Post Up: In Control

Amen to that. I’m betting that Brian Scalabrine could step onto any court where local chaps ball regularly, he’s dropping 50 on them without breaking a sweat. NBA players are that good, just imagine if White Mamba could do that, what does that say about just how good guys like the Black Mamba, DWade and other elite players are.
There’s a reason why these guys are paid millions to do what they do and it has nothing to do with just having the “right genetics”

Jtaylor…Scalabrine is 6’8. Of course he could dominate on any court outside the nba. Height is genetic. Why don’t you understand that?

Athletically/Vertically Challenged players with Pro Skillsets* But its also possible to develop athletic skills, like going to speed camps, doing jump programs, yada yada. And height doesn’t keep anyone out of anywhere, its about the work you put in. And if you disagree why don’t you give my boy J.J Barea a phone call, and ask him how his height got him to the NBA

SG
You specifically said that it’s not a difficult skill. Or at least you implied that in your comments.
I disagree vehemently. It’s really hard, regardless of how tall you are, or how well you jump, to play basketball at the level they play it in the NBA.
I guess we just disagree.
Lakeshow
Of course I think my way is better, that’s why I’m doing it. If I didn’t think it was better, why would I do it. And, where did I say you weren’t a “real” fan. I said from the beginning, there is something mighty curious about someone saying “my sonics” but having the name Lakeshow. That is laughable
And it’s even stranger when said person doesn’t like “bandwagon” fans.
You dont’ like bandwagon fans, but when the NBA stripped your city of its longtime team you switched your allegiance to one of the most popular teams in the league.
Ummm, ok.

didn’t mean to echo anything previously said, salesman in my office distracting me from my work and my commenting my bad

LOL @nbk. I hate when work distracts me from commenting too.
Like I have an hour long meeting later.
Damnit. Can’t they see I have commenting to do!
Oh, and nbk – in regards to yesterday with your rat terrier dog – all terriers were originally bred for that purpose.
To dig out vermin and such.

NBK. have you heard of DVR? have you heard of watching multiple teams play…. i mean really dude.

well then I’m a true fan of the entire league. what does watching every team have to do with being a fan? whatever, i’m out, someone make some sense out of this

But Allen I can’t be a die hard Sonics fan. There is no such thing. I live in LA!!! I like Kobe. How you take that is up to you also.
NBK i didn’t know there was a a difference between a fan and a guy who loves and watches a rediculous amount of basketball…

Shout out to Dion Glover.

So how’d that work out for you, Brion?

Well I ordered NBA league pass this year if that tells ya anything

What am I gonna do, start following the Mariners? no thanks

SG: you say you know a lot of people with skills who just don’t have the size for the NBA. Now, if your skilled friends can’t, say, hit at least 75% of their jumpers in practice then there’s really nothing to talk about. I’ve played against fringe NBA guys like Denham Brown and Bill Walker in AAU, camps and whatnot and their skill level (not athletic ability) is off the chart. They can rain jumpers with guys in their face like it’s nothing. Split double teams and stop on a dime for the pull up J… at 230 lb! Of course, they can’t do that in the league because there others even more skilled than them at creating but they would blow your mind in an open gym.

Lakeshow you started off arguing that you were a laker fan, now your a fan of the whole league? That’s fine, but define yourself. Don’t defend being a Laker fan by saying you watch over 150 games a year, that doesn’t make any sense. You are a fan of the NBA, who roots for the Lakers because he doesn’t have a home town team? is that what your trying to say?

oh yeah, we gettin played? like we don’t choose to come on here and talk about meaningless NBA stuff, we get suckered in? yup makes sense, if anything I’m happy about anything said on here that provokes responses. Maybe you thinkin we are getting played is actually you getting played?

The only problem with that NBK is that i live in LA and like the Lakers allot.. So no i’m a fan of the Lakers and like watching basketball in general. I’m surprised how difficult this is to comprehend. Fan of the Lakers and a fan of the league. Oooooh ahhhhh. I’m like a hybrid

SG – Jimmer Fredette is more athletic then Steve Nash. But Fredette also isn’t riding his bike around campus dribbling a tennis ball to increase his ball handling. See the difference

There were, and still are players who are considered slow, and non – athletic.
1 – Nash
2 – Michael Redd
3 – Boris Diaw
4 – Tim Duncan
5 – Mario Chalmers
6 – Antoine Walker
All of those guys have a skill(s) that has made them great livings, no?

well you have 2 “hometeams”, and your picking one because you like Kobe Bryant right? If Kobe went anywhere else would you be a fan of that team? If the Lakers didn’t have Kobe, would you be a Clippers fan? If you moved to Detroit would you be a Pistons fan? Stop calling it your hometown team that is clearly not the reason you jumped on the wagon. I don’t understand why it matters to you that your viewed as a bandwagon fan, just like you don’t understand why I won’t accept that your a true Laker fan, or whatever you call yourself.

LOL @ Michael.
So I guess we should just go on here, say “FIRST!” and comment on how our favorite teams performed the night before and leave it at that like on other, crappier websites.
But see we like actually being engaged in good basketball convo here, no matter how silly or trivial the subject at hand might be.

Allen, a lot of those guys were the smartest before they got to the league. I think that’s what the average fan doesn’t realize (not you, i’m sure you know but its worth saying), every player in the league was the best player in his high school, city, and was one of, if not the best player in their whole state. Its just that the NBA is a collection of the “best” from everywhere, so it may seem like some of these guys are “unathletic” or “dumb” but in reality, they are generally smarter and more athletic (on the court) then 99% of the population.

Nah, NBK.
Some cats, depending on their physical gifts, can get away with being “stupid” in a sense when they are playing against lesser competition in high school and college. They don’t get exposed until they get to a level where their physical gifts either give them no true advantage, or only a very small advantage.
But I agree, for the most part, professional basketball is a collection of cats who absolutely dominated on every level, or at the very least on the high school level. All of them used to kill players at some point.

Yes I am NBK. Band Wagon fan just sounds so condescending. I am a huge fan of the Lakers. Watched all but 7 total regular season games in the last 5 years and every playoff one. And go to several every year. I’m the dopest band wagon fan ever if I am one lol. Well the dictionary doesn’t exactly have the phrase “band wagon fan” in it does it?..

Ricky Davis was dumb. That’s the first name that came to me.