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Alright, let’s talk about this Josh Irving basketball fella, or whatever his name is. I ain’t no expert, ya know, but I watch some games when the chores are done. Folks are always yappin’ about him, so I figured I’d put in my two cents, like I always do, whether ya want it or not.
So, this Josh guy, he plays that bouncy ball game, right? Basketball, they call it. Seems like he’s pretty good at it, or so they say. They got all these numbers and stats, like how many times he throws the ball in the hoop. Thirty-two points, they said once. Thirty-six another time. Sounds like a lot to me. My old bones would be achin’ just thinkin’ about runnin’ up and down that court like that. He must eat his Wheaties, that’s for sure.
Now, I heard some stories about this young man. Seems he got himself into some trouble, somethin’ about a tweet or somethin’. They suspended him, like when you send a kid to his room for bein’ bad. Said he messed up his reputation. Well, I reckon we all mess up sometimes. Ain’t no one perfect, not even that fella on the TV with the fancy shoes. But it sounds like he came back, scored a bunch of points, and helped his team win. That’s good, I guess. Second chances are important, even if you’re just throwin’ a ball around.
- They talk about his “stats” all the time. Positions, age, height, weight, all that stuff. Sounds like they’re measurin’ him up for the market, like a prize hog at the county fair.
- He plays for the Dallas somethin’-or-others. Mavericks, that’s it. And I heard he used to play in Brooklyn, too. Seems like these fellas are always movin’ around, like them darned tumbleweeds in the wind. Can’t they just stay put for once?
They say he shoots the ball real good. Eleven out of fourteen, one time. That’s pretty good, ain’t it? Even I can see that. He’s got a left hand that’s quicker than a chicken snatchin’ a bug. And he runs fast, real fast. Like a jackrabbit, I tell ya. He’s got those points, rebounds, they call them somethin’s too. Sounds important, I guess. All these numbers make my head spin. Give me a good old-fashioned bushel of apples any day, at least I know what I’m countin’ then.
Now, they compare him to other players, all these fancy names I can’t even pronounce. This Julius Erving fella, they say he was excitin’. An MVP, whatever that means. An All-Star. Sounds like he was a real hotshot. Maybe this Josh kid is tryin’ to be like him. I don’t know. All I know is, he throws the ball in the hoop and folks seem to like it. And he makes a lot of money doin’ it, that’s for sure, enough to buy a whole farm, I reckon.
So, that’s my take on this Josh Irving. He’s a basketball player, a pretty good one, it seems. He had some trouble, but he came back. He scores a lot of points and helps his team win. And that’s about all I got to say about it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go feed the chickens. They’re squawkin’ louder than those announcers on the TV, and that is saying something.
One more thing, they always talk about this “draft” thing too. Sounds like they’re pickin’ him like a ripe watermelon from the patch. Guess that’s how these things work in that city folks world. Always makin’ a big deal out of the simplest things. Back in my day, you just played, no fancy draftin’ or nothin’ like that.
Anyways, I hope this all made some kind of sense. I ain’t no writer, just a plain-spoken woman who likes a good game of basketball now and then. And this Josh fella, well, he seems to know what he’s doin’ out there on that court. So good for him, I say. Good for him.
Tags: Josh Irving, Basketball, NBA, Dallas Mavericks, Stats, Career, Points, Rebounds, Shooting, Return, Controversy, Julius Erving