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ponedjeljak, 24. prosinca 2018.

Ero s onoga svijeta

Ero s onoga svijeta” deo je zbirke “Šaljive narodne priče” koje su nastale kao zapisi nekadašnjih usmenih predanja. Tehnički, one su stvarane naraštajima i to zato što su stalno nanovo prepričavane, prenošene usmenom predanjem, s kolena na koleno, a pritom su, naravno, menjane, prilagođavane, ponekad malo nadopunjavane, a ponekad bi izgubile nešto sadržaja. Mnogi skupljači narodnog blaga slušali su, skupljali i beležili usmena predanja, pa tek u svojoj pisanoj formi narodna priča postaje koliko-toliko stalna. Ipak, stalnom se prepiskom i ona menja.

“Šaljive narodne priče” su obrađene kako bi bile razumljivije i zanimljivije deci. U svom izvorom obliku, većina ovih priča pričana je na dijalektima i to ponekad onim rijetkim, iz raznih delova Srbije i okoline. Tako zapisane priče deca ne bi mogla razumeti, pa time ne bi imala želje, volje, ni mogućnosti da ih čitaju. Upravo zato su one prilagođene čitaocima iz svih krajeva Srbije. Prilagođene su prevodom i nekim stilskim izmenama, pa se sada mogu čitati bez napora. Tako se u njima može neometano uživati.

Priče u zbirkama odabrane su po kriterijumu duhovitosti i originalnosti. Svaka je morala biti zanimljiva, zabavna i naravno – dovoljno poučna. Osim toga, priče su morale dolaziti iz svih krajeva Srbije, ali i delova sveta gde žive Srbi i gde njihova kultura, pa tako i usmena predanja, još uvek nisu izumrla. Zbirka namerno ove primere usmenih predanja naziva pričama, a ne pripovietkama ili pripovestima, jer se ovaj prvi naziv najčešće poistovećuje s novelama, a ovaj drugi s povesnim delima.
Izraz priča u sebi je još uvijek zadržala onu magiju koju vuče iz dečjih književnosti. Poistovećujemo ga s čarobnim motivima koje pronalazimo u bajkama ili fantastičnim pričama, ali i s dovitljivosti dosetke te duhovitosti anegdote. Pronalazimo u njoj elemente crtice, zbog njene kratkoće, a neretko i basne, zbog personifikovanih životinja i njihovih uloga u prenošenju pouke dela. Zato je najbolje ovo delo nazvati pričom, bez obzira na njegovu dužinu, formu, glavne motive ili prirodu pouke.

Kratak sadržaj
“Ero s onoga svijeta” poznata je priča o snalažljivom kmetu Eri, koji svojom dovitljivošću i hrabrošću uspeva prevariti dvoje Turčina i pritom dobro zaraditi, a zatim izbeći kaznu i ostati živ.
Priča je šaljiva i uzbudljiva. Najprije sa zanimanjem pratimo način na koji Ero uspije prevariti lakovjerne poljoprivrednike, a onda s uzbuđenjem čekamo ishod takve varke, da li će Ero uspjeti izvući se iz moguće pogibeljne situacije?Priča počinje kada Ero sreće Turčina i Turkinju dok kopaju kukuruze. Kada je Turčin otišao napojiti konja, Ero pristupi Turkinji. Ona vidi ga i upita ko je i odakle je, a on joj odgovori da se zove Ero i da dolazi “s onoga svijeta”, misleći pritom na svijet mrtvih.
Kada je to čula, Turkinja ga upita da li je tamo sreo njenog Muju, koji je baš nedavno umro. Ero odgovori da jest i da mu je to najbolji prijatelj. Kada ga je Turkinja pitala kako je njenom Muji gore i da li je dobro, Ero odgovori da je dobro, ali da nema duvana za pušenje, niti novca da ga kupi. Na to Turkinja požuri i da Eri vreću s novcem, moleći ga da je odnese njenom Muji, da ima za duvan, Ero pristane, uzme novac i ode.
Kada se Turčin vratio s pojilišta, žena mu ispriča što se dogodilo, a Turčin odmah shvati da su prevareni. Pojuri konjem za Erom, a Ero pobeže i sakrije se u mlin. U mlinu dođe do mlinara i kaže mu kako Turčin juri prema mlinu i da želi njemu, mlinaru, odrubiti glavu. Predlaže mu da zamene kape i da ovaj pobjegne, a Ero će se pretvarati da je mlinar. Kada mlinar vidi da Turčin stvarno juri prema mlinu, prestraši se i bez suvišnih pitanja, skine kapu, uzme Erinu i pobegne uz brdo.
Kada Turčin stigne do mlina, vidi Eru, ali ga ne prepoznade zbog druge kape i brašna kojim se posuo. Upita ga gde je pobegao onaj koji mu je uzeo novac, a Ero ga uputi prema brdu. Turčin Eru ostavi konja na čuvanje, pa pojuri prema brdu i čoveku koji je bežao od njega. Dok ga je uhvatio i raščistio situaciju s njim, Ero je već pobjegao na konju.
Kada se Turčin vratio ženi i kad ga je ona pitala šta se dogodilo, on joj samo reče da je ona Eri dala novac da ga odnese Muji, a on mu je dao konja da ne ide na “onaj svijet” peške.
Analiza likova
Ero – on je kmet koji predstavlja popularnu sliku snalažljivih društvenih odmetnika. Njega krasi velika domišljatost, hrabrost, vragolanstvo i pre svega –  sloboda. Ero ne odgovara nikome, sam odlučuje šta će sa svojim životom, nikome ne polaže račune i uživa u svojoj slobodi. On nema ni zemlje ni kuće, a verovatno ni porodicu, pa kako bi opstao na svetu bez puno truda i muke, mora se poslužiti drugim veštinama. Te veštine su obmana, krađa i laž. Ipak, čini se da on krade samo one koji su dovoljno lakoverni da mu poveruju. Uspeva obrlatiti sve oko sebe i dobiti ono što želi. Za to je potrebna i doza hrabrosti, jer jasno vidimo da Ero vrlo lako može izgubiti glavu. Trenutak nepažnje može ga koštati života. Ero živi na rubu zakona i na rubu smrti. Ipak, on je veseljak koji puno ne mari za opasnosti. Jednostavno živi život kako mu dođe i iskorišćava ga kako god može.
Turkinja – lakoverna žena koju je Ero uspeo nasamariti da mu da novac. Ero je igrao na njene osećaje i ona nije mogla postupiti drugačije nego da učini sve kako bi njenom Muji bilo lakše. Vidi se da je to žena dobra srca, ali je previše naivna. Nije ni na trenutak posumnjala da bi je Ero mogao prevariti. To je jednostavno bilo van njenog poimanja sveta i drugih ljudi. Čak i nakon što joj je muž ukazao što je učinila, ona nije shvatala šta je tako loše u tome da je Muji poslala novac. Turkinja je vredna žena, svakome će pomoći, a najviše svome. Upravo ju je to koštalo novaca, ali barem je ostala na miru sa svojim srcem.
Turčin – on, za razliku od svoje žene, nije toliko lakoveran. Odmah je shvatio prevaru koju mu je Ero smestio. Pokušao ju je ispraviti, pronaći kradljivca i vratiti svoj novac, ali to mu nije uspelo. Ako ne rečima, Ero ga je uspio nasamariti na drugi način. Turčinova brzopletost i krivo zaključivanje naveli su ga na krivi trag, zbog čega je ulovio mlinara, umjesto Eru, a kada je shvatio grešku, bilo je prekasno.

četvrtak, 20. prosinca 2018.

ISPOVEST: 3 dana pred svadbu moj decko slavi momačko veče, kaže ide na piće sa drugovima. Ja u stanu sa par drugarica…

3 dana pred svadbu moj decko slavi momačko veče, kaže ide na piće sa drugovima. Ja u stanu sa par drugarica, sedimo, pijemo, pricamo,veselimo se, ja sam prva u društvu koja se udaje, uzbuđenje veliko. Odjednom, vidim da je jedan njegov drug postavio na stori nešto, otvorim a imam i šta da vidim: moj verenik sedi u fotelji dok mu u krilu sedi polugola striptizeta. Izlišno je reći da sam svadbu otkazala. U životu se nisam osetila ovako poniženo.

I feel devotion

REAL MADRID

The squad that is playing like this has not been seen on European grounds for a long time. Real has returned his faith in European basketball for the past two seasons. They play for a point more, for the move and what's best they win in almost all games. Their percentage of shots are in the right sense madness of the brain. In the Spanish championship Real is without a defeat in the 12 games played. They throw almost 90 points per game with unreal 43% of the hit points for three points (in which they hit 10 trophies per game !!?) They shoot 56% team for two points and about 77% free throw.

In Euroleague, Real took a couple of free days. After a tour of the USA, they were tormented by Panathinaikos, with Draper being rescued by four stolen balls in a row in the third quarter. They lost 20 hits from Khimki and followed the return and defeated the point of difference. The match against Kantau was interrupted, and Rudy missed the match which Pablo Laso kept for the derby against Estudiantes. The worst Real match this season in all competitions was seen in Athens against Panathinaikos where they scored 68 points and where Rudy played the worst match of the season (3 points, 1-7 shot from the game).

Jaycee Carroll is by far the best shooter in Europe in the last two years, and Pablo Laso is perfectly used by him. Troy continually is still hit by Rudy, Lull, Mirotic, Rodriguez, Pocius, Suarez and Draper, eight of the 12 players can throw you between three and five triples in the match if they have enough space .... not to forget ... and Felipe Reyes for some reason started hitting three-point shots, and just came the center of Rafa Hettsheimeir It can also pack an open shot from that distance. It's worth mentioning the trans in which Sergio Rodriguez is currently playing.

It's hard to find players with better ball control and a better overview of the game in European basketball. As a teenager, Sergio had the best alley-oop dog from all European bears, and he and Rudy played this action when she was a thought noun for the rest of the old continent (Spaniards called the helicopter, the Americans Spanish Inquisition while the two played in Portland).

In NBA Sergio did not manage, but since last season's playoff in Spain he plays maestro. Trophies from dribbling, dragging the ball through the legs to defending players, rolls, dribbling behind the back and assisting through the opponent's ears. One of the rare players in Euroleague who can humiliate you with a move on the field.

It would be unfair to neglect Sergio Lulla. From the angry Indian who plays out of every control, Lull has grown into the leader of this team. It still has a few minutes of eclipse of the mind when throwing the ball into the fifth row of spectators and making fouls in the attack, but its players in the game now greatly exceed the minuses. Lull keeps the most dangerous opponent in each game, hunts the shooters through the blocks and again comes to dictate the pervasive pace in which Real plays perfectly balances between looking for his points and scouting the team.

The Mana all point out for Real this season is the center position. Laso tried to solve this by engaging strong Brazilian Rafa Hettsheimeir, who is still recovering from his knee surgery and looking for last-season form. In the season where there is no clear favorite, Real is closest to that category. The title of Europe's champion would not be a surprise, but the surprise would not be a farewell to the quarter-finals.

