For the last couple of seasons, there has been an on-going debate about players resting during the regular season. Players resting has proven to be beneficial to their careers. But fans that attend games specifically to see a superstar player like LeBron James are robbed from an entertainment standpoint when the Cavs All-Star rests. This especially stings because they paid their hard earned money to attend such a game.
The same problem exists for fans who just tune in to a game on TV. Usually when a star player sits, the dynamics of a game are drastically altered, leading to either blowouts or simply mediocre basketball. But until the NBA actually shortens the season or lengthens a season’s calendar time, the debate will keep going on.
That is why during Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Gabrielle Union brought the debate back up. She questioned why we even talk about players resting like it is a problem, especially since LeBron James is playing an elite level due to the occasional regular season rest day that has helped to maintain his health.
https://twitter.com/itsgabrielleu/status/865749722086215681
Of course since Union did on this Twitter, she got a trolling response reminding the actress that her husband Dwyane Wade got knocked out in the first-round. But always quick witted, Union fired back perfectly.
Who said I was talkin about my man? My dude is sitting on 3 championships & is 107 yrs old still averaging 19 a game tho. He cool. https://t.co/diWvlUywtP
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) May 20, 2017
Got ’em.
Union went with the tired and true argument of rings, which – coupled with Wade’s strong play as he’s gotten older – is just the perfect and most effective way to shut down a troll.
