I’m just gonna keep posting OJ Mayo stats until scj and chillain acknowledge their ignorance.[/quote]
Dude. We’ve been knowing about Mayo since his brief, NCAA-violating days at Southern Cal.
There’s a reason I’ve linked your Mayo + Eagles infatuations together…
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He was also busted for using ped’s at one point. Oh yeah, his first two games he scored 12 & 12. Good ol’ Get, glad some things don’t change around here.
Eagles theme is a gimmick I hardly watch football anymore. I’d say it’s half satire half me being a supporting of Michael Vick in his road to redemption (I’ve said it many times on T-Nation that I believe he gets excessively deserving ‘hate’).
But the OJ Mayo thing…c’mon. You blatantly said I was silly when I said he was a pretty good player (poor man’s Kobe).
The Knicks defense has been awesome this year, and mind you the Knicks were a good defense last year, but the rotations have been noticeably better. The knicks were maddening over the years by leaving wide open 3 pointers, so far this year it has been a different story.
Watching JR Smith, It seems as if he can be one of the top 20 players in the league if he has his head on straight. He even can be a lock down defender. The Knicks are deep, Rasheed Wallace was hitting threes yesterday and was even posting people up, Marcus Camby hasnt even played yet.
While I wanted the Knicks to keep Lin, Felton has been playing with a major chip on his shoulder. Another guy who when he stays away from Mickey Dees can be a force, it seems he does nothing great, but can do everything pretty well, a much better ball handler and shooter than I have gave him credit for. So far playing Small with Kidd and Felton in the Backcourt, Brewer at the 3 and Melo at the 4 has worked out great.
Even when Shump returns, they have find minutes for “rookie” Pablo Prigioni, excellent passer, annoying on defense and even though he doesent want to, can shoot the rock.
Was watching some Wolves-Nets, really like Pekovic’s game. He just does all the things he is supposed to do (i.e. makes sure he gets 2pts when he’s given the ball near the rim, gets a good shot off when mismatched), that so many big guys are incapable of. Nice hands and touch around the rim for a guy who’s easily 280lbs.
I’m just gonna keep posting OJ Mayo stats until scj and chillain acknowledge their ignorance.[/quote]
OJ Mayo is a hooper! I have no idea why Memphis got rid of him/sign him. Not sure what his situation was.[/quote]
I didn’t say he was incapable of shooting well from 3 for a 4-game stretch. You want to bet on him shooting 67% from three for the year?
Seriously where is all this random OJ Mayo love coming from? He has played 300 NBA games and has not gotten an ounce better than what he was as a rookie. He isn’t going to suddenly/randomly improve this year.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Kobe Bryant is still the best scorer in the game.
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You can fake laugh and hate all you wasn’t, but he’s the only dude in the league that literally has no offensive weakness and can get 60 on any given night. He would’ve easily led the league in scoring last treat if he hadn’t gotten injured that last week or two.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Same discussion different day. Kobe would be the best scorer fully healthy. He’s not so he isn’t.
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He still is. He stays on cruise control and still winds up top 3 every year. Any year he doesn’t less the league in scoring is strictly 'cause he doesn’t care. He could’ve easily come back and won the scoring title last year but it wasn’t his focus. Y’all seriously don’t understand how ridiculous his offensive game is.
Mentioned in last years thread that I play pickup/shoot the breeze with Luther Head pretty often. He was in the gym today while I was lifting and we talked briefly about Harden on the Rockets. He said he “needs help”, which is obvious. What isn’t obvious, is he said they’re gonna regret trading Lamb. Actually, he said “young fella”, but you get the idea. Thought that was interesting, 'cause I don’t ever see Lamb being more than a poor mans Rip Hamilton. He’s more athletic and bigger, but that UCONN system doesn’t produce dudes who can create their own shot. Guess time will tell.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Same discussion different day. Kobe would be the best scorer fully healthy. He’s not so he isn’t.
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He still is. He stays on cruise control and still winds up top 3 every year. Any year he doesn’t less the league in scoring is strictly 'cause he doesn’t care. He could’ve easily come back and won the scoring title last year but it wasn’t his focus. Y’all seriously don’t understand how ridiculous his offensive game is.[/quote]
Agreed. I’ve never disparaged his pure scoring ability, only his commitment to the team concept (in a team game)
Given his relative youth/length, I’d call Durant the more effortless scorer of the two, but Bryant’s scoring repertoire is as fully-developed as it gets. Period.
(And since we’re in praise-mode, it’s also impossible to discount the mental AND physical toughness he brings every single night. That’s not for nothing, esp in this day/age…
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Mentioned in last years thread that I play pickup/shoot the breeze with Luther Head pretty often. He was in the gym today while I was lifting and we talked briefly about Harden on the Rockets. He said he “needs help”, which is obvious. What isn’t obvious, is he said they’re gonna regret trading Lamb. Actually, he said “young fella”, but you get the idea. Thought that was interesting, 'cause I don’t ever see Lamb being more than a poor mans Rip Hamilton. He’s more athletic and bigger, but that UCONN system doesn’t produce dudes who can create their own shot. Guess time will tell.[/quote]
I’ve got Lamb’s ceiling higher than that, but time will tell.
Last ex-pro I ran pickup with was Tracy Murray (and his younger brother Cameron). He still had that 30-ft range too, no prob.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Mentioned in last years thread that I play pickup/shoot the breeze with Luther Head pretty often. He was in the gym today while I was lifting and we talked briefly about Harden on the Rockets. He said he “needs help”, which is obvious. What isn’t obvious, is he said they’re gonna regret trading Lamb. Actually, he said “young fella”, but you get the idea. Thought that was interesting, 'cause I don’t ever see Lamb being more than a poor mans Rip Hamilton. He’s more athletic and bigger, but that UCONN system doesn’t produce dudes who can create their own shot. Guess time will tell.[/quote]
I’ve got Lamb’s ceiling higher than that, but time will tell.
Last ex-pro I ran pickup with was Tracy Murray (and his younger brother Cameron). He still had that 30-ft range too, no prob.
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Really? He’s long and a good athlete, but he can’t create off the dribble, doesn’t have consistent range out to NBA 3 and doesn’t do any one thing exceptionally well. He’s just like any other Jim Calhoun coached swingman.
Haven’t played much ball lately, but I’ve played with tons of dudes in the past, from pro-ams to pickup. Probably the two most notable being Shawn Kemp and Penny Hardaway. Both those dudes had GAME.
Did Murray blow up? He always struck me as one of those dudes that’d get fat as hell as soon as he stopped playing.