Sunday, December 23, 2012

In "Andrew Bynum still has knee pain, not close to return" the ESPN associated press brings to light that Bynum still has a long way to go before he will be ready to play for the 76ers. They question his work ethic because his knees aren't healthy but he still does things that are not helpful to his knees.

In this article it includes quotes from Andrew Bynum who has still yet to play. Analyst Stephen Smith questions Bynum's work ethic. He thinks that Bynum only cares about the money and not about the team.

I think that Bynum can be very successful with the 76ers once and if he gets healthy. He will be a dominant low force and if he gets double teamed he can pass it out to open 3 point shooters, which is why the sixers obtained Nick Young for example. His defense will also help the 76ers, because right now they have no inside defense and have been struggling with opposing centers. Their defense is degenrated from a year ago when they were in 3rd now they're in 15th.

This article made me ponder many things bout the 76ers and Andrew Bynum. Why do they question Bynum's work ethic? Has he ever given up on a team and is he just playing for a paycheck right now? I could check old press conferences for hints to this answer.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

In "Marijuana law just creates criminals" by Hakeem Jefferies, he brings to light that marijuana is getting many people arrested each year. Also they are spending millions to arrest the many people that are caught for minor charges. This may be a reason that it might not be enough space for people with major charges.

There aren't many quotes in this article if any at all. It has many facts though from people who are educated on the subject. One surprising fact is that New York spends about 75 million dollars arresting people. Also 400,000 people are arrested for the same violation.

I think they should not be arrested for this because it's not as bad as cigarettes I heard. Why spend so much money when you can spend it on education which will lead to fewer numbers of people arrested for this anyway.

This article made me think about a lot of things. One major thing was that they are arresting for minor charges which is stupid. My questions is that if you arrest people for minor things where are you going to put people who do major things.