e-monk

wow, how often do I come away from a thread thinking r-star is right about something...?

R-Star

That's all well and good, but he's not the only one spacing out on defense. There's been plays with Howard jogging back while the rest of the team faces a 5 on 4. He see's this, but still just slowly jogs back.

....or he watches a guy who blowed past Kobe or Nash, and he just watches him go by as well because he doesn't feel like putting in the effort.


The whole team is taking multiple plays off. That's why you guys are one of the worst defensive teams in the league right now. Its not a lack of skill, the team just plays like it doesn't give a **** on defense.

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R-Star

80%

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e-monk

well you can certainly put adam = twit in your plus column

R-Star

Don't worry, Adam won't be back in this thread.

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Jamel Irief

Anybody watch Kobe on Durants three to beat the first half last night ? Didn't switch on the pick, didn't chase his man. Just held his hands up like "why isn't someone doing something!"


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King Sancho Fantastic

Yet I also saw some excellent defensive sequences on Westbrook last night too. Simple fact is that he's too old to be able to play that kind of defense and carry the scoring load the entire game. Kobe is still very capable of playing excellent defense all game but somebody else will have to carry the offense.

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R-Star

I don't know about that. Hes an above average man defender at this point, but Kobe isn't locking down anyways at this point.

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King Sancho Fantastic

I think he can. If you're content with him giving you 10-12 points alll on spot up catch and shoot jumpers on offense. If he had Thabo/Battiers role I think he certainly can lock up people. Now if you're talking about Durant or Lebron then forget it because nobody is locking them up. Durant especially.

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R-Star

Meh, maybe. I don't know.

With the fact that you can't even breathe on a player anymore without getting a foul, I'm not sure Kobe has the speed or athleticism anymore.

Battier doesn't even really lock people down. Lebron usually gets the top defensive pairing.

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Cajon

I have no qualms over Kobe's on-ball defense. It's his off-ball defense that's been horrendous.

R-Star

Statistically you guys are 26th in the league on defense.

There's a lot of blame to go around. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but Howard deserves the brunt of this and hes being overlooked by almost everyone because hes the shinny new toy in LA.

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King Sancho Fantastic

Nah bro. He's getting blame too but he's being given the benefit of the doubt because he's not 100%. You can tell just be watching. He can get up to block a shot but his 2nd and 3rd bounce arent there. That 2nd and 3rd explosion is what seperates him from a good defender and the DPOY. Shots that are normally dunks are turning into layups on offense too. He even looks lighter in terms of size.

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Adam

I haven't been a mod for like 8 months. Can you please get better at this? I'm extremely jealous of Ron that he gets Jamel and I get this redneck.

You don't seem to understand that you post because I make you, I've never posted because of you, so typing, "Get out!" in every thread I'm done posting in isn't accomplishing anything.

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R-Star

I post because you make me?

I don't even know where to start on that one. Adam, you've been hiding like a bitch since I rubbed your face in the dirt last time.

The funny part is, not only do you and I know how this will play out, but everyone else does as well. There's 2 options.

1) "You aren't worth my time. You post because of me!" blah blah, Adam runs away.

2) You get overly personal, try to go over the top in insults and I laugh it off since well, to be honest my life is pretty awesome, and from your nature of posting and refusal to talk about yourself and the fact you like to insult children I just assume your life is an absolute joke. After that I proceed to chase you away, and you take another self induced hiatus from the forum. You'll then return, hide from me for a while and leave threads when I post, slowly building up rage until you decide to pipe up again, at which point we'll do this process all over again.


Either way me and quite a few other posters will enjoy a good laugh at your expense.


Have at it slugger.

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