Chron: Griffin feels pressure of Rockets' belief in his potential

Glad that they are working with him to get him down on the block. I cant wait till he is more comfortable down in the post.

 

That is good, Griffin is going to be our #3 player soon. He has alot of talent, he just needs some confidence.

 

Ah, the "black hole" torch is passed to the Griffin. No, DaDakota, I know you have been watching the games same as me. I do not pretend to have your expertise so I will cite the Pocket Rocket. Calvin Murphy himself has gotten crazy on far more than one occasion because Eddie passed the ball even though he had an uncontested, 8-foot / 12-foot shot. Ten shots a game is not enough -- that's not even three per period.

 

Man, lee, I have no idea where you're going with that. Are you saying that Larry has no idea how to play in the post? Or am I just misunderstanding you?

 

"The No. 1 thing was it was very hard for all three to play -- impossible, I thought," coach Rudy Tomjanovich said. "When I tried to play all three, I think it hurt all three. The other thing is the other two guys, I think, are very good players, too, but Eddie, he's our future.

That line seems almost out of character for rudy, being the player's coach that he is. He has either given up all hope on Mo or is using this to light a fire under his a$$ somehow.

He has just said that the best Mo can hope is to be a sixth man from now on..

hmmm.

 

I agree with everything that DaDakota has said. I love Eddie being in the game, he's a beast on defense. But any power forward shooting below 40 percent has no reason to be shooting the ball, rhythm of the game be damned.

Until he shows some signs of having any DECENT offense, I say keep him restricted to blocking shots and getting rebounds, the only thing he's good at.

 

All I can figure out from this article is that one of two things must be true:

1) Contrary to his moniker, "Easy Eddie" thinks way too much.

2) Eddie thinks so little that when he thinks at all, he thinks he's thinking too much.

 

GOLD!!!

 

Sounds like Winnie the Pooh to me.

 

Option 2 is probably true.

 

Eddie the Pooh! A new nickname is born!