USA v China
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Listening to Reggie praise DMC is good for this Kings fan's soul. I don't think Marv was being a total arse - he was trying, I think, to temper Reggie's praise with a little "devil's advocate."
http://www.usab.com/news-events/liv...ase-game-usa-vs-china1.aspx?ls=iref:nbahpt13a
18min 12pts (5-6, 1-1, 1-3) 7reb 2ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
18min 12pts (5-6, 1-1, 1-3) 7reb 2ast 0stl 0blk 0TO
Man its nice to see a glimpse of what life would be like had we drafted star level perimeter talent for Boogie. He is an active beast on both ends, really a handful for anyone who tries to stop him or score on him. Without the pressure to score 30 a night and having teammates he can actually trust to show up to he plays alot more free and within the scheme, truly a refreshing sight to see.
I know they are obviously not the caliber of defenders that he's going to see in the NBA but I like how Cousins is implementing more spin moves into his game. He's not just charging through guys, trying to overpower them. That works against guys like Faried but you're going to need to get someone like Steven Adams off balance and out of position to score on and those spin moves will help.
Shhh, he has no post moves
My bad, he has no GO TO post move. Its just a repertoire. That will hurt him, the whole 'you can do whatever you want on the block cuz you're just so skilled and agile but for God sake you cant do just ONE thing eight, you have yo be able to be skilled doing many things right and it sucks to be you' issue.
My bad, he has no GO TO post move. Its just a repertoire. That will hurt him, the whole 'you can do whatever you want on the block cuz you're just so skilled and agile but for God sake you cant do just ONE thing eight, you have yo be able to be skilled doing many things right and it sucks to be you' issue.
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I'm not sure how your takeaway from that highlight reel was "Cousins has post moves", when his only real move was off a drive from catching it way outside the paint. (This isn't meant as a criticism of Cousins - I could equally say that watching KD hit 3s in that same video is no indication that he has post moves)
Ah how nice it would be to have a Kevin Durant on our team to pair with Cousins.
Ah how nice it would be to have a Kevin Durant on our team to pair with Cousins.
http://www.usab.com/news-events/liv...ase-game-usa-vs-china2.aspx?ls=iref:nbahpt13a
a cool 21pts 11reb on 7-8 shooting in 19 minutes this time.
Get the feeling he just might be too strong and just flat better than the international competition.
a cool 21pts 11reb on 7-8 shooting in 19 minutes this time.
Get the feeling he just might be too strong and just flat better than the international competition.
Beating them to the punch:
Of course he did good, it helps when you have good teammates (duh, been pointed out)
Well its not like he did it all himself, he had help (see last parenthesis)
It was against inferior competition (umm, thats every night for Cuz, 27 and 11 yo)
Well, at least his attitide wass in check (yours would be too playing with people who deserved to be on the same court with you, dont act like at your job if there were 4 weak links out of 5 if you would just be ho hum happy to carry the load everyday fixing their mistakes just cuz you made .50 cents more per hour).
Of course he did good, it helps when you have good teammates (duh, been pointed out)
Well its not like he did it all himself, he had help (see last parenthesis)
It was against inferior competition (umm, thats every night for Cuz, 27 and 11 yo)
Well, at least his attitide wass in check (yours would be too playing with people who deserved to be on the same court with you, dont act like at your job if there were 4 weak links out of 5 if you would just be ho hum happy to carry the load everyday fixing their mistakes just cuz you made .50 cents more per hour).