Let's just take a minute to chew on a chunk of Jam Up philosophy, specifically on what it means to Jam yourself up.A Jam Up is most efficient when one entity jacks another. That said, there are classic cases of people jamming themselves up. Look to your right. Chris Webber jammed himself up hard in the 1993 NCAA Final Four by calling a timeout when his team had none.
(Another example is Joe Biden's recent suggestion that FDR was president during the 1929 stock market crash)
It could be argued that Webber jammed his team up, a valid argument I might add, but in the grand scheme of life C-Webb jammed himself up because he's never heard the end of it (Eric Montross with victory arms in the background of this photo does not help either.).
Webber looked like a major ass after this game, and has never lived it down. However, he did go on to be the No. 1 pick in the draft, Rookie of the Year, and an All-Star for the Wizards and Kings. He made upwards of $200M in his career and is still beloved in Sacramento where his crappy restaurant thrives.
So, the debate - did Webber really jam himself up? Did he just jam his team up? Is he being jammed up by the historical significance of his gaffe? Did he overcome the timeout as to make it less of a Jam Up?
What say you? Also, if you think it's a Jam Up, give it a rating.
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I would say he more jammed his team and university up - cost them a title. Don't forget how he jammed the team up even more by taking money from boosters and then lying about it, thus resulting in the NCAA wiping all of the accomplishments (2 final four years) off the board from the years that Webber played there.
As for the timeout, I think he overcame it a little bit but in fact Michigan hasn't recovered even more. Webber managed to have a solid NBA career.
Good thoughts edog. I'm starting to think Webber has a history of jamming people up. He jammed up Michigan with the TO, taking money - and then he jammed up Don Nelson by getting him fired. Then he jammed up the Warriors even more by forcing a trade that would send the W's into a decade long playoff drought.
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