tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1828260295992255276.post-47819817783435205882007-07-17T11:26:00.000-04:002007-07-17T11:35:29.317-04:00<a href="http://www.nba.com/media/act_andrew_bogut.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.nba.com/media/act_andrew_bogut.jpg" border="0" /></a>Etan Thomas wrote <a href="http://slamonline.com/online/2007/07/an-open-letter-to-andrew-bogut/">an open letter to Andrew Bogut</a> for SLAMonline in response to Bogut's <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/basketball/the-bling-and-i/2007/06/16/1181414603971.html?page=fullpage">negative comments</a> about the NBA and America in general. Thomas makes great points, including the irony of Bogut's admonishing of the NBA's "Bling-Bling" lifestyle, but then admiting to partake in aspects of it himself, as well as Bogut's choice to use third-person pronouns ("they") when refering to the NBA. It's surprising that this whole story hasn't garnered more media attention.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1828260295992255276-4781981778343520588?l=witnessiam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>WitnessIAmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09047615415063434479noreply@blogger.com0