NBA Fan Thread

[Masoud_A]

Westbrook is now officially my fav PG in NBA he paralyzed Collison lol

[persianbruin]

WOw Kobe and crew beat Raps in LA

well I think it was proven 2 nights ago that lebron had the better cast when without him and shaq they beat san antonio! enough making HIM the savior

anyways I was talking about last second game winners, no doubt the lakers are playing like crap

[Masoud_A]

WOw Kobe and crew beat Raps in LA

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

who cares about gaykers and kobe beef

[persianbruin]

what a game winning shot by KObe . Phil Jackson is right when he says, Kobe's last second shots are tougher than you know who. That was simply amazing!

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

[persianbruin]

Pac-10 ball!! No wonder UCLA and the entire league has got so weak!!

UCLA vs Stanford 2 years ago. In the first 4 seconds you see:

Darren Collison (UCLA) - New Orleans Hornets
Kevin Love (UCLA) - Minnesota timberwolves
Russell Westbrook (UCLA) - Oklahoma City Thunder
Luc Richard Mbah Amoute (UCLA) - Milwaukee Bucks
Robin Lopez (Stanford) - Phoenix Suns

and Brook lopez is probably on the bench! simply amazing!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

[persianbruin]

PB you know you could sue people if they dont let you have their seat on the bus

hala bekhand, cheshm beh ham bezani dari do dasti mizani to saret!!

but seriously I have this 24 year old friend who always says I have the heart of a 20 year old and people in school who don't know me think I am one of the students. when my former students see me around campus they all talk to me like I am one of the guys so honestly the only thing that reminds me I am in my 30's is my ID........and of course the fact that so may NBA players that are younger than me are now considered veterans!

[Masoud_A]

PB you know you could sue people if they dont let you have their seat on the bus

[persianbruin]

^^ its scary.. im gettin old senior citizen now!

khejalat bekesh!

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

^^ its scary.. im gettin old senior citizen now!

[persianbruin]

^ the penny shorts thing, honestly to me seems like it happened yeasterday. Its scary how quilckly times FLIES!

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

was chit chattin wit a good buddy of mine from boring new PFDC site and penny hardaway was brought up and the whole 90's nba.. those were the good old days...if anyone else here is all about 90's bball post sum cool vids yo dont be shy. come on ppl make this thread more fun.. this site is already getting more and more boring everyday







even the bball commercials were the best yo

[persianbruin]

I don't care about who is more clutch, who is the better closer, who scores more etc. We're purely talking about bball IQ.
Usually the best sign of someone having high bball IQ is their assist #'s (which is indicative of how well they see the open court and can spot mismatches), as well as the ability to make players around them better.
No comparison between Lebron and Kobe's assist numbers. Kobe can put up 15 assists in a game if he wants to, but it's not something engrained in his mentality that he will do consistently night in and night out like Lebron does. Lebron's team concept of basketball is more refined than Kobe.
No doubt Lebron makes his teammates much better. With Kobe, it's arguable. Many of his teammates throughout the years have had a difficult time adjusting to his shoot first mentality that has alienated them on the court. Kobe wants to win, but there is no way he is taking a back seat to anyone. He will, and demands to average his 30 points a game. Even if it pisses off his own teammates like Pau, who have become increasingly frustrated while complaining publicly about their number of shots in the media. You could see it in the underlying comments of his teammates after they went on the winning streak with him out a few weeks ago. It was obvious to everyone (not sure how you didn't catch on to something so glaring). It was the same with him and Shaq. Look how much Artest has regressed in 1 year playing next to Kobe, even though he came in with the assumption that he would score significantly less. While everyone in the NBA believes basketball should be played inside-out (ie throw the ball to the big man in the post first, and then kick out to the open guards), Kobe fundamentally plays outside-in (with his big men as the 2nd option).
Nothing like that has ever happened with any of Lebron's teammates. Like you, I think Kobe is great. But take off your blindfolds for once and accept certain realities. Lebron having a better team basketball IQ than Kobe doesn't make Kobe any less of the superstar than he already is.

Yes bball IQ Kobe is better than lebron....any questions? and there was recently a vote amongst NBA players abut who has the most bball IQ and Kobe's % as #1 was so huge

and I ahve said before in terms of "skills" the only thing Lebron is better at is his passing.

Interms of making players better, its funny how players who became NBA starters when playing with Kobe either come off the bench with other teams (chuckie atkins and Kwame brown) or were dropped from the league altogether like Smush (who?) Parker I wonder if smush ever sent a thank you note to Kobe when he got that 5 million 2 year contract from Miami where shaq and dwade didnt make him better and he was eventually dropped from the team