MONTEPASCHI SIENA

Poor Luca Banchi is only 15 years old in the first phase of the Euroleague. This team should be led. Psychiatry champions this season come from Siena. After the years of the "system" and the rule of Simone Piangiani, Siena's financial structure almost collapsed before the beginning of this season, and most of the game's leading players with the coach were looking for places where she had money.

Banchi, who has been wearing Pianigiani's board for the past six years, has decided to risk and try to do something where the chances of success are really very small. Siena had gone all the way to Italy in the previous years, and everybody played F4 Euroleague so that from this season I can only down there, but they are so fun to watch while tone. Banchi is here somewhere between trying to hug and kiss Bobby Browne or to smash him. They started with a series of defeats of Alba, Maccabi and Unica, where the last two lost with two points of difference, and there were also some leagues against Varese and Armani Jeans.

Then the canonade of the wildest team in Euroleague started. Led by a man in the first season of the season, he decided five games for Albu and Bosnia in the ULEB Cup at the ULEB Cup in a game with five extras, 44 points, then won the NBA engagement, and after returning to Europe, he so distraughtly coached the coach and coaches in Prokom that they were openly sabotaged , Siena started hitting the bus.

That and such Brown, equally silly as his R'N'B spinner led the shooters that after 129 games played, they scored 129 hit trophies (over 12 per game !?) with 43% of team performance and an average of 88 points per game. Siena can lose everything with a total of 103 points (Chalon), to break 30 points advantage and match (Prokom), to destroy pr(again Prokom), that Brown himself defeated the opponent (Chalon), and almost twice scalped the best team in his group, Maccabi (defeat in two disparities in Tel Aviv after which Luca Banchi was completely abandoned for a whole minute of watching one point and a two-match home victory in which the David Blatt team could not defend any attack). MVP of the regular part of the season is without dilemma Bobby Brown.

Carries the ball for all the money, picks 10 meters over four hands as if he was on the set, the scourge 300 per hour is often out of control, but this team means absolutely all 19.5 points ... 6 assists 38% for three, 86 % free throws and only 1.9 lost points per game (this is a fascinating fact taking Brown to play 31 minutes per game and that the ball in Bobby's hands is so long that he already recognizes his touch.

Again, only 1.9 lost per match ... comparisons for Leo Westermann in the ABA League still have more lost balls than assisting)
F4 CANDIDATES

OLYMPIACOS

In one of the previous columns, I have already written Giulio Bartzoxas, but the miracles ... like last season, Oly brought one player and now F4 is a real destination. Joey Dorsey was the key to Olympiacos's resurgence last year, Josh Powell seems to be doing the same thing this season. Josh played a couple of great seasons in Italy and then an episode in four NBA teams to win two NBA titles in Lakers ''09 and 10' about 10 minutes after Phill Jackson's rotation.

If we exclude the coach (Duda is a really much better coach than Bartzokas), the European champion has increased the toy in comparison to the last season: Perperoglu instead of Cheshel, Mavroeids instead of Papadopoulos and Powell instead of Dorsey.

Everything else is the same. When dense Spanulis feels no fear, and Printezis has already proven to hit the pressure (His shot for the title of the champion of Europe is one of the hardest to guess in basketball, all that you are in the hall itself).

ЖАЛГИРИС

They are able to play every style of basketball. The coach is very good and knows how to win (Joan Plaza). They won the European title in '99, playing unreally beautifully and efficiently and with a rotation of at least 10 players.

They look similarly after the regular part of the Euroleague this season. Jonas Kazlauskas had Edney, Bowie, Zideek, Timinskas, Strombergas, Adomaitis and two Zukauskas in Munich in 1994, so that breaking Olympiacos and Kinder from this perception is not a big surprise.

Plaza this season has Jaabera, Dardena, Lafayetta, Kaukenas, Popovic, Jankunas, Javtokas and two Lavrinovic ... just say ....

CSKA

If none of Messina has improved the styling of the professional staff by engaging Quinn Snyder from Lakers. Former Dookie dominates the bench with Michael Douglas's hairstyle and suits of $ 5,000. The title of the cover of the magazine disables only the drawing board for the actions it must hold. How to Replace Kirilenko's Departure? No way.

If there is a team whose results are far ahead of the game then it is CSKA. They hung as a chandelier against Lietuvos, Partizan and Bamberga, Barca humiliated them home but seemed to improve in the last three rounds. Messina even used Krstic for the position of the wing center at some moments. It did not look bad.

They drove off Nicholas, who could not guess the "Stables Gate" (an expression from cowboy films) and brought the player to whom the shot from the theater was resonant, I'm talking about Dionette Christmas. Who will take the responsibility when it becomes thick Weems? Teodosic? Jackson? too many questionnaires .... but have only one defeat so far !?

BARCELONA

One game you think this is the best and cleanest defense in European basketball ever, and then losing from Valladolid home. Then they humiliate CSKA Moscow and leave Zaragoza and Manresa on a combined 97 points and get them Gran Canaria.

In the first round of the Euroleague, only Partizan did not get 20 differences, but in the national championship there were already five defeats. The impression is that something is missing. Navarro is visibly tired, every bit injured and can not fit two good sides, Lorbek is still not in the right shape, Mickael is old. Shuttle from the distance has been disputed since the beginning of the season ... 34% in Spain with a small number of hits, 33% in the Euroleague with also a small number of hits.

Barca currently has four outside players who threw the triples under 20% .... wondering why I put them among the F4 candidates? so they have only one defeat for now, and the choice is really scarce ...

MACCABI

If they really bring Aaron Baynes, then I raise my hands. The Baynes team can not be on F4, I really think so. Blatt again jumps a team that plays high-quality basketball and is dangerous against everyone. The most striking story of the first part of the competition is certainly Ricky Hickman. The guy from the NC Greensboro University started a European odyssey in Hungary, then moved to Romania and then turned to Germany, in the regional league !! ??

Then he packed his suitcases and the line Lahti, Finland. Just as Mati Nikenen taught him the technique of ski jumping, he received a call from the Italian second league ... the rest is history. He broke everything in the Scavolini jersey last season,and just debut in the Euroleague. Some numbers say .... 13 points on average, 51% for 2, 35% for three, 88% free throws, 3.5 assists, 2.3 stolen balls (1st in EL) is not bad for someone who drank tea with Ari Pekom Nikola ....

Maccabi also trips this season, after all, such as the Maccabi without a three point lead, and the revitalized Logan, Devin Smith, Ohayon and Landesberg. A couple of ranks deserve this season's monstrous Shawn James, who shoots 70% of the game, and 81% of the free throw line (this is something last seen by Kevin Mhelle 60% from the game, 80% throw) ....
COVER YOU A TRUDE OF SOLDIERS

ANADOLU EFES

Usually they say "how much money, so much music", only the creators of that coin did not watch Efes. The Istanbul team pay New York Philharmonic every year and gets drunk street musicians playing. Farmar, Vujacic, Savanovic, Lucas, Shipp, Erden, Tunceri, Gonlum, Batista, Barac ... "And nothing!"

If these are not names for the F4 Euroleague then no one is .... and it seems they are not. Efes in the first phase with this team lost the PET MATCH, YES FIVE MATCH!

The bigger disappointment is only Armani Jeans, but your columnist does not account for the clubs led by Sergio Scariolo (Spain's representation is something else, with my colleague Mladen Končarević going to the quarter-finals.) Still, no.)

FENERBAHCE ULKER

For retired players, coaches prefer to say that they are "reheated food", there is another term, but it is not appropriate even for this column. Fener has Batiste, Sat, Baker, Andersen, Bremer (although there are no more), Onana, etc.

If 2007 were said to be "uh, what kind of team" ... to their sadness is not 2007 plus it seems that Bo is injured. Fener has beaten over 10 million euros this season and is hard to see the quarter-finals.

UNICAJA

If there is such a team in the Balkans, all of its fans would develop heart problems, high blood pressure and various forms of diabetes. This is how Malaga is at sea, it has about 300 sunny days a year and frustrated season tickets owners can always say "Come on, go to the beach" or "We want to see Marble see what's there?"

To play the seventh NBA Finals match against Miami Heat Unicaja would somehow be missing out on winning, and also in a co-host of a happy family home selection you can calmly put money on these others. A team that amplitudes frustrate itself, opponents, fans, coaches, from season to season, from car to circuit ....
OTKUD VI?

BAMBERG & BEŠIKTAŠ

Someone had to go on. They have always taught us that the Germans play to the end, that they have full faith in their capabilities and never surrender. It looks only for football, because what to say about Bamberg and their collective sweating of the palms and shaking their hands in the match against Partizan. The move of the maestro who makes a 40-meter-throw from his basket, throwing a ball will enter the basketball nonsense anals (The Bamberg players have 32, 30, 32, 30, 31 and 28 years).

Partizan did not know or could take the offer, and Bamberg finally opened the door and entered the TOP 16 after two years of shooting on the same level.


This season, Besiktas is a little masterpiece by Erman Kunter who has squeezed gold from the stone. Kunter always knew that he had to play US players, and with this very limited and much cheaper composition of the Besiktas, than last year did a great job.

They brought Daniel Ewing cleanly so that Kunter can take Curtis Jerells when this one in his rhythm "I do not care if I play defense" or "I'm wearing a protective tire to say something to Markoti while the opponent's backseat strikes me like I'm stuck" what happens in 90 % of cases. Ewing is a great player in the hands of a good coach. Patrick Cristopher has great potential, but there are no traces of consistency.

There are also lesser-known Brother Guler, Tutk Acik, Serhat Cetin, Hersek, Ozer and Camal Nalga !? What is best in the group with them is Fenerbahce and it is very possible that Kunter scalps them in the city derby. For more than that they do not have quality.

srijeda, 19. prosinca 2018.

Charles (Barkley)

"I'm no one, I'm just a basketball player," Charles Barkley often said. And what a basketball player was ... So strong and dominant on the field.

One of those who could do it all alone. Charles was too low for his position, with an eternal excess of pounds, but he made a chaos in the racket ... He scored, jumped and assisted, simply carrying his opponents on his shoulders.

The younger ones know him as a witty TNT commentator, for my generation was the definition of a toy beast.

Magic had a smile. A man with such a smile simply can not be bad. Michael Jordan was a perfect basketball and marketing machine, which never gave a controversial statement. Larry Bird was always on the side, as did Moses Malone. Dr. J was smooth and spoke as if he was the head of a diplomatic mission. Karl Malone was a cowboy. Stockton was from Vienna's boys' choir. Only Charles Barkley was his own and he was not afraid to show it ... At any time.

I loved and loved to watch a lot of players, but only three of them loved me. Malone, Stockton and Barkley. "Tempo" and "Basket" were bought for NBA statistics, as well as sporadic reports from America, where very often referred to as a frozen muzzle from Philadelphia, which was brilliant on the field, but also fired at the time the craziest statements an athlete could to launch.

