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  1. Ryan Anderson is nice... a Rashard Lewis lite I think... and would be a very good backup to him. He crashes the boards too... very good acquisition by Magic in the trade.
  2. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ Very useful EST is New York.
  3. Maybe you should be more physical, take a James Posey approach. Defense is more about the work on your lower body (from waist down) than your upper body. Position yourself around your man when he's not comfortable when he rises for a shot or when he wants to lay up or dunk. It's not about contesting shot, but rather your presence that makes the offensive player uncomfortable with you being there.
  4. Right now Donnie Walsh and D'Antoni are like volcanoes on the verge of exploding
  5. He can and he will be. Not only that, I think he will be one of the best two-way players in this L, after Ron Artest, Chauncey Billups.
  6. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4309801
  7. It makes sense, so Houston is not going anywhere with Yao injured and Cavs are contending for a championship. With Shaq and LeBron it opens up for him... and he averages more points than he would in Houston.
  8. I was hoping we are not one of those teams... never been a fan of him. Soft PF who doesn't do anything good but shoot. And Spurs seemingly chase every free agent.
  9. That's what gifted offensive players take for granted. They don't know how hard it is to score... but because they're so good, they don't think it's hard. But to average persons to have that feel on that offensive end, is something that is unteachable... one that cannot be obtained through hard work. You're speaking as a scorer yourself who doesn't find scoring hard. But to one guy, it's hard to dribble, break down/ split defenders, to hang in the air, double pump and do reverse, to have an arc to the jumpshot. If someone average comes to you, and say Real I want to do all the things you do offensively... how can you ever point him to the right direction? You'd probably just laugh off and tell him to practice, there's no really pointers to show him, is there? Offense is about feel, about comfort zone, about your own definition and expression in breaking down defenders... there's no real teaching to that? How do you teach feel, comfort zone and expression to anyone? But if someone says I want to defend as well as you... he can probably get off the court that day a much better defender from the knowledge and tips he gains. Defense is not about feel, is not about comfort zone (in fact there's little comfort in defense), is not about expression. Defense is all about HARD WORK, DEDICATION, and COMMITMENT. If you have these three, and seriously and genuinely work towards getting better and the best you can be, and of course learn the right (not wrong) defensive tricks.... e.g. if you learn from someone who is lousy defensively then doesn't matter how hard, dedicated, or committed you're, you're learning the wrong way... then you have a pretty good chance of becoming a very good defender. Again, offense is your artwork on a white canvas. How good it looks depends on how passionate, how eager you are. And if you don't have it, it just wouldn't look as good as those works from the gifted ones e.g. Bergnini. It's unteachable. Defense is someone with a pencil, ruler, and eraser who follows the blueprint and copies exactly the same thing. It just needs hardwork, dedication, and commitment to follow the same exact graph to make it your own. It's teachable.
  10. I believe it all lies in the percentage... 45% or above and you're efficient. Below it it's inefficient and usually gets the treatment of sitting next to your coach on the bench. ^Real, any player who makes a trip to the charity stripe is going to be more effective any day than the player who doesn't. Free throw is when the clock stops, you add points to your team, and you make things happen when the going gets tough/ stagnant offensively for your team/ individually.
  11. ^Because you have other things to do in life... if you had been paid to play basketball, were you not going to spend extra effort to improve your defense? Hck I would. If I was paid a minimum to go into NBA games and guard point guards, I would say FML basketball is everything now... it's the source of income. I get paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to play defense, I would rent my own gym, watch as many videos of fundamental defense, and watch guys who know how to get it done, and maybe hire my own coach if I am loaded. Thing is I suspect you didn't have time just like any other normal 18-22 yr old then to work on your defense. I am pretty sure if you had been paid to play basketball and play basketball only, you'd have gone a greater length to improve your defense. You'd have the time to commit and dedicate to improving your defense. It's draining noone said it's easy but it can be done. And the fact you can score 30 ppg (I just remember you said it lol) is that you are not a stiff to begin with. My friend never was a scorer but he could make that bank shot... he gets all nervous if he doesn't have the angle to make the bank shot, because he doesn't know what to do with the ball. But he improves his defense and knows how to rebound and block shots. Ray's one on one defense on Kobe in 2008 Finals was more than admirable. He was actually very good... Obviously team defense had a lot to do with it. He played good team defense and it increased his confidence to play one on one defense... similar to what Pistons did to Rip Hamilton. In 2009 they're missing KG and their team defense began to deteriorate and obviously it affected his one on one defense, also now he and Pierce had to focus more on the offensive end... we saw Ray drop 51 pts in Game 5. He couldn't focus as much on the defensive end.
