That's a tough one. On one hand that team is super young and mismatched (imo) and on the other he has developed some of those players very well.
Maybe, lot of season left. They need to find a way to utilize Parker, such a huge talent seems to be wasting (although it hasn't been a year since his knee injury). Idk, the Bucks seem like they all have similar skill sets but no real "guy" they remind me of the post T-Mac/pre-Harden Rockets.
Naa disagree on that one. Losing Brandon Knight was a huge problem; they have no court spacing. Jared Dudley and Zaza were very valuable contributors last year given away for nothing. The East is much improved as a conference. The Bucks are dealing with some injuries. They have very intriguing young talent but many experts picked them as a team likely to take a step back this season. Their future is still bright. Kidd lead this team to the playoffs last year. If anything he's become a victim of his own success, since he did well now everyone expects more from his team. I guess you could say losing Knight is Kidd's fault; which I partly agree with. No coach should have GM duties IMO. Doc Rivers and Stan Van Gundy have also made some terrible moves. Just a poor track record of this. Same in the NFL. They are two very difficult time consuming jobs. There are also times a GM needs to have a long term outlook while a coach needs to do everything to win immediately and those have to be balanced by different individuals. I blame the Bucks management for giving Kidd such authority.
He's cringe-worthy when he shoots! At one point in like mid third quarter he had put up 18, count em 18 shots I couldnt believe it, and he was 6/18 shooting. I know we're all supposed to hate the L*kers but it still is sad to see one of the greats go out like this. No matter your feelings the guy is a top-10 player all-time and what they're doing is just shameful he's hurting the team and his legacy going down this path. I just cant tell if it is Scott's incompetence or Kobe's stubbornness but it is a shame upon the organization the send off they are giving him.
This HAS to be his last season. The only way I see him playing any longer is if he isn't in a Lakers jersey.
It doesn't make sense to me.... I get that you lose your athleticism as you age, so the dunks and the quickness and the drives are gone, but why would his shot abandon him so badly? That doesn't make sense to me. His arm strength and mechanics should still be fine.
tearing the achilles THEN your rotator cuff say goodbye to your shot. He has NO lift and cant push his fade-aways to the basket anymore. If you watch all his shots are short, he's not missing left and right which would be mechanics he just cant get the ball there anymore.
There was a good post about it on reddit a few weeks ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/3rjr7t/i_think_i_know_why_kobe_is_shooting_so_bad/ The TL;DR - Kobe is a traditional 2-motion shooter and the reason he's shooting poorly now is because he's trying to "borrow" another great move to his game: 1-motion shooting (from Curry)
That's fascinating.... I subscribe to Reggie Miller's principle though: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Disagree about top10 all time but he is certainly a hall of famer. It's odd the Lakers gave him that terrible overpaid extension and sell it as good will investment but it seems to be having the opposite effect. The LA media and many Lakers fans are turning on Kobe.
Its gunna be embarrassing when they get turned down. Calipari could have his pick of NBA jobs he aint picking the KINGS christ theyre nuts over there! If they think they can land him even for one second even if they give him more than phil jackson 10 mil a year money he would go somewhere else for less before he goes to SAC. Why leave Kentucky for the most dysfunctional franchise in the NBA with an over involved owner and a completely lost front office?
He definitely should do it. He might be able to get $15+ million a season so the contract would total $50 million! Kings will get impatient in a year and fire him so he can go back to Kentucky with all that money in the bank. I disagree he has his pick of NBA jobs; very few college coaches have succeeded in the NBA. Hoiberg and Donovan look bad. Brad Stevens is the only one I can remember doing well with that direct transition in the last 20 years. But Stevens was brought in for a patient rebuilding plan. Calipari already tried the NBA with the Nets and failed.
