Re: Mental errors and poor judgment
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Originally Posted by
Ice009
Great post mate.
This is exactly what I am talking about. A lot these errors are coming from the vets. I recall past Championship teams made errors too, but the vets didn't usually make as many as the young guys on the team.
Manu has yelled a Dice a few times and then made the stupidest pass a few plays later.
It's all about the playoffs and like you said if they make these errors then we are screwed. We have a chance to win, but not if we keep making these mistakes. Gotta play a lot smarter than this because other teams have advantages against us and we can't simply out talent them to win. The only chance we got is if we play smart. We've got to start striving for excellence now and get that ingrained sooner rather than later.
For the vets (TP, Tim & Manu) they're living in the proverbial "glass house", so throwing stones at others may be somewhat dicey.
How many times have we seen Tim draw a careless defensive foul, get called for an ill-advised defensive 3-second violation, or shuffle his feet before putting the ball on the floor for a drive and getting called for traveling? How many times do we see Manu force a terrible pass into traffic or draw an unnecessary frustration foul? How many times has TP stepped on the out-of-bounds endline, as he's preparing to put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket?
The point is the Big Three will always have more opportunties to make errors simply because they handle the ball so much and are afforded many more opportunities to make plays for the team. While I believe team chemistry is very strong, however they need to be careful about chastizing others, when they're making more than their share of boneheaded errors and turnovers themselves.
Re: Mental errors and poor judgment
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Originally Posted by
TheChillFactor
you guys act like the teams we had in the past were perfect. we have four banners won by teams that fucked up constantly:
1999- People thought we would choke in the playoffs like always. I remember game 2 vs. Minnesota and game 2 vs. Portland and thinking, "aww fuck here we go again."
2003- This team gave up 20 point leads fucking constantly. Esp that bullshit shot by Marbury in game 1 of the first round...the Dallas game where they were 49 of 50 from the line or some fucking bullshit. Game 6 vs. Dallas when they had us down 20 points in the 2nd half. We'll never win with this Euro dumbfuck Ginobili turning the ball over constantly...
2005- This team didn't have the toughness to beat the mighty Detroit Pistons. Esp the way they took our lunch money in games 3 and 4. Pop on the bench patting Tim's knee....AWW FUCK IT'S OVER DOOOOMMMZZ.
2007- There was no fucking way we were going to beat Dallas in the playoffs with our old and shitty roster. Dirk fucking owned us that year...yikes, Devin Harris! what will we do???
Currently we have the best record in the league and a hell of a shot at 1) getting HCA throughout 2) beating LA in the playoffs 3) facing an old Boston team or a not-quite-there-yet Miami team.
Please chill the fuck out until further notice...
What up, ChillFactor? I'm with you. I'm just enjoying this season like a fine wine, or in my case, sipping a double or triple shot of Herradura. All my friends here in SA are doing the same. Let's see where this team takes us. It's a long season and we aren't even at the halfway point yet.
Re: Mental errors and poor judgment
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Originally Posted by
guitardude27
I'm homophobic, but not racist...homosexuality is a choice, being born a skin color is not.
OK this thread has really skewed into something else.
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Re: Mental errors and poor judgment
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Originally Posted by
RuffnReadyOzStyle
No, I've traveled Europe, and I'm aware that the whole world is racist and homophobic. However, I have seen ignorant Americans making fun of things they don't understand far more than I have people of other races. For example, the prcatice of many Americans to mangle a foreign name and then dismissively say "whatever" and continue to mock said name (all because they are embarrassed by their ignorance deep down) is commonplace, and it shits me to tears. Show a little fucking respect. We all get things wrong and misunderstand things from toher cultures, but mockery does not have to accompany ignorance.
never heard that, been everywhere throughout the U.S., have a german-jewish last name that is pretty rare wherever i go and though people butcher it from time to time, i've never heard anyone say "whatever" or be disrespectful.
Re: Mental errors and poor judgment
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Originally Posted by
mingus
never heard that, been everywhere throughout the U.S., have a german-jewish last name that is pretty rare wherever i go and though people butcher it from time to time, i've never heard anyone say "whatever" or be disrespectful.
I've heard it plenty of times, but it's not so much in the mispronunciation of names as it's in the misidentification of ethnicities. Slopes get this all the time, cause people think all asians are chinese.
