Every shock jock with an expense account and
Every son of a gun
are saying that the Golden State Warriors are
over the hill and done
that the Splash brothers
have long since passed their prime
You can out-dribble your youthful
opponents they say
But you can’t out-dribble Father Time
Sitting behind microphones
They give the Dubs no
props
not enough stops, they say
too many turnovers, too many fouls,
too much Draymond
Blowing his top
But what’s being said now
has been said before
And the Warriors have more
than once evened the score
So, when you count them out
You’d better be sure
"Little Glove" will be back
He’ll pick their pocket
Podziemski is
The opponent’s pest
He can go off on a
shooting fest
Looney can rebound
a Watusi in a clench
Kuminga shoots like
A fireball off the bench
and when they maim
Steph. in every game
while the referees look
away
Andrew, Moses, and
Klay come through
with three-pointers
any way
When the youngsters
get risky with the ball
They receive counseling
from the veteran Chris Paul
So commentators
be careful with
your projections
made during the
breaks, some of you
ex-pros
Instead of eating steak
You might end up
eating crow.•
Ishmael Reed’s latest novel is The Terrible Fours. He is a Distinguished Professor at California College of the Arts.