"I had a divine gift in the jump, the other segments of my game were not good to me, I was hoping to be able to have 10 jumps per game and after 10 years I would earn $ 1 million in the NBA and secure my family," thought Barkley .

In the third, he was 110 kg at 178 cm high. Of course he did not fall among the top 12. He grew up to 193 cm during the summer, but his weight went unbearably to 140 kg. Even with these dimensions, he was unrealistically jumping and moving, and he received a scholarship from a university known exclusively for American football. Auburn's coach, Sonny Smith, wrote in his notes: "He has one fat man, but on the ground as a wind ... he wears everything in front of him" ...

At Auburn, basketball mostly illiterate crowds came to see as a circus attraction of 193 cm high Barkley, who played at the wings of the center and center and banged the lunatic bananas to 30 cm higher players, and after a defensive jump - with obligatory dribbling behind his back - struck from the basket to a basket with brutal ducking with two hands, which almost moved the construction. (On his 22nd birthday, Charles Barkley played for 76ers so hard that he shifted the complete construction of the half-meter basket. The match was interrupted for 25 minutes while the workers were trained and returned to the basket in the foreseen position. Yes, he was so strong).

The South Africans wondered, "Where does this fat, such a force and jump from a body resembling anything but an athlete" ... Mama offered the explanation in the form of a blood transfusion that baby Charles had received at birth, when he suffered from a severe form of anemia, which It almost cost him his life.

Barkley never managed to lower his weight during college. He did not even try too hard. Sonny Smith had a helper who walked with Charles all day, sat with him in lectures, and watched the prescribed child adhere to. Barkley would have eaten one prescribed sandwich after the game, then threw three family pizzas into his room and left only cardboard packages until morning ...

The best example of Charles's inability to move away from the table came during camps for the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Barkley looked great during the first mini-camp, and Bobby Knight was delighted with his game, but asked to prepare and remove at least five pounds from the next campsite. Barkley not only did not touch the ball at the prescribed time, but added 15 kg to the existing weight. Knight first cut him out of the list, which Charles never forgave him: "Today I hate it white to .... e, I wish I had played against Indiana for the rest of my life."

He came to the NBA in 1984, as the fifth choice in the strongest draft of the class in basketball history. He went to Philadelphia, where fans love to criticize and where only a few of the chosen ones enjoy unconditional love. Barkley came to the team that won the championship title and the dressing room was held by veterans - Dr J, Moses Malone, Mo Cheeks (for whom Charles joked like to say that he had only one good eye and that he only saw it in the contrary Dr. Ja) and Andrew Toney.

Young Barkley took Moses Malone under his wing, who did not talk much but each one listened to him.

He recognized Prince Charles in a lost guy from the south, as he was at the beginning ... "He said that I could skip a meal. He taught me what it means to be a professional and be ready for every match."

Barkley gradually assumed the position of the main player in view of the years of the 76ers' championship quartet. There was total terror in the jump. The 193-cm man in 1987 was the NBA's best jumper with almost 15 jumps per game, of which some six incredibly incredible in the attack !!

Barkley is nhe's a player in the history of the league who won the title of the best NBA jumper.

"He often said to me: 'Just shoot me, I'll catch your every failure and get it back to the basket.' It was basically the same." His desire to catch a refracting ball was the greatest one I've ever seen in my life, "said is a great shooter of Hersey Hawkins, who for four seasons was Charles's teammate.

His game did not require any system or special action. Barkley created everything himself, using his incredible strength and sense of jumping. When he got the ball on the low post, the defense was almost gone. Barkley combined his huge butt with stunning explosiveness and scored almost without a mistake against players who were in turn higher than him. If doubled, Barkley would always find a teammate himself (a very often undervalued segment was his review of the game.) After all, look at his dog for Mike Gminsky vs. Knicks, one of the best additions ever seen in basketball)

Dueli Barkley and Carla Malone were in the game where they literally shot everything in contact. For me, without any dilemma, the two best two-wing hatching center I've watched. Two players that you could only once set yourself up for a foul attack during a match ...

"My philosophy was that you can set me up for a foul in the attack during the game, but only once, because while I'm making this foul, I really try to kill you, so no one has set me up twice." (His counter-attacks and drama was perpetuated by the legendary republic of Public Enemy in the song "Rebel Without a Pause", verses uttered by Chuck D: "Simple and plain, give me the lane, I'll throw it down your throat like Barkley!")

Barkley broke out of the field. He gave statements that often caused negative connotations in public. Given that Charles was moving mostly alone, without bodyguards or any escorts, one person appeared to be confronting each other, and Barkley did not escape, on the contrary.

His eight years in Philadelphia took place in great individual seasons and with little success during the play-off. Barkley had about 60% of the game's shot, 25 points and 12 rebounds an average year on year, but Phila did not have a team-level quality to counter Pistons, Celtics, Bulls and Knicks.

Barkley was extremely nervous about the lack of quality reinforcements, so he openly criticized the team's owner and management, just as he only knows. The start of his end in Philadelphia was an incident at a New Jersey match, where Chuck attempted to spit fans under a basket that insulted him all over the match, and instead hit him with a girl who was sitting nearby. The incident was broadcast in all news and the event got national publicity.

"It's something that I will regret for the rest of my life. I did a very stupid thing, but she and her parents gave me a chance to make a profit, and I did it myself."

In the sea of ​​incidents that were very often tainted, a drop of a glass was blamed at a bar in Milwaukee, prompting an indictment against him. The team changed him to Phoenix as long as the trial was in progress. When he received an agent's call and learned that he was no longer a member of Phile, Barkley paid tours of drinks to all passengers on board on a journey home.

"The owner Katz never wanted to win the championship title, I really believe that. He was enough to fill the hall and play in the play-off, for more than that, he did not care to spend." I asked Shaq, and I got Charles Shackelforda ".

Before coming to Phoenix, Barkley brought his body in the best shape ever. At the OI in Barcelona, ​​as a member of Dream Teama, he was the best scorer and player of the American national team, along with the usual dose of silly statements and moves. The striking of Angola's elbow in the chest is highlighted, and the statement after that: "How I know, he could have a spear behind his back".

The Phoenix season played phenomenally, as well as most of the years in the 76ers, but for the first time in his career, he had a quality teammate's collection to flush him out. Suns made the best league in the league and then set off on the play-off. In the first round they lost to Lakers with 2: 0, with two defeats on the home court, turning to 3: 2. In the semifinals, Spurs were set up, so in the fantastic finals of the Sonicse West with 4: 3, where Barkley had three-double effects in the fifth and seventh games.

The Bulls final was a pure anthology (one of the best ever, be sure to watch each match. Impossible good basketball was played).

Chicago won the first two in Phoenix, Suns won the third after three extra time, where Dan Majerle scored three from the record. In the fourth, Michael Jordan scored 55 points for Bulls' tight victory, so that Phoenix, along with Barkley's great match and cocaine addict Richard Dumas, sent a series back to Arizona. In the sixth, the Suns had two differences 15 seconds to finish, but then John Paxson appeared and the rest is history.

Barkleya defeated Bullsa dotukao. An empty look at the press conference after finishing the finale spoke all. Suns had two great seasons, but two times against the later champions of Houston Rockets lost the lead of 2: 0 and 3: 1. Barkley had a fight with Kevin Johnson and this fight was broken by the team of Suns, one of the best who failed to win the title (Barkley once told Johnson: "If you go to the strip club with me, I will go with you to the church." Kevin went to the strip club, Barkley did not show up in the church.)

Early he wound up with a gold medal in Atlanta, where he again was the top scorer of the US Olympic team, kicking out a staggering 82% of the game. Barkley was soon switched to Houston to try something with Drexler and Olayawon, but the trio who was no longer in power could not go far. He did not help Scottie Pippen's arrival, with whom Barkley fought hard when he demolished it to Portland after only a year.

Fate wanted Barkley to play his last real NBA match right in Philadelphia. Quadriceps's Rupture separated him from the field for four months, but Charles returned because he wanted to leave the pitch on both legs. He dropped the last basket in his career after an offensive rebound against Vancouver Grizzlies, then left the court and finally said "goodbye" basketball players.

For all these years with Barkley, never, but never, it was not boring. He collected jokes at the expense of journalists, fans and teammates, but he often joked on his own. He lost over $ 10 million in cubes, but he also divested more of it for humanitarian purposes. He threw people through the cafes, broke their nose, went to the courts, and at the same time paid for treatment for sick children and bought apartments and houses for the poor without any pomp or media exposure. He often liked to wear a bad guy's image, and in essence he rarely was a good man.

Even now, Barkley is the soul of a TV studio that is considered the best in any American sport for almost a decade. "Inside the NBA" is a polygon where Emmy's award-winning Charles can not say half the names of players, nor recognize those who play a little. Again, the man who watches a few minutes of most of the games he is talking about, succeeds with his sincerity and humor to keep the viewers screen-shacky.

Charles I had the chance to meet in Dallas a few years ago. There were at least 30 current and former NBA players in the lobby of the hotel and you know who was the biggest crowd? Barkley held the speech to all who wanted to listen, joked and joked with complete strangers ... He photographed with anyone who wanted it. For a moment, he did not look as though he was bored or as though he was beneath his honor because he was not in the company of "straightforward ones". Charles was always comfortable in his own skin. The peak was when he honored everyone in his vicinity of a drink at the hotel bar, such people simply do not appear in top sports ...

"Titles? The basketball basket does not owe anything to me ... I owe everything to my basketball players, if it was not, I would stay poor from Alabama, and this way I went around the whole world. I met an incredible number of people, I met the presidents of states, princes, people I have never even dreamed of meeting, let alone to meet. I have earned money that I can take care of my daughter and her children when they come to the world, all because of this sport, I owe basket players all ... "

utorak, 18. prosinca 2018.

Bad guys

Their trademark was defense and readiness for all moves to win. They beat up and provoked and created enemies on all sides, but at the same time they were an outsider team.

"Bad Boys" reunited 10 days ago in Detroit, and a documentary will be broadcast tomorrow on a much-needed unique team.

A center that thrashes the threes and does not know how to play back on the basket. Backs that mostly play on half-Jews. A low wing that only plays the back and only occasionally opens for a shot from the distance. The whistle that jumps in the defense and plays defense. Rotation of 10 players. Rhythm control and offensive leap. Faulics even after the judge has heard. Confusion. Shots in the face. Elbows in ribs. Hitting hooks. Provoking. All these were Detroit Pistons in the late 80's ...

Pistons were the first team in modern basketball that you could not describe through statistics.

A look at the list of archers was not offered the answer why they won. Up until then, the eyes were trained to search for two, possibly three, who scored from 20 to 30 points. We were used to the head of the station and the auxiliary staff. Detroit changed that. Pistons were the first team in which the "bearers" of the game sacrificed their minutes and the number of shots in favor of the rest of the team. The attack was threatened by 10 players and that team became the percussion of strange statistics where everyone will score from 5 to 18 points and the victory in the end will be expressed with 20 differences, although the record does not offer anyone who jumps or is especially in the shot.

