southpaw.

i guess someone shouldve told hakeem he was a "big man" and to knock off all that jump shooting and free throw making, and the foot work...yuk....stop that youre a big man! hooray for tall muscle guys. It still just weirds me out how he can be your favorite, how do you relate or enjoy watching a guy who is taller and stronger than just about everyone, who can almost jump higher than everyone, who has no dribbling ability, no passing ability, no shooting ability, no footwork, and no touch. how do you enjoy that? oh i would take him in Cleveland in a minute, cus he can bring something to the team and be effective(at what he does), but how can you enjoy watching that night in and night out? boring! he wont ever win without a kobe or wade, just as shaq never did. you never know what lebron will do, kobe, dwade, cp3, melo, and talk about making your team better, come on. come on look at garnett, when he is on the floor everyone seems to go to the next level, i love that. lets try and make the guys around you better players, aside from just getting them open shots because you demand a double team. and lets stay in the game so you can lead, and lead by example, stop it with the technicals rasheed! the guy is so one dimensional. he seems like a nice guy( i heard him yell shit real loud), but hes just so irritating to watch. its like that time we played at the rec with that like 275lb 6 ft 1 guy, and he just stood on the block and shot layups, how boring and disgusting. i guess if the idea is to just score and win, and that works then great, but for me it has always gone a little deeper, and even though it may be affective it is just gross to watch and doesnt seem right. but i guess thats just my opinion and love for the game, and i guess thats why everyone has a different favorite player. it just really makes it hard to coach these kids and get them to develop the basics and fundamentals, and real basketball skills, when they see all these guys just relying on their athletic ability and being "successful". lets face it most nba players are athletic freaks of nature, and they elite ones even more so, so lets add a little actual basketball foundation and develop some of the basic skills (ie: somewhat decent shot form and the ability to shoot free throws), and really see the beauty of the game. when i started out i was a post. played it for 3 years, never attempted a 3, and was the worst free throw shooter on the team. my freshman year i was again the worst free throw shooter on the team, and i didnt attempt a 3. if i wouldve made my free throws every game i wouldve averaged 20 points, instead 12. i went to shooting camps and practiced my ass off, and the next 2 years i led my team in free throw percentage and 3s, and eventually, do to the fact i quit growing at 6 ft and the fact that i developed my ball handling and passing skills, became a guard and spot up 3 point shooter. but because of my experience in the post i could play 1-3 and sometimes 4 if the guys where 6.3 or under. point is i just dont see how if its your job, and thats all you have to do, how you cant develop you game and master the fundamentals.

ps i didnt start developing my left hand till the last couple years, one of my biggest regrets, but our coaches never pushed it and never had us practice it, it wasnt until lebron came in and started using it as such a weapon that i really became aware.