NBA Basketball

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

In reference to Kobe being clutch, here's a response to the last article and a different perspective on it all. http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/lakers/post/_/id/15380/new-podkast-kobe-and-clutch-with-truehoops-henry-abbott

I think that's a valid response, minus this:

The problem is in the framing of the issue. To me, the definition of clutch is the absence of choke. With the game on the line you want a guy who will treat a shot- the rise, the release, the follow through- the same as he would a more "routine" play in the second quarter. Someone who won't rush, or short arm the J, or dribble off his foot, and of course someone who is willing to put himself on the line in the first place. By this standard, Kobe is unquestionably clutch.

that's the worst "standard" for being clutch I can imagine. I play ball with a handful of guys who are always willing to take the shot, usually at the expense of someone else who had a better look. I'm sure we all know that guy: generally immune to passing, but especially when the game is on the line...

What's interesting is that the kind of offensive problems that Abbott and Kamenetzky describe the Lakers having in the final 24 seconds of close games are not hard to diagnose or even necessarily that hard to fix. I mean really, Phil Jackson is a smart dude, I'm sure he'd seen those stats before Abbott brought them up, and I'm sure inside that head of his he's got plenty of plays he could draw up that run through Kobe, but don't rely on him to go iso/get a high screen/etc.

For me it comes down to: he's going to take the last shot, no matter how fucking bad a look he has at it, even when he could pass, even when he could let his coach know he's alright actually running a play that gives the team options. This makes it all the more impressive when it goes in and it reminds the rest of us why we dislike the showboat at the gym who drills the final shot.

[ke1]

His final minutes of the season ended in disaster when he shot 3 air balls at crucial times in the game.[21] He missed the first shot to win the game in the 4th quarter and 2 three-pointers to tie the game in the last minute of overtime. With that the Utah Jazz ended the playoffs for the Lakers in the second round. Shaquille O'Neal commented years later that "[bryant] was the only guy who had the guts at the time to take shots like that."

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[chantheman]

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[chantheman]

[i wear shooes]

Why are they at a Cavs game hahaha?

Diggin Puff's Indiana Jones hat though

[chantheman]

not really nba related but still funny

tracy morgan is a fool

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[Christmas In A Submarine.]

kenny looks like he got dentures...

[domdomdomdom]

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[chantheman]

poor brockness monster

[DaBestSpoona]

rookie sophomore game roster

Rookies

G: John Wall / Eric Beldsoe

G: Wesley Johnson / Gary Neal

F: Landry Fields

F: Blake Griffin / Derrick Favors

C: DeMarcus Cousins / Greg Monroe

Sophomores

G: Stephen Curry / Brandon Jennings / Jrue Holiday

G: Tyreke Evans / Wesley Matthews

F: DeMar Derozan

F: Taj Gibson / Dejuan Blair

C: Serge Ibaka

Sophomores are gonna get their asses kicked.

[i wear shooes]

rookie sophomore game roster

Rookies

G: John Wall / Eric Beldsoe

G: Wesley Johnson / Gary Neal

F: Landry Fields

F: Blake Griffin / Derrick Favors

C: DeMarcus Cousins / Greg Monroe

Sophomores

G: Stephen Curry / Brandon Jennings / Jrue Holiday

G: Tyreke Evans / Wesley Matthews

F: DeMar Derozan

F: Taj Gibson / Dejuan Blair

C: Serge Ibaka

Sophomores are gonna get their asses kicked.

Other than Blake.. I like the Sophomores depth more than the rookies.

Sophomores W.

[lintmunro]

Bledsoe? Neal? Favors? Fields? Rookie team sucks.

[amardeep]

landry vs blake for ROY is gonna be fun to watch

i'd say blake's winning now but landry's rackin up those ROMs

[Epoc]

Dear NBA legends,

Please dunk on Justin Bieber in the Celebrity All-Star Game.

[lintmunro]

landry vs blake for ROY is gonna be fun to watch

i'd say blake's winning now but landry's rackin up those ROMs

Blake won in October.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

I like Fields a lot... but Blake will eat him alive.

[Christmas In A Submarine.]

tonight: LaMarcus Aldridge outscored Duncan, Manu, Parker by himself, 40-38.

two more days to vote, coaches, you know what to doooooo.

[lintmunro]

yeah he's earned it this year

[i wear shooes]

Came in here just to post that.

If Odom makes it over LaMarcus, they really need to fix things.

MONTA

[chantheman]

demarcus and blake will kill down low against the sophs.

im going rookies this year over the sophs

[lintmunro]

if odom makes it over anyone they need to fix it.

[i wear shooes]

Not to be a homer or anything but I really think Monta does deserve it this year...

But if it comes down to Westbrook or Monta, Westbeezy has it for sure.

[chantheman]

[ke1]

that's just coldblooded

[DaBestSpoona]

Sophomore team is gonna get raped on the boards by fields, blake, cousins

Jennings vs Wall will be a battle of who gets more turnovers

[Aeroplane]

tonight: LaMarcus Aldridge outscored Duncan, Manu, Parker by himself, 40-38.

He seems to always have big nights against the Spurs. I've like his game since his days at Texas.

Manu doin' work...

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[chantheman]

Sophomore team is gonna get raped on the boards by fields, blake, cousins

Jennings vs Wall will be a battle of who gets more turnovers

dont forget evans...

[Classics]

He seems to always have big nights against the Spurs. I've like his game since his days at Texas.

Manu doin' work...

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Manu put the gospel on him... whatever that means. lolol

and Knicks lost to Mavs... Upsetting... Gallo has crazy ass dunks and Mozgov is starting to have a role which is always good to see.

[spudeey]

Durant was on fire tonight, goodlord.

[Epoc]

Manu's the best on court actor in the NBA.