durant going to go Captain Insano before putting his balls in Gasol's face on a dunk? The Lakers no longer know the answers to these questions. When their silent Serbian goes postal you can't step in the paint without the fear. Coach K needs to understand that incidents like these may cause trouble in school but win championships in the pros. That's why Mike Kryzweski is our amateur of the week.
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