Dude I'm no troll.People on this board have mind screwed themselves into thinking this guy is valuable & the truth is you can't get a bag of beans for this guy! They had 3 power forwards on the bench better than this guy. Period! Say to yourself genius: 0 FREAKIN' Rebounds! 0 FREAKIN' Points! Odom owned him. He's so hard workin and yet he's been in the league for YEARS & can't shoot a damn free throw! CUT HIS A$$!
Chuck and Battier suck. Thats the truth. I dont know why some of you cant hear that? Its just true. We need less busters carrying considerable minutes and more studs. Thats the truth.
One thing that really pisses me off is when you don't play your opponent. Steve Blake is a THREE POINT SHOOTER! Hey Aaron, remember when we played the Blazers in the first round a couple of seasons ago and Steve Blake nailed three pointer after three pointer? Yea he's still the same guy, how bout you close out on him or atleast be within 8 feet of him when he starts squaring up beyond the arc. The first one he nailed should have been an eye opener or a wake up call, the second wide open one he hit never should have happened because an adjustment should have been made, the third (and game winning one) shows that: A) You're too lazy to get out there B) Lack of mental focus to not understand your defensive assignment C) YOU'RE LAZY (defensively speaking) Also, how many moving screens did they call on Yao when Gasol was basically playing lead blocker for Kobe whenever he was out at the top of the arc?!
A lot of turnovers this game and bad decisions. We shot ourselves which is better than getting flat out beat. A lot of those mistakes are fixable as the season goes on. Yao looked ok and I know he will improve the next time we face the Lakers. Scola and Battier missed several easy layups. There were lapses in the game when we didn't run our offense at all in the third quarter and started settling for iso plays and bad jumpshots. On to tomorrow!
When did you see alot of considerable fundamental calls ina NBA game? Besides the Rockets and Lakers? I mean the illegal screens, offensive fouls, non over the back fouls, illegal defense, illegal picks? I havent. They usually go the whole game without calling them but find alot in these games all of the sudden. More than usually people see. I watched the Boston game and it was reffed cleanly the whole game. Then we get to the Lakers? All of the sudden its bad refereeing?
who was responsible for defending on Blake and Brown, let them wide open one following another? that sent out our W.
I think Bud has found his role and actually knows it his role as a scorer, not really a go-to guy, but a system player. I expect him to have a big game tonight in GS. I think this team is not done making moves. Or heart and sole Battier/Hayes and Lowry and future pick for Iggy if Smith can produce he looked good with limited minutes in transition.
I hate that we lost this game, I'm so glad its basketball season, that I can't really stay angry for that long.
1. Stern made sure his enforcer, Joey Crawford, would be there to fix the game; 2. Gasol was doing a lot of moving picks, especially in the fourth but was never called for them. Only Yao and Scola were not allowed to set moving picks; 3. The Rockets got technicals for "display of emotion" but the Lakers were not called for any despite the obvious. So there.
