The Commish: And Another One, Uh...

"This nigga...finally bloggin regularly again, and the only thing he can write about is sports. Cornball."

I know, I know, I know. But two important things happened yesterday. We had another player go into the stands, followed by some astute analysis by the best in the biz, Greg Anthony. And we also had, perhaps, the most telling game of Lebron James early career -- a night-n-day display between him and Melo. The Commish needs to weigh in on these things.

-- The Antonio Davis incident has produced one of the few times that my colleagues in the media have actually been actin like they have brains. The knee-jerks have been replaced with actual thinking and logic. it's a beautiful thing.

For those of you who don't know, the Chicago Bulls' Antonio Davis went into the stands when he thought his wife was being threatened by a drunk fan. The situation is entirely different than the Pacers/Pistons beef. Davis didnt throw any blows, his teammates didnt go in the stands, there was no violence, no chaos, but considerable comotion. His excuse for what the NBA has deemed inexcusable was that he saw his wife being threatened and felt he didnt have enough time to alert security, so he did what every man would do, which was act on his protetctor's impulse. This coming from the president of the NBA Players Assoc. and someone noted league-wide as one of the most morally solid men in the league.

So what happens? Stern, the other Commish, is probably gonna fine him and maybe suspend him. I say he gets a 5-game suspension, to reinforce the zero tolerance for entering the stands. Once that's all wrapped up, it'll be time, as Greg Anthony said, for the league to really get this security issue under control.

I liked the idea of putting all visiting family members in a league-owned luxury box or designating a small section of the arena for family. Why hasn't that been thought of before?

But here's the big thing: security personnell has to get better, more competent. Did you see who was mediating the scrap before Tonio got there? One of those geriatric ushers that probably wears depends and gums his food. That's not security -- that's comedy. I'd play him to the curb like Martin played Two Braids to the curb in that episode where he was trying to get gigs from the unemplyment office. But what I did like is how the geriatric was koppin feels on Ms. Davis, who Twist would be right on time for. He was straight caressin her nigger hips. He probably still has a a lil wrinkled chubby as i type.

Ultimately, the NBA has to do something. And every league. These fans can't keep harrassing people. its gettin outta control.

-- I just posted somethin on Bron and how he's in the midst of his last season of grace from me. I want him to, at least, get this Cavs squad into the playoffs, which shouldn be difficult since its probaly the third best team now that Artest isnt with Indy. But something else glaring has come to the fore after yesterday's game against Carm and the Nuggets. He's not a killer and he's not clutch. That'so painful to type about my lil bro, but its true.

the showed a stat. Bron was 2-15 in the last 10 seconds when shooting for a tie or game winning bucket. 2 for frikkin 15. thats deplorable. and i dont care if he's young. Melo on the other hand was 7-11, not including that despeicably gangsta baseline pike that was, in effect the game winner. there was no hesitation with that move. He caught it on the mid wing, took that nasty first step that left Newble stumbling back and then yammed it. And let's not forget that Melo was Mr. Cluth in college too. I saw him consistently take over games, as an 18-year-old that freshman year in Western NY.

Bron...I don't know man. Gee text'd me after the game and wrote: "He just don't have that thing, to pull it out in the end."

Let's look at the two moments that made me nauseous and teary-eyed.

Down 89-87, Cleveland has the ball with about 20 seconds. He happens to get the ball, wide open at the top of the key. Instead of pulling for the trey, or pulling it to halfcourt and winding the clock for the last shot, he zips the ball Sasha almsot as soon as he catches it. This after Sasha had just missed two free-throws...this sint a shootaround where u give the ball back to a nigga that just shot an airball! this is the end of a nationally televised game and ur down 2, U take the shot, under every circumstance. the ball should not leave ur hands ever. It was crazy because they showed them in the huddle and Bron had this displacing-the-blame look on his face when he said "He was open." Like, "What do u yall expect me to do, he was open." Well so were u, homeboy. Keep that rock at all times.

Then, after some things went there way, he was on the line, down 90-88, two shots, head into overtime. He made the first and choked on the second. But here's thing...I didnt even think he was gonna make it. He hasnt instilled that confidence in anyone yet.

FACT: Zeke aint givin that ball up, neither is Bird, MJ, Reggie, Pauly, Kobe, Hardaway or any of the other great clutch players. Notice I didnt say Magic, though. Which brings me to this: it's not an irreversable thing for Bron. Now, granted, Magic had come up big countless times before the 1983-84 NBA Championship series against the Celtics. He'd won his fair share of games, but this was before the junior-junior sky hook of 1987 and the half-court heave of 1988 and the stage of his career where he was winning games every other nioght. Back in the 84 championships, Bird was still considered better, the Lakers were still Kareem's team and Magic still had whispering cynics that speculated, as they tended to do with black players back then, whether or not he was mentally tough.

Then came, I think it was Game 5, in Boston...Magic throws the ball away twice in the last two minutes, missed some free throws too, sealing the Boston win, giving them momentum and, in effect the series. The judges hounded Magic all sumer and preseason. Wondered aloud and in print if he was truly going to be one of the greats. If his 40 point performance, against Darryl Dawkins, in Karrem's stead in the 1980 Finals as a frikkin rookie was an anomaly. They castigated him and tried their best to diminish him. And some had a small bit of right to do so, with Magics ridiculous submarine act in that 84 series (I usually get depressed when I watch that game on Classic). What happened next? Magic came back, averaged 17.5 and 15 assits and took the next won. two years after that he hit the Celt with the junior-junior in Game 5 on the parquet, shutup all the irish fans, yelling obscenities.

That's what Bron needs to do. take this last performance and the knowledge that he's becoming unreliable and unwilling in the clutch and be a gangsta about things and get his 21-year-old act together. Kobe shot airballs in the playoffs as a rookie, but he was takin those bad boys. by the time he was 21, he was LA's main fourth quarter option, and knifing niggas at the end of games. ditto MJ. Bron is more Magic than MJ, but Bron doesn't have the history of big games that Magic had to hold off some of the criticism he got after the 84 debacle. Bron needs to get on that good foot and do it soon.