[ClutchFans] Terrence Williams reads you, but that doesn't mean you're right

Good lord you are going all over the map here.

This is about understanding the game of basketball, you don't even have to be a player to understand the game.

Did Spoelstra play NBA basketball, did JVG? Did Aurebach? Do you not see my point here, there are many people who understand the game without ever playing it at it's highest level.

And all of them understand it greater than you are I, and certainly more than MOST NBA players.

DD

 

9 to 5er is a euphemism for "average joe" . The average fan probably couldn't tell you what to do when facing a 2-3 zone. Williams probably could. The average fan is NOT Van Gundy or Auerbach, or whatever other straw man you wish to put out there.

I am sure TWill did not mean to offend your well documented superior basketball intellect. Langhi and Spanoulis will surely deliver soon.

You missed the point (surprise). It's really easy to play Monday morning quarterback. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoEGYFzS0jA).

 

This discussion is getting ridiculous.

DD is saying some of us understand the game of basketball better. That's not a stretch. Some people here do. Some basketball players don't, they do what they are told and can do so because of their physical abilities. Doesn't mean they get basketball.

That being said, it sounded like DD was talking about knowing what it's like to be an NBA player, going to practice, talking to the media, having fans, etc....

He's cleared up that is not what he meant, so let's leave it at that!

 

For giggles and to expose CXBBY as the hater he is...

Lie - I said he will more than likely spend some time in the D-league just like PPat - not that he belongs there.

Lie number 2 - I asked if we might have to cut him to get down to roster size.

Half truth - Like Chase, and used Kobe's rookie stats to show people that you can not judge a guy in his rookie year, got to wait until year 3 on a good number of players.

Well, they do know that you are a lying fool, that is for sure...thanks for playing.

DD

 

Ding ding ding. We have a winner.

 

Nobody here is on your side. When you dissect a post like that one usually has a group of siders to back him up.
Nobody is here to back you up.
Stop posting.

 

Fair enough, the average fan does not understand it...

Well maybe if you weren't so sarcastic and would actually be more direct, it would have been a better point.

DD

 

Like I care what a bunch of 9 to 5ers think.



DD

 

EXACTLY what I am saying....

DD

 

Can't believe I'm actually doing this, but...

I can totally see why DD would rather START A COMPANY than take a job coaching basketball, regardless of whether he's qualified to coach or not. It can be just as fun, just as exciting (maybe more so), and the potential for a huge payoff is much greater with a startup.

And while he's occasionally full of crap, he's also occasionally right. And loves his Rockets as much as anyone here.

That having been said, I'll probably be giving him $hit again for pretty much all of 2012. :grin:

 

Spoelstra played D1 basketball and served on Pat Riley's staff for a decade. JVG was an assistant coach at Providence and Rutgers, and at the NBA level for 7 years before getting his first head coaching gig. Ridiculous analogy. I'm not saying you need to play in the NBA, I'm saying you need to actually work on a coaching staff or at least scout for an NBA team (or at least a division 1 college program) to have the type of understanding of the game as an NBA player. It's and insult to those guys to say some joe shmoe with a 9-5 job who "could've been a coach if they really wanted too..." has the same level of understanding of the game of basketball as guys who have dedicated their entire lives to the sport.

That we're even having this conversation is even more shocking than the poster who thought he could take an NBA player one-on-one.

 

I certainly think those coaches have a lot more experience and knowledge but I would contend that a lot of NBA players are too stupid to understand the game, and that some 9 to 5ers get it more than they do.

DD

 

All true....all true...



DD

 

Basketball IQ does not equate to real life IQ.
Split second decisions on the court are instinctual and rely completely on on-court experience as well.

Same thing as the street smart vs. book smart argument.
Its a reason why Battier isn't dominating on the court despite is intellectual prowess. The only thing that he has realized on the court is that he sucks on offense and should only restrict himself to shooting on wide open corner threes.

 

So you're saying that if you got to sit down with say, Stromile Swift, Pat Riley as the moderator, and he were to quiz the two of you on how to attack certain defenses, what plays to run in specific game situations, defending offensive sets... You would come out looking more knowledgeable about the game?

 

All true, but wouldn't you say that Battier understands the game more than some more successful players that get by on athelticism?

I think Shane is a great example, here is a guy who gets every ounce out of his game by understanding it in greater detail than the next guy.

And we are not talking about basketball IQ, or split second decisions, we are talking about understanding the game of basketball.

Maybe that is why we are all on different sides, we are all discussing something that means something different to each of us...

DD

 

I am starting a new thread [post your personal insults here, and don't hijack people into going off-topic]
Please advise

 

Knowledge of the game doesn't make you a good player.
Knowledge of the game makes you a decent coach; however you still need experience in and around the actual NBA level game of basketball to be successful.
The most successful coaches are the ones that have been around NBA LEVEL basketball for most of their lives.

 

Hey, Terrence !

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Now stop this nonsense....