Sports Thread For 7/28/10 (Final Version): Another Whining Big Wig Idiot & MLS All Star Game Wrap

Just like with "Subprime Dan" Gilbert's embarrassing tirade towards LeBron James egressing from Cleveland, here is another top level office official making himself look like a whining fool (and hypocrite) for your very eyes to see.

It is Toronto Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo in full whinny kid mode, bringing up dirt on Chris Bosh just because he is upset he left him for LeBron, Dwade, and Miami.

"Despite limited swelling and any excessive damage on an MRI, he felt like he needed to sit for six more games ... I'm not even questioning Chris' injury. I'm telling you he was cleared to play subject to tolerance on his part, and the tolerance just apparently wasn't there and he chose not to play," Colangelo said.

"The fact that our season was spiraling downward and we were hoping he'd come back sooner and we were also dealing with a few other things at that point ... we were really struggling there."

Colangelo thinks that Bosh just didn't care by then.

"Whether he was mentally checked out or just wasn't quite into it down the stretch, he wasn't the same guy. I think everybody saw that, but no one wanted to acknowledge it."

"At the same time, I never felt we were quite in the game [in terms of signing Bosh to a new contract]. There was too much out there, too much built up for him to take an easy out here, and he decided to do that."

Colangelo is nothing but a shameful fraud here, just like Gilbert (except thankfully without doling out shady mortgage loan deals).

If you felt that Bosh was a player who quit on your team or didn't give the maximum effort to lead them into the playoffs down the stretch, then why did you even think about resigning him in the first place or give any thought to it?

Colangelo would have never said this publicly if Bosh returned to Toronto, simple as that. And it sure is a sign of a new day in the NBA, where we see all of these big shot owners, general managers, and high level office execs look like immature clowns.

Updated Version at 12:37 AM:
MLS stupidly had their All Star Game tonight, a night after (and during) their teams participation in the all important CONCACAF Champions League competition, where the Los Angeles Galaxy (the league's best team by far this year) got embarrassed 4-1 by the, get this, Puerto Rico Islanders at home!

Not only was that humiliating loss still stinging, but the fact that Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle had to play most of that match means they were virtually unavailable tonight against Manchester United in the All Star Game.

It was MLS worst result by far in this All Star Game format, a 5-1 dubbing to a determined Manchester United squad abashed themselves after losing 2-1 to the Kansas City Wizards this past Sunday.

More on the MLS viewpoint in a second, but here is an appreciation for Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez's first goal of what should be many (or at least hopefully) for the Red Devils.

It was a beautiful goal to see:

And no John Harkes, he was on side.

Hernandez is excellent at making great runs and staying right onside, which is absolutely precociois for a young forward. He just has all the makings to be a class striker in the world, and hopefully he will have that little bit of luck to consolidate that lofty stature.

But back to a second disappointing evening for MLS (though to be fair, Toronto FC won their opening Champions league game last night). Though Don Garber has been a real good commissioner for this league (In fact, he arguably is the best American commissioner in all of domestic sports), his decision to still have this game in mid week, when it easily conflicts with the regional Champions League, is not a good move at all.

As mentioned earlier, not only were Donovan and Buddle unavailable thanks to last night's embarrassment, but so too was Dwayne DeRosario and anyone else from the Seattle Sounders who had to play their Champions League match tonight.

It's a total "lose-lose" for MLS, the last few days. Garber has to move the All Star Game back to Saturday and push the schedule a week more so this conflict won't occur again.

For all the joys of beating Manchester United and Manchester City, along with playing well against Celtic and possibly Real Madrid and Inter Milan in the next month, it is even more essential for MLS teams to start performing up to their level in their premiere regional club competition. It is the only true way that MLS will be able to reach the heights Mexican Apertura/Clasura and maybe one day both the Brasilero and the Argentine Apertura/Clasura

The best team in the league, with World Cup stars, experienced veterans, and rising young players should not be losing badly at home to a second division club in this competition (they shouldn't even be losing at all).

There is no excuses whatsoever for MLS when they don't handle their scheduling correctly as well as lose to second division teams.