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“ I guess people think Grant Hill is a good player or whatever, but guarding Kobe he looks so old you feel like he should be wearing gym shorts on the outside of his sweat pants. ”
“ Unfortunately, this never materialized, as Blake shot just 37.8 percent from distance, a notable dip from his career .391 mark. ”
Andy Kamenetzky, Offseason needs: Outside shooting, ESPN Land o’ Lakers, June 3, 2011.
Forgive me for this, because I try not to be this hard on people, but that’s fucking idiotic. Blake made 73 threes on 193 attempts this year. Do you know how many he would have needed to make to hit 39%? 76. The difference between Blake’s disappointing season and the season the Lakers were expecting was three three-pointers. Three. How many inches did he miss those three threes by total?
(This is leaving aside the fact that the “career .391 mark” is his career percentage now, so it includes the .378 he shot this season. If L.A. was setting expectations based on his career shooting, they were doing it by his percentage coming into the year. That’s not quite as dumb as the above, but it’s sloppy.)
Matt Barnes re-upped with the Lakers
I’d missed this news before, and as much as Barnes struggled after his knee surgery, I’m glad to see him exercise his option with L.A., if for no other reason than from a fan perspective — I like watching him play and I like rooting for him. (I was also attending my first ever Lakers game on the night he got hurt, so I hope to make it up to him by attending a triple-double next season.)
“ As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I can tell you the transition from Phil Jackson to Brown will likely mirror the one that occurred when Bill Parcels was replaced by Wade Phillips. Bill controlled a presser like few of his peers could and Wade was not in that league. At all. Following up a man that understood how to work the media with one that gave bland or straight to the point answers wasn’t easy for Wade and it was a criticism that endured through his entire tenure with the Cowboys. ”
Darius Soriano, I’d Rather Win Games Than Win Press Conferences, Forum Blue and Gold, 5/31/11.
This is the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my whole entire life. (Lakers Division.)
