Javaris Crittenton And The Reverse-Crab Mentality
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By DERON SNYDER
Javaris Crittenton had separated himself from the pack, joining the sliver of men who play hoops well enough to reach the NBA. He overcome astronomical odds, achieving the childhood dream of millions, to enter a fraternity with about 450 active members in any given season.
But if the allegations are true, if Crittenton fired the bullet that missed his intended target but killed a 22-year-old mother of four in Atlanta, he traded select company for a group mentality that’s way too prevalent among African-American men. He went from role model of success to poster boy of dysfunction in the flash of a gun.
