Sunday, October 31, 2010
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Saturday, October 30, 2010
Is Father Time Knocking at His Door?
After playing, 37 minuets against the Houston Rockets, Kobe finished with a respectable 27 points also adding to the field five rebounds, and seven assists. All in all, it was a good start for a recovering Kobe.
Kobe's knee hasn't healed yet. And his timing is a little off due to his minum preseason time. But I think he will be ok. He had surgery to correct his knee issues in the off-season. It's taking longer to heal due to "Father Time." But when it's healed, it'll be fine for the Lake Show.
I'm not talking fine as in high flyer/Kobe of yester-years. His game has evolved into more than that. You'll start seeing his FG% improve a bit once he gets his lift back when taking jumpers. It was obvious the 1st game his jumpers had no lift to them. Once he gets that going the Lakers will be rollin'.
I'm just glad that the role players have improved this year. Blake even played all of DFish's minutes in the 4th. Which is fine because Dfish will need his rest for the deep championship run this year. Shannon Brown impressed me the most. I knew he was working on his deep jumpers this off-season, but still that game he had was amazing.
It looked as though Bryant was playing more as a facilitator, than a scorer, and honestly that usually works out for the better of the team.
Kobe asked the media, "Do you really have to worry about me finding my shot?"
It almost seems silly to begin questioning arguably the best player of all-time, but reality is slowly showing us that father-time is starting to knock on Kobe's door.
The 32-year-old superstar is beginning to feel the natural effects of aging. During the off season, Kobe had surgery on one of his knees, but it hasn't seemed to bother him on a dramatic level...yet.
The obvious keyword is yet. It's hard to believe that Kobe is already 32 years old, but it's starting to become more visible in his game. Kobe doesn't seem to have the same lift on his shot as he used to have and his style of play is becoming more and more like that of Jordan's, towards the end of his career.
Kobe's knee is forcing him to rely more heavily on his I.Q. and less on his athleticism. This is what makes Kobe a great player. He has adjusted more and more each year and it's showing.
Only a couple of seasons ago, Kobe told the media that he had been working on his bank-shots and now, it has become one of his many diverse moves.
What about this season? Like I said before, he is coming off knee surgery, and for someone like him, a knee injury can't come at a more worse time in his career.
Kobe's game has relied on his athletic ability, mixed in with a whole lot of skills. No one is going to question his work ethic and I guarantee Kobe worked harder than any other player in the league during the off season, but will his body be able to hold up until late June?
"It doesn't matter, it depends what happens at the end of June. That's the only thing that's real important."
Ron Artest couldn't be any more correct. Who cares if Kobe isn't "Kobe," the whole season. We all know Kobe will always flip that switch and will hit that next gear when it comes playoff time.
Bryant just needs to stay healthy, "enough." If he can manage to play at his usual high-level and also continue to motivate and lead this Laker' team to the final once more, there is no reason to question his health.
As a die hard Laker' fan, I will stubbornly deny that Kobe has a knee problem, and I will continue to view Kobe as if he was still in his mid 20's.
But Charles is right, "There are two things you cannot beat, father time and Las Vegas Casinos."
The bottom line is, only time will give us a true indication of whether Kobe really is on his way down the hill, or if Kobe still has a couple years up his sleeve. The question is, do you believe in Kobe?
Kobe score 27 points. Yes it was 40% shooting but Kobe took two shots at the end of the 3rd quarter. He was trying to get a two for one and the other was a buzzer beater. If you subtract those tow shots he would of shot 50% from the field.
But the point is he had 27 points, 7 assist and 5 rebounds. If that is old and washed up then Kobe is greater than I thought. Why do dumb ass people confuse injury with age. Is Arenas old? Is D Wade old? They both had injuries and have not played well during the preseason. Ironically Kobe played better than Wade and was more efficient than Lebron in the season opener. Wade looked horrible and Lebron also shot 40% and had 9 turnovers.
