with Grant before the game tonight where they talked about the booing and Grant said "Does the booing bother you?" and Bibby said "no it pumps us up" and than Grant said "You can understand though why it happend right?" and Bibby said " No I cant you should never boo your team, we are going out there giving it 100 percent." and than Grant said " So what your asking is please fans don't boo us." and Bibby said "yea".
Anyone see the Bibby interview??
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Makes no sense... Bibby got boo'd Cisco came in and the team got a huge burst of energy. Crowd went nuts Bibby caught fire defense was being played ball was being moved etc. If they were giving 100% it wouldn't take any boo'ing to "pump them up" I have no problem with losing. I have a problem with seeing no effort, and I assume that's how it was for the fans in the building.
I agree with Chelle and Bibby both. I have never and will never boo my team while at a game. I may not be cheering, but you won't hear me boo. I think you help the other team by doing that and we got to see the Nets strutting and laughing in our house for much of the last game as the fans booed our guys. Yeah, that really helps.
Sorry Chelle, do not mean to upset you. But at this point it is pretty hard not to call it like it is.
I'm not upset really. I simply disagree with booing and name calling when it comes to my team, basically any team (except the Lakers, of course
). I am just getting tired of all the negative and IMHO unsupportive posts lately. I am aware that it is because we are losing and the players have not performed to their full ability.
Where Bibby is specifically concerned, his positives WAY outweigh his negatives. I know that I am a fan of his. I want him to stay on this team. However, if a trade came along that would make the Kings better, I would do it. It would make me sad, but I am a Kings fan first. I do think that he is right about the booing. Just because he dislikes booing the home team does not make him a wuss.
I am not saying that my way of being a fan is better than those who want us to lose or are overly critical of certain players. It is just different. We can disagree and still be great fans.
Sorry guys. I have lost all hope for this arrangement of players. I am now excited to see young studs develope and flourish and start all over. It still feels like they are trying to complete the run that ended years ago. I am only excited about Kev and Williams and Garcia and Douby. I want to see them play more and I want the Kings to get a great pick out of this outstanding draft.
I do not care if they lose, I just want to see players that put their heart on the floor every night. I can be excited about that.
I do not care if they lose, I just want to see players that put their heart on the floor every night. I can be excited about that.
These guys are expected to go out there every night and act like they believe they can make it to the NBA finals. At some point, they have to go through periods of burnout, no matter how much money they're being paid. They don't want to lose, but they're being forced to take the court every single night and putting forth the maximum effort. At times, I'm sure it just gets to be too much. They are human, after all.
We Kings fans are very lucky to have any team chemistry left at all at this point IMHO. In Bibby's case especially, he's watched every other member of the team he went to the WCF with leave. And yet this team is still being compared to that team. To add insult to injury, the new coach has seemed - more often than not - to be clueless and there's nothing more disheartening than to realize you're being led by someone who doesn't know what they're doing.
Do people really think they want to go out there and lose? I've seen enough games to know that they don't like losing any more than we like watching them lose. Sometimes, however, I'm pretty sure they just get a little tired of being expected to do the impossible.
We Kings fans are very lucky to have any team chemistry left at all at this point IMHO. In Bibby's case especially, he's watched every other member of the team he went to the WCF with leave. And yet this team is still being compared to that team. To add insult to injury, the new coach has seemed - more often than not - to be clueless and there's nothing more disheartening than to realize you're being led by someone who doesn't know what they're doing.
Do people really think they want to go out there and lose? I've seen enough games to know that they don't like losing any more than we like watching them lose. Sometimes, however, I'm pretty sure they just get a little tired of being expected to do the impossible.
Yeah I saw the interview. The main thing that caught my attention was when Bibby said he didn't know what the coach had said in the time out as time was expiring. Kind of typical with Bibby.
As far as the booing goes, I can understand where he's coming from. It has to embarrassing when your own fans are booing at home in front of the visiting teams. However, it's pretty easy to see when they aren';t really giving 100% and when they give up trying to play team ball and go to the one on one stuff that always is a game loser.
I've never booed our team but I have been pretty disgusted lately. My advice would be to play better. If the fans feel they were ripped off by hundreds of dollars to watch uninspired one one one ball, what can they do except voice displeasure? You certainly can't file robbery charges at the Sheriff's Dept.
My advice would be to listen to the coach and follow instructions. You're paid millions of dollars to do just that.
As far as the booing goes, I can understand where he's coming from. It has to embarrassing when your own fans are booing at home in front of the visiting teams. However, it's pretty easy to see when they aren';t really giving 100% and when they give up trying to play team ball and go to the one on one stuff that always is a game loser.
I've never booed our team but I have been pretty disgusted lately. My advice would be to play better. If the fans feel they were ripped off by hundreds of dollars to watch uninspired one one one ball, what can they do except voice displeasure? You certainly can't file robbery charges at the Sheriff's Dept.
