by air gordon on Thu Jan 09, 2003 6:58 pm
okie dokie- soap, anybody? getting kind of dirty here...
i was thinking the same thing, thebob. but, hey, why not ride out the hotstreak for one night. but it would be disappointing to see bryant to continually hang around the 3point arc. i would call it 'scottie pippen' disease. early in his career he would constantly attack basket. he was even invited to the slam dunk competetion one year. but he fell in love with the 3pt shot, and as his career went on, only on occasion would pippen drive to the hole consistently.
remember robert horry his first few years with the rockets? he was a dunking machine! it was amazing- more then half of his points would come from dunks. but after hitting those clutch 3's in the finals, the match was made with him and 3pt shooting.
jordan had that one year when he was doing pretty well shooting 3's. he joined the 3pt contest that year and boy was that a mistake. i think he successfully scored the lowest point total in 3pt contest history. in a way, it taught him a lesson.