RJ is getting tired. he's had some pretty poor games of late and he's not being explosive again. it's a shame, before he was capable of 40 minutes a night, now with all that added muscle, he's becoming slow. I dont understand why wing guys need to add muscle, RJ has clearly been in the weightroom during the offseason but when Rj entered the league, he was lanky and quick, now he's slower and slower. i wish he was wiry strong like ariza.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Jan 20 2008, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>RJ is getting tired. he's had some pretty poor games of late and he's not being explosive again. it's a shame, before he was capable of 40 minutes a night, now with all that added muscle, he's becoming slow. I dont understand why wing guys need to add muscle, RJ has clearly been in the weightroom during the offseason but when Rj entered the league, he was lanky and quick, now he's slower and slower. i wish he was wiry strong like ariza.</div> You have no idea what you're talking about...none. You are guessing and passing it off as fact. When you have real information, come back and try again.
no shit, obviously, what am i, a team official? how else would you explain his poor play of late? missed Fts? YOU cant explain it, I cant explain, just take our best guesses.
Confidence and the fact that what's the point of attacking when the refs aren't calling anything has a lot to do with it as well.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Jan 20 2008, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>no shit, obviously, what am i, a team official? how else would you explain his poor play of late? missed Fts? YOU cant explain it, I cant explain, just take our best guesses.</div> Stop posting crap when you know nothing about an issue. Pose a question, don't be so insecure you have to make some sort of wild statement just to get attention to your threads. Email the beat writers. Your maturity as a poster has always been suspect. It has not improved. You presuppose knowledge you don't have and then when called on it, you come back with some excuse. This isn't a rhetorical device. It's boring in its tiresome sameness.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ Jan 20 2008, 11:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Jan 20 2008, 11:04 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>no shit, obviously, what am i, a team official? how else would you explain his poor play of late? missed Fts? YOU cant explain it, I cant explain, just take our best guesses.</div> Stop posting crap when you know nothing about an issue. Pose a question, don't be so insecure you have to make some sort of wild statement just to get attention to your threads. Email the beat writers. Your maturity as a poster has always been suspect. It has not improved. You presuppose knowledge you don't have and then when called on it, you come back with some excuse. This isn't a rhetorical device. It's boring in its tiresome sameness. </div> OK
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Universe @ Jan 20 2008, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Confidence and the fact that what's the point of attacking when the refs aren't calling anything has a lot to do with it as well.</div> confidence, you say? think he's lost confidence?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Jan 20 2008, 11:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Universe @ Jan 20 2008, 11:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Confidence and the fact that what's the point of attacking when the refs aren't calling anything has a lot to do with it as well.</div> confidence, you say? think he's lost confidence? </div> Of course. At the start, he was getting All-Star calls and was on a high horse. Now he seems to be Richard Jefferson.
His defense sucks. He and Carter are one of the worst defensive starting wing duos in the NBA. It's the #1 reason the Nets have a losing record.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jan 20 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>His defense sucks. He and Carter are one of the worst defensive starting wing duos in the NBA. It's the #1 reason the Nets have a losing record.</div> remember when RJ had a rep as being a lockdown defender when he first entered the league? he actually was a good defender back then to. telling you, all that muscle he put on as slowed him down.
Jizz man I used to be a big fan but of late it seems you have been smokin da 'erb far too much man... Are you even a nets fan anymore? Because it seems to me you get a massive hard on when you bash this team. Ease it up man, go back to the way it used to be; where it was more about constructive criticism, not pointless bagging. Rj is Rj. he is what he is, he was once an amazing athlete with lockdown skills but has now bizzarely morphed into a homeless man' Paul Pierce. I think he will always have his limitations , but its his new found ability to score that has elevated him in the eyes of the average casual fan... but agreed it has come at the cost of his D. I do think though VC's lack of focus on the offensive end, and the offensive end only has made Rj's shortcomings more and more obvious... By the way NetIncome, no need to point out the obvious when it come to Jizz, anyone with half a brain knows where he's at. Attacking him gives him more reason to crap all over our team in threads. if you find his posts that offensive, dont post in his threads at all. Let them sink to the bottom. Posting only gives him validation. You do have a lot of very well researched opinions (actually at ___.net I was bagged by you several times, but I never found the need to bag you back) that are always on point, dont waste them on threads that are complete nonsense, stick to what you do best...
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Jan 20 2008, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jan 20 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>His defense sucks. He and Carter are one of the worst defensive starting wing duos in the NBA. It's the #1 reason the Nets have a losing record.</div> remember when RJ had a rep as being a lockdown defender when he first entered the league? he actually was a good defender back then to. telling you, all that muscle he put on as slowed him down. </div> Ron Artest is much bigger and stronger than RJ and he is an incredible perimeter defender. RJ just sucks. He loves talking and joking around, but he doesn't play with the same heart and effort he used to.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jan 20 2008, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>His defense sucks. He and Carter are one of the worst defensive starting wing duos in the NBA. It's the #1 reason the Nets have a losing record.</div> I definitely agree. You guys don't even know how annoyed I get when I see RJ out there not fighting at all around screens, leaving his man wide open, letting his man get right by him to the basket. It's pathetic. I'd go as far as to say that Carter's defense is now better than his...which isn't really saying anything for either of them. I'd like to see both these guys go, ASAP.