My advice would be to listen to the coach and follow instructions. You're paid millions of dollars to do just that.
the recent posts are on the same level as all the "trade (blank)" and "fire (blank)" threads that always pop up. what helps me think of them as not negative is that people on here are thinking about what can make the kings win.
as for bibby's comment, i'm confused. he doesn't want us to boo, but booing pumps them up? which are we supposed to do?
as for bibby's comment, i'm confused. he doesn't want us to boo, but booing pumps them up? which are we supposed to do?
the recent posts are on the same level as all the "trade (blank)" and "fire (blank)" threads that always pop up. what helps me think of them as not negative is that people on here are thinking about what can make the kings win.
as for bibby's comment, i'm confused. he doesn't want us to boo, but booing pumps them up? which are we supposed to do?
as for bibby's comment, i'm confused. he doesn't want us to boo, but booing pumps them up? which are we supposed to do?
Again, just my opinion.
I know everyone disagrees with the above statement, but not me. I just don't see Bibby as a "warrior", never have.
This guy is the league's biggest flopper. He's trying to flop on EVERY play (so much so I think it's making his 'real' game worse). To me, that's a definition of a wuss in basketball. Someone that cheats, whines, complains, exagerrates about every touch in basketball. Someone not willing to be gritty and do the dirty work. Those things ring true for Bibby this year.
As for being the "toughest" guy on this team, that's laughable. When he plays through a wired shut jaw or any injury even close ... sucks his food through a straw and barely misses a beat ... I'll concede.
This guy is the league's biggest flopper. He's trying to flop on EVERY play (so much so I think it's making his 'real' game worse). To me, that's a definition of a wuss in basketball. Someone that cheats, whines, complains, exagerrates about every touch in basketball. Someone not willing to be gritty and do the dirty work. Those things ring true for Bibby this year.
As for being the "toughest" guy on this team, that's laughable. When he plays through a wired shut jaw or any injury even close ... sucks his food through a straw and barely misses a beat ... I'll concede.
Oh please.
I'll agree that Mike's fondness for crying foul, especially in the last two years, is a facet of his game that I wish was not quite so pronounced. Perhaps after being on a team with Vlade for so long, the habit was unavoidable.
However, his history in the league, and in college, speaks for itself. The guy just doesn't get hurt, and frequently plays through multiple bangs and bruises. Usually without missing a step.
As for Shareef playing with his jaw wired shut, that took guts and displayed a level of toughness that I hadn't previously associated with him. Kudos. No one is trying to take that away from him. But, that incident aside, he just doesn't have the Iron-man history that Mike does. Sorry, but it's true.
I'll agree that Mike's fondness for crying foul, especially in the last two years, is a facet of his game that I wish was not quite so pronounced. Perhaps after being on a team with Vlade for so long, the habit was unavoidable.
However, his history in the league, and in college, speaks for itself. The guy just doesn't get hurt, and frequently plays through multiple bangs and bruises. Usually without missing a step.
As for Shareef playing with his jaw wired shut, that took guts and displayed a level of toughness that I hadn't previously associated with him. Kudos. No one is trying to take that away from him. But, that incident aside, he just doesn't have the Iron-man history that Mike does. Sorry, but it's true.
Booing is lame. I'm sure people remember the days of the powder blue where we looked pretty bad, effort nonwithstanding, and people didn't boo. Regardless of how crappy the team looked, and believe me, there were days, booing NEVER crossed my mind...unless Barkley came by. He was fair game.
Good for Bibby for standing up for himself/the team.
Good for Bibby for standing up for himself/the team.
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[/quote] Grant said "You can understand though why it happend right?" and Bibby said " No I cant you should never boo your team, we are going out there giving it 100 percent." and than Grant said " So what your asking is please fans don't boo us." and Bibby said "yea".[/quote]
This is why (in this thread) I called Bibby a wuss. And I am sticking with it. To say that he did not even understand why it happened???? I would much rather hear him say that he understands why he was booed and isn't having anymore of it.
This is why (in this thread) I called Bibby a wuss. And I am sticking with it. To say that he did not even understand why it happened???? I would much rather hear him say that he understands why he was booed and isn't having anymore of it.
Grant said "You can understand though why it happend right?" and Bibby said " No I cant you should never boo your team, we are going out there giving it 100 percent." and than Grant said " So what your asking is please fans don't boo us." and Bibby said "yea".[/quote]
This is why (in this thread) I called Bibby a wuss. And I am sticking with it. To say that he did not even understand why it happened???? I would much rather hear him say that he understands why he was booed and isn't having anymore of it.[/quote]I don't understand it either, because I'm a "never boo your own team" person. People want to, okay, but I'll never understand that mentality.
I believe that what was Bibby meant by not understanding it.
This is why (in this thread) I called Bibby a wuss. And I am sticking with it. To say that he did not even understand why it happened???? I would much rather hear him say that he understands why he was booed and isn't having anymore of it.[/quote]I don't understand it either, because I'm a "never boo your own team" person. People want to, okay, but I'll never understand that mentality.
I believe that what was Bibby meant by not understanding it.