"Bad Boys" was out of the field by an ingenious manager of the team, Jack McClosky, who in the mid-'80s could not make a mistake when choosing a player. In the field, Isiah Thomas was in charge of their mentality with Bill Laimbeer's "little" support.

My best friend was the Pistons fan and especially Isiah Thomass. From Trieste he received a pair of Detroit Pistons T-shirts dominated by Thomas's head. So we began to notice Thomas next to Magick, Birda and Jordan. Later, we also got a video tape on which Isiah explains the secrets of his dribbling. I do not need to mention that his arsenal of dribbling was perfect. We tried to mimic it with the obligatory rumor of the commentator "Thomas's promises !!" while Isiah throws another beech onto the parquet floor ....

"Thomase !!! You are a desperate player !! The next day comes Dan Dakich. Remember that name !!! It's twice as good as you !!!"

So Isiaha formed Bobby Knight at college. It does not matter what Isiah was destroying all opponents and that Dan Dakich in any universe could not carry his bag. Knight was a basketball perfectionist whose very often even maestral performance by his player was not good enough. It could always have been better for Bobby.

Isiah Thomas had a spirit of competition very similar to the Jordan. In the sense that any opponent on the field would kill if it meant a victory for his team. Thomas, many say, was ready to sell the soul to the devil just to be a champion. In the end, he became, but he lost a lot of comrades on his way to the title.

Thomas Pistons survived two heavy knocks until the final title winner. There are a few teams that would stay behind after all. Defeat by Celtics in the final of East 1987. Fifth game in Boston. Pistons had a point advantage over five seconds to the end and the ball. Thomas's addition to Laimbeer crossed Bird and assisted Dennis Johnson for the winning basket. Pistons dropped in seven games. Boston went to the finals.

A year later Detroit reached the finals. They had a 3-2 lead and two games in Los Angeles to try to win the championship title. Isiah severely injured the hocks, but refused to step out of the game in one of the darkest moves ever. He jumped on one leg and scored 25 points only in the third quarter, 43 in total for the match. Pistons had a title in their hands for 45 seconds until the end of the match. They did not endure. Loss 103: 102. They lost the finals in seven games.

Thomas looked at the game for the first time only 15 years later. He just could not. And he cried in tears as he watched the sword. He was the one who pinched the desire for victory. He was the one who raised their aggressiveness to the extent of contempt that felt towards them the rest of the league. Isiah's tears 15 years later, because of the defeat and sacrifice he and his teammates speak about the desire of one man and one team to be the best ... at any cost ...

The title was the driving force of the entire Pistons team. They were so blinded by winning the trophy that they went to the extreme.

However, one can never deny one thing to them. They were really the team's definition. Much more than any basketball team I know in the last 30 years. The unselfishness of this team was unreal. Almost altruistic. They were ready to kill each other on the ground. Whoever did not think so had nothing to look for in that dressing room. Thomas consciously sacrificed his minutes for Dumars and Vinnie Johnson. He consciously sacrificed his number of shots. An example was followed by others. MahoHe made room for Salley, Laimbeer James Edwards. Only Adrian Dantley was angry because he had to give up his minutes in favor of Dennis Rodman. Rodman defended all positions and jumped like crazy. Dantley with 194cm was a low-post doctor with his huge butt and a series of finti with which he threw out 10 free throws per match. Dantley wanted to play. Isiah started the exchange with GM Jack McCloskey, who brought Thomas's second child from Marcus Aguirre to Pistons while Dantley was sent to Dallas, who never forgot Thomas (Dantley, during the first match of Detroit and Dallas on the back, told Thomas: "Gnjido I know you did this. I'll never forgive you. ")

Aguirre had similar qualities as Dantley, a great back-to-back game. But he was ready to leave his place to Rodman without anger and not harm the harmony in the dressing room.

Isiah Thomas was the one who introduced the Jordan Rule, stopping the best player of the league at all costs. Shots, provocations, fouls after a referee whistle, and intimidation of the rest of the team. Thomas led the departure from the field without any greetings after the Bulls took Detroit. Jordan, like Dantley, never forgave Thomas, but he was only a little more influential, so he personally made sure that Thomas was not selected for the original Dream Team. The support was surprisingly given to Magico Johnson (Although he and Thomas were great friends Magic, after being infected with HIV, found out that Isiah was rumored to be Johnson's homosexual. This was a hangover for some time.)

Pistons in their hall removed the protection from the part of the rim that touches the board on the side in front of their bench. It was extremely difficult to hit the ring. Thus, the Pistons when attacking that side must have had together in five of Salley and Rodman as the best jumps in the attack. The defense on this side played mainly in the second half where most of the minutes would get Laimbeer and Mahorn who greatly built the racket after the failure of the opponent. Pump the ball to teams that play fast? no problem. Pistons did the same with the house. Lakerse always awaited such a ball so that they could not develop their fast counter-attack game. With a blown ball, the game slows down, and that's what Pistons responds to completely. Control the jump, and therefore control the pace of the game. Long attacks, matches on fewer points. Their chances grew dramatically in these conditions ....

The other most famous faces of these Pistons were Bill Laimbeer.

We met him at the match Serbia - China in the Belgrade Arena before the 2010 World Cup. The three of us and Bill's snout on a joint photo. And after all these years, Bill has some kind of crap in his eyes as if he were going to kick you with his elbow while standing next to him at the store. Laimbeer was probably the most boring player in the history of the league. Nobody placed more bumps and fell from more glances. Laimbeera was baked by Barkley and Parish. They threatened him with homicide off the field several times.

He is so disliked that even after two championship titles, or four All Star performances, he can not get coaching engagement in the NBA. Laimbeer was already veteran at the end of his career, while NBA legend Mossey Malonea pulled out for protective goggles during the nagging and then released them ... In order to motivate teammates before the third game of the final in Portland, the exit from the tunnel deliberately overtook the photojournalist. He regularly beat Michael Jordan, Magick, Kareem, Larry Birda, McHale, Parish and all the best players of the opposing teams. Bill was one of the biggest provocateurs in the league. As soon as the judge turned his back, Laimbeer would look at how to disperse his opponent at least by hand, if the answer followed, Bill would have fallen off like a mournful (as a famous moment when Cartwright struck Bill with his elbow in his chest, and this one grabbed his face and climbed to the floor with his 130kg ).

Laimbeer came to the basket from a multi millionaire family, but he played every game as if his life depended on her. He was a great hitter for his height and one of the first centers that regularly hit the triples, and in the period 1982-90, probably the best jumper in the NBA defense. Bill started a blunder, and the fight was mostly ended by Rick Mahorn. Mahorn and Jeff Ruland carried the Washington shirt jersey so much into the racket that they got nicknames MacFly and McPadley. Mahorn was the player behind where the rest of the team was hiding when they were overweight. Off the field, known for its healthy sense of humor, in the field, Mahorn compensated for the lack of basketball skills by using martial arts.

After winning the first title, Mahorn had to be sent to the Minnesota expansion draft, even though McClosky's top manager struggled with all his might. Mahorne was told to go from Pistons during the championship parade ... "Then I realized that there was no emotion in this business. What we went through together was he was fired before the championship parade," said John Salley, whom Mahorn taught all the tricks under basket.

Salley was a kind of Robert Horry for that Pistons. The player who regularly played better than the game was more important. During the playoffs each year, Salley was incomparably better than during the season. Salley played hard, but he was not a dirty player. Over the course of the season, he was mostly run by women and probably the only coach he worked hard for was Chuck Daly who would always tell him when he sees that he is dragging himself to the dressing room .. "John, do not disappoint me" ... The greatest compliment came from the biggest porn star of today's Lisa Ann who once said: "John Salley? He is the greatest ..."

When we are near the biggest ... The biggest gentleman on the team was unquestionably Joe Dumars. A phenomenal defender and a shotgun. Joe, like Scottie Pippen, came from poverty, but he was an extraordinary worker who, despite his calm behavior and silent speech burning on the ground. Dumars played a fantastic and clean defense against Jordan. He was a merciless shooter with poludistance (he later developed a three-point shot).

Joe came from the south, from a small McNeese State University. It was dug up by Jack McClosky on the 1985 draft. Dumars has been a brutal professional since his first year and has mostly watched his business. When he broke his leg, he refused to put a plaster over him. With his methods he returned to the field for six weeks at full speed. During the final against Portland in 1990, Dumars' father was seriously ill. He asked before the match to say nothing about this matter and let him play. The father died shortly before the start of the match, which was announced to him at the end. Dumars, whose father was a lifeline, played all of the finals ...

The role of the sixth man was reserved for Vinnie Johnson, the man to whom Danny Ainge gave the nickname Microwave, microwave because he was able to put over 20 points in a small minute using mostly his straight-through kick with poludistance. With his 92:90 win, he won the second title of Detroit. Today he is a successful businessman. Dennis Rodman? We have already presented him in detail in this column. It is enough to say that at the 25th anniversary of the celebration the title did not appear because it was wrapped in a wedding dress in Buenos Aires.

The then owner of Bill Davidson and legendary trainer Chuck Daly are no longer alive. Davidson was the first owner of the NBA team to buy a private plane for his players, and thus introduced a trend that made it easy for everyone in the NBA to make it easy for a season full of difficult and long journeys.

Daly is probably one of the best coaches in the history of the NBA. A person whose personality outside of the field was never able to connect with the way Pistons played. Later, it turned out that the game was largely dominated by Isiah Thomas with whom Daly consulted on a daily basis. And Daly became aware that such a game is the only way Pistons can be successful. The very fact that Jordan had immensely respected him irrespective of the pure hostility that prevailed between the Bulls and Pistons speaks of everything. When all the NBA passed away, the trainers wore a badge with his initials.

The end of the era of Bad Boys came in 1991. Chicago Bulls beat them in the finals of the East. Before the end of the fourth game, Thomas and Laimbeer led the departure from the field without a greetings with Bulls. Jack McClosky, an architect of the team, greeted them in front of the tunnel and wept at each player individually, aware that the era was over.

Incomparable Hakeem The Dream

A man with 1000 moves. At the same time, an outright attacker and a defender. A football goalkeeper who has become one of the best basketball players of all time. A combination of elegance and efficiency. Hakeem's game was like his nickname - san. The operation of dental root extract is generally presented as an oblique obligation. You appeared, you hold on a little while, and after two days you are in operation.

"You will be ready to transfer matches after two days!".

Yeah. As he rubbed his right head of anesthesia from the anesthesia, and the oral surgeon wandered through the jaw, courage went through the door expressly. It was not helped by the fact that a mouth was drawn from my mouth by which a good doctor was sewing a wound at a place where he once was a tooth. In the end, I got some elephant antibiotics, painkillers ("drink three instances!") And a ban on going out for two days.

