Kobe

[Eric Albert]

>fth at hurleyit.com wrote:
>
>> Are we as good when healthy as the Spurs would have been with Robinson?
>> Perhaps not, but then again, this was a team that was running bad teams
>> out of the building, and staying with good teams most nights.
>>      
>
>Egg wrote:
> 
>We were 10-18 when Pierce went down. 

Yes.  I have to say, I've come around to the view that the glass is completely
empty.

10-18 is a 29-win season.  That's no reason to be optimistic.  And without
Pierce, we can't beat anyone.  Literally.

Some nights, I see improvements in some players.  But altogether, overall,
improvement in the team?  No.

We're awful.  We *still* can't run a fast break.  We still don't run -- period.
Let me say that again: we have a team made up completely of young,
athletic players and we don't run.  We don't do the little things.  We don't
do the big things.  Where is the reason for hope?

I gather it's in the draft.  The draft in which we have, what, a 50% chance
of getting a player we really want?  So, this year is a train wreck, and a
bad flip of a coin means next year (and probably the year after it) is also
a train wreck?

And what kind of strategy is that, anyway?  Play awful basketball for years,
then hope to get lucky in the draft.  Even if that "plan" succeeds, why would
a fan want to be associated with it?  "Our franchise has no idea how to draft
or develop players, but we got lucky."  Cool.

Watching Kobe last night, I had the same feeling I did when watching Lebron:
Paul Pierce has *never* been that good, even in a single game (and there's
no reason to believe he ever will be).  Kobe made hard shot after hard shot,
and it looked effortless.

We don't have a great player; we don't have a good coach; our management
is suspect.  I'm running out of reasons to watch the games.

-- Eric