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Originally Posted by MarinerOne
Jason, you're 142% right about Kobe.
basketball is a TEAM sport.
Amazing how these basic concepts are lost to prima-donnas with egos bigger than John Goodman's belly!  |
exactly! I am just annoyed because I love all the LA teams equally! I
loved LA Clippers since 1992 when we had
Danny Manning, Ken Norman, Ron Harper, Mark Jackson, Stanley Roberts, Elmore Spencer to name a few. I don't know, something about them being 'underdog' always made me to rally for them!
Elton Brand, Shawn Marion, Ben Wallace are
my FAVORITE players in NBA.
Even when I play basketball, I get irritated when team play is left behind and 1-on-1 moves go on. I know
everyone wants to "SCORE" whether it is any sports or 'ahem' female; but in sports, team concept is very important unless it's golf or tennis. Well, let me take back; in tennis, there's doubles match, haha. golf, international tournament where each country is being represented.
I know how to shoot, score, but I love to pass and defend. I want to bring the team together (ie Shane Battier, Pippen, etc) So many people I play ball with, shoot so often; Heck, if I shot 20 times a game too, I would score as much in these pick-up games too!
Anyway, going back to
KOBE, why is he
'showing off' his dribble skills at the top of the key wasting valuable time to set the offense? SO WHAT? What does that got to do with scoring or picking defense apart? Since the ball isn't being moved around, defense can relax and concentrate and focus on ballhandler. Since most of these laker players don't really
move OFF OF THE BALL anyway, they go
deep in SHOT CLOCK and
hoist prayers with buzzer going off. (perfect time for KB to do his 'HEROIC' shots like that of MJs)
WATCH
SUNS, they
cross the timeline at around 22-20 seconds left in shot clock whereas lakers cross the timeline usually around 20-18 seconds left in shot clock. Suns get more time to set their offense IF they don't find shots they want.
That's the difference between the winning team vs. LOSING TEAM. If u
can't learn opponents' tendencies after so many games, maybe you shouldn't be playing the game. You get paid to play this wonderful game; doing some homework wouldn't hurt.
Luke - wants to explore free agency? roflmao, go ahead, be our guest, he is good, but NOT that good. better off being 6th man. he is so stiff! imagine him on dance floor, hehe.