The Menace of the Media

     Seconds can mean little to nothing in your life, in your job, in your day, in your schedule. In the NBA seconds can mean a season saving win, a loss, a huge shot, or the end of a legendary career. This all depends on the occasion and teams playing too. This is why we need to savor every second we see on the hardwood, from our couches and with our fingers in potato chip bags, because every second may be the last. We should never take anything for granted in the NBA, the all-out effort coming every game from one team or both, that is why we must respect everything the Athlete does to our entertainment and career opportunities. Yet every major sporting community and their officials put them up on those podiums at the end of a two-hour sprint fest, asking them questions that are sometimes dumb and hard to answer, athletes try to laugh these questions off, but it's hard. It's hard man, so they have to put their loved ones up there so they can maintain a human conversation that doesn't remark on the bad things they did that game. The loved ones are usually toddlers between 2-6, estimated ages. Our society is just like that, and sometimes you have to do these things that seem funny to the media but are really concealing the fears we have inside ourselves. That's why it is beautiful and sad at the same time when you see Steph Curry's daughter up there. She is the beloved 2-year old of the Curry family and is a cute little girl over all. She says cute things that are funny to the media, who are satisfied of the girl up there. The media does not notice the athlete half-heartedly answering the tough questions. It's beautiful because the athlete finds a way to overcome the fears of media, but it is also sad when you see them resorting to these circumstances to overcome the menacing media that we have in our entertainment/sports world. Most people don't see it this way, that's why we need them to see it this way. The athletes are human like you and they work their asses off when they are up on the court. So then the athletes go home after the media made them think twice about how much of  a good time they had playing with their teammates, or how they worked so hard they could pass out, but instead they go to a practice where they run even more, after that they just go and put their body out there to another excruciating game. An excruciating game to the people who try. It seems that the people who try are the people who get the most abused on the podium up there. That's just the menace of the media.

Warriors: 99 Rockets: 98
James Harden (R): 38 Pts, 10 Reb, 9 Ast, 3 Stl, 1 Blk
Steph Curry (W): 33 Pts, 3 Reb, 6 Ast, 1 Stl

                                                                  --KSP--