Stop the Hate!

So i was doing some thinking in the shower, where all my best thinking occurs, when i realized a little pattern had developed when it came to Pratt and basketball players. Shoes...... It all has to do with the shoes.... With the exception of shawn marion who is just nasty... He loves all players on Nike. Think about the players He likes not on nike.... Garnett, Duncan, and Wade. Garnett was on nike for most of career so he already earned josh's love...same with Duncan. D wade is on converse which is not only owned by nike, but also the same brand that rodman wore at the end of his career. But who did Rodman start with? NIKE! It's time to look past the shoes and start looking at the players and personalities. What this game lacked for so long was a player like barkely who would speak his mind no matter what was going on. He would say whatever he wanted even though all the announcers and critics would say just shut up and play. Well he have a player similar to him. Hibachi aka Gilbert Arenas. Now I know the argument about all stars and numbers will imediatley come up but Gil was a 3 time All Star with an average of 26ppg over those years with an insane number of clutch buzzer beaters to go with it.
Despite all of this great showman ship and skill The P refuses to give him props and now i know why. He's adidas. He's always been adidas. It doesnt matter that his shoes are sweet and if they had a nike sign P would own a pair. He cannot seem to love a player who doesn't wear the swoosh. IT's not just gilbert that recieves the treatment. Baron and others recieve it too. All I ask is to stop the hate. Stop the hate and embrace these players. After all theres not much difference between one of your faves and one of mine!