Now That Mens Hoops Is Over

[HiPockets]

being a good defender doesnt hurt, wont argue that. what i want though is my superstar to save his energy for making baskets, because thats what he's best at. i dont want kobe playing the toughest assignment defensively, because i want him to do what he does best, put the ball into the hoop. exerting tremendous effort on both sides of the ball only hurts his ability to score, which is why im paying him 150 mill to begin with, to put up 25 + a night.

Save energy? Not play defense? Well maybe in NBA ref-world where a touch is a walk to the line which was Skin's original point. Show up in the second quarter with the rest of your fanboy NBA glitteratti for pink daiquiri-breath cheers for your '150 mil' sweaty horses.

 

[silver7]

This Is Total Bullshit

it is a diff game under fiba rules. another thing im tired of is guys like raj always saying these superstars are lazy by not being fully committed to D. team USA you can be fully committed to D because you got scorers like lebron and kobe and wade.

when you are your teams main offensive threat, your job is to score. the superstar gets the worst offensive player from the opponent team most of the time because the superstars job is offense primarily, putting the hoop in the basket. everybody has there role on the court.

Skins is right. Playing D never stopped MJ from filling it up. The truely great ones do it at both ends, See KG & Duncan.

 

[lapdance]

funny that not one person has commented on how kobe was the difference in the gold medal game with a 13 pt 4th quarter.

 

[JakeT.]

1. Tim Duncan

 

[celticGreen+]

It definitely seems that Kobe was the biggest factor all-around. He played very well; draining threes when needed, going inside, certainly playing as much D as anyone else on the team.

It also seems that he took a lot of the pressure from the media off of the other guys. Doing a lot of interviews and answering questions /w class to avoid incident.

 

[BUCSnotYUCKS]

It's a tough adjustment for NBA stars to play in international competition, when you don't get 2 FTs every time you get breathed on going to the hole.

Perfect example was yesterday when Paul got by the defenders after using a screen and headed to the hoop. The help defender slightly bumped him on his path, but he still had an uncontested layup. In the NBA that's a foul 100% of the time; yesterday, the refs told Paul to go fuck himself, essentially saying, "that's an easy layup and you barely got touched. Finish the play, you're not getting bailed out by us."

International refs allow players to actually PLAY basketball; they don't bail them out with ticky-tack fouls and reward them when they blindly throw their body into the bigs on shot attempts that they had no intention of even trying to make. Free throws will be earned.

Stupid NBA.

Are you kidding me? The international game is about a fluke of basketball if you ask me. They allow players like Marc Gasool to just push players around and try to bully their way. They also allow the moving screen. They never call a moving screen. Yeah, that's basketball. That's more like barn ball.

 

[BUCSnotYUCKS]

No, he got out played by Ricky Rubio and Patty Mills. Hard to be a top 3 guy when you have a mid major sophmore out playing you.

He did? I thought Paul played very well in the title game. I thought Rubio was NON-EXISTANT in the game.

That game was all Fernandez and Gasol my friend...

 

[Harvey Dent]

He did? I thought Paul played very well in the title game. I thought Rubio was NON-EXISTANT in the game.

That game was all Fernandez and Gasol my friend...

Was about to say the same, Rubio did nothing except Bitch about his hand and no calls..

 

[gtc08]

you guys have no idea how a team works and individual roles within the team. kobe is a scorer, thats why hes payed big money. scoring the ball is offense. why would i want to wear down my star player playing another superstar when kobe's main job is to score on the offensive end. you want him to conserve energy on D so he's more potent offensively. surprised you guys dont understand the basic concept.

 

[spreadbeater]

does anyone still think chris paul is one of the top three players in the NBA?

Nope. It goes Lebron, Kobe, and Wade.

 

[celticGreen+]

you guys have no idea how a team works and individual roles within the team. kobe is a scorer, thats why hes payed big money. scoring the ball is offense. why would i want to wear down my star player playing another superstar when kobe's main job is to score on the offensive end. you want him to conserve energy on D so he's more potent offensively. surprised you guys dont understand the basic concept.

Foolish for me to think, that perhaps, there are players who are very good (if not great) on both ends of the floor. 2007 All-NBA Defensive Team included both Kobe and Timmy last time I checked... And I'm pretty sure they're both pretty good on the offensive end too.

 

[HiPockets]

Count me in the pen of dizzy horses you roped in GTc08. Well done.