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2013 Jan NBA Season lOT| Beautiful Black Bodies on Top
- Thread starter reilo
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He got Adam Bladed.
Adam Blade
WWKC
where do i sign? call me crazy, but i think a line up of pau, metta, kobe,nash and Hill has been our best line up.
Pau is shooting sub 40% and cant play defense, has no lift whatsoever. Dwight is not the the Dwight we have come to know yet, but he still a defensive force. Nash,Kobe,Metta,Hill,Dwight should be the starting lineup for now.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
No team in the history of the NBA has averaged less than 18 free throws per game over the course of a full season.
Orlando is at 16.5 per game right now. Shattering records!
Orlando is at 16.5 per game right now. Shattering records!
lol, you believe that guy.
He's also not finishing particularly well from what i saw. nor moving all that well. dwight used to run the floor really really well and establish post position early. Even if his post game is bad, if you have deep post position early, it's going to pay dividends. He doesn't appear to be doing that.
But, i aint watched a whole bunch of laker games cause the team just aint that interesting.
I think if pau played center more with nash, kobe metta spread out on the floor as shooters he would be much better. Like seriously, i love hating on pau too, but he isn't far removed from mudering guys in the olympics. Brown/D'antoni have basically made him useless the past two season, more so D'antoni because he refuses to adjust to pau's game. It's frustrating really. I was hoping for pau and kobe to go out together with one more chip. Should have hired phil man. Feels bad.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
give him to Moesha.
I'm not even talking about defense cos I think his defense is good compared to any alternative we have. It's just that the more I watch, the more I see the gaping holes in his offensive game yet folks want him to be featured in the post. I'd rather feature Pau or Hill in the post!
Dwight is just not the same player when teams can swarm him. You may blame that on his athleticism but I blame his lack of skill. His footwork is embarrassing and he has zero touch around the hoop. I don't really see how you can blame a sloppy post-up game on a lack of athleticism.
This year, Kobe from mid-range is a MUCH better option than Dwight under the hoop. That is crazy to say but I bet if we looked up the stats (with turnovers and fts included), it'd bear that out. That is fucking sad..
Pau at center at this point would be hilarious, he cant even guard Blake Griffin, and the Lakers need a center that can anchor the defense.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Come on man. I don't pretend that Love didn't eat a ton of cheeseburgers over the summer....You should give him a little slack. He's coming off a back injury.
jordan0386
Member
Lakers gonna turn it on after trade deadline passes, if Pau still there.
He looks just fine to me when he's skying for dunks and dumb goaltending blocks. The only time he looks bad is when skill is required over athleticism (post-ups and fts)
Black Mamba
Member
I'm not disagreeing with you. I said he sucks in the post numerous times and except when the bench is in without Kobe/Nash I don't want to see it in the halfcourt sets.
I'm just saying his athleticism isn't there. And while he is piss-poor in the post, he is better than what he's been in the other aspects of the offense. His post game lacks skill, but he could still dominate on pnr and stuff due to his athleticism. It's not there so he's not dominating.
I agree on this.
I also think D'Antoni is insane how he benches Kobe and Nash together. He should take Nash out early in the 1st, like at the 6 min mark, and bring him back in to start the 2nd when Kobe goes to the bench.
Those goal-tend used to be blocks. He's not skying as high as he once did. He's also slower to react.
The P&R is only there if Nash decides he wants to be a threat of offense (ala the Knicks and GS games). Why would the defense not sit in Dwight's lap if Nash is gonna hang around the 3pt line doing nothing? I don't blame Dwight for that. When Nash has actually been aggressive, the P&R worked fine and Dwight got some ridiculous slams off lobs.
He's not hurt. He is just a limited offensive player and his raw post-up game won't work if the help defense isn't occupied with 3pt shooters..
Have you ever had surgery? I mean your right as in he doesn't have a real post game, but you are out your damn mind if you think he's 100% back from a back surgery in April.
Black Mamba
Member
Why do you keep arguing about his post game? I've said I agree with you on it.
The rest of his game the lack of athleticism is obviously hurting. Dude is not finishing easy plays. He can't jump as high. What used to be and-1s are just fouls. Etc.
don't you know that the spine is the least important part of a body's athlete
Hey I'm just going by what I see. Dwight's dunks and blocks look pretty impressive to me. He only struggles with things that don't require athleticism or brute force.
Pau can't even jump anymore yet he has better moves around the basket. Unfortunately with no lift, the ball gets blocked right back in his face lol
I don't buy that it's any major lack of athleticism. Even if he's not 100%, he is still a top 3 athlete in the league right now.
If we had knockdown shooters and Dwight wasn't being swarmed in the post by folks "guarding" everyone not named Kobe, he'd been scoring inside over one defender. He's always relied on bully-ball to score but you can't do that over multiple defenders...
Red Blaster
Member
trade works for both teams, even asshole cancer Dwight would likely help the Warriors enough to make them legit title contenders and Lakers get a bunch of contracts that expire in 2014
You need to watch the games more closely, Ive seen him opt for reverse layups, and other fancy layins rather then throwing it down in the opponents face more times this year more then Ive seen in his career.
To be honest, I think that's cos he doesn't want to get fouled. He is shying away from contact cos he knows he'll brick at the line...
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
You want Splitter and Matt Bonner?
go play with your wii u jobber
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
My 360 backlog is too great for Tekken atm.
I bought games during the 2011 christmas steam sale that I have yet to install.
christ.
Zeus Molecules
illegal immigrants are stealing our air
Lol at any trade scenario with the Lakers losing.... The GM's still nice its the coach that sucks. Laker age your coach really sucks. Ya'll need to focus your Hate on pringles he's the root of your dysfunction.
Actually it's mike browns fault. If he didn't get fired, we wouldn't have hired D'antoni. So brown deserves to be fired
The Frankman
Banned
There's another Mike Lakers had a chance to grab...
But considering his personal accountability stance Pau would be in a mental hospital by now.
Brown is a better coach than pringles...no contest at this point. That's not saying much tho.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I've been on that hate bandwagon since 2005. Pringles suck.
The Frankman
Banned
To this day I still don't get why Shaw didn't get the job. Perfect guy to take over, who did he piss off in the organization besides Buss? There had to be other feedback, I'd think.
jobber
Would let Tony Parker sleep with his wife
I guess he was seen as a PhilJack guy. PhilJack and the GM had beef.
RBelong2Us
Member
Bogut + Barnes + Landry for Dwight
seriously. At this point, i'd need proof konex isn't vanessa or a caucasian woman.
Syphon Filter
Member
lol
WesternHeretic
Member
No one hates Kobe for his work ethic or his passion. They hate for thousands of other reason.
Latest Kobe tweet. This guy is killing himself to get on the court and all he gets is hate. Smh
I don't see this on his twitter.
The Insane Dufresne
Member
Lol. Cloudy is a Kobe stalker.....