I originally
wanted to write about the Indiana Pacers. I wanted to write about the Pacers
being good enough to win most of their games despite Danny Granger’s injury.
This is because Paul George and David West are more than picking up their share
of the load. They’re making up for Granger’s absence, and the surprisingly dull
play of Roy Hibbert.
Yes, that’s
THE Roy Hibbert who was an All-Star last year. In case you haven’t been paying
attention to Indiana (read: you’re part of the majority), Hibbert has been a
disappointment this season.
But more on
that for another day. Something is bigger than both Roy Hibbert and the
DISAPPOINTMENT Roy Hibbert has brought to the Pacers.
And that’s FIBAchanging something that, quite frankly, didn’t really need much changing anyway.
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| The NBA and FIBA are not going to sail over smooth waters anytime soon. (image from shoot-hoops.com) |
In case you
haven’t been paying attention to FIBA (read: again, you’re part of the majority),
the governing body of international basketball has thrown a wrench into their
own system, effectively changing the international basketball calendar after the
2014 World Championships in Spain, and, essentially the whole landscape of
international basketball as we know it.
