Seriously, what is it with modern day athletes and their need to air their every thought to the press. The latest in the growing line of oversharers is Marcin Gortat. After a game in which the Philadelphia 76ers scorched his Suns for 120 points, the newly acquired Gortat sounded off:

"It's just a little bit frustrating when you come in the locker room and people are talking about the offense," Gortat told FanHouse. "That's not the way you're going to win NBA games. I don't know if it's just me, or maybe I'm just different, but I came from a team where everybody's competing and trying to do the stuff that coach is saying. We're just totally changing our rotations, changing our stuff that we set before the game. We're not playing hard enough and I've just got to tell you, there's a lot, a lot of work in front of us."

Now mind you, Gortat was just traded to Phoenix and has been there for ten days and played all of three games for them. I understand that sometimes you need to air your grievances to force people to be accountable but after ten days? He's barely had time to get to know his teammates, let alone start to really work with them to improve their play. Shouldn't he try to work it out in practice for a bit before going off and running his mouth to the media. Maybe the Polish Hammer is thrilled with the Freedom of the Press or something but going to the press at this point is only going to alienate him from his teammates and make it less likely that they are going to listen to him, let alone follow his lead.

Yes, the Suns need a leader on defense but Gortat's chances of being said leader are probably nil now that the first thing he did to establish himself is to talk shit about everyone to the press. While the information is nice and it's good to know that Gortat cares about the defensive end, I'm starting to long for the days when athletes weren't so open with journalists and kept the team issues in-house.