I'm not sure what will cause AK's inevitable failure this season.
Will it be when he gets injured? You can almost count on him getting injured at some point.
Or will it be when he becomes disinterested because the offense doesn't involve him enough? When Love, Rubio, and Roy are clicking at full strength, with a bit of Williams mixed in, AK will almost certainly be an after thought. If he was complaining about his role in Utah, he is really going to hate it in Minnesota.
Nah he will love it. He got his 10 million a year. That's all he is interested in.
Will AK all of a sudden not be injury prone?
Will AK all of a sudden develop shooting range?
Will AK all of a sudden add an offensive move (not just that spin into the key yelling, "AIIII" while losing the ball and asking for a foul)?
If not, then I wouldn't expect him to average more than 8-10 pts per game and 4 rbs while missing 1/4 of the season to various aliments. He might sometimes have some highlight blocks. But for every block there will be 3-5 times where his gambles lead to easy looks for his man.
Quite honestly, teams just don't have to defend him. Opposing defenses love it when guys like Brewer and AK play. That means they can cheat off those guys to focus on the real stars. It was amazing how good we were despite playing 3 on 5 most of the time on offense and playing Boozer as our primary big man. Damn Sloan was good.
Just when I thought I saw it all comes this newest absurd from Thriller. Can't wait to see what you say after AK is back to his usual 5x5 self under Adelman. Sloan sucked as coach since NBA allowed zone defense and was constantly outcoached by Pop,Jackson and others who knew how to utilize three ball and wing play, thankfully he is retired and we do not need to worry about him anymore. Oddly enough he did his best coaching job when he deviated from his PG to PF dominated offense in 2004 ( led by AK ). To bad he had no guts/brains to continue with something new and fresh and needed to recreate his Stockton to Malone clone with DWill and Boozer. Somehow no other NBA team offered him the job... GM's must know how outdated Sloan is and his losing playoff record speaks for itself.
Just when I thought I saw it all comes this newest absurd from Thriller. Can't wait to see what you say after AK is back to his usual 5x5 self under Adelman. Sloan sucked as coach since NBA allowed zone defense and was constantly outcoached by Pop,Jackson and others who knew how to utilize three ball and wing play, thankfully he is retired and we do not need to worry about him anymore. Oddly enough he did his best coaching job when he deviated from his PG to PF dominated offense in 2004 ( led by AK ). To bad he had no guts/brains to continue with something new and fresh and needed to recreate his Stockton to Malone clone with DWill and Boozer. Somehow no other NBA team offered him the job... GM's must know how outdated Sloan is and his losing playoff record speaks for itself.
Who is AK?
That move has been trademarked: it's called the "Spastic Octopus."Will AK all of a sudden add an offensive move (not just that spin into the key yelling, "AIIII" while losing the ball and asking for a foul)?
AK: The only player in pro sports' history whose underachievement can be blamed on a coach.
Just when I thought I saw it all comes this newest absurd from Thriller. Can't wait to see what you say after AK is back to his usual 5x5 self under Adelman. Sloan sucked as coach since NBA allowed zone defense and was constantly outcoached by Pop,Jackson and others who knew how to utilize three ball and wing play, thankfully he is retired and we do not need to worry about him anymore. Oddly enough he did his best coaching job when he deviated from his PG to PF dominated offense in 2004 ( led by AK ). To bad he had no guts/brains to continue with something new and fresh and needed to recreate his Stockton to Malone clone with DWill and Boozer. Somehow no other NBA team offered him the job... GM's must know how outdated Sloan is and his losing playoff record speaks for itself.
You're right.
Sloan sucked.
Obviously. Just few more month left until AK haters will be faced with sad but true fact - AK shines under different coach which proves that Sloan was the one to blame for underutilizing one of the best players in Jazz history.
Obviously. Just few more month left until AK haters will be faced with sad but true fact - AK shines under different coach which proves that Sloan was the one to blame for underutilizing one of the best players in Jazz history.