"Maybe you'll swallow a little, do not worry"

The next day, after mostly evaporating the effect of anesthesia, I woke up swollen as a beekeeper. His face pulsed, and I nervously crossed the house. What to do? I found the solution in the form of youtube, music by Pantelis Pantelis (do not ask why, I just like it at this time, although I'm late for at least a year) and in the corner of the screen a video clip titled "Hakeem Olajuwon top 10 plays". "I have not seen Hakeem for a long time, let's just remember a little bit."

This has just turned into a marathon that lasted for seven hours.

Supported with painkillers, I searched again all the most important moments of the man who made playing on a low post looks like an art. Bill Simmons once wrote: "Before we see the new Michael Jordan than the new Hakeem Olaywon," maybe it's not far from the truth.

His speed was always fascinated. Legs, hands, jump, everything was extremely fast, archaic fast. While we were younger one of our favorite NBA moves was blocking Hakeem in the face of one of the fastest players Rod Strickland. Olajuwon caught him from the center and launched his apparently clean layout into the audience.

I do not think that there was a player with a faster second or third jump from Hakeem to the history of the league. When you lift it up on a faint shot, it only touches the parquet floor, it is back in the air and blocks the shot, once, two, three times if necessary. Alonzo, Mutombo, Ewing, Robinson, Ben Wallace all protected their outer ring in their power. Again, none of them was a defensive force like Hakeem. Aside from the most blockades (3,830) in league history, Dream is the only center among the top 10 in the stolen balls of all time. Attack? It was just poetry.

The famous story is that Olajuwon began to play sports on the football field and that he was a goalkeeper. He discovered basketball only at age 15. When the trainer tried to demonstrate something about the dunk and dubbed Hakeem (then called Akeem), the trainer went to the chair. While explaining to him that he had to do it from the ground, his first dictation passed for two days.

Hakeem's family was well-suited to all standards, about Nigeria not to talk. When Olajuwon appeared to play basketball and studied in the United States, parents were not too enthusiastic: "The coach talked to my father and got his consent. When he left his father, he told me that nothing was left of it." Parents thought basketball was considered by pure wasting time. "

Hakeem received a call from the University of Houston even though coach Guy Lewis never watched him. That's the way a friend speaks the other. Olajuwon was so demanded that no one came to him after landing in Houston. He called Lewis and begged somebody to come for him, "Son, take the taxi" was the coach's answer.

Hakeem's rise began after working with NBA legend Moses Malone who at that time was one of the best NBA players and who individually worked in Houston during the summer. "The first day I tried to knock on him, and he almost typed me into the parquet floor. I knew that if I could do something against Moshe in this sport then I can oppose everyone"

From the first meeting, one man was aware of his possibilities. Clyde Drexler ...

"I see him as a millionaire in the future," Drexler said in 1983. "He will be the best center in the history of the league. Better than Wilts and Russell."

At Houston Olajuwon University, Drexler, Michael Young (Limoges) and Larry Micheaux, they danced all over and led Houston to three F4 positions, but without a title.

Olajuwon was, according to Drexler's prediction, the first draft of the draft, in front of Michael Jordan. He moved a little further from his college in Houston Rocex.

Already in the second season, He and Ralph Sampson (whose son is currently playing in Finland for Bayonne) made Houston the ultimate in the finals of 1986 as their original "Twin Towers". In their second season, Olajuwon scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and 3.5 the blockade per game, and his game in the play-off was best described by Lakers Pat Riley's coach at the time. "We tried everything, we kept it with four players, we helped from all sides, he's just a great player."

When it seemed that a new big team was created in the westat the conference and that the Rockets would be dominant, they abandoned the knee of Rapha Sampson and he was soon sent to Golden State, and Hakeem remained torn in average.

Olajuwon continued his work, scored over 20 points, was the best blocker and jumper of the league, but poor team-mates and bad coaches were running around him while the board was stinking. Seasons mostly ended with easy defeats in the first round of play-offs. In fact, in that period, he became one of only four players in the history of the Quadruple Double League (18 points, 16 rebounds 10 assists and 11 blocks against Bucks) when Hakeem publicly misled the management of the team unsatisfactory because of a small deal and the inability of the leaders to brought in high-quality reinforcements and when they replied that Olajuwon was playing a violation because he was angry about the amount of the deal, it seemed that the break was the only solution. Hakeem has already been seen as an ex-Rockets player, but this has not happened for some unexplained reason. The new coach Rudy Tomjanovich came to the bench, and Olajuwon corrected the literally the only drawback in his game until then, the return ball after the split.

The Rockets have finally managed to do a good job on the draft. '92 was brought to Robert Horry, a year later by Sam Cassell. With Kenny Smith, Otis Thorpe and Vernon Maxwell. It was the nucleus of the championship team, but as well as on the road to each title, it is necessary to have a dose of luck. Robert Horry, one of the most important players in winning two titles, was turned into Detroit for Sean Elliot in February 1994, but the exchange failed due to Elliot's kidney problems.

After finishing his career, Horry said: "I played with Duncan, O'Neal and Hakeem in a career. Hakeem is the best."

The domination that Olajuwon made during the period of 93-95 deserves to be watched by all who are or want to become centers. Hakeem's speed, agility, co-ordination of movement and resourcefulness are impossible to repeat, but they really have a lot to learn. Breaking up Ewing and Robinson in power and the complete dismantling of young Shaquille O'Neal stunned me even more from this time distance. They were silent observers, nothing more. After all, let David Robinson say: "Solve Hakeem? You can not solve Hakeem!"

Sam Cassell described Houston's game in the championship days: "We did not have any action." We dropped the ball on Hakeem, and if it is not doubled, it is a basket, if it is followed by a return ball and a triple, and sometimes it goes through the doubling. "

Hakeem and Rockets returned from a variety of sinks during the championship of the two titles. In 1994 they lost to Phoenix 2-0, losing both their first home matches. In the final against Knicks they lost 3: 2 and got two last games in Houston where Hakeem bounced Starks at the title. In the second move on the title to Olajuwon, he was particularly pleased by the fact that he gave his title to his good friend Clyde Drexler, the Rockets moved from the sixth position and did not have the advantage of home court during the whole play-off !! In the first round (which was then played in three victories), Houston lost to Utah 2-1, from Suns 3-1 lost in another, Spurs three times defeated their guests during the West Finals to clear Orlando in the NBA Finals .

Against Ewing in the final of the 94th (Hakeem was the MVP of the league, the finale and the best defender of the NBA at the same time) Olajuwon scored 27 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks per game, and held Ewing at 36% of the game's shot. Against Robinson, a year later in the Western Finals he scored 35 points per game, with 56% of the game's shot, while O'Neal was rewarded with 33 points 10 rebounds and 3 blocks on average. Be careful about three of the top 10 best centers of all time.

All of this was accomplished by Hakeem, and he had only one half-year-old teammate Clyde Drexler in half a season. The rest were not even close to players like Chicago, Lakers, San Antonio or Miami when they won the titles. Hakeem was the NBA champion with Matt Bullard, Carl Herrer, Pete Chilcutt, Charles Jones, Chucky Brown, Mario Eliem, Earl Cureton and Chris Jent.

Today, Hakeem has its own campus where it became fashionable for the NBA's biggest stars to come up with a great deal of their low-pitched performance regardless of which position they are covering. Kobe, Lebron, Melo, Howard and many others pay 50,000 dollars for five to seven days of training. How much does it really help them? It's hard to say.

One thing kept pounding over my head, looking at the duels of Olaywon, Robinson, Ewing, O'Neal, Mourning, Mutombo. How many of the centers in today's basket are invented species. And sometimes there are teams without centers, at least those serious have won the NBA titles but there were always teams with the dominant people in the racket. There was variety. Today, it's almost gone.

Unless you think that Howard, Bynum, Jordan, Marc Gasol, Chandler, Noah or Sanders are the dominant centers.

Now I understand just how much privilege it was to grow up with Hakeem and watch his unrepeatable moves and the game that really resembled a dream. In the competition he was for the head and shoulders above all, not because this or that one is said, not because it is to someone's favorite, but because it was the best ....

nedjelja, 16. prosinca 2018.

Pismo majci

Sergej Aleksandrovič Jesenjin rođen 1895. godine, jedan je od najpoznatijih ruskih pesnika 20. veka. Živeo je burnim životom, ženio se četiri puta, opijao se i pokazivao bunt. Njegov stil života postao je veoma uticajan i popularan među mladim ruskim piscima, zbog čega je pojam “jesenjština” – vezan uz ovog pisca – označavao je boemski i dekadentan odnos prema svetu i društvu. Njegova poezija najpre je odraz sledbeništva ruskih simbolista, pa on tako piše pesme posvećene selu i prirodi, koje sadrže brojne metafore i melodičnost. Prva psnička zbirka “Radunica” objavljena mu je 1916. godine u Petrogradu, iako je poeziju počeo pisati već u devetoj godini života.

Često se naziva i “poslednjim pesnikom ruskog sela”. Posvećenost temama zavičaja, detinjstva, sela i prirode karakteristične su za prvu Jesenjinovu fazu. Kasnije pesničke faze odražavaju razočaranost životom, pesimizam i urušavanje njegovih ideala, koji se suprotstavljaju tradicionalnom i patrijarhalnom društvu. Godine 1919. u Moskvi osniva pesničku skupinu “imažinisti”, koji se zauzimaju za jezičku ekonomičnost, konkretizaciju pesničkih slika i okretanje čulnim utiscima stvarnosti.

Jesenjin je život završio samoubojstvom u hotelskoj sobi u Petrogradu. Iza sebe je ostavio krvlju ispisanu pesmu “Do viđenja, prijatelju, do viđenja!”.

Nakon njegove smrti “jesenjština” se proširila među sovjetskom mladeži, zbog čega je Jesenjinova uloga ogromna i u književnosti, ali i u uspostavljanju vrednosti i ideala jednog društva.

Pismo majci – analiza pesme

Pesma “Pismo majci” nastala je 1924. godine, pred kraj pesnikovog života. Pesma je refleksivno-ljubavna, ipak ne govori o zaljubljenosti muškarca u ženu, nego o osjećajima sina prema majci. Taj odnos sugeriše i biblijski motiv odnosa Device Marije i Isusa, ali i motiv razmetnog sina. Pesnik je duševno umrli sin na krilu majke koja oplakuje njegov odlazak. Epistolarni oblik pesme pridonosi ispovednom i intimnom doživljaju.

U prvom stihu pesnik se obraća majci s umilnim rečima “staričice moja”. Takva apostrofa odražava osećaj pripadnosti majci, ali i njene pripadnosti sinu. Brine o majci koja živi sama i siromašna u kolibi na selu. Nizom slika Jesenjin kontrastira odnos sela i grada. Selo je, uprkos nemaštini, ono što u pesniku izaziva mir i sreću: nad kolibom sja ona čudna svetlost, a vrt je pun cveća. Grad, koji je suprotnost ruralnom, mesto je zla, u kojem sin pije i tuče se po krčmama. Grad predstavlja njegovu sadašnjost, a selo je njegova prošlost koje se sa setom i ljubavlju priseća.



