The 2007-08 Celtics are my Sportsmen of the Year because they embraced the least respected and most valuable quality of NBA millionaires: humility. Each sought to play not for himself but for the team. This has become such an empty cliché in pro sports that it needs repeating -- Garnett, Pierce and Allen each pursued an agenda that reduced their individual stats on the faith that it would help the team. The scoring numbers of each star plummeted with no guarantee that they would win. They had no reason to believe that their selflessness would pay off, because none of them had ever been part of anything greater than himself.I'd love for SI to make that choice, if only to provide a well-needed lesson to the youth of America. We have too many who think of themselves first and foremost. The bigger picture rarely gets considered, especially how our choices and behavior shape our futures.
Read the whole article....it will make you think.
