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Manu... One minute you want to punch him in the face..
The next you want to give him a hug..
After a horrible shot, he makes that one! Spurs is coming
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Manu... One minute you want to punch him in the face..
The next you want to give him a hug..
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Pop" I went from wanting to trade him on the spot to wanting to cook him breakfast in the morning" I feel the same way.
The stupidest 3 you could imagine followed by the cluchest 3 in recent memories, Manu is just different
Is that why he missed the first overtime game winner?
Give someone enough chances and eventually they will make one. It's not clutch.
Don't dis the guy, it was clutch. You miss, you choke, he didn't choke.
There's very little evidence that clutch players truly exist. Usually, players with that mystique actually shoot about their career averages in those situations. Logically, it doesn't make too much sense for clutchness to exist.
You have players like Horry and supposedly Jack who were supposed to come up clutch when the games matter. But you show me a guy who turns it up during the post-season, and I'll show you a player who was half-assing it during the regular season. Waiting until the playoffs to play the way you should have the whole time gets no credit from me.
Choking, on the other hand, can certainly exist. Players certainly can crumble under pressure. The fact that Ginobili didn't is worth a good amount of praise.
[GINOBILI]It's what I do...[/GINOBILI]
The look of the Warriors faces on the bench during all the timeouts during out 18-2 run and then in overtime. Priceless
I would take a guy on our team who turns it up that time of the year any day of the week! That helps you win the les. BTW Jack had some good regular seasons as well! Horry never put up huge numbers you are right, but dude was as clutch as it gets for three teams! Everywhere he went he would excell in the clutch! Give me that anytime too! I like players who can come up big when you need it. The ones that do good all year long and fade int he playoffs are the ones I don't like, the ones that don't have that IT as I call it.
Matt Bonner showed up and asked who the extra place setting was for
Players that half-ass it for most of the year are a disgrace to their teams. They're pretty much saying to they're teammates, "You guys do all the work; I'll help when I feel like it." I'd have a major problem with it if I were a player. There's no reason why Horry couldn't have decided to care the whole season; it didn't make his a better post-season performer. If the Spurs has missed the playoffs or gotten poor seeding due to his lack of effort, then what he ended up doing wouldn't matter.
Also, Horry probably shot at about his average in the clutch. I think he might be the exception, though. For players like Jordan, there's no distinction between shooting percentage in and out of clutch situations. That's because they focused on being consistently great. If Horry truly did shoot a higher percentage in the clutch, it's because he let him mind wander too much most of the other times. That's not a good quality to have at all.
I am pretty sure it was because Horry just was loose in those situations and never afraid to let it fly! If he did get scared at all we don't have our third le! He saved our ass in 05 and as I said I would take him on my team anyday. Horry's Numbers raised in the playoffs, I will take that anyday over a guy who can shoot 40% from three all year long and then s the bed when the playoffs begin. We disagree here though I see, no problem I just would like a Horry and Jax on my team during the playoffs (Jax had good numbers during the season though usually). Horry never was great during the year, but I am pretty sure even during regular season games he cared and was clutch! You only see the playoff highlights now, but he had some games during the season as well. It was not like he did not care at all, he did coast yes but he still cared I am sure.
I'm not gonna give him credit at all for that lousy performance. 25% shooting and missed some key shots at important times.
"Clutchness' might be difficult to point to and show with empirical evidence. But I am almost certain it exists. There are players who just raise their level of play and the basket seems to get larger for them when the moment is at its biggest. It doesn't just have to apply to the playoffs, it can be in any late-game situation. I mean look at Nate Robinson and tell me hasn't been clutch in these playoffs. Everyone knows he is going to shoot it and even though he is only 5'9 he still finds a way to get a difficult shot off and it has been going in for him (both against the Nets and the Heat). If that is not clutch, then I don't know what is.
Ginobili ROCKS!!!! Have watched the replay of that 3 pt. shot over and over! What a thrill!
Manu wasn't supposed to be in the play or get the ball but I'm glad he did
Horry was a special case--he was pretty old when we signed him and Pop said a million times that we were saving him for playoff magic.
We thought Roger Mason Jr. was, but during the playoffs he failed too often and provided a blueprint for Gary Neal's career path if he doesn't step up and shoot well when the game is on the line like a cold-blooded assassin.
Tony, Manu, and TD are most definitely deserving of the term Clutch.
Personally, I think Kawhi Leonard shows signs of having the balls necessary, and I'm hoping IcyHot does, too.
Oh, and Baynes of course.
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in the last shot of first OT i wanted him to drive the ball. then i he shot a J and i was like nooooooooo wtf whyyyyyy go the in youre usually automatic! lol. do your euro step thingy. and he didnt and missed badly and i was like really wtf was that.
There's a difference between being clutch and just trying harder. Of course players can start trying harder in the playoffs. Even great players have another gear. But that usually doesn't apply to things like field-goal percentage. Players can take over in clutch situations, but they're not better shooters for it. The only people who might actually have better percentages are well-known half-assers like Horry or players who benefit from teams trying to shut down superstars.
In short, Robinson's performance is great, but it's not clutch in the sense that Ginobili's shot would be.
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