November 11, 2009

November 11th Fake Mail

Posted on 3:48 PM by Jack Ady

What's the deal with Derrick Rose? The guy was lightning in a bottle last season, and this year he can't seem to quite get off like he was. What's wrong?
--Dennis, Detroit


Rumor has it that there's an injury involved in the Rose equation, but I think it's more than that. I think last year in that great series with Boston, he made an impression that made sure the opponents scouting report had his name at the top, when as a rookie they probably didn't consider him a legitimate threat. Now he's all grown up and is going to have to learn to deal with schemed defenses. Still, Rose is the real deal and will find his groove. Look for him to get his legs back and be better than ever before the All Star break. 



I don't like that fast pace that the Suns are playing at-- never have. I just like sticking to the triangle and having people be so confused that they don't know how to guard it even though I've been running it for decades now. Plus, I can't seem to figure that fast thing out.
--P. Jackson, Los Angeles


Phil, you may just get your chance to get revenge on Steve Nash and his speedy little gang. It's true, Nash has been a thorn in Jackson's side since meeting in the playoffs twice and both times leaving Phil with an early flight to Montana. The one problem is still the same one: Nash. He's averaging 18 points, 13 assists per game and 65 miles an hour, and shooting 93 percent from the line, 49 percent on 3-pointers and 53 percent from the field. He's hot right now, and has his Suns playing like dark horse spoilers. ESPN even mentioned him as an MVP candidate today at age 36. 


Robbed! We was robbed last night! I can't believe it, the Bulls is so much better than the Nuggets and we just got robbed cause the NBA loves to promote Carmelo Anthony.
--Peter, Chicago


Nope. I'm never shy about crying over bad officiating or league bias, but this isn't it. Firstly, the NBA has been anything but protective of Anthony. Fifteen game suspension for throwing one punch. The NBA is overly protective of its image if anything. Second, the refs reviewed the play. That's not stealing, that's gratifying. I was just talking the other day about before they had video replay and the official had to try to make the call, but if they missed that one whistle either way, the evidence was there over and over that they were wrong. It's just a clear cut better way to do it (video replay) and although that was a tough loss for the Bulls, it was still the correct call.



WTF? No love for my boy 24? The Lakers have the best record in the league and Kobe is lighting it up and can't get no MVP talk? You wrote in Wade, LeBron, Nash and Howard and ignored Kobe completely. He's the best scorer in the NBA hands down and is on a team with all that talent.
--Jershon, Los Angeles


I get five hundred fake emails like this every day so it's time that I address them: No. The last two seasons Kobe had calmed down, and when he won in 2007 he deserved it. But he's sort of back to his old ways, except worse. Kobe is leading the league in scoring, but he's also leading everyone, including all former versions of himself in field goal attempts per game at 26 a game. That includes games when LA is up big and Kobe sits... 


He is shooting too much, and if you compare his percentages (45% from the field, 20% from three) and assists (2.6) with a player like LeBron (52%, 40% and 8 assists) then you see the difference between a super talented player who makes his team better and a super talented player with a super talented team who calls his number all night long. Kobe is at his best when he plays the five man game, and right now he's just gone into Kobe-first mode. 


What do we do about the Jazz? They don't seem to be the same team that they were a few years ago in their deep playoff run, but they have almost the same roster with a bunch of talented young guys. What's up?
--Doug, Utah



Utah is in an exclusive group with New Orleans and Dallas as "teams with high hopes and the rosters to get there" that don't seem like they're going to get there. They have the guards, the forwards, the point guard, the shooters and the coach. I honestly think that there was a chemistry disaster when Boozer said he wanted out and they haven't been able to resolve it. I don't know that they will, but it's a shame that they're playing the way they are with the team they have assembled. 


If I were Jazz GM Kevin O'Connor, I would be sending multiple gratuitous bribes north of the border to Raptors GM Brian Colangelo like this:


"Dear Mr Colangelo, I will trade Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko and my second daughter for Chris Bosh. Thank you for your time."


That's your best bet, Jazz fans.


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1 Response to "November 11th Fake Mail"

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Anonymous Says....

This is great!!! somebody who addresses things as they really are in the NBA. Just about anyway, althouhg you still let David Stern or his look alike defend Carmello in your column.

Carmello is a punk, when he was playing the JAzz he elbowed AK in the big Russian face pointer and it was as deliberate as snow in Denver. No call...totally disgusting but it is Carmello. The league lets him off for having a dumb coach.


Phoenix is going to meet its waterloo. They may be good now but how do you spell Tim duncan point guard? Simple Steve NAsh, they each have 200,000 minutes and last year we saw Boston unwind and this year we will see Spurs, Boston again and Steve NAsh and thus the Suns. We wold see Kobe but Dr. Phil has used some mind scrambling triangle offense on him so he is not in tune enough to know his time has come to implode so he will play well for the next 3 seasons.

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