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I haven't watched basketball since the 1990 Motor City bad boys defending champs.... damn, look at all that time I saved from watching grown children throw a ball through a net.Leave a comment:
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They aren't, but will be when the team attracts a few more players. The New York Knicks will finally be a worthy team in a year or two.Leave a comment:
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yay!!!
we agree!! 
I used to hate watching the Lakers because it was all about Kobe Bryant and Shaq's pitiful duel of attention. Now it's more enjoyable because, as you said, they improved their team players as a whole (for all the different positions).
I still don't see how the NY Knicks is a good team.Leave a comment:
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I agree with your definition of a ballhog and, in that sense, it's not a negative thing at all. So, I don't see the big deal in making it seem like a negative thing that Kobe is/was a ballhog. Kobe is a star, he needs to be the driving force of the team. It's the same with LeBron James and all the other star players in the teams. In fact, now that Kobe is surrounded by better players, he no longer keeps the ball in his hands, he trusts that his teammates will complete the job. In past years, however, he couldn't trust them because they weren't competent enough to play the game, so I don't blame him for not passing the ball.
In other news, Carmelo Anthony has been traded to the New York Knicks.Leave a comment:
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Well, to first clear things up, we have two definitions of ballhogs.
yours was: "a player who doesn't pass to the free man when he could"
when we teach basketball, a ballhog is anyone who has the most dominance of the ball in a game. By my definition, yes, i also consider Michael Jordan a ballhog.
(when will i ever learn my lesson?) I've come across a few instances on this forum, where words have much more meaning than in 'my society'/'circle'. A ballhog isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can be, such as in your definition; but as i was arguing, it can be a necessity (whether to save the team, or to win an award like MVP).
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Kobe was a ballhog back in the day when Shaq was on his team. The two had a clash of personalities and egos, and Kobe decided that the best way to be the attention of the team is to keep the ball to himself.
Kobe is no longer a ballhog. Kobe is the star of the team, in the same way that Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James, Dywane Wade and so on are stars. In recent years, Kobe has had an excellent team around him, so he has been able to pass the ball and have his team play, as opposed to the Kobe/Shaq era, when everybody on his team was horrible. Lakers, however, are not as powerful as they were one or two years ago, so Kobe has had to step up and keep the ball in his hands. The players on his teammate are not always consistent or reliable, which is why he might come off as a ballhog now. In general, however, and in recent years, Kobe has been passing, setting up his teammates, and has built an overall strong team around his star persona. Paul Gasol and Kobe Byrant are an effective force and the two play nicely off each other.
The problem with calling Kobe Byrant a ballhog is that many people don't watch every other team in the NBA as much as they watch the Lakers, and if they do, those teams don't have many stars. Did you guys watch Michael Jordan at all? Michael Jordan averaged 50 points - why isn't he a ballhog? In the same way that he wasn't, Kobe isn't a ballhog, because he lets his teammates play ball. Pau Gasol and everybody else who is willing to play, does play. Kobe steps up and has to turn the game around, but that doesn't constitute a ballhog. The definition of a ballhog would be a player who doesn't pass to the free man when he could. Kobe has proved himself otherwise in recent years.
I will admit that Kobe was going a bit of ballhogging at the All-Star game, though. That's purely because he wanted to be MVP and everybody plays that way in an All-Star Game. Kobe would probably be the first to admit it, and that he played that way to score and receive the attention. The All-Star Game is about showing off and he did that well, but on his own team, he is not a ballhog.Leave a comment:
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