2113489, it's hard for others to shine when the hoop looks so damn good to Kyrie
Posted by celery77, Thu Jan-17-13 02:08 AM
>That has EVERYTHING to do with the talent around them
>If you're the PG and the best scorer on the team you're gonna
>take more shots, a lot more
like Isiah did when his teammates were ... remind me ... his teammates were Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, John Salley, Joe Dumars -- who else? who else was Isiah depriving of the ball cuz they all sucked? oh wait...
>If Lillard was on the Cavs he'd take a lot more shots too,
>because he would be the best scoring option there as well
>Kyrie's shooting out of necessity, not out of selfishness.
>Nobody decided that, it's the truth. He wouldn't be shooting
>nearly as much if he had an Aldridge, Batum, or even Wes
>Matthews. The 2nd best player on the team is Alonzo
>Gee...c'mon
so Kyrie wouldn't ballhog so much if his teammates were better? what if Kyrie's teammates could be better if Kyrie didn't ballhog so much? ever thought about that? or did you seriously say to yourself "Nic Batum = borderline All-Star" when the preseason predictions came out. stop bullshitting. or did you seriously say "the team with the lowest bench production in the NBA would be 1 game over .500 in the West" did you really say that? the Blazers are outperforming expectations cuz they play like a TEAM, move the ball, and everyone hits shots. here's to hoping Kyrie is taking notes.
>There's an All-star, a borderline all-star, and a few decent
>players on Portland. There is NONE of that in Cleveland. The
>2nd best player on Cleveland is known more for defense, and
>he's been hurt.
decent? first off -- did you really have Lamarcus > Kevin Love preseason? no, you probably didn't. do you really think Wes Matthews > any other SG in the West right now? like name ONE starting SG worse than West Matthews. then when you're done with that name two. it's a SHORT list. and Nic Batum is effective cuz he GETS THE BALL WHERE HE NEEDS IT, or do you really think he's initiating his own 17 pts/gm?
there are table-setters and there are ballhogs. using "shitty teammates" as an excuse doesn't prevent someone from being a ballhog.
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