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Offensively and on the boards about 85%, defensively about 50%. If you look at his stats you see very similar numbers from year one to year 14, but when you throw in his inability to play big minutes and his massive slip on the defensive end (he seems very slow for a 34 year old), hes just a shell of his former self.
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How is one's ability to take a dive affected by age?
It's almost 9 here in Denver - well past his bedtime...Speaking of the start time - jesus a 10:45 EST start time?
He was at about 80-81% of his career high PER this year, but in watching him I think offensively he's more like 60-70% of what he was. Seemed like bad things happened every time they asked him to get a bucket or facilitate the offense tonight. Kinda sad.
You'd want to trade Parker then? I think Manu would still have a lot of value around the league and his position is a little easier to replace. Its been said a lot, but I wonder what these guys would look like with Scola in the mix still.
Well they were playing withe Rudy Gay for 5/8ths of the season.Worst Western Conference 8th seed since 07.This Memphis team is really good. Really good.We are used to Kobe Bryant and company wrecking the Tim Duncan legacy, but the Lakers farm team without their best player?Has an all time great ever flamed out in the playoffs this shamefully?
I don't think Felton even knows.I think it was his floater which is a fairly low percentage shot for him and might be the worst looking floater/tear drop I've ever seen.
they also played in the toughest/best division of the western conference since they switched from two to four divisions 7 years ago. in 03-04, all 7 teams in the midwest division were over .500 and 6 of them went to the playoffs.
Levi approves.
is that furley in the foreground?
Yes, he does.I wish you hadn't pointed out how terrible he is. I can't stop staring at him now. He's really, really bad in this offense.
I think he has all the tools to be a good PG, hes just really really dumb.ETA: At least you haven't seen Beetlejuice's sex tape. Every time I see Felton all I can think of is Beetlejuice/Felton bangin some overweight crack whore.
DIdn't see it, but I'm impressed by their resiliency. I think tonight was a huge moment for them.
We are used to Kobe Bryant and company wrecking the Tim Duncan legacy, but the Lakers farm team without their best player?
You are like the west coast version of Finless, except he at least throws some humor in his trolling.
The Nuggets need to learn to get around screens and it wouldn't have been a problem. The Nuggets switch every screen and it doesn't work well.And there is Felton not getting around a screen, giving Durant a free shot. Awesome, thank god Karl has him in there for his defense.
I liked watching Earl Boykins play.
I would have to say that Chicago-Indy is the best contested series, this one is second.
This one seems nastier and thats why I give it the edge - but the Chicago-Indy one has been hard fought as well.
Melo nearly beat the Celtics by himself so if b-ball is his #2 job I am certain most Knicks fan could live with that.
What im saying is if you take away from the Big 3 in either NY or Miami the results are dramatically bad. I am in no way trying to make the argument that Melo=Lebron or Billups=Wade. Just saying that the way each of the teams are set up with a core of 3 players surrounded by role players (and thats being nice)the team turns from competitive to a lottery team with the absence of a Big 3 member.
Only thing missing from his game is consistency. He can score 24 points with relative ease and the next night and only score 4 points on 1/12 shooting.Got it. But at the same time, you were saying that the Knicks are "not that far away." That seems an odd thing to argue when the member of their "Big Three" that was absent in this series will be 36 years old next time he steps on an NBA court, and the two guys that they're building their future around just got their doors blown off. How does that constitute being "not that far away"? It's not like it's a big surprise that a D'Antoni coached, Melo-led team couldn't play defense, or that Amare got hurt. Honestly, I do hope you're right, though. I have no quarrel with the Knicks or their fans, especially now that they're not even in the same division as my team. And I love Amare and hope he can stay healthy. Seems like a great guy, he's fun to watch, and he's a fellow member of the tribe to boot.
He shot so well from outside in game one (3 of 4) and two (3 of 6) that he got it in his head that he was now Steve Nash and should be shooting jumpers instead of getting to the hoop. His jump shot was one of the big reasons they won the first two games, but its also a big reason why the Nuggets were close in game 3 and won in game 4.There tons of big name players who should talk to Tony Parker about not jacking 3s (Rose, Lebron, Wade, Kobe, Melo).
When you are 0-7 from behind the 3 point line and have attempted 30 shots as the PG, OKC has a problem.Kenny and Charles were just ripping on him for not finding a way to get the ball to Durant, who probably would have found a way to put that last 3 in the way he was shooting.
Of course you did, because the Lakers were always playing AGAINST him. Hes a Allen Iverson like shot taker, only lower efficiency and absolutely worthless on D. Karl played the guy 25 minutes a game, often running with a second PG (Miller), so not only were the Nuggets screwed defensively at PG when Boykins was in, for 10-15 minutes per game they were also screwed at shooting guard because Andre Miller was to fat and short to cover SGs. Karl has never figured out that two PG lineups only work if you have a really big PG (like Billups - who only played about 5 mpg at SG this year), instead he insists on Lawson-Felton (16 mpg since the trade), or Boykins-Miller (about 12 mpg over their stays in Denver).
And by 'nearly beat the Celtics' you mean lost 4 straight games, right?
It doesn't.
This is so dumb I can't believe I'm replying to it.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here, so bear with me.Maybe- and I know this is complicated logic- a small part of the reason that Kobe doesn't look as old as Duncan is because Kobe is two years younger than Duncan?
Awful.
What do Bargnani or Derozan have to do with this? Oh wait, they won as many games against the Celtics as Melo did?It won't. Now if the Hornets beat the Lakers, according to these boards, you better believe that Kobe's legacy will forever be tarnished.
