Hi guys,
When I saw the thread title, I thought "WHAT? Basatards! You gotta be kidding me!" but then I opened the thread and went "oh. I get it."
It is no surprise that BGrantFan and MARIS jumped to his defense. The two of them, Mixum, and myself are the biggest pot stirrers in here. I don't include MM. He just states his own unique opinion, IMHO. The 4 of us are all guilty of riling shit up for the purpose of riling shit up. MARIS' act is Rudy/Sergio are the best players ever even though he knows they're not. BGrantfan's act is to be as abrasive as possible and then turn on a dime to be as defensive as possible (what? what did I do?) and then turn the thread into a discussion about himself. Mixum is the one I get a kick out of the most because he's so damn consistent. It makes me laugh. You all do know it's an act, right? He's entertaining himself, not participating in any serious discussion. How do I know all of this? Because I'm guilty of all of the above.
I think Mixum crossed a line tonight. Not just for using Luke's death in vain but also for cruelly attacking the players only 24 hours after they lost someone who had worked very closely with them, traveled with them, worked on their game with him, early in the morning, late at night. Brandon and LaMarcus were probably the closest to Luke since they're the only active players left from three seasons ago when Luke was actively working with the team. And Nate, our coach, was clearly very close to Luke. It is a cliché to say "let's win it for him!" after a death in sports but in reality, I don't think it's necessarily that easy. Everyone deals with a death in a different way and to demand that these human beings respond to Luke's death in a certain way is just mean, IMHO. Of course, as I said, Mixum's act is just that, an act. He would never say that stuff to those players' faces. He's not mad at them. He's in here to make some of us feel bad and to have fun while doing it. The problem is that there are people in this forum who knew Luke personally and more people who felt they knew him over the years. Now sure, there are people in here who aren't a wreck over this at all but we have to take care of those who are. We're a family in here. This isn't about free speech. Mixum hasn't been muzzled. There are a ton of other places on the Internet for him to express his mind. He'll be fine. He has Twitter and Facebook. I believe Denny Crane and Nate Bishop made the right move (a 7 day suspension after which, like Artest and Arenas before him, he will be free to participate again). There is grieving going on right now.
That's what I think.
Go Blazers. RIP Luke.
I will remove it. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