Vraćanjem prošlosti, pesnik traži utehu. Iako je njegov način života nešto što zabrinjava njega samoga, ne želi time opterećivati majku, pa joj se direktno obraća: “ne strahuj”, “vratću se”. No on je osoba koja je odustala od snova i izmučen je životom: “odveć rano zamoren životom, samo čemer osećam u sebi”. To je odraz “jesenjštine” u njemu i odlika “izgubljene generacije” – one koja se oseća izgubljeno i oseća da se ne može vratiti na staro.

Nizom imperativa Jesenjin majci zapoveda da ne misli o crnilu i o tome da ga neće više nikada videti, a zapravo je kontradiktoran. Laže majku da bi je umirio, a sam je na rubu s kojeg nema povratka na staro. Iako je prošlost lepo sećanje na detinjstvo, kojeg ocrtava u nizu vizuelnih pesničkih slika, budućnost mu nije svetla. Stoga u posljednjoj strofi majci daje savet da ne ide “svaki čas na cestu u svom trošnom starinskom kaputu”. Poručuje joj da se zapravo neće vratiti i da ga ne mora iščekivati, pa pesma predstavlja i rastanak s majkom.

Razmetni sin kakav je postao odlaskom u grad i odvajanjem od majke, proživljava katarzu, svestan je svojih ponašanja i stila života, ali se miri sa smrću, pa pesma kao da nagoveštava njegov skori samoubilački čin.

Pesma je raspoređena u devet katrena koji imaju nepravilnu rimu, ali ritmičnosti doprinosi zapovedni način i odabir glagola, koji pesmu čine nizom obraćanja zabrinutoj i uplakanoj majci.

Beleška o autoru

Sergej Aleksandrovič Jesenjin bio je jedan od najpoznatijih i najuticajnijih ruskih pesnika. Rodio se 1895. godine u Konstantinovu, gdje je završio četvorogodišnju osnovnu školu, a onda u selu Spas Klepki crkveno- učiteljsku školu. U Moskvi je upisao pučko sveučilište, ali nije završio studije.

Od malih nogu pisao je poeziju, već sa devet godina, ali se s njome počeo ozbiljnije baviti 1915. godine, kada je u Petrogradu ušao u književne krugove, koji su u njemu probudili strast za poezijom kojom obiluju seoski motivi.

Jesenjin je bio poznat po svom boemskom, gotovo raskalašnom životu. Za života je imao četiri braka, među kojima je najpoznatiji onaj sa slavnom američkom balerinom Isadorom Dankan, s kojom se u godinu dana oženio, proputovao Europu, preselio se u Ameriku, razveo i opet vratio u Rusiju. Četvrti brak bio mu je s unukom Lava Tolstoja, Sofijom Andrejevnom Tolstoj. Nakon Jesenjinove smrti, ona je preuzela prava nad njegovim delima i pobrinula se da snažno odjeknu u svetu.

Jesenjinov način života, ispunjen burnom boemštinom, porocima, ljubavnim avanturama, ali i melanholijom, propitivanjem smisla života i na kraju osećajem nesreće, postao je sinonim za pokret nazvan “jesenjština”, kojim se povodila mladež, često umetnička, nakon Jesenjinove smrti.

Za vreme imažinizma, pokreta koji je Jesenjin i započeo, objavio je zbirke pesama “Trerjadnica”, “Ispovest mangupa”, poemu “Pugačov” i druge. Njegove najpoznatije pesme su “Pesma o keruši”, “Ispovest mangupa”, “Molitva za umrle”, “Pismo majci”, “Kavana Moskva” i njegova poslednja pesma “Doviđenja, dragi, doviđenja”, koju je napisao svome prijatelju Viktoru Erlihu i to krvlju iz svojih vena. Čak mu je lično uručio tu pesmu, pravdajući se da je napisana krvlju jer u sobi nije imao mastila. To veče Jesenjin je u svojoj hotelskoj sobi počinio trostruko samoubojstvo – prerezao je žile, obesio se i izgoreo od pare iz cevi parnog grejanja. Bilo je to 28. decembra 1925. Godine.

70-ih i 80-ih godina prošlog veka Jesenjinovo samoubistvo dovedeno je u pitanje i sumnjalo se da je ono bilo prikriveno ubistvo od strane Staljinove vlade. 2009. godine kriminalistički eksperimenti pokazali su da je samoubistvo ovog važnog pesnika zapravo bilo namešteno.

Ero s onoga svijeta

Ero s onoga svijeta” deo je zbirke “Šaljive narodne priče” koje su nastale kao zapisi nekadašnjih usmenih predanja. Tehnički, one su stvarane naraštajima i to zato što su stalno nanovo prepričavane, prenošene usmenom predanjem, s kolena na koleno, a pritom su, naravno, menjane, prilagođavane, ponekad malo nadopunjavane, a ponekad bi izgubile nešto sadržaja. Mnogi skupljači narodnog blaga slušali su, skupljali i beležili usmena predanja, pa tek u svojoj pisanoj formi narodna priča postaje koliko-toliko stalna. Ipak, stalnom se prepiskom i ona menja.

“Šaljive narodne priče” su obrađene kako bi bile razumljivije i zanimljivije deci. U svom izvorom obliku, većina ovih priča pričana je na dijalektima i to ponekad onim rijetkim, iz raznih delova Srbije i okoline. Tako zapisane priče deca ne bi mogla razumeti, pa time ne bi imala želje, volje, ni mogućnosti da ih čitaju. Upravo zato su one prilagođene čitaocima iz svih krajeva Srbije. Prilagođene su prevodom i nekim stilskim izmenama, pa se sada mogu čitati bez napora. Tako se u njima može neometano uživati.

Priče u zbirkama odabrane su po kriterijumu duhovitosti i originalnosti. Svaka je morala biti zanimljiva, zabavna i naravno – dovoljno poučna. Osim toga, priče su morale dolaziti iz svih krajeva Srbije, ali i delova sveta gde žive Srbi i gde njihova kultura, pa tako i usmena predanja, još uvek nisu izumrla. Zbirka namerno ove primere usmenih predanja naziva pričama, a ne pripovietkama ili pripovestima, jer se ovaj prvi naziv najčešće poistovećuje s novelama, a ovaj drugi s povesnim delima.
Izraz priča u sebi je još uvijek zadržala onu magiju koju vuče iz dečjih književnosti. Poistovećujemo ga s čarobnim motivima koje pronalazimo u bajkama ili fantastičnim pričama, ali i s dovitljivosti dosetke te duhovitosti anegdote. Pronalazimo u njoj elemente crtice, zbog njene kratkoće, a neretko i basne, zbog personifikovanih životinja i njihovih uloga u prenošenju pouke dela. Zato je najbolje ovo delo nazvati pričom, bez obzira na njegovu dužinu, formu, glavne motive ili prirodu pouke.

Kratak sadržaj
“Ero s onoga svijeta” poznata je priča o snalažljivom kmetu Eri, koji svojom dovitljivošću i hrabrošću uspeva prevariti dvoje Turčina i pritom dobro zaraditi, a zatim izbeći kaznu i ostati živ.
Priča je šaljiva i uzbudljiva. Najprije sa zanimanjem pratimo način na koji Ero uspije prevariti lakovjerne poljoprivrednike, a onda s uzbuđenjem čekamo ishod takve varke, da li će Ero uspjeti izvući se iz moguće pogibeljne situacije?Priča počinje kada Ero sreće Turčina i Turkinju dok kopaju kukuruze. Kada je Turčin otišao napojiti konja, Ero pristupi Turkinji. Ona vidi ga i upita ko je i odakle je, a on joj odgovori da se zove Ero i da dolazi “s onoga svijeta”, misleći pritom na svijet mrtvih.
Kada je to čula, Turkinja ga upita da li je tamo sreo njenog Muju, koji je baš nedavno umro. Ero odgovori da jest i da mu je to najbolji prijatelj. Kada ga je Turkinja pitala kako je njenom Muji gore i da li je dobro, Ero odgovori da je dobro, ali da nema duvana za pušenje, niti novca da ga kupi. Na to Turkinja požuri i da Eri vreću s novcem, moleći ga da je odnese njenom Muji, da ima za duvan, Ero pristane, uzme novac i ode.
Kada se Turčin vratio s pojilišta, žena mu ispriča što se dogodilo, a Turčin odmah shvati da su prevareni. Pojuri konjem za Erom, a Ero pobeže i sakrije se u mlin. U mlinu dođe do mlinara i kaže mu kako Turčin juri prema mlinu i da želi njemu, mlinaru, odrubiti glavu. Predlaže mu da zamene kape i da ovaj pobjegne, a Ero će se pretvarati da je mlinar. Kada mlinar vidi da Turčin stvarno juri prema mlinu, prestraši se i bez suvišnih pitanja, skine kapu, uzme Erinu i pobegne uz brdo.
Kada Turčin stigne do mlina, vidi Eru, ali ga ne prepoznade zbog druge kape i brašna kojim se posuo. Upita ga gde je pobegao onaj koji mu je uzeo novac, a Ero ga uputi prema brdu. Turčin Eru ostavi konja na čuvanje, pa pojuri prema brdu i čoveku koji je bežao od njega. Dok ga je uhvatio i raščistio situaciju s njim, Ero je već pobjegao na konju.
Kada se Turčin vratio ženi i kad ga je ona pitala šta se dogodilo, on joj samo reče da je ona Eri dala novac da ga odnese Muji, a on mu je dao konja da ne ide na “onaj svijet” peške.
Analiza likova
Ero – on je kmet koji predstavlja popularnu sliku snalažljivih društvenih odmetnika. Njega krasi velika domišljatost, hrabrost, vragolanstvo i pre svega –  sloboda. Ero ne odgovara nikome, sam odlučuje šta će sa svojim životom, nikome ne polaže račune i uživa u svojoj slobodi. On nema ni zemlje ni kuće, a verovatno ni porodicu, pa kako bi opstao na svetu bez puno truda i muke, mora se poslužiti drugim veštinama. Te veštine su obmana, krađa i laž. Ipak, čini se da on krade samo one koji su dovoljno lakoverni da mu poveruju. Uspeva obrlatiti sve oko sebe i dobiti ono što želi. Za to je potrebna i doza hrabrosti, jer jasno vidimo da Ero vrlo lako može izgubiti glavu. Trenutak nepažnje može ga koštati života. Ero živi na rubu zakona i na rubu smrti. Ipak, on je veseljak koji puno ne mari za opasnosti. Jednostavno živi život kako mu dođe i iskorišćava ga kako god može.
Turkinja – lakoverna žena koju je Ero uspeo nasamariti da mu da novac. Ero je igrao na njene osećaje i ona nije mogla postupiti drugačije nego da učini sve kako bi njenom Muji bilo lakše. Vidi se da je to žena dobra srca, ali je previše naivna. Nije ni na trenutak posumnjala da bi je Ero mogao prevariti. To je jednostavno bilo van njenog poimanja sveta i drugih ljudi. Čak i nakon što joj je muž ukazao što je učinila, ona nije shvatala šta je tako loše u tome da je Muji poslala novac. Turkinja je vredna žena, svakome će pomoći, a najviše svome. Upravo ju je to koštalo novaca, ali barem je ostala na miru sa svojim srcem.
Turčin – on, za razliku od svoje žene, nije toliko lakoveran. Odmah je shvatio prevaru koju mu je Ero smestio. Pokušao ju je ispraviti, pronaći kradljivca i vratiti svoj novac, ali to mu nije uspelo. Ako ne rečima, Ero ga je uspio nasamariti na drugi način. Turčinova brzopletost i krivo zaključivanje naveli su ga na krivi trag, zbog čega je ulovio mlinara, umjesto Eru, a kada je shvatio grešku, bilo je prekasno.

subota, 15. prosinca 2018.

