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Exick Site Staff
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:33 pm Post subject: Bill Simmon's 12 Burning NBA Questions |
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Here are a couple snippets for us Laker fans.
Agreeing with Kobe (and indirectly with all of us who were echoing the same sentiments):
Bill Simmons wrote: | Kobe said it best during his "Inside the NBA" cameo when he was dressed like Mr. Rogers: You don't beat the Suns by outscoring them, because that's impossible; the higher the score, the happier they are. Plus, when they're making shots, that picks up their intensity across the board -- guys start flying around the court, challenging shots, protecting the rim and everything else. Kobe thought you beat the Suns by slowing them down and getting stops on the defensive end, almost like keeping a great football offense off the field by controlling the clock with your running game.
And you know what? The Mamba was right. |
Mike D'Antoni and the Phoenix Floppers:
Bill Simmons wrote: | One more classic D'Antoni maneuver: Whenever an opponent is shooting a free throw on the side near Phoenix's bench, he always pretends to be complaining about the call, only he plants himself in the corner of the shooter's eye and deliberately wanders back and forth right as the guy is shooting. Utterly devious. That's a team of floppers, cheaters and guys who push off every time they drive to the basket; they're about four more flops away from being eligible for the 2006 World Cup. How does Ginobili not play for these guys? It must kill him. | _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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Michlake Star Player
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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that FT thing D'Antoni does is bush league |
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Exick Site Staff
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Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Michlake wrote: | that FT thing D'Antoni does is bush league |
Their whole (bleep) team is bush league except for maybe Barbosa and Marion. _________________ Game recognize game, Granddad. - Riley Freeman, The Boondocks |
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astrallionheart Star Player
Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 1292 Location: Windbloom
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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That 42 league thing is pretty interesting...
That 50.7 that every-one-here-hates averaged in the 91 playoffs is pretty scary. Including a 31.2+6.6+11.4 (49.2) in the Finals against the Lakers on 61% FG, 50% 3PT, 85%FT, 3 steals, 1.5 blocks.
I wonder why Simmons considers the Mailman's numbers a fraud? Is it because he was the beneficiary recipient of Stockton's P&R? |
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kwest80 Star Player
Joined: 19 Jul 2001 Posts: 1164 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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My guess is because Simmons finds Malone's numbers to be for naught. He put up good numbers and made Utah competitive for many years, but he never took over a game and dominated when it mattered. I think Simmons called him the biggest choker of all time or something. |
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