Comments on: Nike NYC Daily: Beasley Goes Bonkers At Pro City

By: Russ M.

Russ M. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:22:13 +0000

Anybody know if he’s going to play Tuesday, 8/5 ?

By: ehh

ehh — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:30:02 +0000

I know theres plenty of NBA players who play thier ass off in NYC summer leagues, for example Ron Artest, He’s from QB so he’s got to represent, just like all the other NBA players who grew up in NYC and other US City play ground enviroments. Home court pride is important to them, but Jaric. Dudes not even from the US let alone NYC. He’s there for a work out, not for street cred or to make a point. I’m not condoning the way he’s playing but I understand why he won’t lift his game when he’s got 82 paying games to play starting in November.

By: Ray Diaz, League Director

Ray Diaz, League Director — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:14:03 +0000

Many NBA players underestimate the caliber of players that play in Pro City. Some come to get a run and get run out the gym. Fortunately for Beasley he’s a quick learner.

As for jaric, school is still in session!

By: Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love

Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:25:53 +0000

ehh-

vince carter did a dunk that people talked about for years when he played in ebc. and a butta earned a lot of those buckets, it’s not like vc was doing matador D. i’m thinking you must not live in new york, cuz if you were able to see the amount of nba players in various parks and tournaments, indeed playing ‘their ass off,’ you’d understand why we expect anyone to play hard. and honestly, if marco is playing in nike pro city–he is playing against the some of the best ballers in the world. it’s just a different season and not under the nba banner. think about it.

By: ehh

ehh — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:21 +0000

Maybe MAYBE the grizz would care but would Marco?. Dude plays 82 games a season against the best ballers in the world, he’s got nothing to prove. He’s not going to play his ass off and risk injury for street cred. VC didn’t when AButta dropped 40 on him, why should any other pro who needs to feed their family.

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:21:28 +0000

Blk Creaser – Jaric is that you? My point exactly, beasley was going through the motions and then he remembered he is a ballplayer and that he has a ballsack….then proceeded to drop 39.

By: Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love

Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:30:29 +0000

y’all buggin. the grizzlies coaching staff and ownership would hate to hear about bad press on one of their players. if dude is going out there getting baked, they care about it. it’s a business, remember? it injures their credibility and marketing. you know how many more artest jerseys will sell out the nba store this fall because of what he’s doing this summer? do you? the nba recognizes the importance of street marketing, you see it everywhere. that’s why they televised ebc at rucker park games a couple of years ago, and david stern himself went to ‘55th. jaric has to play hard whereever he goes, otherwise don’t suit up. he ain’t that nice where he can say ‘oh, the comp didn’t inspire me,’ or something to that effect. play hard, or don’t play at all.

By: Blk Caesar

Blk Caesar — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:52:44 +0000

Unfortunately, I have to agree with Gabrielo.. Jaric has nothing to prove to anybody at Pro City and it has nothing to do with heart.. You can tell that he is not really playing and definitely going through the motions… Beasley did the same thing in the first half and people were calling him a bum too, until he decided to shut everybody up.. It is extremely difficult to make it as a guard in the NBA so I find it difficult to question his heart.. Just ask Charles Jones (who kept calling Jaric a bum) how long he lasted in the league.. Unless you are the head coach,GM, or owner of The Memphis Grizzlies I would care less about what you say or think also.

By: justin

justin — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:48:25 +0000

@ gabrielo – are you guys related? If you play ball and you have any pride, when you step on the court you PLAY. Its not that he didn’t really score…he straight up looked terrible. Dribbling off his knee, trying to take it to the cup and falling into people…the list goes on. Plus it is hard to get a workout when you are on the bench because you ain’t doing ish. Its called heart but you can’t teach that

By: Brelander

Brelander — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:41:06 +0000

Beasley came alive in the 3rd quarter. He was smiling & laughing as he got to the ball and took his man to the rim. Good to see Omar Cook has been working on his jumper. Shout out to DP for doing his best to contain Beasley in that 3rd quarter, DP is still one of the best in the business , his baseline jumper is automatic. I would have liked to see Garnett D up Beasley. I remember when Nike1 team at West 4th a few years ago was Smush, Junie, Tone Springer and a few other guys. So it was a real treat years removed seeing Junie and Smush dueling it out and gunning for each other. Side note, Artest is a beast, seems like he can get to the rack at will and get a bucket or foul called based on brute strength. I think Xmen certainly could have used a point guard last night and also seem to seem to never try to establish a post scorer in tight games. Mike C , Mike Haynes and T. Eddie can all shoot the 3 but they down the stretch they needed somebody to get the ball in the post and try to score (c’mon they had the Beast on the floor). Now on the sidelines that is easier said than done because Artest is certifiably insane and was certain to not give anybody easy passage into the lane.

BEZ