I think that the inevitability of time is catching up to Kobe but the fact of the matter is Kobe is still going to be great,now i do believe he is now in a situation with this team where he is going to be more of a Defensive/Facilitator type of guy and when he is scoring shot after shot after shot it is going to be in the 4th quarter when he has to get in to "BLACK MAMBA MODE" see i know what kobe is thinking he's thinking hey i'll let Lebron,Durant,Rose,and Dwight and the rest of these young cats go out and kill them selves for the MVP title,but me i am going to ride this knee out till finals time then i will do all the other stuff....but for now in the regular season i see Kobe just taking it easy i think his regular season stats this year will look something like this 22ppg,8apg,6.5rpg..you see the points are lacking but the other stats are beefed up like i said he is now in a position where he does not have to score 30-35 ppg for the team to win he just has to close for them and play really well off the ball,thus the increase in assist and rebounds...But tell me what you think about my prediction Hayden...
Friday, October 29, 2010
A Tale of Two Coaches
One has been a manager for 30 years. The other has been a manager for two years. The one with the 30-year career has won very little. The one with the 2-year career has won everything.
Pep is a class manager, no doubt about it...A throwback to the classy way of conducting himself, both on & off the pitch...A great representative of the club, on top of everything else.
If there are legitimate criticisms it's probably the issue with respect to managing egos on what is an otherwise ego-less squad...His tenure may be marked by great sporting successes but the questions over Ibra & Samu will always be brought up
I can't decide on that part if he is guilty of any wrongdoing here but it's likely important to remember that he remains a very young manager...These are issues that I am sure, even he recognizes need to be worked on...Which, again, is what makes Pep such a class act and the perfect manager for the club
The one who has been managing for 30 years will be forgotten as soon as he retires. The one who has been managing for two years could retire today and his historic acievements would never be forgotten.
This could be the story of the donkey who worked his entire life but never quite became... a horse.
Two seasons ago, a young (37-year-old) Pep Guardiola was appointed as the new Barcelona manager. Barcelona had been trophy-less for two seasons, and the motivation levels were at their lowest.
Guardiola's appointment seemed too risky a bet, and the general opinion was that under such an unexperienced manager, Barcelona's trophy drought would continue and Real Madrid would three-peat easily.
To make Guardiola's job even harder, Ronaldinho and Deco, two of the club's stars, left and no direct replacements were brought.
The doubters seemed to be right as Guardiola's team lost their match of the season to a Numancia side that would end up being relegated.
After a slow start, Barcelona started winning and scoring freely, playing some of the most beautiful football the world has ever seen. By the end of the first half of league play, Barcelona had a record 50 points out of 57, with 59 goals scored in only 19 matches, trouncing such worthy sides as Valencia, Sevilla and Real Madrid on the way.
The blaugrana were widely recognized as the most entertaining side on the planet. Under Guardiola, they were playing better than ever, but was Guardiola just a poser? Was he one of those coaches, who, despite their attractive football philosophy couldn't lead his teams to major silverware?
Quite the contrary.
As the season progressed, Barcelona got better and better as Guardiola steadily perfected his Dream Team. In one of the best days in Barcelona's history, the Guardiola juggernaut won 6-2 at the Santiago Bernabeu and put an end to the title race.
The critics were silenced once again and many were forced to recognize Guardiola's excellence. Some detractors said that "anyone could win with a squad like that", a squad that had actually finished third in the previous league under Frank Rijkaard.
A month later, Barcelona became the first Spanish team ever to win the treble, by winning the Copa Del Rey and the Champions League final against Manchester United.
Still, no big deal—according to the critics. They said anyone could have won the treble with that squad, and it's not like it had never been done before.
Come December 2009, Guardiola made even more history by leading Barcelona to an unprecedented sextuple (six trophies in the same year). Never had it been done before by any club! At this point, only jealous, bitter rivals supporters dared deny Guardiola's brilliance.
In his first year as a manager, Pep won the sextuple. But the most impressive part is that he did it by always sticking to his football philosophy and principles.
Even against teams that just parked the bus, Guardiola didn't change a thing in his approach to the match, and he was rightfully rewarded. When Iniesta scored at the last minute at Stamford Bridge, many neutrals all over the world celebrated as if it were their own team.
Beautiful football! Pep's brand of football had triumphed!