  12. Slow death whatever it is, falling from building, being tortured, being buried alive, drowning, realizing you're in your final moments must be the worst. Or being a poor feeder fish (not for faint hearted)
  13. Is Brian Hill a Nets assistant coach?
  14. Quiet off season so far for the Heat, same with Nuggets. Did the Heat have any pick in the draft? If yes, who did they pick?
  15. To fully contradict myself, does he not see he's on the decline? No teams in their right mind will offer him more than a full MLE. Someone who barely tops 14 ppg after he left Phoenix (hello I need a HOF PG for me to be able to score).
  16. How about this? If offense is really that easy to master... didn't you once say you (yes, you Real) averaged 30 pts once in high school or something? Why didn't you buy books or watch tapes or heck (if Alex can interview a player's agent) I'm sure you can get Kobe's phone no if you want it bad enough... ask tips about how to score 30 pts in NBA... I'm sure NBA scouts would have noticed you. Why didn't you do it? You just passed millions of dollars!!
  17. Kobe called Payton because he didn't know the tricks to play proper D... e.g. move your feet, not hands, train lateral quickness, right hand extending horizontally, left hand vertically or vice versa... straight body, not slouching, bend knees, etc Anyone can call Kobe to ask tips about how to shoot 3 pointers over 2 defenders, how to double pump in the air and avoid a Dwight block, how to be clutch... I don't think he's going to ever get it. It took LeBron five years, but at least he gets there. Steve Nash cares about distributing the ball. Okay he talked about how Phoenix had to play defense to get over the hump, but what happened when a coach who stressed defense finally came by his side (Terry Porter)? He fully contradicted himself, publicly complained things didn't work out, and quietly but obviously wanted Suns to fire Porter. He's never a true advocate of defense. He knows defense gets it done but it requires hard work and when the going gets tough, he quit. Noone said playing defense is easy, it's difficult! But it requires dedication and commitment, certainly not the case with Nash who wanted out halfway. Kobe had dedication, that's why Payton's tips worked for him, otherwise it wouldn't have mattered. Defense is difficult, but it is much more realistic for someone average to totally master defense than he is to glide in the air like Kobe, or dunking over someone, unless he actually has "it" or the talent to begin with. E.g. I can see Nowitzki (who sucks defensively) being naemd to an All Defensive First team than Reggie Evans (who sucks offensively) to ever average 10+ ppg a full season. Especially if Nowitzki keeps failing to win a championship in Dallas, when money does not matter to him anymore, he can join championship contenders that stress defense. If Ray Allen could finally become a very good team defender and actually very good one on one defender (as he proved it in 2008 Finals) late in his career, because he knew that's what it takes to win. Can you refute this?
  18. You can always watch the fundamentals to play defense video, read books... not because you like Kirk, but learn the tricks how to play perimeter defense by moving your feet ala Kirk Hinrich not hands... and have a straight body while bending the knees when crowding the offensive player. Learn the tricks... A lot of players are measly defensively because they simply don't care enough to put in the work, or they don't know and don't care enough to find out how, or some of them even had no idea their defense is unacceptable. It's definitely easy IF you're committed, you're dedicated, you make a promise to yourself that you're going to get better and be the best defensive player you can be. Kobe's defense sucked [expletive] but he called Payton in summer of 1999 and from a Kobe who? defensively to All NBA Defensive First Team in 1999-00 season. This is the case where he didn't know how to play D and find out how and dedicate himself to get better at it. And Ben Wallace was one of the hardest workers in the NBA during his first few years with the Pistons... I wouldn't say his hands were bad because he could catch alley oop passes, but why did he never average 10 pts if he worked as hard as he did?
  19. I think this is a move to both strengthen their depth and weaken Lakers in one go imo... with Odom balking the Lakers, they wouldn't be as good even with Artest signing with them.
  20. Wow I want to start and ask the young players to party with me every night... I want to go to Chicago and destroy Derrick Rose's career
  21. I like this team but it really depends on the progress of JaVale McGee and the defense commitment and leadership of Arenas. Get those two down and they're going to be gooood.
  22. Andrew Gaze the San Antonio Spur! but I just saw him from afar lol
  23. And Cuban keeps making weird decisions... $8 mil a year for 3 yrs for a 36 yr declining PG is a lot...
  24. Sheed will be their 6th man imo... they can't replace Perkins' defense... I don't think this signing is enough, they still need a wing scorer off the bench.
  25. ^Ben Wallace's hard work got him to NBA but he still airballed free throws... if it's not there, it's not going to be there.
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