Re: the official Dwayne Wade >>> you thread

by The Franchise Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:23 pm

Yeah, I agree. That sounds about right to me.

Thing is though, Bynum said, "im going to continue to shoot it when open" more or less and I cant say I blame him.

It may cause some friction down the line, but hey, thats growing pains both individually and as a team in terms of relationships with Brown.

by Le Samourai Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:39 pm

To me what's key here...is Bynum can't just say I'm going to shoot the shot.

He needs to show up to training everyday and work on that shot and prove he can make it consistently before he decides to take it. I don't mind him doing it once he puts in the effort to back it up.

by The Franchise Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:58 pm

But who says he aint shooting it in practice?

I think he is.

I heard some Laker fans saying he has.

by Le Samourai Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:03 pm

Kobe

“It’s somewhat amusing to me, because in some ways the edginess and the chippiness of him make it easy for me to relate to him – because I had some of that when I was young,” Bryant, 33, said about Bynum, 24. “So, it’s easy for me to see where he’s coming from.

“I understand where he’s coming from. And the first thing you want to do if you want to get the best out of somebody or the best out of your players is you have to understand what they’re feeling; you have to understand where they’re coming from and what they want to accomplish. That’s why it’s not that big a deal to me. You don’t see me sitting here trippin’ or sweatin’ or anything like that. I’ve been there.”

Kobe was cool after getting benched, i trust what he sees.

Anyway to me it's not a huge deal once he shoots it in practice everyday and consistently makes it.Although I would kinda hope he practices his free throws a bit more because his form is so good....I could see him becoming as good as Yao at them.

by The Franchise Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:17 pm

He will never be as good as Yao at them, no chance. Yao wasnt even good at them, but he has a right to take open ones. Yao has a much better jumper generally, he regularly hit jumpers, Bynum doesnt even take them anything like as often.

BTW as I said, I had not seen the play. I just saw it.

I was alot worse than I thought, espn did do the best job describing it.

It was a sort of slowed down transition, the ball got passed to him early in the shot clock (first pass of the play) and he just fired it up and he wasnt even wide open. Thats a big no-no, he should never of shot that.

I wouldnt of benched him, but on the timeout I would of said, dont you ever shoot that shit again. I thought he was wide open and the ball had been kicked around a bit first.

I dont care if he been practicing or not, that was terrible shot selection.

He cant shoot that kind of shot, never.

by Le Samourai Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:27 pm

Yao was a great free throw shooter lol.

by LeSwagg James Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:20 pm

LeBron is letting this MVP slip away :facepalm:

by Le Samourai Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:13 pm

No Jeremy Lin = Melo Ballin.

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:46 am

Lakers - OKC anyone watching?

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 4:56 am

This team is *bleep* good.

Sessions :bow:

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 5:34 am

Artest in - Durant 0-8
Barnes in - Durant 4-4
Artest in- Durant misses a layup and then the putback

Laughing

by Guest Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:11 am

Lakers sigh.......

Had the game in their hand and now throwing it away

by Guest Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:47 am

And its a blowout

Kobe needs to stop shooting so much and start hustling the ball more to Bynum lmao

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:52 am

Problem wasn't Kobe tonight.

It was Brown.

Subbed out Sessions with No reason , and Westbrook got hot.

by Guest Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:56 am

Le Samourai wrote:Problem wasn't Kobe tonight.

It was Brown.

Subbed out Sessions with No reason , and Westbrook got hot.

Yeah Sessions was on fire then subbed him out and didn't bring him back till it was too late

so odd

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:13 am

Sessions was playing OK.

But the thing is, Brown screwed up on a couple key points.

>Sessions had Westbrook on lock almost mainly because Gasol and Bynum were killing him when he attacked the rim.When he took out Sessions for no reason in the 3rd, almost immediely Gasol gets two fouls called on him and has to sit.OKC proceeds to Kill us on the boards, get's every offensive rebound in sight, kills up in the paint.We can't win games getting outscore 20-2 in the paint, it's not going to happen.

>A minor mistake in his assigning of offensive responsibility.If Sessions is out....let Kobe guard Westbrook. Never ever let Barnes guard Durant, Artest locked him down tonight.

>Another thing you can always talk about is that this guy can't call a proper play to save his life, but I was expecting that one.

I was impressed by the Lakers tonight.It gives me more confidence than anything to see how effective Sessions is on Westbrook , Gasol was stupid to get into foul trouble, it won't happen too often.

In the other games OKC usually just outplay us and we have no answer, we had an answer for everything tonight, Brown just chose not to use them.

Side Note: Bynum will Abuse every center in the West. Perkins is the best defender IMO and he killed him.

Team's Woes:

Pretty Clear IMO

>Spacing went to shit without Sessions on the floor
>Kobe lol shooting a bit much
>Lack of rebounding without Gasol

by LeSwagg James Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:27 am

Mike Brown lol.. Garbage coach.. LeBron carried this bum to a good coaching record which allowed him to get that Lakers job.. He's not good enough for them

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 7:37 am

No he isn't

I've been very impressed by him , he's just s bit mediocre on offense.

Lebron has never carried anyone to anything .

by LeSwagg James Fri Mar 30, 2012 8:24 am

Le Samourai wrote:No he isn't

I've been very impressed by him , he's just s bit mediocre on offense.

Lebron has never carried anyone to anything .

Then who made one of the worst franchises in the league into a perennial powerhouse?

by The Franchise Fri Mar 30, 2012 10:32 am

Missed the game, fell asleep during the Heat-Dallas game and woke in time to see OKC had won.

Ticked off, wanted to see this one.

Going by highlights and box score, it seems Westbrook had his way and Durant got hot in the 4th (where he is king). Massive dunk over Gasol.

Kobe shooting 30% aint gona get it done either.

by Guest Fri Mar 30, 2012 1:29 pm

It was mostly in the 3rd that OKC won it. Terrible 1/4 for the Lakers, they just switched off......

by pUsHa Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:51 pm

For the love of god I hope Kobe wakes up ... the play-offs are coming he needs to get his sh1t toghether and start playing well ...

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:52 pm

Kobe is tired.

by pUsHa Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:55 pm

Le Samourai wrote:Kobe is tired.

He should at least stop shooting those damn stupid "heat-checks" , his assists also fell down from 6 in the beggining of the season to 3 now in march ... he's not helping the Lakers right now , he is shooting us out of games with these 7-25 performances ...

by Le Samourai Fri Mar 30, 2012 9:59 pm

Brown should rest him 16 minutes a game, ie...4 minutes each quarter.

by The Franchise Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:46 am

Browns fault, not Kobe's.

More combined minutes than Jordan's whole career right?

And you still playing him 38 minutes a game lol

Of course he going to struggle come the end of the season, his body is one of the oldest in the league, forget his age at this point its irrelevant.

And Kobe is Kobe, he isnt going to change his gun slinging mentality..so of course he going to shoot the ball and do what he been doing his whole career.

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