And if you think coach and one particular teammate had nothing to do with decrease in AK's production than you are idiot as well
... seriously, lets not throw medical terms here as neither you nor me are qualified for that ok?
How you can talk about demise as a player when few month after 2007 most unproductive season ( thanks to Sloan) AK became MVP of Eurochampionship and won gold with his Russia team? Did you watch his play in 2007 Eurobasket? There was no demise at all, he was all over the place do it all AK. To bad he had no guts to stick to his original trade request after that and get his *** of the Jazz to other team, nobody here would be even having this discussion now.
Decrease in AKs production was because of Sloan and "one player"? haha okay lets look at some facts here
a) Last season AK averaged 1.2 blocks per game, the second lowest of his career, while averaging more than 30 minutes per game, and defending opposing SMALL forwards which technically should be easier to block, due to his height advantage. How is this due to coaching, ore not receiving touches?
b) assists: AK experienced a MINOR improvement in assists last season. Tell me AKMVP: if he is getting LESS touches, how come he has received his highest assist total in 5 years? Regardless, it still isnt an improvement by any means but this completely demotes your point, seeing as hes only averaged more assists once in his post-allstar year.
c) If his game is more focused on the perimeter, it would mean he would receive much more open three pointer-looks. Yet how many did he make per game? 0.6. LOL. If he had any sort of MOTIVATION (hint hint, AKs inherent flaw) to improve his game, this would be something he would address. He clearly used to have the skill for it.
d) Why did AK suddenly improve toward the end of the 2010 season?? was it because of "more-touches"??
The only production of his that has decreased overtime that could PERHAPS be attributed to coaching, is his scoring. However, how much has it diminished by? In AK's All-Star year, he averaged 10.5 FGA per game. How many did he average this year? 8.5. Two less. For two less field goal attempts PER GAME, you making it seem as if AK receives no looks at all ever since the Dawn of the Dwill and Boozer era. Well look here kiddo, if two allstars join your team, you should EXPECT 2 less looks per game, that is nothing!!!
So his defense has dimished, which has NOTHING to do with coaching. His looks have sliiigghhtly diminished due to the entrance of two all-stars, yet he still attempts nearly 9 a game, not including free throws. His 3-point shot is rarely tested, even though his game is much more perimeter focused like you said. His assists have IMPROVED, meaning clearly hes getting touches in the Jazz Flex-Offense, yet chooses to pass it out instead of being more assertive. So tell me, who really is the idiot here? Hahahah lets not throw medical terms around? Even though you were the one who initiated it? Please address your own hippocracy before you tell me what to do. Haha riiiight, AK plays always so darn well internationally. How many WORLDWIDE, non Europe-exclusive competitions has he won, both FIBA nd/or olympic ones? Are we supposed to believe that just because players like Luis Scola can tear it up in certain tournaments, they should be worshipped as "MVP"? Maybe the reason hes doing so well this year is because of the ****ing **** teams hes playing against in the group stages; even so, if the best team in the tournament (Spain) was beaten bya dysfunctional Turkish team, it really says lots about how "awesome" the competition is, as opposed to something like the Olympics, FIBA or even the NBA. Get off the guys jock already. To bad we got stuck with him for that max-contract; probably the very reason we could never sign a FUNCTIONAL small forward to help retain Deron Williams here.
. How many did he average this year? 8.5.
