If I was to be honest about your analysis, I would get an infraction, so I'll leave it at that. Connect the dots.Repeat after me:
Beno.......CLUTCH!
Reke......not so much!
You lose all credibilty when you compare our 20 yr old rookie to Jordan, after he had been in the league for 7+ years. It took him YEARS to develop enough trust in his teammates to pass the ball in those situations. If thats what you expect from Tyreke now, than you have a very poor understanding of professional basketball.If we treat someone like a second coming, then we should receive like from second coming.
Perhaps an illustration might help. Michael Jordan. The NBA finals. Last game, final seconds. Paxton makes the winning shot. The people cheer! Where's instant replay? Let's see this winning shot again! Wait a minute. In slow motion, as the ball heads toward Paxtons waiting hands, we see somthing else in the distance, in the corner of the screen. It's Michael Jordan. He is falling to the ground! As Paxton releases the ball, Jordan is on the floor, his hands and legs flailing wildely. He is rejoicing! He is crazy with joy! We glance back. The ball is still in the air heading toward the net.
Michael knew!
I can repeat the story with Steve Kerr in the role of Paxton. Can you see the pattern?
And Jordan wasn't lesser player because he allowed somebody else to shine in some particular situation. No, that made him even bigger. This kind of situations show you his remarkable bball IQ. And that makes him different from Bryants, Wades, Carters and other great players.
And I would like to see Evans to follow Jordan, not Kobe.
So I'll be hard on his *** as hell!
I just don't like that Iso play. Forces Tyreke through all the defenders. Put him on the wing, make him beat one guy, maybe two.
You lose all credibilty when you compare our 20 yr old rookie to Jordan, after he had been in the league for 7+ years. It took him YEARS to develop enough trust in his teammates to pass the ball in those situations. If thats what you expect from Tyreke now, than you have a very poor understanding of professional basketball.
But that is the point, I DON'T!
Some people on this board are "pumping up" things about Tyreke over the "healty limits". So is the coaching stuff. I don't care much for this last two games by Evans. He is becoming predictable. He allowed LeBronze to suck him into the 1 on 1 game just by trash talking to him.
I know he is a rookie, but that is why he needs some guidance. Give him time to learn, don't spoil him with do what ever you like approach.
And what exactly are the "healthy limits"? And what exactly is the coaching staff supposed to do in your opinion?
GUIDANCE
Definition:
- [noun] something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Synonyms: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction- [noun] the act of guiding or showing the way
Synonyms: steering- [noun] the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
Synonyms: steering, direction
They are allowed to do that before the game, during the game and also (would you believe it) after the game. And there are many forms of it.![]()
That's Tyreke being your PG. Any questions?
You just don't get, do you?One of my favorite quotes ever..
"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
- Michael Jordan
If we treat someone like a second coming, then we should receive like from second coming.
Perhaps an illustration might help. Michael Jordan. The NBA finals. Last game, final seconds. Paxton makes the winning shot. The people cheer! Where's instant replay? Let's see this winning shot again! Wait a minute. In slow motion, as the ball heads toward Paxtons waiting hands, we see somthing else in the distance, in the corner of the screen. It's Michael Jordan. He is falling to the ground! As Paxton releases the ball, Jordan is on the floor, his hands and legs flailing wildely. He is rejoicing! He is crazy with joy! We glance back. The ball is still in the air heading toward the net.
Michael knew!
I can repeat the story with Steve Kerr in the role of Paxton. Can you see the pattern?
And Jordan wasn't lesser player because he allowed somebody else to shine in some particular situation. No, that made him even bigger. This kind of situations show you his remarkable bball IQ. And that makes him different from Bryants, Wades, Carters and other great players.
And I would like to see Evans to follow Jordan, not Kobe.
So I'll be hard on his *** as hell!
You just don't get, do you?
Jordans quote just confirms his greatness. He doesn't speak of how many shots he made, how many games he won and how many times was he trusted to take the game winning shot and made it.
But from the history we know that during this process he learned that he couldn't do it by himself and he learned to use and trust his teammates even in the biggest occasions.
I dare you to find some real big games where Kobe, Wade or LeBron did just that.
I am in full agreement here. However, Jordan was in his mid to late 20s when this was happening. At age 20, he was still at NC. And Kobe has actually learned how to share and trust his team mates. However, he was nearly 30 before that happened. Reke needs to learn these same lessons. He is way aheard of the curve for his age, but the last two games he let the challenge and late game situations distract him. These are learning experiences, the best is yet to come.
Tyreke's post-game comments (source, NBC Sports):
“There’s no way in the world we should have lost that game,” Evans said. “I just thought toward the end things didn’t go our way. But it was also Kobe. He just took over the game with those two 3s.”
“It was the worst game I have ever played in the NBA,” Evans said. “We had the lead and we had a couple of bad plays down the stretch.”
Read other comments by players, coaches on both teams here: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/34599350/ns/sports-nba/
By telling him that he doesn't have to try to finish the offense by himself every damn time? By telling him to look for his opened teammates? By explaing him that basketball is a team game? By showing him some clips of his bad plays? By showing him some clips of his good plays? By showing him some clips of good plays made by other players? By... Choose your poison, possibilities are almost unlimited.And how is giving 'Reke the ball so he learns how to run those last second situations not guidance?
