No harm was done..

["J. Mark Estepp" <esteppjm@conrad.appstate.edu>]

Kevin wrote...
>    I have heard a few people complain about Walker taking the ball coast to
>coast and not pacing to Mercer on a fast break in a game...  However, it is
>not like Walker turned the ball over or screwed up.  He was fouled;
>therefore, no harm was done.  You nevre know why he didn't pass the ball.
>Maybe he didn't have a good handle on the ball when he was getting ready to
>pass and was forced to put it up or perhaps he didn't think the passing lane
>was quite as open as all of you tend to believe it was.  Anyways... No harm
>was done... So chill out.

I do not agree that "no harm was done." Sure, on this play everything worked
out ok (at least I think so.  Did Walker make the free throws?)  But my
point is that the mentality of the team leader should be rewarding others.
Taking the ball down the court and shooting it yourself when you have a guy
in front of you who is wide open is simply not team b-ball.  Think about
it... When Bird was coming down the middle of the court, players knew for
certain that if they were open, they were getting the ball.  That is the way
the game is supposed to be played.



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