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David must have done something awfully mean to Charlie Rosen before finding Jesus to inspire such a lasting grudge. Or maybe he's such a Lakers leg humper that he never forgave DRob for refusing to give Shaq an autograph in Shaq's head.
David Robinson - the softest player to ever lead the league in dunks, rebounds, blocked shots, and also the softest player to ever guard Shaq one on one with a floating particle in his backk.
David must have done something awfully mean to Charlie Rosen before finding Jesus to inspire such a lasting grudge. Or maybe he's such a Lakers leg humper that he never forgave DRob for refusing to give Shaq an autograph in Shaq's head.
exactly. its not where they are on the list but what he said.
I'm not here to defend Rosen and take exception to his comments about David as others have. But I'm not sure I get the criticisms of his comments about Duncan at all.
Does the inaccuracy in the description of Duncan stem from calling him the best help defender in the game at the moment? If so, I don't see how that's really unfair. It doesn't imply that Tim isn't a good man defender; it just says that nobody plays help defense like Duncan does -- and that's true. If the clowns who vote for DPOY took the time to actually monitor what Duncan does defensively for the Spurs and how well he does it all, he'd have multiple DPOY awards on his shelf, too. It's criminal that Duncan has never won that award; it's his combination of good man defense and exceptional help defense that makes the Spurs great defensively every year (and that has made the Spurs one of history's greatest defensive teams, both on a seasonal basis and over an extended stretch of time).
I don't see how calling Tim a "prime-time scorer" is anything but a compliment, either.
Seems like weak praise at best to go out of one's way to say only that Duncan is the best help defender currently in the NBA. Considering that he also suggests that Robinson was getting blocks from the weak side, it reads like he doesn't put much value in help defense, and is trying to explain it away. From a guy who made a point of praising Hakeem for being classy with no mention of same for Robinson, my expectations aren't high.
Yeah, praising Hakeem for being classy and not David seems odd. However, it's clear that Rosen is not classy. He can be insightful when he doesn't lower himself to cheap attacks, which unfortunately happens too often.
this is dumb
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