Comments on: LOP men’s Division 2 MOMENTUM VS. MGI

By: Mlamuli

Mlamuli — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:47:23 +0000

It was actually MGI Alumni vs Momentum.
Tlou MGI played earlier, as has been already pointed out.

Thanks Vic and Nthabiseng for your work! Things can only get better from here!

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:28:20 +0000

I do not understand why we being so defensive about Katlego’s concern cause it seems as if people are saying Katlego should not raise his opinion.

Again, if this website was a GBA/BSA website I am sure that we would be supporting Katlego. Let’s stop being so sensetive and allow other people to express themselves without fear of being shut down.

By: Baller

Baller — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:26:06 +0000

hi guys..

do we really have to argue about which game is reported or not..who is in the limelight or not..to me that is not important but rather we should report on different teams every week..meaning we shouldn’t be focusing for example on Egoli every week..

on the other hand when Egoli plays Wits Alumni/Pta Heat we all know its more of a derby then it obviously takes the limelight..

By: Lady

Lady — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:24:33 +0000

Well said springs. Victor said from the begining that anyone can send a report and he will put it up. So faceless, truth halla at victor.

By: Springs

Springs — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:21:11 +0000

Nothing should take away from that brilliant day at wits. Every game was entertaining, fun to watch and filled with some great performances. That’s what should be acknowledged, that’s what should be highlighted and spoken about because that’s the image we want to send out there. It’s good to mentions that Cabby missed out on a chance to win the game with 2 freethrowns and virtually no time left on the clock, it’s good to point out that tlou MGI allowed a team of “newcomers” come and beat them, it’s good to mention that Pretoria heat and Wit’s alumni ran up cricket scores on their opponents, it’s good to mention that the “mighty” Egoli magic suffered their 2nd straight loss in the LOP, and this time at the hands of a team of young and motivated players! all of that simply shows that basketball is alive and doing well and we should all support that and encourage the enterprise of nthabiseng, tshepo, victor and all the others who gives us post-game reports. As a matter of fact, i think anybody who goes to an LOP game should, if he wants to, report on it.
Well done to all the winners and top performers on that day. Let’s all go to wits next week-end for match day 3 of the second leg.

By: Nthabiseng

Nthabiseng — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:29:09 +0000

Truth thanks for your advice i will make sure i take better pictures. I support what victor is saying about the whole Kobie thing. If i watch your game and people on the stands rant and rave about you and i see what they are talking about, i will write about you.

By: victor

victor — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:42:56 +0000

Sorry for the long reply but I hope I have covered most of your issues…

ciao, V

By: victor

victor — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:41:01 +0000

Hey Truth,

Thanks for the comment and like I said in some of my comments before, criticism goes with praise and we welcome both on mybasketball.

Before I reply to your comment, think of Lakers and tell me who you associate them with currently (Kobe Bryant right?), think of Manchester United (Cristiano Ronaldo?), think of Golf (Tiger Woods?), etc…. The question is why? It’s not because these teams/sports don’t have other talented superstars participating but these are the ones that make a difference to their teams/sports and stand head and shoulders above their teammates on the field of play in terms of contribution and performance.

Coming back to SA, every team in the LOP has some outstanding players but if you had to write about every single one of them you would need a book not an article to make sure everyone is satisfied. If for example 1.Darren dunks on Victor, and 2.Victor goes and does a layup during a game, what do you as a reader want to read 1 or 2? On Monday this week I got an email from Naftal Chongo with the subject: “Neo, 36 points and he only played 2 quarters!?!?” and you guessed it he was talking about Neo, the 19 hour trip article was done by Tshepo Ditshego; so people are just calling it like they are seeing it and Nthabiseng is doing the same. Please note that mybasketball didn’t make mention of that feat by Neo until now but the team they played against knows who did most of the damage…

Same thing with the MGI-Momentum game, I actually spoke to Katlego and he said that there was 0.4 seconds left in the game and Cabby had a chance to win it with 2 free-throws (FACT) and I believe people want to know about the players that could make or could have made a difference during the course of a game. And Nthabiseng did write about the MGI team when they were making their run.

I personally don’t think it’s a biased point of view towards any team or individual but your point of view is noted and we will look into different ways to accommodate it (better pictures and all). And please feel free to send us your articles and pictures and I will gladly put them up even if it’s not about your own team.

Thanks again…

Ciao, V.

By: The truth

The truth — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:24:20 +0000

As much as you guys don’t anything from us for doing this but the fact will remain that you are doing this for us and not to give free publicity to certain individuals or teams for that matter.

When Pretoria Heat won a game against Wits Alumni, Monday morning the article was already posted and the article again concentrates on one person as if he was the only person on the court against the Alumni guys. Neo came from a 19 hour drive, Neo unstoppable, Noe this and Neo that (Not taking anything away from Neo, he had a good game for Heat as ussual) but as a fan i feel justice was not done and credit was not given to the whole team for that win. It feels like only one person was playing. Same with the chosen game for this week’s article…..it’s Cabby this and Cabby that and he was not the only guy getting the points for momentum and the fact they lost means the talk should have been about MGI more than Cabby’s momentum.

Nthabiseng!
We really appreciate what you’re trying to do here but please try harder not to represent individuals but the game of basketball. Hey and please get a better Camera cause your pictures are awful..lol! Just joking girl! but the pictures are bad, seriously though!

Katlego!
We are all entitled to our opinions and dissatisfactions and that shouldn’t be taken as a personal attack to anyone but opinions or dissatisfactions. Nothing more than just that.

Victor bra,
Keep doing what you doing we really appreciate it and we’ll keep supporting you and critising you as well and that will grow you.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:06:32 +0000

Hawu Katlego

When the peeps in GBA or BSA do something, we are quick to point out what they are not doing right I do not see why we cannot do the same with others.

Nkululeko has the right to voice his disappointment without fearing being labelled counter revolutionary as your comments sugguest.