Some managers do the same (always keep faithful to their philosophy and principles), but Pep has the trophies to back it up. In one year, he turned an unmotivated squad into one of the best club teams ever to grace the football pitch.
He took the best out of Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, among others, and launched youngsters like Piqué, Pedro and Sergio Busquets. In one year, the younger three went from total unknowns to the majority of the football world—except Piqué—to undisputed starters for the Spanish team that won the World Cup.
His first season couldn't have been more successful. He won trophies (Champions League) that some pursue for, say, 30 years, and never win.
The world was at Pep's feet.
If one sextuple is a great achievement, two in a row is almost impossible, but Pep accepted the challenge.
In La Liga, Barcelona won again, with a record of 99 points (only 15 points lost), winning both El Classicos once again.
In the Copa Del Rey and the Champions League, however, luck wasn't on Guardiola's side this time. Barcelona was knocked out in both competitions by only one goal. In the Champions League, some very dubious referee calls kept Barcelona from reaching the final again.
Still, it must be considered a very good season. A new treble would just be asking too much and it was not that far away.
Overall, Guardiola has been involved in ten competitions as a manager, winning eight (!) of them, and losing the other two by a single goal! He has always stuck to his principles, but he's constantly been re-inventing the team in order to make it even more difficult for the opponents to stop them.
Saying Pep Guardiola is not a good coach would be a sophomiric thing to say on my path. His achievements during this his relatively short tenure as barcelona coach speak for themselves.
However, it can be argued that the sextuple he won two years ago were only procurable because of some inept refereeing on the path of the officials. As we all know, it was a "FUKCING DESGRACE" according to my Ivorien friend but even without the six trophies he won, I think Barca is lucky to have him as a coach.
I like Pep Guardiola. He doesn't run his mouth like some of his players do, and calling him classy is an understatement. His devout personality is something I don't usually relate to barca.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
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Miami Heat Reveal Problems in Opener
It ended up being a lot less close than the scoreboard dictated.
The NBA season arrived with one of the most anticipated openers in years, with the majority of the focus concentrated on how the star-studded Heat would mesh in their coming out party.
The answer is, not well.
This is there first game together we are missing our starting point guard mario chalmers who is a good outside shooter missing mike miller who is our best outside shooter did you see how many turnovers we had cause of the guys not used to playing with eachother and this was wades first game back from an injury he was rusty this isnt the same wade you will be seeing all season if i were you i wouldnt feel too good about what i saw yes the celtics played good but wade went 4-16 and bosh went 3-11 and we still almost came back to win the game despite 2 of our stars playing terrible and no cohesiveness we still almost came back to win now i know you cant expect them to keep playing like that i see we will be able to beat boston with just 2 of the 3 playing good in the future and in the postseason forget about your little double teams when mike miller comes back so be happy the nba gave the eastern conference champs who have been playing together for years their first game against a team with more than half of its roster consisting of new players who need time to gel we will see later on in the season when our team is on the same page.
The Heat went 4-17 in a nine-point first quarter that was marked by confusion and incompetence.
The Heat looked a lot like LeBron's Cavaliers; relatively one-dimensional. LeBron took over in the third quarter, but it was not enough to prevent the loss. Dwyane Wade was 4-16, Chris Bosh was 3-11, but those stats do not sum up the Heat's problems.
It goes without saying that soon the Heat will look better. Their chemistry will improve and they will begin to play together.
The lack of inside presence for the Heat is something that will be no more apparent than against teams like the Celtics. The Celtics were tenacious on the boards, revealing the possibility that the acquisitions of the two O'Neal's could be the solution to the Celtics rebounding woes; a weakness that ultimately cost them the title last year.
The t-e-a-m aspect of the Celtics that has led them to the NBA Finals two of the last three years (would have been three if not for the Garnett injury), was their ticket to victory against the Heat, and it will be their greatest strength all year long.
The loss cannot be completely blamed on Miami's lack of time together as a unit, as their defense looked fairly capable, particularly in the second half. How do three players that were once the focal point of their teams, that have never known anything else than being the number one guy, learn to play together? It certainly won't be easy.
