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Lost in the Jeremy Lin show: Steve Novak's defense

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by hotballa, Feb 11, 2012.

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  1. hotballa

    hotballa Contributing Member

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    dunno if anyone else saw this but i saw pretty good effort from novak on d. where the hell was this guy before? how the hell can the knicks get so lucky that a d leaguer is dropping 40 on the lakers...and then to have novak play ryan bowenesque defense. i am astounded.

    srsly folks...steve novak...on defense..
     
    #1 hotballa, Feb 11, 2012
  2. SunsRocketsfan

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    That strip on pau gasol in clutch time was very impressive. Forced the turn over also.
     
    #2 SunsRocketsfan, Feb 11, 2012
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    That's part of the Jeremy Lin show. His teammates look at how amazing Lin is; they start trusting him, and work harder to do their jobs - setting screens, defending, extra effort getting open and rotating.....
     
    #3 ch0c0b0fr34k, Feb 11, 2012
  4. YallMean

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    yeah, somewhere jvg is smiling.
     
    #4 YallMean, Feb 11, 2012
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    its contagious.
     
    #5 smoove shoez, Feb 11, 2012
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    made me think of this quote from the movie driveN:

    I believe you can will yourself in anything and do anything. And faith, that is like believing in something, man that's like having a good disease. It's contagious, if you hang around with people who have it you're gonna catch it, and its gonna change your attitude.
     
    #6 maverick4231, Feb 11, 2012
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    Speaking of JVG, I think he's been hanging out broadcasting just waiting for the Knicks coaching job to open up again.
     
    #7 jopatmc, Feb 11, 2012
  8. hotballa

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    FTFY ;)
     
    #8 hotballa, Feb 11, 2012
  9. durvasa

    durvasa Contributing Member

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    Lin just elevates everyone's game, it seems. Seriously, its amazing what team chemistry can do. This is a great story.

    Its also, I might add, yet another illustration of how overrated Carmelo Anthony has been.
     
    #9 durvasa, Feb 11, 2012
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    Lin gets the ball to the guy with the highest % shot on every possession- that's how he elevates his teammates' games.
     
    #10 iconoclastic, Feb 11, 2012
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    Would your head explode if the Rockets traded for Melo, after all this?
     
    #11 pmac, Feb 11, 2012
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    I'd still love to have him--he's an A+ athlete. With the right coaching, he can drastically help a team.

    Just not with D'Antoni.
     
    #12 thething, Feb 11, 2012
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    Yeah, George Karl's a crap coach. :rolleyes:
     
    #13 acsorelle4, Feb 11, 2012
  14. ThatBoyNick

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    Thats not what he's saying, melo obviously did help the nuggets out a lot. He's saying the reason he's been playing poorly is because D'antoni's offensive and defensive coaching, it just doesn't fit melo's game.
     
    #14 ThatBoyNick, Feb 11, 2012
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    mis-rated maybe.
     
    #15 coolweather, Feb 11, 2012
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    #16 Dreamin, Feb 11, 2012
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    I'm mostly impressed that Novak is still playing in NBA games.
     
    #17 napalm06, Feb 12, 2012
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