DRose speakin that real "Don't call it a matchup b/w players if you not defendin me in the game. Ya playin one side of the ball its not a matchup."

[Braman]

The kneejerk reaction to this is but this is actually stupid

It’s not good ball to have your #1 offensive guy guard the #1 defensive assignment. Full stop. ESPECIALLY at PG when you have to exert the most energy on both sides. On offense you have to initiate, always be on ball, drive, etc. On defense PGs guards the most space, navigate the most screens, the least amount of dead time

1- I’m old enough to see Phil Jackson take Mike off Magic after a game 1 loss and they proceeded to win 4 straight

2- We just saw Anthony Edwards appease the internet and guard Kyrie and that ngga got fried for 20 in the first quarter and even worse sapped his energy for offense, which is exactly why you don’t do this

3- Bron locked up D Rose. The smart way. Waited til the 4th

4- The step over by AI was on who? Ty Lue, not Kobe. Then Kobe guarded AI and his offense suffered. He shot 40% that series. However, Kobe wasn’t a #1. He could afford to do that.

5- If it’s 2 marquee PGs, even if yall not guarding each other that is a ‘matchup’. It’s prime time so if he come with it and you don’t well yea he DID win his matchup. It’s not the same as ‘he gave you 30’, but it is an L

 

[Braman]

Having your #1 offensive guy who you rely on to run the whole show then go guard the other best player even when he’s clearly not the best defender, is purely for ego.

It reminds me of how teams will put their shutdown corner on the #2 WR and double the #1. It’s not exciting for fans but it’s often the smarter move

 

[CHICAGO]

1- I’m old enough to see Phil Jackson take Mike off Magic after a game 1 loss and they proceeded to win 4 straight

YOU IMMEDIATELY PLAYED YOURSELF.

THIS IS AN INTERNET MYTH
CREATED BY COMMUNITY PPL.

YOU CAN LITERALLY WATCH
THE GAMES ON YOUTUBE.

JORDAN GOT IN FOUL TROUBLE
IN GAME 2 SO PHIL PUT PIP
ON MAGIC IN GAME 2.

MJ WAS MAGICS PRIMARY
DEFENDER IN GAMES 3-5

shyt WOULD HAVE BEEN A SWEEP
IF MJ GW DIDNT RATTLE OUT
IN GAME 1.


​

 

[Art Barr]

The assignments between star players are few and far between

We were there. What perimeter players/point guards was Rose guarding in crunch time?

Rose was bodying any pg in rhe league defensively in general when healthy. Rose was even embarrassing ja when on court guarding the new dribble drive demon pg.

If not for injury.



Man,....



Art Barr

 

[Art Barr]

YOU IMMEDIATELY PLAYED YOURSELF.

THIS IS AN INTERNET MYTH
CREATED BY COMMUNITY PPL.

YOU CAN LITERALLY WATCH
THE GAMES ON YOUTUBE.

JORDAN GOT IN FOUL TROUBLE
IN GAME 2 SO PHIL PUT PIP
ON MAGIC IN GAME 2.

MJ WAS MAGICS PRIMARY
DEFENDER IN GAMES 3-5

shyt WOULD HAVE BEEN A SWEEP
IF MJ GW DIDNT RATTLE OUT
IN GAME 1.


​

This.


Scottie been living off this lie of mj needed help for a minute too. Time to kill that misnomer with the facts too.



Art Barr

 

[Torrential]

Fact .

 

[RedBull]

Just like narrative of Gil dropping 60 on Kobe. It sounds good, we all ran with it, but it really didn’t happen. He scored about 19 on Kobe directly.

 

[jwinfield]

3- Bron locked up D Rose. The smart way. Waited til the 4th

 

[RedBull]

That's true. Now tell that to football fans who claim a QB beats another QB.

It hate that ESPN created and runs with this nonsense, lazy analyst.It minimizes the greatness of QBs. “He’s good, but he never beat Mahomes in the playoffs or Super Bowl.” Who the hell has?? And if they didn’t, that doesn’t mean they aren’t great.

 

[broller]

It hate that ESPN created and runs with this nonsense, lazy analyst.It minimizes the greatness of QBs. “He’s good, but he never beat Mahomes in the playoffs or Super Bowl.” Who the hell has?? And if they didn’t, that doesn’t mean they aren’t great.

Facts

 

[Braman]

Just like narrative of Gil dropping 60 on Kobe. It sounds good, we all ran with it, but it really didn’t happen. He scored about 19 on Kobe directly.

Naaaah ngga he gave him 60

Bc while it’s perfectly acceptable to let someone else guard Gil, if he’s cookin to the point of heading to 60, in your own arena, you go get that. And if you don’t you ducked the smoke and by default that whole 60 was on your melon

Bc if Kobe goes over and gets Gil and shuts him down yall woulda be all types of ‘mamba mentality’

So it’s mamba mentality to shyt on your teammates but not to stop a Ngga from dropping 60 ?

Can’t have it both ways. Gil gave Bean a smooth piece fried hard w/ mumbo sauce

 

[Braman]

That’s common knowledge

Even the white boys at Reddit know this

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/wSJeds92io

In the 2011 Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James held NBA MVP Derrick Rose to 6.3% shooting (Rose shot 1-15 when guarded by James in Games 4 and 5).

 

[RedBull]

Naaaah ngga he gave him 60

Bc while it’s perfectly acceptable to let someone else guard Gil, if he’s cookin to the point of heading to 60, in your own arena, you go get that. And if you don’t you ducked the smoke and by default that whole 60 was on your melon

Bc if Kobe goes over and gets Gil and shuts him down yall woulda be all types of ‘mamba mentality’

So it’s mamba mentality to shyt on your teammates but not to stop a Ngga from dropping 60 ?

Can’t have it both ways. Gil gave Bean a smooth piece fried hard w/ mumbo sauce

Dope rant.

Yall? I’m not part of yall and the Mamba Mentality camp. This has less to do with Kobe, I just used him as an example.

Gil was a scoring machine, so it’s no shame if he got the best of him. Fact remains, Gil didn’t score 60 on Kobe.

 

[Braman]

Dope rant.

Yall? I’m not part of yall. Has less to do with Kobe, I just used him as an example.

Gil was a scoring machine, so it’s no shame if he got the best of him. Fact remains, Gil didn’t score 60 on Kobe.

Oh, but….

Not saying you, but this is why Kobe fans are not be taken seriously

 

[RennisDeynolds]

It's a shame that what seemed like a destined Finals match up between 2009 and 2012 got botched each year

One major take away just from seeing their regular season/all star games was that as physically gifted as LeBron was physically, Kobe wasn't a light weight himself. Now whether the refs would've allowed him to be that aggressive on defense for an entire series is one thing but man a 2009 or 2010 matchup would've been world war 1 for all stan-kind.

Nike pumped their rivalry with the puppets ad campaign


What could have been