Comments on: Kaman Out Until All-Star Break

By: Your January 13 Wake Up Call « To The Tin

Your January 13 Wake Up Call « To The Tin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 07:36:39 +0000

[...] Chris Kaman is out until the All-Star [...]

By: myspace.com/axockinrecords

myspace.com/axockinrecords — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:34:56 +0000

bootstrenf, you mentioned the similarities between maggette and thornton. I’m going to name a few differnces. 1 thornton finishes around the basket. 2 thornton has a better shot percentage as a pro. 3 this is his second year and where I come from 2 is less than 9. So he is old for a sophmore, and? That can only mean one thing, in ten years from now he is going to be 35. Don’t get me wrong though I always liked maggette’s game.

By: bootstrenf

bootstrenf — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:36:59 +0000

or it could be argued that o’neal was always a good player, but dunleavy failed to realize it…..

which basically boils down to the same point: dunleavy suck!!!

By: jermaine o neal

jermaine o neal — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:14:27 +0000

thorton,s devolpment is on the coach..That what makes a good coach…see how Bynum,Ariza,Sascha,Farmar,etc…on the Lakers devoloped?…Its the coaching…O Neil became a good player after he left Dunleavy..

By: cliptakular

cliptakular — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:26:57 +0000

Al and Mags are two completely different players IMO.

Al is struggling because I think that he is much more suited for a running team where he could make better use his athletism while Maggette was more effective with us (half-court system) and he sucks at Golden State.

By: bootstrenf

bootstrenf — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:11:07 +0000

25 is not exactly young in the nba…..

and here are the problems you list:

1.) no 3pt shot
2.) bad court vision/passing
3.) bad defense

sounds exactly like corey maggette to me…..and did corey ever improve in any of those areas???

i know that al isn’t corey, but they seem to possess strikingly similar characteristics….

if corey never changed, what makes you think al will??? he’ll be turning 26 this year…..so much for your “give the young guy a break” theory…..

By: myspace.com/axockinrecords

myspace.com/axockinrecords — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:02:16 +0000

Al Thornton has the Second Highest PPG in the whole sophomore class right now. What else do some people want. The guy is young. He needs to improve in his head before he could on the court. He is either going to stay at 15-18ppg type of guy with little improvement or he is going to develop a consistent 3 point shot and be a 20 plus type of player. There are 3 things that are going to keep him away from elite status. I mentioned the first and that is he is not a threat beyond the arch. The second is he is not aware of any team mate at any time when he is holding the ball. The third is his defense. He doesn’t rotate as quick as he should and most of the time chooses bad decisions. Two of these things can be achieved by experience and proper basketball thought processing. Shooting is not a thought process, it’s a repetitive learning process that does improve with proper technique and execution. On the Kaman point, there was really very little hope for this team before we had zach. We couldn’t score the ball ever. With zach and kaman we are a serious threat. Lets at least witness 20 games before we are sending players packing, please.

By: ACD

ACD — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:04:29 +0000

I like Maggornton better.

It’s amazing how they’ve morphed into the same f-ing player… except the younger one isn’t as efficient.

Has that guy EVER passed once he puts the ball on the floor?

“HEAD DOWN BASKETBALL!!!!”

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:51:48 +0000

Yeah, I’m hoping that by showcasing him in the second half someone will give us 60 cents on the dollar and not the 30 he’s worth now.

By: clipperfanless

clipperfanless — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:37:56 +0000

I blame Al Thornton for the season. That guy needs to go. BAD CHEMISTRY, they will never win with Thorgette.