I am not going to share the lowest point of my life with you, dear reader, but I can promise you that it is vastly worse than being traded to Los Angeles to get paid millions of dollars to play basketball. Which is what happened to Marcus Camby recently. It is also what he recently described to the Boston Globe as being the single worst thing that has ever happened to him.
A year ago, Camby dealt with the birth of daughter Maya three months premature. Camby then played well for a disappointing and highly compensated Nuggets team that was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the fourth straight season. The Hartford native recently learned about a "real-life family issue" back home that has caused great stress. And after playing the past six seasons in a city he had grown to love, he was surprisingly dealt.I understand that professional basketball players are people too. And I understand that getting forced to move to another state is not the greatest thing in the entire world.
"With everything I've been dealing with off the court, this is the lowest point of my life," said Camby.
However, those are the breaks of getting paid millions to play a game you love. Sometimes, you are required to do things that you might not otherwise choose to do. And this is a Los Angeles Clipper team that, despite it's inability to keep Elton Brand on the team, is actively in pursuit of a roster that can be competitive next season.
So, Marcus: not "thrilled to get traded?" Sure. "Lowest point of your life?" That seems a bit of a stretch.
Via SBB
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7-20-2008 @ 6:00PM
R.R. said...
Wow, way to completely ignore the first half of the sentence to sensationalize a headline. He did not say the trade itself was the lowest point. He said ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED, this is the lowest point. The trade just added to the family situations. He did not say it alone, or it was the majority of it.
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7-20-2008 @ 6:52PM
Luis said...
I side with R.R. You don't get to choose the way people should feel about things.
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7-20-2008 @ 8:38PM
hootie_69 said...
I agree with R.R. and Luis. The headline is misleading and considering you have no idea what the "real-life family issue" is or know how the other listed issues have affected him I don't see how you have any right to trivialize Camby's feelings. You need to lose that last line it's uninformed, tactless and completely unnecessary, you're better than that Will.
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7-20-2008 @ 11:45PM
ryan said...
aw, poor baby, maybe he should have gotten on melo more and insisted he play D!
http://www.collegefastbreak.com/
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7-21-2008 @ 9:18AM
nale said...
Will,
What part of 'OFF THE COURT' didn't you understand.
Where does Camby said the trade to LA is the 'single worst thing that has ever happened to him.'? Certainly not the quote you posted.
This is the problem with so many sports blogs and bloggers. People like you can't think of anything important or interesting to write about so you make mountains out of molehills and try to create controversy out of nothing
Simply a terrible blog Will really just terrible thinking and writing
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