Lakers= Incredibly physically gifted + incredibly stupid.

Mark_in_Tulsa · Franchise Player Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 12977

Ok so I was think about our roster.
And I think we have an extremely well physically gifted team, but a very dumb one when it comes to Bball IQ. But a lot of that can be accounted due to us having the youngest rotation of players in the league.

Kwame Brown; This guy is just flat out one of the best physically gifted guys I have seen. For a guy who is 7/6-11 260lbs he is very quick, and fast, plus he has pretty good hops when he puts out some effort. Plus he's strong.

Kobe Bryant; god among men on the court.

Andrew Bynum; This kid is already huge, and has quick feet work with long freakin arms. He IS going to get taller and stronger as he gets older.

Brian Cook; Nothing to special when it comes to his body. But if you havn't noticed he has gotten leaner and stronger. But the boy can shoot. A shooting big is rare, and if he can continue to bulk up he may actually defend someone.

Devean George Dime a dozen SF, who has a lot of endurance.

Chris Mihm Above avg. agility and stregth. I know he looks like a rail, but he's 260+.

Lamar Odom Ok this guy is a very rare physical specimen. For a 6/11 guy, he is very fast, very quick. Has great footwork, long arms, can shoot from outside, can score inside, and he can handle and pass the rock. Thats very rare from a big.

Smush Parker Typical pg body, but he does have long arms, and he has a very quick first step. Great hops, and is fast. (would of like to seen him compete in the slamdunk contest.)

Ronny Turiaf A hustleing Big who will be built like Karl Malone, when he get back in to shape next year. Plus have you seen this guys dance moves on the sidline??????

Sasha Vujacic Just a tall pg, avg quickness. And flame me all you want, but I think this kid when he gets to an adult basketball age is going to be really good. Not an allstar, but really good.

Luke Walton punt.

Ok that's my quick rundown of the team. I think we are really well gifted in the physical aspect of the game. Better than most teams. I just think we are stupid. But that's mainly do to us having the youngest rotation, and learning the hardest offense , while learning how to play team defense in the 2nd largest, and 2nd most stressful stage in the league.

Anyone agree or disagree on us being one of the better physically gifted teams out there?

LakerFan4Lyfe · Starting Rotation Joined: 30 Sep 2005 Posts: 761

:roll:

Sidious · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject:

They're not that physically gifted. Mihm and Odom are tall but they're physically whimps. Kwame has the body of a God, but a pee brain

Sage_10 · Star Player Joined: 24 Dec 2005 Posts: 6668

Agree with everything said except comparing Turiaf to Malone. If anyone has the body Malone has it's Kwame. Turiaf is more like a leaner version of Brian Grant.

And in athletics as well as in the classroom, sometimes stupidity can be confused with lack of effort, an important distinction.

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

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mirak · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 5238

Interesting, just made this same point to my brother-in-law earlier this evening..

A young, athletic team with poor decision making and seemingly low b-ball IQ. Some of that may be attributable to youth and relative inexperience, some perhaps to the learning curve associated with the triangle. But then, guys like Lamar, Kwame, and Smush have never exactly been described as intelligent players.

33MDE · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 222

The title of this thread is right on. If management and the fans can hold on until this team can get some smarts then we may have something here. More that likely smarts will have to be added and some of the numb parts removed from the mix. Needed a good laugh.

Hatori Hanzo · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 495

Mark_in_Tulsa · Franchise Player Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 12977

FredG · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

don't forget to add, incredibly fairweather fans.

RJBaca · Posted: Mon Mar 06, 2006 8:50 am Post subject:

PiPisKobesByatch · Star Player Joined: 20 Nov 2001 Posts: 8038

i totally agree with this.

i have been saying that the trio of smush, lamar and kwame have got to rival all other trio's in the history of the nba for the coveted title of "dumbest trio of starters on an nba team"

this is why we blow so many close games. we make mental mistakes down the stretch all the time. smart, savvy veterans help close out the tight ones.