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Originally Posted by Mr. Laz
True ... impulsive or immature would be more accurate
Bottom line it doesn't really matter what is fair, Smart might have just cost his team 2 more loses and really hurt their chances to make the tourney. Nothing else counts.
You suck it up and ignore it for your team
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I completely agree. I am just of the opinion that there is equal blame. I just cant justify telling a kid, that he should be big enough to overcome that kind of thing, his team was trailing, he just made a hell of a play, hes a highly emotional kid as it is.
Was it the smartest thing? Of course not. But, you are on point.
I hope for this kid, and I LIKE MARCUS SMART, its a lesson that he uses going forward. I really hope that for him. From everything I have read, they say that he is an extremely intelligent articulate polite kid. I hope going forward, he learns to check his emotions.
I had a hard time with that when I was in competition too. I would use any insult or slight as motivation.