[NBA] Comments that don't warrant their own thread (March)

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I know the Bobcats are terrible, but are they really getting blown out by a Jazz team that's missing both of their starting bigs?
 
If Indiana's radio play-by-play guy doesn't stop pronouncing Bellinelli as "Belly-Nelly," I think I'm going to have a stroke.
 
I think Jimmer will take off in his 3rd year. He's already 5th in the league in points per Min, behind Melo, Durant, Kobe, and Lebron.
 
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I said this before, on another message board, and I'll say it again: if this is legit, then Westbrook needs to seek out whoever is responsible for this picture, and have them executed.
 
kingsnation said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--k...ely-after-spraining-left-ankle-042340929.html

So, Kobe wants to talk about not playing dirty and protecting players? Um. How about we ask Kobe about that elbow to Bibby's face 10 years ago?

And a couple things: Jones is right regarding Kobe's leg kick - that is an offensive foul. Also, shouldn't the league fine Kobe for his "revenge" remark as that is, at worst, a threat?
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He was fading away and Jones just kept moving into him until he was under him (if you move into someone's leg, then yeah, you're going to get hit by their leg), it was a natural motion, not a kick. Look at videos of fade aways, and you'll noticed that same leg motion, it's called momentum. It was dirty, and I'm not quick to call things dirty, but it's obvious, obvious to even most Kobe haters.
 
Vlade4GM said:
He was fading away and Jones just kept moving into him until he was under him (if you move into someone's leg, then yeah, you're going to get hit by their leg), it was a natural motion, not a kick. Look at videos of fade aways, and you'll noticed that same leg motion, it's called momentum. It was dirty, and I'm not quick to call things dirty, but it's obvious, obvious to even most Kobe haters.
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I simply disagree. It's a natural motion? No. It's Kobe's natural motion not a fade's natural motion. You don't have to kick, to fade.

And if you want to talk momentum, it goes both ways. Jones was in the heat of the moment and any NBA defender guarding a last second shot would continue "moving" into him. Did he want to pressure the shot and make it as hard as possible for him to make it? Absolutely. Did he intend to hurt him? Absolutely not.
 
kingsnation said:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--k...ely-after-spraining-left-ankle-042340929.html

So, Kobe wants to talk about not playing dirty and protecting players? Um. How about we ask Kobe about that elbow to Bibby's face 10 years ago?

And a couple things: Jones is right regarding Kobe's leg kick - that is an offensive foul. Also, shouldn't the league fine Kobe for his "revenge" remark as that is, at worst, a threat?
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Ah, the Brave Little Soldier is at it again. Any time he gets hurt it's the worst injury ever, caused by the dirty play of the other player and almost impossible to come back from. And yet, within a few days, Bryant will be back on the court, fighting through the pain and being the bravest little soldier ever.
 
kingsnation said:
I simply disagree. It's a natural motion? No. It's Kobe's natural motion not a fade's natural motion. You don't have to kick, to fade.

And if you want to talk momentum, it goes both ways. Jones was in the heat of the moment and any NBA defender guarding a last second shot would continue "moving" into him. Did he want to pressure the shot and make it as hard as possible for him to make it? Absolutely. Did he intend to hurt him? Absolutely not.
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Watch some Jordan fade aways if your'e so unconvinced, he does the same thing. It's a natural motion of right handed fade aways, what else are their legs supposed to do? Both kick up? Both bent back? That doesn't make any sense.

Watch him from the side view, he takes an unnatural lunge with his last step that was completely unnecessary.
 
Vlade4GM said:
Watch some Jordan fade aways if your'e so unconvinced, he does the same thing. It's a natural motion of right handed fade aways, what else are their legs supposed to do? Both kick up? Both bent back? That doesn't make any sense.

Watch him from the side view, he takes an unnatural lunge with his last step that was completely unnecessary.
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The motion isn't that dissimilar to something Reggie Miller did for years. On an episode of Open Court, Miller confessed that he'd done it intentionally in the hopes of drawing the foul. It was a learned motion, not something that was "natural."
 
VF21 said:
The motion isn't that dissimilar to something Reggie Miller did for years. On an episode of Open Court, Miller confessed that he'd done it intentionally in the hopes of drawing the foul. It was a learned motion, not something that was "natural."
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That's not the same thing, just watch videos of fade aways, I'm not making this up.
 
Dahntay Jones took at least one more step than was necessary. he had already forced Kobe into fading and even bothered that shot a bit. maybe he didn't want to injure Kobe, but he very clearly didn't mind a scenario in which he did. there's really no need to be partisan about this, Kobe is in the right here and that particular play (moving in on a shooter so that he might come down on your foot) is one of the most dangerous plays in basketball and should be prosecuted more heavily than flopping.
 

if there ever were a man that could make a play-by-play for even the most mundane situation imaginable fun. that man would be Chris Webber.
 
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jalfa said:

if there ever were a man that could make a play-by-play for even the most mundane situation imaginable fun. that man would be Chris Webber.
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LOL! Thanks for the find.
 
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Vlade4GM said:
Watch some Jordan fade aways if your'e so unconvinced, he does the same thing. It's a natural motion of right handed fade aways, what else are their legs supposed to do? Both kick up? Both bent back? That doesn't make any sense.

Watch him from the side view, he takes an unnatural lunge with his last step that was completely unnecessary.
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Kobe has had the tendency in the past to exaggerate his kick. It's the same thing the he and some other players do when they "lean" into a defender after the defender falls for a pump fake. They know how to "draw" fouls even when it really isn't a foul. Either way, IMO, Jones defended that play perfectly.
 
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