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12 SPORTS
Students’ Opinions on the NBA Lockout
Arshon Howard
Staffwriter
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T he NBA lockout is in its
fifth month, and with
signs of an agreement not
being reached, Morehouse
students and other fans of
the game aren’t optimistic
that there will be a season.
On Nov. 1, NBA fans were
supposed to see the Dallas
Mavericks host the Chicago
Bulls on TNT, but instead
fans were forced to watch
other programs because the
lockout has yet to end. Fans
are now left searching the
television listings nightly
and hoping for a shortened
season, but some people feel
that at this rate there might
not even be a season at all.
“I just want to watch bas
ketball,” New Jersey na
tive Wynton LeGrand said.
“When the lockout first
started, I didn’t think that it
would last this long, and if
it did last I thought I would
be okay without watching
basketball, but that isn’t the
case at all. I feel deprived
like something is missing,
and the fact that they can
celed games for November is
causing me to give up hope
of watching any NBA bas
ketball at all.”
The thought of not hav
ing an entire 2011-2012
season seems likely as this
point, as some NBA players
are considering an appeal
to the National Labor Rela
tions Board for decertifica
tion of the players union. If
the players decide to take
such an extreme legal step,
it could take months to sort
out and would threaten the
entire NBA season accord
ing to Yahoo!. With both
sides seeming reluctant to
give ground it leaves outsid
ers asking, “Who is really to
blame for the lockout?”
“I blame the owners,” Del
aware resident Ivan Shock-
ley said. “You really can’t
fault the players for owners
wanting to pay them money
even if they aren’t playing up
to their expectations. The
owners need to stop paying
low class players so much
money, and then get mad
when they don’t perform. It
just doesn’t make sense to
me at all. They’re just being
greedy if you ask me.”
The argument about who
is to blame for the lockout,
or if there will even be a
season at all, is the topic of
discussion amongst fans as
a way to get through the dry
months of not being able to
watch their favorite NBA
team or player play. It is an
argument that is debated
just as much as the LeBron
vs. Kobe argument, but once
the issue gets resolved every
thing will hopefully be back
to normal.
Quincy Young
Staffwriter
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T he energy around the Morehouse
College basketball team is elec
tric as it prepares to embark upon a
historic 2011-2012 season. Before the
opening regular season game’s tip-off,
the Maroon Tigers have played some
tough competition already in the ex
hibition season by playing Division I
powerhouses, the University of Geor
gia and the University of Kentucky.
“These are big games because,
Morehouse has never played a team
ranked number two in the country,”
head coach Grady Brewer said.
These exhibition games symbolize
the growth of Morehouse athletics,
because never in Morehouse’s 142-
year history has it played a national
ly ranked team. In their first contest
against one of the SEC schools, Geor
gia defeated the Maroon Tigers 74-50
on Nov. 4 at Stegeman Coliseum, the
Bulldog’s new home arena.
Morehouse followed that game with
a Monday matchup against a domi
nant Kentucky Wildcats team that is
coming off an SEC conference cham
pionship and a Final Four appearance
from last season.
“That game provides an experience
for our team to play at a high level and
get some exposure. A lot of us have
aspirations to play at the next level and
that game could open the door,” team
captain Jon Tassin said. “But our main
goal this year is to win the SIAC.”
The coaches of the SIAC have the
Maroon Tigers projected to finish
fifth in their conference this year. Last
season, the team finished 14-11 in the
conference with a home record of 8-3.
The Maroon Tigers’ season ended in
the second round of the SIAC tourna
ment, when they lost to the Tuskegee
University Golden Tigers.
The team only added only five new
players this year, one being a transfer
from Howard University, Charles De-
Costa.
“I’m not thinking about last year. I’m
going to fight tooth and nail, as war
riors to win each and every game this
year. Whatever my team needs me to
do for us to be successful I’m going to
get it done,” DeCosta said.
“Experience is the best teacher, and
this year I have an experienced group
of guys who can go out there and get it
done,” Brewer said.
Junior Daniyal Faquir was voted to
the Preseason All-SIAC First Team,
while senior Jonathan Tassin was vot
ed to the second team.
“I don’t have any individual aspira
tions, this is about my team, because
we strive to win every game as a team,”
Faquir said. “Every team we play is
beatable if everybody buys into our
system we will come out on the win
ning end.”
Following exhibition and non-con
ference play, the team opens confer
ence play against Stillman College,
Nov. 29 at Forbes Arena.
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