Regardless of the Heat defense, the Celtics ball movement was tremendous throughout. The presence of Shaq and Jermaine O'Neal demonstrated an anticipated improvement in an inside-out playing style.
Glen Davis looks like he might live up to his off-season claims of a “defining season.” Davis was consistently strong to the hoop and seemed more aware of his surroundings in finding the open man. He will continue to be a huge asset off the bench, particularly while Kendrick Perkins is gone.
The Heat had extensive difficulties getting in the paint, and so will the rest of Boston's opponents. Along with the new inside presence, the Celtics look as healthy as ever.
Kevin Garnett looked back to form, defending pick and rolls and staying tight on defenders. Marquis Daniels went 4-5 and seems to finally have his quickness back.
Jermaine O'neal would have made such a difference. Plus we had more valuable role players missing. Playing together will make how they play together different idiot. Is that concept to hard to grasp? Wade and Lebron got all of those turnovers because they have yet to learn each other tendencies.
No one has discredited the celtics defense who had Wade and Bosh at times feeling uncomfortable making them settle for jumpshots. Wade a bit more because he wasn't in regular season shape (mentally) Lebron was at least knocking most of them down.
Paul Pierce looks leaner, quicker, and more assertive going to the rack (I won't go on an extensive rant regarding the block call against LeBron). It wouldn't be surprising if Pierce has re-ignited the athletic capabilities he had a few years ago.
Bench players like Daniels and Nate Robinson are progressively finding their place in the Celtics' plans.
Granted, it is only the beginning of the year; there are sure to be some injuries down the road, but Doc Rivers will keep the veteran squad in constant check. The fact that Boston is not starting the season off with any significant injuries is the best case scenario.
The Celtics have an improved depth that will likely make them a much better team than in recent years. Opponents may be amazed that Boston's defensive intensity could possibly be better that it was in 2007-08, but after holding the supposedly “extremely dynamic” Heat to 80 points, that may be just what the future holds.
The Celtics looked even better than their wide skill-set and depth indicated going into Tuesday's contest; it's hard to believe that Kendrick Perkins will re-join the team early next year, and that in only ten games Delonte West will be added to the mix.
The Heat are going to have to rely on guys like Jones, Chalmers and Miller knocking down 3s...that isn't the reciepe for elite success.
I think a lot of people are looking at this like a video game - the truth is neither Wade or LeBron are very good shooters. They are tremendous players and scorers, but knocking down 20 footers isn't their strength, and all of their playmaking ability is based on driving and kicking out, so yes, I can expect them to struggle offensively when they are just shooting jump shots. I really don't know what kind of offense everyone expectst them to run, if its just a straight isolate, drive and kick then Bosh isn't going to ever get into good spots or rhythm and 3-11 is going to be common.
The stars didn't play terrible, I just don't think they are going to be able to set up a offense where James, Wade and Bosh all utilize their skills and strengths.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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Stockholm Title Is Launch Pad for Final 2010 Targets
It's a good win for Roger, but he didn't face any top 10 player in the process. For me his performance in Shanghai was of more importance. His win over Novak, who was in form and had lots of momentum from his win in Beijing, was very encouraging. However his poor showing against Murray, especially how he played in key moments, was a bit worrying. Now it's really how he plays against the other big guns that matters the most. The key for Roger to regain the No. 1 ranking is to finish the year strong and also perform well in Australia next year. If he can gain much more points during that strech than Rafa, then when the clay season comes next May, he will be in good position. There are still two big Sampras records for him to tie or surpass, the total number of weeks at No. 1 and year-end No. 1 finishes. Roger is one shy in each category. And it seems Roger will hang around for the next few years, so I think he will pass McEnroe's mark of 77 tour titles, but the Masters title record will be Rafa's to keep.
Yet the beautiful, chilly city of Stockholm had not one but three of the men who expect to contest the World Tour Finals next month: home hero and world No. 5 Robin Soderling, Czech No. 6 Tomas Berdych and, cream of the crop, No. 2 Roger Federer.
Soderling was aiming to win his home title for the first time in eight attempts—his best finishes were as runner-up in 2003 and 2008. So his heart must have sunk when Federer announced, only a couple of months earlier, that he was adding Stockholm to his schedule.
