Brutal

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by Avery_Smartman

You are so right as you clearly remember my words......"This guy should shoot less and do what he does best...and that is his ability to pass like or even better than Magic Johnson. He'd average 18 to 22 points and 14 assists and the team would be much better."




You don't know what it's like to be right all the time,HOC.

Believe me...it's not as much fun as it may appear to be to neophytes like you and HoseGarden.

I remember that post. You, however act like he shoots 55 times every game. That has never been the case. HE has always been fully aware of team ball....proven by his multiple double digit assist games this post season. You have always been correct in that he is not a one man team...if I ever stated that I apologize. I'm pretty sure I just stated the remainder of the team was "average"...not a non-entity. I am of the perhaps wrong opinion, that there are times when he goes off shooting when the "team" is not shooting well and he tries to make up for it. (IF you recall in the one point loss in game 5 to Wash...Varejao, Smith, Wally, Brown, Gibson shot a combined 6 for 31.) I think in games such as that it may be ok for him to shoot a bit more. He took 3 shots in the 4th quarter of game 4 in Wash as West and Gibson were red hot. IN game 5 he took plenty of shots as no one was making them. What then happened in game 6?? He dished out 13 assists as Wally and Gibson were hot again.

In essence, he seems to me to pretty much be fully aware of what is going on. A lot of his bad misses come at the very end of shot clocks when nothing has happened in 16 seconds and he is the only one who can create his "own" shot. That happens quite a bit. Sometimes it's better to shoot with 2 on the clock than just hand the ball over. But honestly, do you not realize his wild penetrations is what often times sets up his teammates?? HE absolutely HAS to do that at times.

Whatever...I don't think you appreciate how good he is at times. He is not a ball hog though.