vspan: NBA nearly destroyed me, but I no longer hate Van Gundy's lies

YOu have to remember that Billy has a limited english vocabulary. Maybe he was trying to say that he was playing better than some big guys in the team during practice and he was not that bad.

 

SamFisher should lead the RedRowdies. He should use his sarcastic humor against other teams instead of directing it towards clutchfans.

 

Am I the only one pissed that Van Gundy held JL3 back? Man, he TORE UP the NBA players in the summer league!

Ha ha, just kidding. JL3 isn't a cute white boy.

 

Oh you have? Do tell what that was like for you -- er, I mean, what you saw.

I applaud you for making so little effort to hide your identity. I respect that. You've hid neither the writing and punctuation style, nor the pre-Cambrian mode of logic.

 

So what if I was banned before because I was defending Sura and people like Sam reported me because they apparently believe they are clutchbbs NAZIS

As to I am so and so, yeah B-bob you have NO ONE fooled everyone knows you and Yanly_Fan are the same person.

 

Hey!

V-Span isn't "cute", he's a fearsome grizzly bear. Show respect.

 

Hmmm... same pointless nonsense, same massive posts that are utterly unreadable, same refusal to consider anyone else's "facts" but his own, same insistence that he looks at stats in the same manner as Daryl Morey, same EXACT one-sentence-per-paragraph writing style...

Looks like you guys are right.

Welcome back, BBall Scientologist!

Oh, how we missed seeing that huge target on your forehead around these parts! Promise you won't go away again.

 

What I don't get is why Bball-Scientist / Rocket Dynasty even post here anymore. I mean, even you have to admit that Spanoulis wasn't a positive force for the Rockets last season. Under their offensive scheme (which was surprisingly similar to the one the Rockets used during their championship run), the point guard was responsible for spacing the floor with the 3 point threat and for accurately passing the ball without turning it over. On defense, the PG was responsible for containing his man, without requiring help defense. Span didn't fit what the Rox were trying to do, in a system built around optimizing McGrady and Yao. Playing him more would have undoubtedly been detrimental to the win / loss record. Look at the Hollinger +/- ratings with Alston in the lineup vs. Spanoulis and tell me that's not true. Rafer, for his many faults, fit that system better.

Now, we're in a new system, and we traded Span for a player who fits that new system to a T. So, it was neither in the Rockets immediate interest to play Span more as a rookie than he was player, nor was it in their long term interest to retain him for this season. And it wasn't in Spanoulis's interest to remain in the states as a benchwarmer when he can be a big fish in a tiny pond in Greece. In short, everything worked out for the best.

So, you're not upset with what happened as a Rockets fan - who would be? And you can't be upset with the way things went as a Spanoulis-only fan, since he's happier back in Greece. Why not follow him out of the Rockets' community, and sing his praises on another messageboard in front of his Greek fans, who might give a crap about his supposed Eurobasket greatness? Because the rest of us (even DaDa) are happy that the failed Spanoulis experiment is ended and eager to embrace both the guy he was traded for and his replacements at PG.

 

Bingo. Great point, my possibly-replicant friend.

VGina had a huge amount of good will behind him when he showed up for training camp. We were ALL in his corner and most of us thought he'd succeed in the league, at least eventually.

If he had just taken the time to watch a few tapes of the previous two year's Rockets teams, or of Van Gundy's Knicks' teams, or of friggin' NBA teams in general, he wouldn't have been so woefully unprepared and most likely would have played like we all hoped he would.

Players who make mistakes involving lack of preparation are one thing. I can forgive that if they right the ship. Same thing with whiny players, assuming they get a clue at some point. Bonzi Wells is an example of both, but if he shows up in shape and helps the team win, we'll be his biggest fans. And then there are head cases like Rodman, who nonetheless showed up to kick some ass every game. Even he was hard not to like a little.

HOWEVER, VGina was totally unprepared to earn a spot in this league, he whined early and often, and then he refused to accept ANY of the blame and sulked his way right back to Greece. Tell me again why I'm supposed to think of him as a great player who was mismanaged? Because for the life of me, I'm just not seeing it.

 

Does anyone know if one of the traits of having multiple personality disorder is constantly accusing others of being numerous people?

 

Maybe I have missed it, but have you denied being the banned BBall Scientist yet?

If not, please go on the record and deny it. I am begging you.

 

LMFAO! I can't decide which part of this post is the most precious.

edit: codell, he has admitted it!

 

He is a real Mensa Member.

 

So I guess the rest of us luddites have to now figure out ...

Just how many more identities does BBall Scientist/Rockets Dynasty/Kill Bill Pana have left to unleash on this forum?

 

So it's true that V-Span just couldn't play a man-to-man defense? Any player like that would absolutely stand no chance of making it in the NBA years ago when the league used to not allow teams to play zone defenses.

I think that if he ever played college basketball, the kind of team he could make it with is one that primarily relies on zone defenses to be successful. We all know that those kind of teams hardly ever won championships that way.

I'm surprised that this current V-Span thread has gone on as long as it has.

 

Dude, you have been debating with a team of rockets fans in this thread and I respect your efforts (even though I do not agree with most of the things that you said). But name calling like that is just childish. What makes you think B-bob is a Yao-Only-Fan anyway?

 

And it's not B-bob, dammit... it's B-Bob! If you're going to insult a guy, at least get his moniker right.

 

Welcome to the churchboard of Applied B-Ball Scientology, my disciple B-Ball Rocket ScienDynasty, will be providing the "vacts" and "vspanapology" in excruciatingly long posts of single line paragraphs of prozac for the b-ball mind.

Thanks for coming and please ignore that man behind the curtain...

L Ron Hoover

 

Sometimes I think it is B-Boob.



jk boob...errr...Bob...

Didn't he admit he has been banned, but not that he was Bball Scientist....or did I miss something?

DD

 

Wow, this is definitely headed uphill now.

Yeah, I have avoided the need for a "bro" so far, but who knows what the future holds for my man chest.

I am also not bald or balding, but I do like "Bald-Bob Knobbing" (ref: BBallScientist, shortly before he was banned).