Well said, Bravo!!! Leaders and role models aren't suppose to be wearing pampers. Much less filling them up during every performance.
Haha, that's kinda funny. I'm about to explain why it doesnt' actually pertain to Penny, but it's still kind of funny.
I say the hell with Hardaway. If he wants to sabotage the team, fine -- he can ride the bench and stay out of the way. Joe Johnson isn't getting it done, but I'd rather have the team lose a few more games this year than keep repeating this pattern of Hardaway's ego running the team.
I can't see how you believe this. Hardaway specifically said that he would be happy with any role he was given. In an azcentral article, I remember him saying, in response to a question about his starting or not, "It really doesn't matter whether I start or come off the bench. I just want to help this team win in whatever way possible. People talk about starting, not starting, and we really don't care about that stuff - my thing is, however we go about winning a championship, let's do it together." How is that selfish? How is that "not professional"? About a week ago, Penny also was raving about Joe Johnson and how once he starts clicking, the sky's the limit for him. If you read what he says about JJ, Penny seems to be his staunchist supporter, to be honest.
Penny trying to sabotage this team is just absurd. Comparing a player who doesn't get enough minutes to a terrorist is equally absurd. I dont' really know what else to say about that.
2. Other times when Joe Johnson is starting instead, Hardaway is coming off of the bench. Unfortunately, he is too much of a baby to do this with any professionalism. As a bench player last season, Hardaway shot a mere 33% from the field, and all of his other numbers were down too. This year, he's not much better. I'll say it again -- all of the excuses for why he's ineffective coming off the bench are just that: excuses. If he has game, he needs to bring it all the time.
What are you saying, that he purposely misses shots to make his team suffer? If that's the case, why would he make any? Why not just miss every single shot, turn the ball over a lot? Why swing the ball the open man constantly instead of shooting a forced shot? I suppose Penny is trying to maintain the perfect balance where he plays just badly enough to make the Suns lose and yet still get enough minutes to make that happen.
I guess, of course, if you want to talk about professionalism, or lack thereof, we should mention Joe Johnson. Frank Johnson, even if he wanted to, really can't put Penny back in the lineup where he belongs because JJ wouldn't be able to handle it. Some people have said he would be crushed forever and would never regain the confidence to help Phoenix win. Is that being a consumate professional? Hardly. That's being a fragile little child.
Putting Penny in the starting lineup could merely be an experiment. If he doesn't play better, or if the Suns team isn't any more succesful, then fine, put JJ back in there. Unfortunately, the Suns don't have that luxury of experimenting because Joe Johnson is too much of an emotional b*tch to handle that. We dont' want to lose Joe Johnson forever, so we start him, no matter the cost.
Is that professionalism?