In the event, Soderling’s chances of the title came to an abrupt end well before the expected final with Federer, in a quarterfinal loss to the unseeded German Florian Mayer.
Berdych also fell in the first round, so it was down to Federer to make the tennis headlines. Playing in Stockholm for the first time in 10 years, he appeared to be on a mission: to tick off as many new landmarks in his career as possible.
By winning his first match, he became the only active player on the tour to reach 900 ATP matches. The first of those matches was played, as 16-year-old, the week after he was crowned Wimbledon Junior Champion 12 years ago. He lost that one, but sailed through Taylor Dent in his 900th.
In his second match, Federer won his 50th match of the year to become only the fifth man in the Open era to win 50 matches in at least nine straight years.
If he went on to win the Stockholm title, he would reach 64, and tie with Pete Sampras in fourth place on the Open era titles list. It would also mark the 18th different country in which he had won. From the United States to Europe, from Japan to Canada, from the Middle East to China: Federer is, literally, a worldwide champion.
The final turned out to be a royal occasion in more ways than one. Played to a capacity 5,000-plus crowd in Sweden’s Royal Tennis Hall, it was attended by Crown Princess Victoria, and it was she who would present the silver globe of a trophy to the winner.
The closest to royalty on the current tennis tour, Federer himself, had made far from faultless progress in the tournament. He was a set and a break down to Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, in a match riddled with unforced errors, before finding his attacking game to take the win.
Against Ivan Ljubicic in the semis, he also went a break down early on, and trailed right up to the moment Ljubicic served for the set. Federer assaulted the net, forced errors from his opponent, and broke back. Federer won the tiebreaker and then a more straightforward second set, 6-2.
And the same pattern seemed to unfold in the final. Mayer, in only his third tour final, had played one of his best ever weeks in taking out Soderling and Feliciano Lopez.
There’s a still bigger prize up for grabs the week after Basel: the final Masters of the year in Paris.
Federer has already overhauled Andre Agassi’s record number of Masters match wins, which now stands at 221. However, he still equals Agassi’s tally of 17 Masters titles and needs one more to equal Rafael Nadal’s leading 18.
Paris would be a good place to do it, as that is the only Masters on the tour where Federer has yet to reach the final. To add a little more spice to the occasion, Djokovic is the title-holder there, too. So there are incentives aplenty to keep Federer’s engine in turbo drive.
But judging from his words in recent days, his desire to play and to win is undiminished. Not only did he cheerfully consider a 1,000 matches to be well within his reach in the next two years, he also confirmed that the No. 1 ranking was also an itch that needed scratching: “It’s not that important to be two, three or four. For me, it’s either number one in the world or everything else.”
Actually, I think that's an interesting proposition. That if Federer goes all out for Paris, he is jeopardising the WTFs, and therefore accepting a second-best place. It is intriguing, because Basel means a great deal to him and he will certainly want to win that back. He was crest-fallen when he lost last year. But Paris would throw down a marker ahead of London, and pass another couple of landmarks. Does he have the stamina to win all three? It's a very big ask, and as you say, Rafa will hold enough in reserve to get that year-end title he's not yet won, esp after such a rough ride there last year.
And then there's Djokovic and Murray. I think either has the ability to win Paris or the WTFs and, again as you say, they both like the predictable hard indoors. Just when the season feels like it's winding down, it really isn't.
The Masters tally will probably end up as Rafa's: that run of clay Masters events almost seals the deal on its own, and he's now just as capable of winning a hard-court Masters as well. But Paris would enable Federer to equal Rafa at the top until next spring.
I believe the weeks at No1 is an important target for Federer, as you do, but he's really got his work cut out to get that back, and it will probably be impossible if he doesn't do well in Australia and Wimbledon. Australia is also a possible for Murray and Djokovic if they hold their form through the winter, making the job even harder for Federer.
One longer term ambition for Federer that is a little further off, of course, is that Olympic gold, and I reckon he'll schedule most of 2012 around peaking for that - ie Wimbledon in June/July and then keep his focus on the grass until August. Just hope I'm able to get a ticket to see it!