No matter the sport, the politically correct thing to say is that winning is all that matters. As long as your team comes out on top, we as athletes are not supposed to care about personal matters like stats, playing time, or who makes the game-winner.
As the saying goes, there is no "I" in "team".
But is that really true?
No.
As anyone that has ever played a sport can attest, the truth is that we all want to win AND be the star. No one actually wants to come off the bench. No one actually wants to be a role player. Whether it is your neighborhood men's league or the NBA, you want to be the star; the hero.
In a world full of anti-Kanye's worried about their public image and perception in the media, sometimes it is refreshing to here someone speak the truth.
Kyrie Irving, a top five point guard recruit playing at St. Patrick's in New Jersey, did just that. In an interview with Scout.com's Dave Telep, Irving said that a factor in his college choice will be his "role in the offense". As Gary Parrish tells us, this can easily be read as "I have no desire to be a role player".
Kyrie Irving wants to start when he gets to college.(photo credit: photos.nj)
Irving's recruitment seems to be coming down to six schools - Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, UConn, Georgia Tech, and Texas A&M. Of those six, three already have big time points guards on their roster - UConn's Kemba Walker, Kentucky's Eric Bledsoe (John Wall's a one-and-done), and Georgia Tech's Iman Shumpert.
So if Irving doesn't want to have to wait a year or two to start, wouldn't it made sense that he would avoid a school with a star already filling his position?
Is it any wonder now why most believe the Blue Devils and the Hoosiers are his top two?
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