Coach K

Mike Krzyzewski achieved a 1000th victory in the NCAA career a couple of days ago, the absolute record of this competition. In his biography, the US national team coach has only two Olympic golds, two world championships and one NCAA title in the last six years. The story of a man who, beyond all expectations, has become a living legend ...

"In coaching, the most important thing is that you have someone who keeps your backside. Knowledge, motivation, preparation, everything is important, but if you do not have someone above you who trusts you and who is ready to put your back when things do not go well, everything else not worth it..."

Bobby Knight made this statement a few decades ago, and his student Mike Krzyzewski felt it best on his skin. Probably all his career at Duke, Coach K owes Tom Butters, the then sports director of this university.

After a long discussion and consultation, Butters offered the job of trainer Duke to a person whose last name nobody could say, someone who had been leading the Army for five years at the recommendation of Bobby Knight and achieved 73 victories there (Mike was literally returned from the airport to sign the contract, Butters he sent his colleague to stop the trainer before he boarded a plane to return home to Chicago). Most Duke sponsors were in shock, the biggest rivals North Carolina and North Carolina State were headed by Dean Smith and Jimmy Valvano, while Butters opted for an anonymous with Armya.

The first three years were dancing on the verge of failure. All of the biggest competitors regularly slapped Duke. After the third year and defeat by Virginie with 43 points difference (to date, this is Mike's biggest defeat in career), all of the biggest donors were knocked down on Tom Butters and literally demanded that the coach be expelled. A petition was signed by the majority of the most trusted fans in the campus. Butters replied by offering a new five-year contract to the coach.

Years later Tom Butters said: "It was the most logical decision in the world to me. It was already clear then that he was a fantastic trainer."

It was clear, but only Butters. A few years later, everyone else became aware of how much Tom was right.

Mike Krzyzewski was born and raised in Chicago, the hub for numerous emigrants from Poland. The first one in his family received an offer to study. The father did not finish high school, his mother never even enrolled her. When the opportunity to receive a sports scholarship from then, though less crazy Bobby Knight, Mike changed his mind, but his parents made such a pressure to become an academic citizen that he simply could not say no.

Mike's father, Bill for 25 years, operated an elevator under a false surname because the Polish surname at that time was mainly a dismissal for a job. The legend says that watching Daddy worried about Mike is saying he will never change his surname ...

Mickey met her when she worked as a stewardess and fascinated her with total sincerity. Krzyzewski invited her future wife to the American football match with the words: "You were my third option ...."

Most girls would have dropped the phone to such a thing, but Mickie was intrigued by such an appearance: "He was not arrogant, nor bahat. He was completely honest, the only man I met, who is always completely honest."

This firmness and firmness came from the mother. "She is the reason I never fared badly. When I see how much she has done for us, and how little I had always understood that I would never be able to do it."

For the first three years at Duke, the journalists pitched him at every step, but Mike believed in his way. Duke is that the base of the bases was at that time in a thick minority in relation to North Carolina and NC State. Mali (for American notions) a private university even before Krzyzewski wore a halo of snobby college, where the children of the rich jumped and came expensive cars to lectures. Sport played there out of obesity and boredom, at least it was the perception of all the others ...

His eldest daughter, who was "honored" by her friends in the high school, and who often came crying, suffered the most. Krzyzewski repeated only one thing: "Be proud of your family name and family."

Much before the well-known nickname Coach K, Mike Krzyzewski was known for the poignant nickname "Pacov". Even today, among the fans of all other universities, he is primarily "Pacov".

After the aforementioned defeat of 43 differences, the coaches went to dinner, although there was no one to eat. At one point they were toasted, some alcohol, Krzyzewski water ... Someone said, "Let's forget this game as soon as possible," and Mike drew through his teeth: "Let's never forget this game ..."

He definitely did not forget. Krzyzewski wore all his victories and defeats on his face, the one that was gloomy when things did not go as he imagined. He carried his philosophy of play to exhaustion, at all costs. If it does not, the corrections are either minimal or non-existent (although it has softened lately, and even uses zonal defense, which used to be nezamislivo). Simply, you need to train harder, invest more effort, or ultimately boost those better players.

Chronicles of Duke say that the culture of winning at that university, which continues to this day, was initiated by Johnny Dawkins. A fin, decent, always puffed up boy, who was the first real, great talent brought by Mike Krzyzewski. Dawkins was lightning with a ball, a decent shooter, which was the most important thing - his team was in the first place. The generation of Dawkins brought Krzyzewski to his first F4 in 1986. They made 37 victories, and in the finals they were stopped by Louisville ...

Duke grew unbearably in the coming years. Coach K brought excellent players, who mostly finished school, but also won. The final confirmation came with the arrival of Christian Laettner. A guy who is synonymous with the greatest victories and games of Duke, and at the same time a person who did not love anyone beyond the boundaries of this college. Leattner always had a puffy face and enjoyed competing in everything, and that after the victory, he was a chess player. The most talented player of this generation was Grant Hill, without any doubt, but the man for the most important moments was Laettner.

In 1991 and 1992, Duke tied two titles. In the competition that prevailed in those years in the NCAA and where the players did not catch the fog after one year, it was really a great feat. Krzyzewski's team gave hands to playmaker Bobby Hurley. The son of the most famous high school coach in America in the 1990 final against the then powerful UNLV was the worst player in the field. Duke is tied with 30 differences, and Coach K deliberately left his play in the game for the last second, never to forget that feeling. It was in vain to explain that Hurley was breaking the flu. Krzyzewski kept all of his probably favorite player in a special magnitude in every game. She returned in the next year when Bobby with Laettner was the best player of the Blue Devils in the semifinal win over that match unconquered by UNLV.

After these two titles, nothing was the same in Durham. The team became one of the most eminent in America. The "Paco" is definitely becoming a "Pacov", and most enjoyed every defeat of Duke, and the triumphs mainly attributed to the affections of the judges, and the alleged favors of this "richard" university from the NCAA organization.

All this was known to Krzyzewski. His whole life went ahead, even though his prediction was generally announced. He succeeded as a minority in America, so the system "I Against the Rest of the World" passed on to his players. In the family, she was in charge of her husband. There was no chance that a boy would cheer some of his daughters for any other university, at least not publicly, and all of them had to sit together behind Duke's bench at the parties. The oldest daughter and her boyfriend, the North Carolina fan, broke up because he complained about a dash of his team ...

Although hatred towards Duke grew, and especially to Pacov, all who came in direct contact with him were left apprehensive with the humanity and the custom of Krzyzewski, who, after many successes and millions, remained literally the same man.

After one of the best games ever played in 1992 between Duke and Kentucky, which was finished with Laettner's tail in the last second, Krzyzewski sees in the video that approaches all Kentucky players in their gungula and mourning ...
Coach K recovered from the stress of his coaching job by decorating his garden and thus every year round. When Jimmy Valvano, NC State's rival, seriously ill, Krzyzewski visited him every day, but every day. The same thing happened when the legendary Chuck Daly got sick.

In the meantime, the third, and also the fourth title of the NCAA champion, arrived. Krzyzewski won the titles of 1991, 92, 2001 and 2010, which is in the range of three decades. NBA bidding has been officially rejected and it offers the biggest ones. The first Boston Celtics, and then the financially almost incredible contract of LA Lakers, where the biggest star Kobe Bryant gleefully wanted to train him precisely.

However, he relieved Jerry Colangel of the conspiracy and accepted the task of raising the US team after the failure in Indianapolis and Athens. After playing in the semi-finals of the World Cup in Japan, he watched the Greeks roll the pick and roll clinic and separate him from the gold medal, Krzyzewski quickly learned the lesson there. He was never celebrated as a brilliant fighter, but as a motivator ...

It was enough to see with what kind of energy the US team played for the past four major competitions and how to bite the defense to understand how Mike Krzyzewski is able to win the respect of the biggest NBA stars and bring four gold medals. Anyway, one of the persons with whom Lebron James consulted before returning to Cleveland was exactly Coach K.
And today his doors are open to all former Duke players. When they need advice, recommendation, job, word of support, tireless "Paco" is there for everyone. That's how his parents taught him, so he was taught by Bobby Knight. My Krzyzewski will end his career at Duke. NBA is out of the question. After all where K would feel as comfortable as Duke. The fans are kissing his hands, chanting his name. They camp in front of the administrative building just to see it. He sends them pizzas and drinks while waiting in line for tickets, or blankets when it's cold. Tom Butters was loyal to Krzyzewski when it was most needed and he never forgot it ... Loyalty is a feature that is still valued in some parts of the world.

Mike Krzyzewski surpassed his mentor Bobby Knight as the coach with the highest number of wins in the NCAA history at Duke, and became the first NCAA history coach with 1,000 victories two days ago. To do this in a competition where 30-odd matches per season are played, it's enough to talk about his continuity, will and dedication. At 67, Krzyzewski still does not show signs of murder. He wants the fifth title of the champion this season ...

četvrtak, 13. prosinca 2018.

Life and Death of Roja Tarpli

"Mr. Tarpley, you are not a drug addict ... you are an alcoholic. You should be able to drink drugs longer," said one doctor in Dallas, explaining to Roy what he really is suffering from. Tarpley pulled his shirt off and looked at the gray man puzzled, who in a few sentences explained his whole life to him ...

"You and only you can deal with this. We will help you as much as we can, but without your true desire everything will be in vain."

Roy came to the NBA as part of that unfortunate draft class of '86, in which there was almost no player who did not sniff, bite or injected into a vein. Lena Biasa's heart exploded from an excessive dose of cocaine after the draft, Tarpley sustained something longer.

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They say that addiction is genetically predisposed, although no one can prove it to the full. Millions of dollars are spent in America to establish a link between the old one: "If your dad was an alcoholic, you're probably going to be," but too many factors are involved in all that a simple blood test would give any definitive result.

Everybody was helped by Tarplea, and in the end, everything was in vain.

