Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Those Roping Dopes

It’s going on now. Right now, before our eyes, athletes all around the world are hiding their true talents so that we think they are human after all. Some of the finest athletes of our generation are waiting for the perfect time to show they can fly, spit fire or just straight up take over the world. Here’s a few:

LeBron James
Did you see him go through the regular season? Yeah, he’s started 77 games so far this year, but that doesn’t mean he’s played in all those games. LeBron coasted through much of the regular season, but just wait until the playoffs when you’re watching him body up against an exhausted Tayshaun Prince. It happened last year, except now the guy’s all rested up after shooting his threes flat-footed all season.

The New York Yankees
They do it every fucking year. Steinbrenner starts yelling about Torre and then their left fielder gets injured. They bring up Shane Spencer from AAA and he starts his career better than Babe Ruth. By the time he’s cooled off, Hideki Matsui is back and the Yankees have won 8 of 10 and just slipped past everyone. This is not to say I like the Yankees.

Jay-Z
Not sports, I know, but we’ve all heard Kingdom Come and you can’t tell me next album he’s not gonna talk about how he Ali’d all of us a year ago. Just wait. That’s what great ones do.

Chris Webber
I’m sure one night Chris sat down with Jimmy King for dinner one night, and King started going off on this great idea that had been brewing in his head. “Chris,” he said. “Chris, just take fadaway fifteen footers all game. Rebounds? Who needs ‘em. Before you know it they’ll dump you and send you someone in need of a steady big guy.” Fool proof plan. Rope the dope.

Shaq
I’m telling you, in June when Shaq’s on the line with a chance to extend the finals another night he’s gonna make those foul shots. Swish. Swish. Like clockwork.

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