OTHER SPORTS DISCUSSION Thread

lol
you know it's bad when an ex-laker sticks up for an ex-celtic

 

the true self-serving prick emerges
next year???
we appreciate all you've done for this great organization and you'll always be a laker
but if you want to know why your team is doing so poorly... :mirror:.336 field goal pct

there comes a time in every great player's career where they can no longer perform like they once did
everyone sees it
but sometimes the player himself does not
and that's the case here

and the threat of you coming back year is more than enough ammunition to proceed with tanking v 2.0

 

many decent players that are volume scorers have shitty fg%
im less concerned with his percentages than i am with how well he can adjust to being a point forward since all our pg's have serious flaws
clarkson is a sg with some pg skills
huertas has old nash legs
russell has to learn how to play pg in the league still and grow into his body
lou williams is also a slasher with some pg skills that he had to learn because he isnt big enough to be a sg
kobe might have to play point forward for half of his minutes on the floor and average 7 assists a night for the team to be better
or trade russell, young, bass and randle to the kings for cousins and either collison or rondo then go for broke on getting kobe some more trips to the playoffs
then in the future we have cousins to build around and attract FA like Durant.

pg: rondo, lou williams, huertas
sg: clarkson, anthony brown
sf: kobe, metta
pf: metta, nance, ryan kelly
c ; cousins, hibbert, tarik black

thats a team with some decent defensive prospects, i would like to see how metta would do as a charles barkley type player at pf
it might elongate his career and let him be out there throwing screens for kobe as his enforcer

nick young shot 36 percent last year and he's still around
ricky rubio is still a 30% shooter and only a 15% from the 3 and everyone says he is great.
lots of nba players hover around the 40 percent mark and are still considered star players
45% is considered all star caliber player for a swingman these days
we judging kobe on how he was as a great player, but that doesnt mean he still cant be a good player or at least a decent player
if he can be as good or better than a lou williams he still deserves to be on the team if he wishes
hes better than nick young
if kobe shot less 3 pointers he would be at over 40 percent
but somebody has to shoot them to give the big men some room
all the other laker guards are slasher guys that take up space in the lane

 

lol clippers
up 23, lose by 7

 

yeah scott's just trying to keep his head above water
i'm guessing kobe leads the practices as much as [if not, more than] scott
and the coaches/players et al cower in reverence... of what he once was
and therein lies the problem...
he's like that chick that used to be hot in high school but turned into a sow
guys still try to get on her because of what she represented to their youth (made that mistake myself)
but like the emperor's new clothes, we all need to wake up -- kobe is naked... um, of his skills

 

Kobe still got the ability to teach these kids how to be ruthless.
Clarkson has improved a lot and I don't doubt that Kobe has had a huge hand in that.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if clarkson becomes a better defender in the off season. He is showing that he has the determination to work on his game adding new facets not just small improvents.
That's reminiscent of Kobe.