CP3 is a gangster

DonKnock · Jan 12, 2018

JayZ750 said: ↑

Unwritten rule of sportsmanship? Yes

Did CP3 probably regret it after it happened? Yes

Is it a dumb unwritten rule? Yes

Regardless of what @YOLO thinks, the Blazers were still playing, or pretending to. In fact, the Blazers scored at 48 seconds (Turner) - a 9 point Rockets lead before the score, 32 seconds (McCollum) - a 9 point Rocket lead before the score, and 20 seconds (McCollum) - a 9 point Rocket lead before the score. In fact, after the last score, the reason CP3 was open was because the Blazers tried to press and steal the inbound... in the process bumping CP3 (which could have... didn't but could have injured him... just like Lillard's useless swipe). Once the ball got advanced to Ariza, a Blazer went out to guard him even.

If there's going to be an unwritten sportsmanship rule... which is of course dumb... its incumbent on the losing team to give up a possession. They had not given up the last possession. I'm sure had they, the Rockets would have held the ball.

I once saw a dude bring a team back from down 13 with 35 seconds left. Is down 7 with 12 seconds less probable? Sure. But the losing team is the one trying to come back. It's on them to "quit" first.

The cherry on top of all of this... why is nobody mad at Ariza? Dude not only passed the ball to Paul, he then went on to steal the inbound. For one, because its not as exciting a story. For two, because clearly some folks on the Rockets thought better not f this up. Like they did the Celtics game. Which... yes, is relevant.
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If an unwritten rule was good enough they’d actually write it down

ApacheWarrior · Jan 12, 2018

Dame looks even more like a WUSS since he didn’t dislodge the ball from CP3

CP3 just confirmed to me he is straight up gangster.

Watch ya talkin about running thru some stop sign. Just gimme my money, biyatch!!

Victorious · Jan 12, 2018

Lol

Pen15clubber · Jan 12, 2018

Victorious said: ↑

Lol

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This was my face after I read this exchange

basketballholic said: ↑

I feel plagiarized.
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Clutch said: ↑

I'd have to have read something you wrote to plagiarize it.
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Jontro · Jan 12, 2018

normally, yes, it would be a douche move to stat pad when the game is already been decided in the final seconds.

however, this is the blazers team that couldn't let go of dame's buzzer beater over parson's face. especially with that "happy new years" schitte they pulled.... consider it even.

daywalker02 · Jan 13, 2018

Passing perfection

Chris Paul tapped his chest and mouthed "My bad" to Ryan Anderson after delivering a less-than-perfect pass to his wide-open Houston Rockets teammate.

"Really, man?" Anderson responded.

Anderson wasn't upset about the pass. He was taken aback that Paul apologized after an assist.

Paul had just driven the lane, drawing four Orlando Magic defenders before leaping from the right block and firing a right-hand fastball to Anderson in the left corner, squeezing the pass through a tiny window between the arms of Orlando's Bismack Biyombo and Jonathan Simmons.

Anderson caught the ball above his right shoulder -- not Paul's intended target of right between the numbers -- but had plenty of time to get off his shot given that his defender was sprinting from the paint after helping on Paul's drive.

"It wasn't that bad of a pass at all," Anderson said. "What do you expect? He's special, man."

Chris Paul gets a pass around the defender, and Ryan Anderson finishes it off with a corner 3-pointer.

It doesn't matter if he's twisting and turning in traffic or throwing a cross-court, sidearm laser or whatever the degree of difficulty might be -- Paul expects each pass he delivers to be perfect. It's not acceptable for one of his feeds to be a tick late or a few inches off target.

"I'm trying to make the shot as easy as possible for the guy who's shooting," said Paul, who leads all active players and ranks 10th all time with 8,466 career assists. "We all have a job. A shooter's job is to make shots. My job is to put the ball on target.

"On time, on target."

That's not a skill Paul developed over the course of his 13-year NBA career. He arrived in the league as a remarkably accurate passer.

"His passes are going to get there," said Golden State Warriors forward David West, who received 1,120 assists from Paul during their time together with the Oklahoma City/New Orleans Hornets, more than any CP3 teammate other than LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin.

"You don't have to reach for them or anything," West said. "He's going to hit you on time, on target so you can get in your shot."

But on-time, on-target passes simply aren't enough to satisfy Paul; even the ball's laces need to match the way that particular teammate likes them.
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