[Game] Kings @ Spurs 12/29/13, 4PM PST
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I'll take a crack at a full explanation, beginning with the fact that Slim seems to dislike this strange need of some to provide nicknames/abbreviations for all our players, which are occasionally longer or harder to say than the players' actual names.
Enter newly acquired player Rudy Gay, who happens to have two small and easy to type names. Resigning to his fate and acknowledging the inevitable, Slim proposes a nickname for Rudy to get it over with.
He suggests NTTAWWT. This is an acronym for the saying "Not that there's anything wrong with that" which originated from the television show 'Seinfeld'
The connection is that this saying was used on the show in reference to gay people, gay tendencies, gay behavior, etc. Gay is Rudy's last name.
And an awful nickname was preemptively born.
Enter newly acquired player Rudy Gay, who happens to have two small and easy to type names. Resigning to his fate and acknowledging the inevitable, Slim proposes a nickname for Rudy to get it over with.
He suggests NTTAWWT. This is an acronym for the saying "Not that there's anything wrong with that" which originated from the television show 'Seinfeld'
The connection is that this saying was used on the show in reference to gay people, gay tendencies, gay behavior, etc. Gay is Rudy's last name.
And an awful nickname was preemptively born.
I have no idea. I have my doubts. I've always had my doubts. I wanted no part of him before the draft, then he sort of fell in our laps.
That's why I'd have no issue trading him if the right offer came around. He reminds me so much of Thomas Robinson mentally. Like he just doesn't understand what he's supposed to do at any given time. He's shooting when he shouldn't, not shooting when he should. Helping at weird times. Falling asleep on off the ball defense / leaving shooting. His head is a mess right now.
That's why I'd have no issue trading him if the right offer came around. He reminds me so much of Thomas Robinson mentally. Like he just doesn't understand what he's supposed to do at any given time. He's shooting when he shouldn't, not shooting when he should. Helping at weird times. Falling asleep on off the ball defense / leaving shooting. His head is a mess right now.
he doesn't need to sit all 5 starters at he same time, there is really no need for that. and he did it for an extended stretch, against the SA Spurs of all people. it did not go well.
And he left Jimmer in for WAY too long. yes Isaiah had 2 fouls. but you have to be able to put him back in early in the 2nd and trust that he wont pick up another foul
And he left Jimmer in for WAY too long. yes Isaiah had 2 fouls. but you have to be able to put him back in early in the 2nd and trust that he wont pick up another foul
I have a lot more to worry about personally than whether or not Ray McCallum is going to see playing time. If he had any skills at all, don't you think he'd be out there? I suspect he is either totally unable to understand offensive schemes or he's even less adapt than Jimmer or he's showing so little in practice it's obvious to everyone he's not ready.
Everybody clamored for Ben to start. And look what's happened. The idea of rookies being able to compete successfully right away in the NBA is something way too many people take for granted. A good number of rookies just aren't able to do so. The gap between college and the NBA is not just a puddle for those rookies not named Lebron James or Kevin Durant.
Everybody clamored for Ben to start. And look what's happened. The idea of rookies being able to compete successfully right away in the NBA is something way too many people take for granted. A good number of rookies just aren't able to do so. The gap between college and the NBA is not just a puddle for those rookies not named Lebron James or Kevin Durant.