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this shiiiiiiiiiiit: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400578780
You have the last possession , how many ing time outs do you need? I tried making sense of Scott's rationale, but it still seems incredibly stupid. Time is number one as it is not on your side, timeouts (I think he had 2?) are a distant 2nd. You ing foul in that instance. Classic case of idiot #1 telling idiot #2 to follow idiot instructions, and idiot #2 of course follows them perfectly. Have to give Kobe props here, you do whats best for your team.
Now I see why the Lakers went after Lin and Scott. They are just doing their job by trying to secure a top 5 pick, only .5 games behind Charlotte
You'd know striking the template & all.Now I see why the Lakers went after Lin and Scott. They are just doing their job by trying to secure a top 5 pick, only .5 games behind Charlotte
NO media is going to ask Scott WTF?
^Please. They let Pop skate on his hen house ways. You got some in' nerve.
That team is in complete disarray. Kobe's making a scene on the floor, essentially disrespecting Scott and Lin, and Lin, in the post game interview is literally laughing at Scott's strategy when asked why he didn't foul. Next year, Lin will be elsewhere, playing as a back up PG, which is where he belongs. You can't blame him for obeying Scott's order. Lin's actually unimportant here. The bigger story is Scott not having any real authority over an aging and frustrated Kobe. It's clear Lin doesn't care at this point and just wants to move on, just as so many of Kobe's other recent teammates have.
I don't see how you can blame Lin here. In a post-game interview he said he asked Scott several times and Scott told him not to foul. Lin was laughing while he said that. He knew fouling was the right move. Had he fouled, everyone would be on him disobeying Scott's orders. Byron Scott is the coach not Kobe. As stupid as his decisions are, he is the one to follow. Props to Kobe for doing what was necessary but on another angle, his actions just showed he doesn't respect Scott and proves how bad a coach Scott is not having authority over Kobe. This is all about Scott and Kobe, not Lin.
You covered your entire ass with that, -.
Not enough people bash Byron Scott tbh.
Not that it matters much, but this is why Lin doesn't like playing in L.A. and will leave: the coach is telling him not to foul until 10 seconds remain on the clock and the team captain is screaming at him to foul with 13 seconds on the clock. Whatever he does, he's going to be in trouble, either with the coach, the fading former superstar, or the media. I don't see how anyone could blame Lin. He'll make a pretty good back up PG somewhere next year for a sensible salary, and that'll be the end of it.
No. Your coach is the captain of the ship. You don't disobey his orders right in front of the team just to try to salvage a meaningless RS win. If Kobe wants to be a coach, he needs to retire.
Pretty good bbiq for a 13th pick who rode pine his first 3 years
I'm sorry, but I dont think lin shouldn't be idiot #2. He really didnt do anything wrong. Its the coaches job to tell the player to foul or not. Greg popovich got mad earlier this season at danny green for fouling late in the game when he specifically said NOT to foul. Cost the spurs a win with a chance to win by disobeying the coach.You have the last possession , how many ing time outs do you need? I tried making sense of Scott's rationale, but it still seems incredibly stupid. Time is number one as it is not on your side, timeouts (I think he had 2?) are a distant 2nd. You ing foul in that instance. Classic case of idiot #1 telling idiot #2 to follow idiot instructions, and idiot #2 of course follows them perfectly. Have to give Kobe props here, you do whats best for your team.
Exactly. I'm surprised Byron Scott isn't being blamed for his bad coaching. You can say Kobe disobeyed Scott, but...
This all falls on the coach. He should be blamed.
Totally different situation. Without a foul the Grizz can end the game without shooting. Tho I agree Rin isn't to blame.
Anyone who thinks a player should override the coach's orders on the floor without permission to do so by the coach needs to have their head examined. Pop would bench anyone who did that, right then and there, if it was willful. Not sure Kobe knew the game plan, but I suspect Kobe had his own game plan and the tendency to raise idiots like Kobe up on a pedestal over their own coach permeates even this forum. Scott is a tool, no doubt, but he's the coach. The team will be in shambles if people openly ignore the coach.
Doesn't matter if its totally different. We blame players nowadays for being uncoachable, now when they actually listen to coaches they are somehow idiots.
Dont disagree, but 29/30 coaches in the league foul when within a possession and the shot clock off. He said it himself in the postgame interview he knew what was going on. Soldiers should follow orders unless they're criminal, and Scott's blatant tank order was criminal
Either way, both lin and kobe are not at fault in this situation. The one who should get the blame for all of this is byron scott. I don't know how this er took the nets to 2 straight finals way back when.
But, just thank Christ he did. I was never so happy to see a SOB (that imbecile Howard in FL. withstanding) as I was Scott.
If you disagree with your coach you should say so during the timeout, or between games. This wasn't a crucial game. You don't violate player/coach protocol because you have a better idea.
Byron Scott isn't at fault. Kobe is at fault. Rin is the PG who's defending the point, and he's following the orders of the head coach. Kobe doesn't get to just step in and usurp that because he feels like it. If Scott is an idiot, let his record reflect that. A coach has the power to fail if he makes bad decisions. If he's to be blamed, it should be by his superiors, not by his subordinates.
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