EPTNBA 2014-2015 Regular Season - Page 37
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On November 18 2014 17:01 Xeris wrote: What's Blake's injury? I haven't heard about that... They look super disjointed, plus Barnes is a black hole both offensively and defensively, and Redick has not been very good I always thought the term black hole referred to a player that doesn't pass on offense, no? | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Akfekeht
Croatia10 Posts
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On November 18 2014 14:56 Ace wrote: The Clippers have looked good in maybe 1 game all year from start to finish. They should really be in the running for best record in the league but w/e. Doc the GM is just something else. "Doc the GM" is such a cop out. Pre-Championship Doc is the same Doc. His teams basically play at or around expected levels based on talent. And they had a good defense with KG + Thibs (so I guess he was good at hiring 1 assistant 8 years ago?). | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
That said, their SG and SF positions have been a mess. Not to mention the state of their bench in general. This team used to have a really good bench. | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
And as for the Kobe talk a few pages back (I have a lot to say), I pretty much can't even watch games right now. Kobe is back to annoying me with his selfishness. Whether conscious or unconsciously, Kobe is pretty much playing for his stats. He realizes they have no shot at winning and I think he is smart enough to understand that years down the road, people will only be looking at his numbers for this season. They won't look at circumstance and he is playing with that in mind IMO. If that is the case, then he is overlooking the fact that years down the road, basketball statistics will be more developed and there will be new, better ways of being able to tell efficiency. In any case, the main problem is Kobe keeps applying a short-term approach to winning ballgames like this (as has been his case most of his career). With the end of his career in sight and a non-championship team in place, there is even less of a motivation for him to stop now. He just wants to drop his 40 and that's that. Who cares about chemistry and how the numbers seem to show the Lakers play better with less or w/o Kobe right? For the majority of Lakers fans, Kobe has been above the team for a long time. He would get the support in these cases. But lately, I've noticed, there has been a small change in the wind. More and more Lakers fans seem to be speaking out against Kobe and his ways ^^. And it might get worse soon if this keeps up. As for Byron Scott, I don't even know what to say. He needs to sit Kobe down more. If he just lets Kobe do w/e he wants out there, it's pretty much saying he has had enough of him and is giving up. It's cringe-worthy hearing Boozer and Lin dance around the Kobe issue to the media when it's clear that they aren't saying everything they want to say. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
that is in the context of a new coach and new players who don't know about the scheme and plays. if one of the confused players can't get into position on a given play, kobe will hero ball it to the tune of turning 50% of his touches into shots, a crazy high %. this is not a defense of kobe at all though, just saying he has literally negative tolerance for rebuilding and learning the game. it's not exactly selfishness, but a kind of elitist snobbery that can't tolerate learning process struggles on the part of lesser players. | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
I have brought up many posts about Kobe's leadership and reasons he is the way he is, but I am not delving into that really. I am speaking with that in mind already while realizing it is too late for us to expect change from him. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On November 19 2014 02:11 Ace wrote: It's not a cop out. I'm speaking about his roster moves not his coaching ability. Thus implying he has a high amount of coaching ability. Which is not entirely clear. | ||
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Ace
United States16096 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
also about doc rivers, he is definitely a bad GM, but i think that is related to his lack of strategic prowess at coaching | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
!!!!! Lakers mgmt is really starting to worry me. edit:woops meant Pau Gasol | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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Jaaaaasper
United States10225 Posts
On November 19 2014 08:15 andrewlt wrote: Well, Kobe's shot selection does work for tanking. Hes just not that good anymore. Speaking of which https://twitter.com/SportsNation/status/534790713536692224/photo/1 | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On November 18 2014 14:10 TwoToneTerran wrote: Yeah like the first 4 minutse of the quarter the team had its worst lineup out, then with this small ball lineup Holiday took SIX straight TERRIBLE shots. You could say they made a...Greivis error. | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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