Dude, which one is it? Do you want to give Tyreke time to develop, or will you continue to blame him for not being at the same level as Kobe/lebron/jordan? He's becoming predictable. Really? Its his 27th ******* game in the nba.! What the hell do you expect from a 20 yr old rookie, seriously?But that is the point, I DON'T!
Some people on this board are "pumping up" things about Tyreke over the "healty limits". So is the coaching staff. I don't care much for this last two games by Evans. He is becoming predictable. He allowed LeBronze to suck him into the 1 on 1 game just by trash talking to him.
I know he is a rookie, but that is why he needs some guidance. Give him time to learn, don't spoil him with that "do what ever you like" approach.
I agree with you.I agree. Really gave us nothing. Made me nervous with his ballhandling tonight.
If we treat someone like a second coming, then we should receive like from second coming.
Perhaps an illustration might help. Michael Jordan. The NBA finals. Last game, final seconds. Paxton makes the winning shot. The people cheer! Where's instant replay? Let's see this winning shot again! Wait a minute. In slow motion, as the ball heads toward Paxtons waiting hands, we see somthing else in the distance, in the corner of the screen. It's Michael Jordan. He is falling to the ground! As Paxton releases the ball, Jordan is on the floor, his hands and legs flailing wildely. He is rejoicing! He is crazy with joy! We glance back. The ball is still in the air heading toward the net.
Michael knew!
I can repeat the story with Steve Kerr in the role of Paxton. Can you see the pattern?
And Jordan wasn't lesser player because he allowed somebody else to shine in some particular situation. No, that made him even bigger. This kind of situations show you his remarkable bball IQ. And that makes him different from Bryants, Wades, Carters and other great players.
And I would like to see Evans to follow Jordan, not Kobe.
So I'll be hard on his *** as hell!
I didn't break out that quote. Some other poster did. I responded to that quote and used it to prove my point.Michael Jordan was also 30 by the time of those highlights.
Then you break out a quote from an MJ commercial -- one of my two favorite MJ commercials even, but a quote that very likely was not even written by MJ but rather by an ad man, and then you don't even understand what it said. MJ says I have failed and failed and failed again...AND THAT IS WHY I SUCCEED. You learn from failure. Failure is at the core of experience. So how do you become great? You suck, and struggle, and fail, and make mistakes...and then if you have the stuff you learn from it, and next time you don't make that same mistake. This is how it works.
So are you just gonna ignore the other 90% of the time that MJ took the shot for himself?
If we treat someone like a second coming, then we should receive like from second coming.
Perhaps an illustration might help. Michael Jordan. The NBA finals. Last game, final seconds. Paxton makes the winning shot. The people cheer! Where's instant replay? Let's see this winning shot again! Wait a minute. In slow motion, as the ball heads toward Paxtons waiting hands, we see somthing else in the distance, in the corner of the screen. It's Michael Jordan. He is falling to the ground! As Paxton releases the ball, Jordan is on the floor, his hands and legs flailing wildely. He is rejoicing! He is crazy with joy! We glance back. The ball is still in the air heading toward the net.
Michael knew!
I can repeat the story with Steve Kerr in the role of Paxton. Can you see the pattern?
And Jordan wasn't lesser player because he allowed somebody else to shine in some particular situation. No, that made him even bigger. This kind of situations show you his remarkable bball IQ. And that makes him different from Bryants, Wades, Carters and other great players.
And I would like to see Evans to follow Jordan, not Kobe.
So I'll be hard on his *** as hell!
Tyreke is taking too much time because he still doesn't have the jump shot so he is poking at the defense. I think he might be able to finish at the rim against lesser teams. No way he beat Cavs or Lakers like that. But maybe PW doesn't care at this stage and he wants to give Tyreke the confidence so he can finish against the worriers, clippers and Toronto, not really keeping the Lakers and Celtics in mind here. The thing I really don't like is the fact Tyreke does not have the jump shot. Most of the game winners coming out of isos are mid-long range jumpers. It is rare to see a player win a game with a lay up or a dunk out of an iso(not involving a pass to someone else, of course). Tyreke had 2 great finishes in Milwaukee and Chicago but I think PW should start drawing some plays. You need to find a way to build Tyreke's confidence, keeping in mind he is not D.Wade, yet.
I agree with your point that Paul Westphal should consider that Tyreke doesn't yet have a jumpshot when drawing up plays.
But as an aside, I think the jumpshot is the easiest thing to develop with practice. Look at guys like KG and LeBron who had no shot when they came into the league but developed them with time. Now KG has a deadly mid-range game and LeBron is shooting 38 percent from three (which includes all of his stupid heat-checks from 30 feet). So in the long term, Tyreke can still become a good shooter in this league.
Ok, I repeated it but...
You have to admit Reke was CLUTCH in the final second against Milwaukee. Maybe he's better on the road than at home![]()
I think it's all about match-ups at the very end. Reke is not in the league of Kobe or LeBron as good as he is at age 20 - but who is? D-Wade, Melo... that's about it. Against Milwaukee in final second was matched up against fellow rookie Jennings who he went by and then it was breaking down slow foot Bogot. No sweat for Reke Havoc. A little different trying first to breakdown Kobe and if you could get that done then on into the lane with twin-towers Gasol and Bynum protecting the rim![]()
The rook is learning and in the meantime Coach W seems content to have him take his lumps out there on some nights while on others marveling at his talent as an amazing "basketball player."