2012 NBA Feb |OT2| Kobe Bryant is a MAN

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DALLAS – If your perception of Dirk Nowitzki changed during the Mavs’ championship run, you’re a basketball idiot.

That comes from no less of an authority than Kobe Bryant.

There was a ton of talk about the new, improved tougher version of the big German while Nowitzki led the Mavs to the franchise’s first title. That was a bunch of bull, according to a man with five championship rings worth of credibility.

And Bryant didn’t need to be on the broom end of a West semifinals sweep to develop that kind of respect for Dirk.

"I always knew he was cold,'' Bryant said after the Lakers’ Wednesday shootaround at the American Airlines Center. "I never understood people who thought otherwise. I thought maybe they just don't have the proper knowledge of the game.

“Anybody who can watch Dirk play and not understand what his value is or how good he is I believe doesn't belong in a reasonable basketball conversation.''

Bryant referred to the Mavs as a “measuring stick” for the Lakers. However, he scoffed when asked whether being swept by the Mavs – a series that ended with a 36-point rout – affected the Lakers mystique.

"It's tough to put a dent in mystique with all those banners,'' Bryant said. "That's tough to do. But they had a great year last year, they played extremely well. They kicked our butts, that's for darn sure.

“But we're going to be back at it. We're middle of the pack right now. But we have aspirations of being there again in June and seeing this team in the playoffs.''

Stop trying to make me like you, Kobe.
 
Griffin: Flopper

McGee: Dumb

All evens out here.
Griffin is smart enough to use all the league tools available to him, including the non-punishment of flopping.

I don't condone flopping myself, but if it helps your team win and you don't get penalized for it, then you'd be stupid not to flop.

In Griffin's first few months as a rookie, he didn't flop. But once he learned that he wouldn't get foul calls unless he added an element of flopping, then who could blame him?
 
Griffin is smart enough to use all the league tools available to him, including the non-punishment of flopping.

I don't condone flopping myself, but if it helps your team win and you don't get penalized for it, then you'd be stupid not to flop.

In Griffin's first few months as a rookie, he didn't flop. But once he learned that he wouldn't get foul calls unless he added an element of flopping, then who could blame him?

No one will really blame him, But it really takes out the enjoyment in the game. I remember Griffin flopping for a offensive foul late in the game against Millsap.

I don't like him for doing it, but I wish he wouldn't. He has ALOT of potential, and flopping shouldn't be one of his skill sets. Neither anyone elses.
 
Isn't that good for DAT TANK?

Of course

But the Bobcats are actually trying to win because of... pride? I don't know. But he's so dumb until the 4th quarter rolls around. Biyombo will be the better player. Book it.
 
Tristan Thompson is a baller. All Scott has to do is give him 25mpg, and he'll turn in 15 and 10 on a nightly basis.
 
yeah, it's not like anything changed.

Honestly, Amare is getting by unmentioned in the media right now which is crap. Only one to call him out for looking like shit has been Michael Kay.

No one is going to call out a guy who just came back from injury and whos brother just died.
 
Do they, though?

Despite being a moron, Reke has loads of Talent. You don't have a rookie year like that with out SOME talent.

DMC has boat loads of talent. Guy is probably the closest thing to a legit big man with a post game in a while. His ceiling is best Big in the NBA. i'm not saying he IS, but he COULD be.

Jimmer, has skill, at the least.

Marcus Thornton has heaps of talent.

Guys like Jimmer and Thornton would be more bench guys. I think Thornton could turn into a Crawford type gunner off the bench quite easily.
 
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