air gordon wrote:You are missing the point, friend. Being in denial is a very powerful thing...
Lebron guards Rose because he can. James is versatile enough to do that. Yeah I know Pf/C defensive assignments can be interchangeable. They do it in Chicago. Boozer will guard the opposition’s bigger guy and Noah takes the more mobile guy if you will.
But with the Lakers that is not the case. 3 time DPOY Dwight Howard has no business chasing PF’s on the perimeter. Gasol is forced to guard the other team’s quicker/perimeter shooting PF.
Again I will mention that “stretch” 4’s/5’s are the new trend. We all know that Gasol is not suited to guard these types of players.
And again as I said when Howard was acquired- it is not a good fit for Gasol on offense. His greatest advantage was being able to face up on big guys. Now you no longer have the slow, fat guy guarding Gasol. You have him being guarded by these uber athletic PF’s that are mostly quicker/some stronger than him. And there's no spacing because Howard is around the basket.
If you want to run post up’s for Gasol- where do you put Howard? Don’t embarrass yourself again and say “in the post”.
NovU wrote:Are we ever gonna admit Kobe's ball huggery and Dwight's unwillingness(to play by it) are killing the chemistry.
graybakflip wrote:Well I guess when you've planned it before and when you are close friends that'll eventually work.
Nash_Bryant wrote:Im not even sure if they can make the PO, especially in the conference they're in.
Andrew wrote:Howard's back and the losing streak is over. Not exactly the best opponent as far as proving their mettle, but a win's a win and I'm sure they'll take it right about now.
benji wrote:LeBron is such a choker. And people were talking about him as an all-time great. As having possibly surpassed Kobe. What a joke.
velvet bliss wrote:Andrew, you the real MVP.
Andrew wrote:He who flops and flails to the Finals and a title, flops and flails best.
why?Jackal wrote:air gordon wrote:You are missing the point, friend. Being in denial is a very powerful thing...
I'm not your friend, guy.
Bruce wrote:They are approaching the Knicks during Isiah Thomas' years as GM for the level of subpar play and bloated contracts.
Kobe on Dwight: “I’ve tried to go out of my way to get him the ball, sometimes I end up looking like an idiot.” (Yahoo Sports)
I've got a shot, but I try to find him. But he thinks I'm going to shoot, so his back is turned. I'm trying to think about getting him the ball a lot – take care of him as much as I possibly can.
D'Antoni wrote:Well we need to spread the floor, open up for Dwight which hasn't happened yet but we also need an identity and that's running, getting the ball up, getting Nash open, different things you know, so I think it'll work out.
Phil Jackson wrote:The biggest thing about it when you do have talent is that you don't screw it up you know. You don't want to get too much control, try not to take too much of the blame or the claim for success and try to make it the best possible situation for the players that you have so that they can get themselves to this position (the Finals)
I've got a shot, but I try to find him. But he thinks I'm going to shoot, so his back is turned. I'm trying to think about getting him the ball a lot – take care of him as much as I possibly can.
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