Lawyers/Guns & Money

He did everything left handed for 16 years. Eating, writing, shooting, etc. He's only been using his right hand for 8 years. Shoot the darn ball underhanded. He's got all summer to work on it. How cool would that be? For crying out loud, he'd only have to shoot 65% for it to be a significant improvement, and think of all the you tube comparisons of him and Wilt. All I'm saying is that nothing else has worked so far. That is a fact.

You either have a great sense of humor, or you live in China. That's just a guess.

Dwight was a natural left hander until he broke his hand in high school at age 16. In order to keep playing basketball, he switched to shooting with his right hand. What I'm saying is he did EVERYTHING left handed for longer than what he's been shooting free throws for right handed. I think it's time he tried it Wilt Chamberlain style. That would be too cool.

quote: Originally posted by BakoMagic:we need jameer to be aggressive thats when he and the team are at their best. when dwight is having trouble in the post jameer (or vc) is facilitating are our inside and out offense by driving into the lane and kicking it out to open shooters, lobbing it to dwight, or scoring himself. why is it so difficult for some of you to understand this. it is a simple basketball concept. by the way jwill may be the best passer but he is closing in on mp for the teams worst shot selection, those pull up threes are momentum killers and he has probably made like ten percent of those all season. Actually, J Will is 3rd on the team at 3 pt%. Rashard is .384 and J Will is .380. I believe Jameer is our starter, but stats prove that J Will is a pretty good long range shooter.

Rashard and Jameer are both to blame, but that's not surprising because neither one are hard-nose defensive players. Never will be. I like the fact that Matt is grumbling. Remember that he is the one who called the team out for playing soft a while back. My question is this..... Am I the only one who thought that JJ looked like he was about 5'2" when he took the ball to the hoop last night?

quote: Originally posted by DatDude2:All jokes aside Drew Gooden talent wise is what we need at the 4 spot. He is 6'10 can post has a nice mid range jumper and can play some 5 against the smaller 5's in the east. If he would come for part of the mle it would be a plus for us and we could move Gortat if need be plus besides Gortat and Howard we really dont have any length in the post I'm not sure, but I believe the only way we can keep Barnes is to offer him the full MLE. I could be wrong, and I'm sure someone will let me know if I am. lol.

Since it OBVIOUSLY means something different, as you say, can you tell me what it DOES mean?

quote: Originally posted by the notorious S.A.C.:We need another Matt Barnes...Its amazing that all the in your face play on our whole team was by him. The rest of the team played well but to me just didnt seem to push back to the degree that barnes did. I dont mean it in a disrepecting manner but someone else get in a lakers face and let them know this is a different team. Hopefully some of his attitude will rub off on dwight. Now the obvious...If dwight had chopped gasol flagrantly like gasol did he would have been ejected and gasol would have been at the morgue. If I remember wasnt their a similar incident in orlando between those two last year? I dont for the life of me know how david stern lets one of their meal tickets, dwight, get pounded to that degree. I can guarantee you if gasol pounded the crybaby bron like that stern would have gone on the court and told gasol to enjoy his new career as a boiled peanut salesman on the side of SR44 in samsula. His career would have ended. I feel bad for dwight. Props to jameer...I think he is back to pre all star game form from last year. Now lets have a great stretch run. Agreed.

quote: Originally posted by apexturbo:I have to say that admitting to illegal activity on the internet where you create an account and the ip address is recorded with every post is not the most intelligent thing I have ever seen. As for the game thread I thought that the video was what ABC played during the finals. He is either the dumbest person on this forum (admitting illegal activity), or he's working undercover for the Feds. I suspect the former. He needs to back away slowly from his keyboard. Unbelievable.

quote: Originally posted by AQUARIUM61:I miss CLee. We win. I miss CLee, too. I also miss Sky's stock up and stock down, and wish that he would reconsider his decision to stop posting it after the games. What say yee, Sky? Just throw one in after the Nets game and bring back some of the magic (pun intended) of last season. OK?

quote: Originally posted by Skywise316: quote: There's no arguing with the results. With his perfect shooting night in Houston, Howard became the first NBA player to combine 30 or more points and 15 or more rebounds without missing a field goal (minimum 10 attempts) since Wilt Chamberlain did it on March 11, 1969. When only you and Wilt Chamberlain have done something? That's worth sitting back and appreciating. So true. It may have been a different era but Wilt was the Babe Ruth of the NBA. I'm old enough to remember his 100 point game (which was even more incredible because the Knicks fouled him purposely to make the 51% free throw shooter get his points). Besides the fact that he averaged 30 points and 23 rebounds a game for his career, he came into the NBA as a defensive player. Since blocked shots were not a statistic during his era, a lot of people don't know what a force he was. Maybe this link will help. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=849_WdqJ8o8

quote: Originally posted by AddiFB:Being left or right handed has no bearing on free throws. However, if he is left handed and broke his left wrist and had to switch to using his right to shoot, that can offset the FT aiming a bit. Well, for some, alot. But he has shot right handed for quite some time now so he should be close to equal. Regarding trade deadline deals, I'm glad no trade was made. I really think this team just needed time to get it together and it's showing over the past few weeks. Just in time for playoffs. Built like the Spurs? Regular season bigs but offseasons juggernauts? I'm just saying that if he is a natural left hander like he claims, I'm surprised that he hasn't experimented shooting free throws with his natural hand, in practice of course, not in a game. I understand that it probably doesn't make much difference at the range he normally shoots from, but the free throw line is quite a bit further out than that. If he starts shooting free throws left handed at a 75% clip, I'm taking credit for it.

He's left handed? Does anybody else think that this may have some bearing on his poor free throw shooting?

quote: Originally posted by LeBrickJames: quote: He's improved this year, but his inconsistent offense is not going to help his case during the off season. Hopefully we can keep him for a minimum price. What are you talking about? He has been VERY consistent with his offense this season. Last night was just a bad game; everyone has one. What am I talking about, you say? Here's what. In a 12 game stretch running from Dec 23 to Jan 15, JJ was 17 for 55 from the 3 point line. In the last 9 games he's 4 for 22. That is 27% in two separate consecutive game stretches that total 21 games, over 30% of the games he's played in. Again, he's either very good or very bad. I was not simply referring to last night. I like him on our team, but he's not worth more than what he's already getting paid. He hustles, he's smart, but he's short and still is NOT a consistent 3 point shooter.

quote: Originally posted by ThisIsTheYear:After last night's game, he'd be lucky to receive the vet. min. JJ is 4 for 22 from the 3 point line in his last 9 games. It seems that he either plays very good or very bad. He's improved this year, but his inconsistent offense is not going to help his case during the off season. Hopefully we can keep him for a minimum price.