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MoTown16 said:
Nope. Can't blame this one entirely on Corbin. It was a poor effort all the way around. I think some players already had travel reservations and didn't want the season to last another week.
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....well, if Big Al is the focal point of our offensive system....and he has to take 22 shots to score 19 points, then I'd say it's coaching!
 
Revolution 9 said:
Dennis Lindsey I've seen Dirk Nowitzki, watched him lead his team to a title, and score at will on the elite.
AL Jefferson is no Dirk Nowitzki.
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He said that he had nowitzki like numbers on long twos this year. Which he did. So did millsap last year. He never compared him to nowitzki over than that. He just said al had improved outside of the post.
 
b_line said:
He said that he had nowitzki like numbers on long twos this year. Which he did. So did millsap last year. He never compared him to nowitzki over than that. He just said al had improved outside of the post.
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Mentioning them in the same breath is wrong, and punishable by death. They are nothing a like. Big Al should be mentioned with Matt Harping, or Thurl Bailey.
 
Revolution 9 said:
Mentioning them in the same breath is wrong, and punishable by death. They are nothing a like. Big Al should be mentioned with Matt Harping, or Thurl Bailey.
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ok, so if Thurl Bailey and Karl Malone shot the same percentage on free throws, would it be punishable by death to mention that they had the same percentage? He was NOT comparing them as players. He was comparing their shooting percentage on long 2's. There is a HUGE difference there. I have never heard of a single person comparing Al Jefferson favorably to Dirk Nowitzki.

Aaaand, Big Al is better than Harpring and Big T. He should be mentioned with Carlos Boozer and Tracy McGrady.
 
b_line said:
ok, so if Thurl Bailey and Karl Malone shot the same percentage on free throws, would it be punishable by death to mention that they had the same percentage? He was NOT comparing them as players. He was comparing their shooting percentage on long 2's. There is a HUGE difference there. I have never heard of a single person comparing Al Jefferson favorably to Dirk Nowitzki.

Aaaand, Big Al is better than Harpring and Big T. He should be mentioned with Carlos Boozer and Tracy McGrady.
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I must have seen a different quote, or paraphrase than you. I believe you if you say he was not comparing them as players.

let me just ask, do you want Big Al back next year?
 
Revolution 9 said:
I must have seen a different quote, or paraphrase than you. I believe you if you say he was not comparing them as players.

let me just ask, do you want Big Al back next year?
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Look, I don't want Al next year, but his mid-range game was Nowitzki-like this season. He has obviously improved his long 2s, impressive for a man who used to operate strictly on the block.

Just because it's hard to succeed in a team where Al is your only offensive option, and he's a defensive sieve, doesn't mean that you can't acknowledge great aspects to his game.
 
Sandy Braille said:
Look, I don't want Al next year, but his mid-range game was Nowitzki-like this season. He has obviously improved his long 2s, impressive for a man who used to operate strictly on the block.
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The data doesn't support this conclusion. Al's shooting numbers aren't at all improved this season, and they're significantly worse than Dirk's.

Note: Looking at both the NBA.com shooting stats and the mysynergysports.com stats.
 
b_line said:
He said that he had nowitzki like numbers on long twos this year. Which he did
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What makes you think this? Have you looked at the numbers?

Al was 141-352 from 16-24 feet this season, 83-207 last season, and 89-214 in 10/11. That is, this was Al's worst season (by percentage, not volume) as a Jazz man on long twos, with a field goal percentage of .401 (.401 in 11/12 and .416 in 10/11).

Dirk shot .500 from 16-24 feet this season, .511 last season, and .526 in 10/11.

I fail to see the similarity.
 
GVC said:
What makes you think this? Have you looked at the numbers?

Al was 141-352 from 16-24 feet this season, 83-207 last season, and 89-214 in 10/11. That is, this was Al's worst season (by percentage, not volume) as a Jazz man on long twos, with a field goal percentage of .401 (.401 in 11/12 and .416 in 10/11).

Dirk shot .500 from 16-24 feet this season, .511 last season, and .526 in 10/11.

I fail to see the similarity.
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I am just quoting what Dennis Lindsay said. He said that al shot 48% on long twos. Ask him where he got his data. All I was saying is that comparing one aspect of Al's game to dirk nowitzki does not mean anyone thinks he is as good as nowitzki.
 
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