Roy was not a depressing drunk, no, no ... Roy had that natural smile of a cheerful man without much concern in his life. He liked society, he was joking with everyone. He helped with money or presence wherever he could, but nobody could help him at the end of the day, and everyone, or almost everyone, tried it. Yes, he was such a good player that no one in the world of evil and envious men wanted Tarpley to fail.

Basketball was really a game for him. He started too late, he mostly did not know what to do or where to stand, but he was so naturally good, that there was no discussion at all about whether to be a player. Long arms, long legs. Roy ran like a whirlwind. Perhaps the fastest high player of his generation. Whatever he tried on the field, he remained in the muscles.

"Let me try the shot to the distance ....". Jump? Dell Harris is still kidding that Tarpley was the best jumper in the NBA after Wilt !? In his second NBA season, Tarpley stamped 20-20 games as if he was walking through the park. Simply, there was no force, no pain in his game. Everything seemed easy, as the most normal thing in the world. Unfortunately, he did so, so he was drugged.

Still at the University of Michigan he fell on cocaine and marijuana twice. Nobody could even count the blank beer cans. NBA scouts Michigan narrated an ideal story, as long as Dallas Mavsey did not seriously play. They recognized that Tarpley had problems.

"No problem," they said in Dallas, "We'll take care of him." How to take care when at that time in the NBA locker room the most normal thing was to see two cards of cold beers for players and a professional staff after a tough game ...

Tarpley and his ease of movement arrived at Schrempf, Blackman, Derek Harper, Sam Perkins and Mark Aguirre. While Dirk Nowitzki did not stand, it was the best team in the history of Dallas. Incredible amount of universality, speed, basketball knowledge.

They played the finals of the West and lost to Lakers, the terrible Lakers in seven games. Tarpley? 13 points and 12 rebounds average, and the award for the best sixth league player. In the second season. He was 23 years old. Sam Perkins and Derek Harper at 25, Detlef Schrempf 24. Blackman and Aguierre after 28 ... The sky was the limit. In fact - not. They danced only one summer.

The 81 matches, played by Roy Tarpley in 1988, remain the highest number of games he played in an NBA season. A year later, he earned a three-year suspension for three consecutive drunken driving. He did not remember calling someone else or taxi.

Mavis really tried everything. Send him to rehabilitation. He was constantly visited by assistant coaches, teammates. In vain.

How to monitor someone who has excess money and free time for 24 hours? Within nine months he was arrested three times for driving in drunken state and got a shot ticket from the strongest league in the world. Best sixth man, since all star. Goodbye.

Like in a comedy, Will Farrell ended up in Miami Tropics, where aunt bikinis announce the start of the quarter and where some suspicious guy draws the bears at half time. Then Aris's call came. Greece with a surplus of money for basketball and competition where both Mortus drunken Tarpley can score 20 points and make 18 rebounds was an ideal scenario. In Greece, nobody cares that Roy was being divorced from alcohol and drugs as long as he could produce on the ground. And he produced ... Aris had already been left without Galis that year, and the famous and controversial coach Janis Joanidis moved to the richer ends.

Cash Arisa has been replaced by Olympiacos. Tarpley was the best jumper of the Greek League this year with ... watch now 17.2 rebounds on average. It is doubtful whether any match played solitary that year. It is certain that the hangman was at all. Drink a bottle of whiskey and 40-50 beers for the night and then have 30 points and 25 rebounds? No problem for Roy.

Opponent players refused to keep him safe because his entire body was based on alcohol, he routinely drank in the dressing room and played as a watch. For that league it was simply too good in any condition. And the conditions were mostly close to hallucinations. Even today, regardless of all the foreigners who have defected through Greece, most coaches and journalists say that there was no better Tarpie.

For all time, Roy has made 32 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks, 6 assists and 6 stolen balls in the first game of the Greek League in 22 minutes. You can imagine what was worn in a sleeveless shirt and made the sunglasses the night before the game ...

Arriving in Olympiacos, Tarpley reached a double crown in Greece. He sent the children to take video tapes. After a drink he mostly went alone. That Olympiacos was made to win the title of the European champion. They sang in the finals. Corny Thompson. Troika. You know the story already ... The story looked after Roy Tarpley. he got another chance. The one that most do not get. The NBA pardoned him. Dallas remembered his first love. In the summer of 1994, then the 30-year-old Tarpley signed a 6-year contract worth $ 20 million. In one hand he had 20 million, in another alcohol and drugs. He held up 50 games. He fell back to control again and he was again frustrated. This time without any possibility of being pardoned.

He wandered around Greece, Cyprus and China. He was arrested for burning his girlfriend on a stomach with a hot iron. Yes, you read well. The marriage ended with a final victory.

In the last attempt to get some kind of love, Tarpley began to train again in order to return to the NBA. With 45 years on the back it was too much of him. Then he sued 5-6 years ago Dallas and NBA because they defended the disabled man to "do his job". He called his addiction a handicap. He was probably right. Mark Cuban was pitied and paid off in an out-of-court settlement ...

The news of his death arrived Saturday night. According to information from Arlington, where he was admitted to the hospital, his liver was not sustained. Years of drugs, alcohol and physical effort have done their ... Behind one of the most talented players of their generation remained compilations of moves made by fans of Dallas and Olympiacos. The rest is just 3,500 points in the NBA, where he was supposed to spend his entire career, not to run in Michigan Mayhem and similar stations.

His coach, Bill Frieder, felt that Tarpley would be one of the best ever. For a brief moment it seemed to be right, but when $ 20 million is not enough reason to leave a bottle ...

In all sports there are players who are wondering if it could have been different. We never find out for most of the answers. Tarpley's story is, unfortunately, almost usual. What is unusual is that such a good player makes so little ...

Dražen Petrović:

I do not remember that several different people asked me just one topic for this Tuesday. On the street, in a cafe, in the store ... How to reject the text about a man who has shifted the standards of European basketball, which made every good quality from these spaces compare with him. We have not found a replacement until today and I do not believe that we will ...

One of my extremely dear people, whose advice I highly appreciate and appreciate, said: "Some people are destined to be legends, in order to do things in their short life for which they will remember them forever in good order. Such mind-blowers do not get into the mud and Kafanski disrepute ... ".

Drazen Petrovic was destined to be a legend, but again, he is troubled as I write. It was supposed to be there, to occasionally appear in a show and said that he was worried about the state of today's basketball. How players do not train enough, so that he can still throw in everyone today.

It's been 20 years since his death and every time I see a picture of that smashed "golf" I think the same thing. How is it possible that such a player, such a special player, ended in such a way, in that disgusting "golf" on a trail, somewhere in Germany. That's how life ends the best athletes of the world ...

"No one can stop him!", My father always said, who "pushed me" to watch Drazen Petrovic.

It was all normal when you watched him play. To score 60 points, hit the seven threes in a row, free to throw away any important free throw, to break the defending player with his combination through his legs and behind. The most normal thing in the world. His Cibona was the best shooter team I had ever seen in my life. People almost did not miss, and the leader of everything was a boy with a slightly open mouth and a squeezed fist. In my house, I was constantly convinced that the day after the conquest of KEŠ parked the car in front of the hall, he pulled the ball out of the pocket and went to extra shot.

Drazen because of his Jordanian desire to destroy his rival and was not particularly favored by fans of the opposing teams. Unlike, say, Tony Kukoch, who was universally adored in all the halls of ex-YU, you are either dear or loved, or not loved. The middle could not be.

In his time, Woodpecker did not go to the NBA, or stayed there for more than a minute. At that time, it was not enough for someone to "perceive" the potential, so that the saliva "screams" for you that have been bringing glacier mobs for millions of years for more than a decade. At that time, you were lucky if your west end of the second or the start of the third round, and in Europe you won everything and got hitting 30 per game.

When someone is Rick Adelman, I am still today the first association that he did not give Dražen play. How he could not see and what he was looking at, even after all these years, it's not clear to me, nor can I accept any explanation. I remember that the father gritted his teeth while watching the finals against Pistons and saying "Is it possible that this fool does not introduce Drazen into the game ... is it possible?" He played Danny Young, which I remembered as he gained an edge over the best European shooter. He played because Adelman could not understand that he understood. If nothing, he learned after this mistake ...

Going to Netsea was like going downstairs to the dark cellar. My whole company was heavily infected with the NBA virus. We realized that the NBA was the second dimension compared to all that we watched in our league until then, but still we could not easily get a picture from the "NBA Action", where from the top ten moves of the week three were dashes by Stacey Augmon over and over Dražena.

Again, the work healed all. Not a shot? Drazen himself was silent in the hall alone until his arm was pinched. You're in contact? Additionally weights weights. The center that comes from Europe comes to the NBA and it's not that hard to find the way, but the back ...

Being the third five-league '93, will be the third best-in-charge shooter in the NBA in 1993, where you are a white man from former Yugoslavia, from Sibenik, and opponents in this position are Michael Jordan, Clyde Drexler, Mitch Richmond, Joe Dumars, Reggie Miller , John Starks, Vernon Maxwell, Byron Scott, Dale Ellis, Dan Mayerle, Mahmoud Abdul Rauf, Ron Harper, Jeff Malone, Jeff Hornacek, Hersey Hawkins, Kendall Gill and Ricky Pierce is almost impossible. (This way when you read how the backbones played in the NBA in the late 80's, in the early 90's, it's that your mind gets up). Drazen went on for more than 20 points per game in this basketball competition for two years in a row, with 50% of the game ...

He was allegedly targeted by New York after the end of the season and imagine that Pat Riley had brought one of the best world champions on that Knicks defense. Does anyone think that Dražen Petrović would shoot 2-11 from the game like Starks in the seventh game of the final? Something not sure ...

The VHS cassette I'm saving is not with a game where Drazen puts 70 points or something like that. No. I'm keeping a tape in which Dražen comments on the play-off of Boston - Indiana and thus breaks up every player (Dražen during the two minute story about Mike Sanders.) You get the impression that more and about his game than he himself) in the field and the attacks and defenses of both teams, to instantly understand: "That's why he is the best. He knows absolutely everything about basketball." The comment and after so much time sounds so good that I do not even look at the picture, but I just listen to the story ...

I found 5,000 shortfalls to the documentary "Once Brothers", but one scene was cut into my memory forever. When Dino Rađa talks about Dražen's decision not to enter the plane but to continue his car. As he talks about the black clouds around Munich underneath the airplane, and as a pilot begs travelers to tie their belts for the upcoming turbulence, Rada looks at her watch and at that moment Dražen's car is beneath them. It's the time when life is one of the best of all time ...

While Rađa tells tears, my face is lowering her cheeks. I can not stop them. About 15 people sit around me and I'm not embarrassed for a moment. The pain came to my eyes ... I did not cry when he died, but while I listened to Raghea, the story of tears did not stop. I watched the documentary several times and that statement fractured me every time. I can not defend myself ...

This is not a text about his games and trophies. That every basketball lover who holds to himself should know in a dream. This is my failure to fight with a picture of a "golf" in a truck ... Some people are destined to be legends and remember them forever in good ... That's the only explanation I have, and I know it's not good enough.