The master list of Honorary Warriors For Life lists everyone already polled.
Introducing Honorary Warriors For Life
The concept is simple. You get to vote on the question “Is X an Honorary Warrior For Life?”
What does that phrase mean? I once tried to define it, and people found it more fun to bring in their own definitions, so it is now back to being kept vague, like “Most Valuable Player” or “Greatest Of All Time” or “sandwich”.
You can vote at the poll at the end of the article or at Twitter, or in the comments. Comment votes count as 10 normal poll votes.
The Nominee: James Wiseman
I won’t give my usual summation, because I think we’ve discussed the case of James Wiseman thoroughly. I don’t think people are changing any other people’s minds at this point. I expressed my feelings thoroughly about him right after the trade.
So let me just say, the guy seemed to be a hard worker with a good attitude. Yes, a little subdued on the bench and probably bummed out, but not beyond reason.
There was one infamous play where he appeared to flip out after not getting the ball, but as I analyzed, that is definitely not what happened. (Someday I might make that into a proper E1P video.)
He was snakebitten with bad luck (injuries, NCAA investigation, COVID, missed COVID appointments, etc.) keeping him off the court and slowing his development.
As far as I know, he didn’t ask for a trade and he didn’t badmouth the team afterwards.
I think most of Dub Nation would be happy to see him thrive in the NBA — just not against GSW.
Your Vote
Vote in the embedded Substack poll below, or in the comments. Comment votes count as 10 normal poll votes.
Dude was here for two years and had zero impact. No.
Don't call me a jerk yet, I have more to say. So up on my YouTube feed came this race of 45-99+ age group women in the 800 meters. The 47 year old ran fast and did fine. But the commentators and YT commenters were all thrilled about the 94 year old who came in last and set a "national record" for some sort of age restriction. To watch her you'd see someone who was sometimes walking, sometimes running, and very slowly. She was easily lapped by the other three finishers in a two lap race. To me it was painful to watch. Took forever.
And then the accolades came in. "What a hero!" "She's amazing!" "I love her!"
To me, this is pure condescension. Simply being old doesn't make anyone adorable. Just because you can get around a track twice doesn't mean your race is worth watching, at any age. I find this adulation akin to participation medals for every kindergartner who can tumble twice.
I'm 58. I work out. Sometimes less, sometimes more. I sure as hell don't want a camera following me around going: look it's a PR for him!! I don't need to compete with other people my age. Now, I do understand the concept of competition -- I am an NBA fan and many other sports as well. But I think not everything is worthy of it. If the woman wants to run/walk 800 meters, great. Most people her age don't. But why is this newsworthy? if she isn't doing anything at all impressive *other* than the fact that few people her age do it, that's not competitive sports, to me. It's staying alive and healthy enough.
So what is your view on age, on what competitive sports is really about, on what is filmed and put out there and recorded as noteworthy?