absolutely not but it is actually insane to try and justify Josh Smiths poor jumpshooting by point at Kobe who is ancient and coming off a ruptured achilles and knee injury. Kobe has made those shots for the better part of his entire career. As his athleticism has fallen off those shots have become increasingly more challenged and he's struggling to generate as much space given he can't get to the basket anymore.
The problem is Kobe will still be popular around the league until his retirement and we will be having conversations about him and his old age in the near future
Sports bring out some of the most ridiculous logics because the concept is so different from our everyday life. In real life, I have never heard someone say, "Person A has done something well for 10 years. But this year he's utter crap at it. But he keeps doing it. Smartest man I know, this fella!" But if Kobe does it, it makes perfect sense.
Its like the last scene in "That Mitchell and Webb Show". They're all asking the 'brilliant' Sherlock Holmes for his opinions on cases and his responses mean that its just obvious that he can't do it anymore (dementia or whatever). Everyone else knows, but they oblige him anyway. This isn't dissmilar to whats going on with Kobe. Everyone knows him jacking contested fadeaway after contested fadeaway/playing no defense is actually being detrimental to the team, but based on his prior greatness they (being the media and fans) they are doing what Watson and the Police chief did in the shows finale. They're just letting it go. But even Kobe, like Sherlock will at some point realise he just doesnt have it anymore, that he "can't get the fog to clear", in the same way Sherlock can't anymore
Low IQ is a bull**** buzz word/Euphemism Kind of like. . saying he is 'URBAN' or has "URBAN TENDENCIES" Rocket River
I knew you were going to equate it to race, it has nothing to do with that, it has everything to do with him playing beyond his means. Plenty of low IQ players of all races. DD
No dude. Josh Smith likely has low IQ. And he def has low b-ball IQ You're just obsessed with race and somehow connected two unrelated things.
Listening to this thread he seems like he would remind me of When Robert was here. . . .everyone just KNEW he could be ALL world in every facet of the game He had all the tools The knock was he loffed and was lazy [the term for LOW IQ back then] during the season But Good Defense, excellent passer/rebounder and Johnny on the spot Josh may not have Horry's clutch Factor [but has he even been in a position to be] but he seems to have a good toolset Rocket River
Here is the funny thing .. . . I never mention race but you both acknowledge that Euphemistic terms like URBAN are used as proxy for saying something race-relate Rather than saying something is TOO BLACK or TOO AFRICAN AMERICAN Folx will say it is TOO URBAN Now. . .what did I say I did mention that it is a BuzzWord [I remember when POTENTIAL was the buzzword for hyping up subperforming players *couch*VSpan*cough*] I mention it is a Euphemism It is because 9 times out of 10 . .. . it just means YOU DON'T LIKE THE GUY rather than owning up to your own bias and hater-ation . .. you use a euphemism . .. ie. Low IQ DD - you history and commentary on Smith says just that Rocket River Hilarity has ensued
RR, sure, whatever you say, Urban was unrelated to race. And I don't like him because the way he plays is not winning basketball, IMO. DD
so what are you going to do to celebrate when you hit 100k posts? make love to a midget or something??
why do you keep saying this. this video of his top 10 plays this year clearly show superb athleticism, as good or still better than Covington. you'll be pleasantly surprised when Clutch posts Smith first monster dunk or block for the Rockets. Hopefully tonight. cheer for it <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/s2pDgDDTDQ4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
DD doesn't want to see Smith succeed at the expense of D-Mo's playing time. He would rather watch D-Mo play on the perimeter with Dwight hogging the touches.
