Something struck me watching Romelo Ball seated next to his mother and his father, LaVar, and a cap that read I told you so.

Maybe it's because I'm getting a little older, but I saw the number three pick in the NBA draft and thought, Man, he's growing up a lot because of his father's grand ambitions and media domination.

Lemelle oh was something few should ever beat.

Famous 15 year old.

His fame came via his brother Lonzo on was amplified by one of sports most visible villains.

His father.

It was easy to draw conclusions about the youngest ball from his association.

In general, skepticism of those who nakedly seek fake.

The truth is, a few of us know a thing about the mellow.

We barely know much about his basketball game, since his father took him on a world tour that didn't include college.

To the average fan, he's a bit of a mystery, even though it feels like he's been around forever.

Another thing they jumped out Wednesday.

LaVar Ball is in the background now.

Even the ESPN broadcast treated him like another father.

Discussions of how LaVar will get along with Michael Jordan, owner of Lamela's new team, are surprisingly muted.

It's been a long time since 2017, when we met Lemelle.

Lowball.

Now we get to actually meet him.

There's no question the Philadelphia 70 Sixers are among the MBA's most disappointing teams to top 25 stars and Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid.

Ah, Max deal shelled out to Tobias Harris and 109 million Al Horford all amounted to getting swept by the Celtics in the first round of last season's playoffs.

So incomes Daryl Morey to help right this ship.

And he did that to an extent on draft night, shedding Horford's big money contracts.

Okay, see for Danny Green.

Bringing in Seth Curry, who is 44% career.

Three point accuracy is second in N B.

A history better than that other Curry brother and draft pick, Isaiah Joe, Maybe the best pure shooter in the draft.

Nothing to blow the doors off here, just filling a real need.

Now can we stop talking about dealing Simmons or Embiid?

How many teams have one, let alone two superstars, both under the age of 27?

Why try to give away the farm for James Harden, who, by the way, is 31.

The fact is, the previous regime couldn't find a way to get the most out of Simmons and Embiid knock Doc Rivers for falling short in L.

A.

But why not give time to a championship winning coach with a track record of making players better together like the Celtics in, oh, a time, that's what this team really needs.

And if they fall short again next season, well, okay, maybe.

Then we talk as the coronavirus rips through college sports and the targets most at risk.

See none of the prophet.

Let's make note of two lucrative coaching departures this week.

Gregg Marshall was undeniably successful.

Wichita State, leading the Shockers to seven consecutive NC double A tournament and a Final Four appearance in 2013 get Several former players accused Marshall of putting his hands around the staffers neck, directing racial verbal abuse to a Native American player and even punching another player in the back Because Marshall resigned, Wichita State will pay him 7.75 million over six years instead of fully investigating the allegations.

Then there's world must champ, the former University of South Carolina had football coaches mediocre in his five years on campus, compiling a 28 and 30 record, including six and 14 in his last 20 games.

In fact, the only reason much champions five games above 504th career is because of an 11 and to campaign in Florida in 2012.

His loan double digit win season per contractual terms, much chance buyout covered in the range of 13 million.

Should he be fired at the end of the season, let that nearly 21 million severance packages marinate.

This is so much what big time college sports look like.

Coaches, the vast majority of them white are deemed untouchable.

And even when they're allegedly morally corrupt or simply not good at their job, they're paid handsomely to just go away.

Meanwhile, players are held to higher moral and performance standards without a down the show.

I love college sports, but the big business of it all has long made it America's greatest pyramid scheme.

The argument against excessive celebrations in baseball has focused on old school, new school tensions and the unwritten rules about showing up your opponent.

But there's actually a much stronger case to be made on another basis.

The don't end up hurting yourself basis Yes, with the news this week that Cody Bellinger, one of baseball's best, underwent surgery to repair his right shoulder and should be repeat, should be healthy by spring training.

The injury count from postseason celebrations this fall doubled to two.

You see, Bellenger celebrated his home run in the seventh game of the NLCS against the Braves with an over exuberant bashing of forearms with KK Hernandez.

The result.

A dislocated shoulder and surgery.

Meanwhile, we already knew that Brett Phillips of the Rays had paid a heavy price for excessive rejoicing after that crazy sequence of events, beginning with his hit in the ninth inning of Game four of the World Siri's later, Phillips would say, I almost passed out when I went to the training room.

My resting heart rate was over 140 just laying there.

They were like, We've got to chill you down.

Chill out.

Phillips even got an Ivy the first of his life.

Really.

It's a lesson his ancient as the Greek upset against the Persians that marathon in 4 90 BC in the aftermath, the career fidh ip it ease ran 20 plus miles to deliver the good news, proclaiming Rejoice We are victorious and then fidh ip it ease promptly dropped dead.

The first rule of celebrating do no harm.

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