John Delong used to cover pro basketball for us. That ended when George Shinn moved the Hornets to New Orleans. But John’s kept his hand in the game, and he still has a keen understanding of the game and its players. There was a lot of squawking on Monday about John’s column on Chris Paul, which basically said the former Wake (and West Forsyth) star made the right move to turn pro and people who don’t like it just need to get over it and move on. John is a straight-shooter. You may not agree with his opinions, but it’s clear where he is coming from.
Like any other institution, we like to be right. So, the story this morning about Paul leading the Hornets past the Bobcats was a nice confirmation of John’s insight and intuition.
Will that stop the message board rants? Of course not. And that’s OK. The noise of the marketplace of ideas is a good thing.
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