Arron Afflalo Throwing Haymakers As The NBA Continues To Morph Into The WWE

The term “NBA fight” just got elevated to a new level because Arron Afflalo came out SWINGING on Nemanja Bjelica. Which most people are going to respect. Any time you’re the smaller guy in the fight you have everyone on your side, whether you inflict it for no reason whatsoever or not. Either you win the fight and it’s David beating Goliath. Or, you promptly get put in a headlock and lose in embarrassing fashion but no one faults you because you were the little guy and that’s what’s supposed to happen. It’s a win-win proposition, Charles Greane.

I’m not hating this era of NBA players completely fed up with one another. Last night there were multiple dust ups and minutes into the early games tonight we get this legitimate fight. The NBA has been panned by people who don’t watch for a while now for being too friendly because all these guys have known each other since they were in high school playing AAU together. Well, I don’t know about you guys, but more often than not the longer I know someone the more I would like to punch them in the face. If the past 24 hours are any indication, we may well be headed towards the ’80s 2.0 in the NBA, only this time with people who can shoot.

But like most things, this blog was essentially just a longer version of how my pal Tyler put it much more pithy and eloquently than I ever could: