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Looks like Randle is out tonight also.
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Keep chucking Clarkson
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Clarkson shooting his way right outta Los Angeles
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Clarkson been waiting to put 'em up since Kobe was here lol
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No wonder you think he hasn't improved. You don't even know when he's on the court
I thought he was in street clothes.
I didn't know that that was the Lakers warm up gear.
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Yup same old Randle & Clarkson.
Randle dumb a*s continues to drive to the hoop stupidly and usually loses the ball, plays bully and loses the ball, picks up offensive foul by settings illegal picks & screens.
Clarkson just continues to chuck up shots and plays zero defense.
Yeah like I said no improvement from 3rd & 4th year veteran players.
Randle dumb a*s continues to drive to the hoop stupidly and usually loses the ball, plays bully and loses the ball, picks up offensive foul by settings illegal picks & screens.
Clarkson just continues to chuck up shots and plays zero defense.
Yeah like I said no improvement from 3rd & 4th year veteran players.
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We look really good, despite not having BI and Ball.
Really with dudes like CP saying we need to just ride this young core out, man, just pick a vet next offseason but don't tear up this young core.
Really with dudes like CP saying we need to just ride this young core out, man, just pick a vet next offseason but don't tear up this young core.
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We look really good, despite not having BI and Ball.
Really with dudes like CP saying we need to just ride this young core out, man, just pick a vet next offseason but don't tear up this young core.
They've been trying that the past 2 seasons.
Mitch & Jim signed Mozgov & Deng to the horrible contracts everyone hates. We got lucky the Nets took D'Lo to get rid of Moz's contract.
Deng's contract we're stuck with and at this point can only buy him out or use the stretch provision on him.
Magic & Pelinka are trying this now with Lopez & KCP which isn't going well and everyone on here isn't happy how both these guys have played so far.
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Thought you guys would enjoy this response I posted in a really good sports group I'm in on FB.
Kobe related discussion, and someone had mentioned him being a ballhog. I replied "29th on the all time assists list, though. *shrug*
They asked "29th in assists? And where's he at in scoring again?"
My response:
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Oh, he's 3rd all time in scoring. The only 2 in front of him are Karl Malone at 2 at Kareem at 1.
Now... where are Kareem and Karl in terms of all time assists? Kobe is 3rd in scoring and 29th in assists, but we're calling him a ballhog, so how much of a ballhog were the 2 people in front of him? #1 and #2 in scoring, but what about passing?
I looked at a top 50 all time assists list. Kareem is 41st, Karl is not on it.
So...
- #1 in points is #41 in dimes
- #2 in points is not even top 50 in dimes
- #3 points person is #29 in dimes
And the #3 person is often compared to Jordan. Whether you disagree with that or not, I'm sure you're aware that it happens. Well, Jordan is 4th in scoring... and 43rd in dimes. Kobe is 29th in passes, Jordan is 43rd. Do you consider MJ a ballhog?
In fact, besides Kareem and Kobe, the only other person to play 20 seasons and be top 50 in both scoring and assists... is Kevin Garnett, (17th in points and 48th in assists). Do you consider KG a ballhog?
Kobe related discussion, and someone had mentioned him being a ballhog. I replied "29th on the all time assists list, though. *shrug*
They asked "29th in assists? And where's he at in scoring again?"
My response:
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Oh, he's 3rd all time in scoring. The only 2 in front of him are Karl Malone at 2 at Kareem at 1.
Now... where are Kareem and Karl in terms of all time assists? Kobe is 3rd in scoring and 29th in assists, but we're calling him a ballhog, so how much of a ballhog were the 2 people in front of him? #1 and #2 in scoring, but what about passing?
I looked at a top 50 all time assists list. Kareem is 41st, Karl is not on it.
So...
- #1 in points is #41 in dimes
- #2 in points is not even top 50 in dimes
- #3 points person is #29 in dimes
And the #3 person is often compared to Jordan. Whether you disagree with that or not, I'm sure you're aware that it happens. Well, Jordan is 4th in scoring... and 43rd in dimes. Kobe is 29th in passes, Jordan is 43rd. Do you consider MJ a ballhog?
In fact, besides Kareem and Kobe, the only other person to play 20 seasons and be top 50 in both scoring and assists... is Kevin Garnett, (17th in points and 48th in assists). Do you consider KG a ballhog?
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Randle's not even playing tonite bro. What are you talking about?
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Fam I think you may have a concussion.
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Forget this game, he's been stinking it up all season. No improvement
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That ballhog narrative is only because of the bad optics with Kobe shooting so many contested shots and shots over double and triple teams lol
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Anyone know where Randle ranks with charging fouls this season?
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I like Randle with this team going forward. He's a luxury to have off the bench.
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I'll be surprised if he's not in top 5 tbh
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Kobe at #29 on the all time career assists list is primarily because of his role during the 3 peat years with Shaq.
I mean it's been well documented over the years that he was the facilitator who setup and ran the triangle offense and played the point forward position that basically Scottie played for the Bulls.
If you go back and watch the games from that era you see it's Kobe setting up guys like Shaq, Horry, Fox, Fisher, Shaw for key shots in games.
Fast forward to the back to back championship years he was setting up Pau, Odom, Bynum, Ariza, and Fisher with key shots.
I mean it's been well documented over the years that he was the facilitator who setup and ran the triangle offense and played the point forward position that basically Scottie played for the Bulls.
If you go back and watch the games from that era you see it's Kobe setting up guys like Shaq, Horry, Fox, Fisher, Shaw for key shots in games.
Fast forward to the back to back championship years he was setting up Pau, Odom, Bynum, Ariza, and Fisher with key shots.
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Random, just saw Anthony Brown in the stands with what looked like an agent/manager. Crazy we drafted him 3 years ago
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2nd round pick. To bad he couldn't do what they drafted him for which was make 3's & play defense.
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Early second rounder, thought he’d last longer
