JASON WHITLOCK'S FLAWED THINKING WHEN IT COMES TO NBA PLAYERS
Jason Whitlock is a talent, but his thinking on issues is sometimes flawed and intellectually lazy. Whitlock's "NBA Players Are Wrecking Their League" article best illustrates his flawed thinking. Bill Simmons wrote a contrasting two-part article: Part 1: "Grading Carmelo and Other NBA Trades" and Part 2 - "Celtics Will Miss Kendrick Perkins" about the recent transactions/trades in the NBA. Simmons directly challenged Whitlock's point of view, without mentioning his name: "EVERYONE WHO CLAIMS THE NBA IS BEING RUINED BECAUSE SUPERSTARS WANT TO CONTROL WHERE THEY PLAY: D-minus What a lazy argument. Over the past six decades, the following players pushed their way from a worse situation to a (seemingly) better one either by trade or free agency: Wilt Chamberlain, Oscar Robertson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Rick Barry, Charles Barkley, Scottie Pippen, Bill Walton, Kevin Garnett, Allen Iverson, Gary Payt...