Great Insight from KP today
During the interview with the fan today. He said plan like crazy during the summer and make whatever moves you want before the season. Then let your team gel together during season which is something from the Spurs organization.
It sounds relatively simple but it is something that has worked wonders. Too often teams trying to reach that next step try to rush the development cycle and end up making a move that costs them in the long run (see Tyson Chandler). I think the Bulls had a great chance to become a long term contender in the East, but they got impatient and all of a sudden things don't look so hot.
It's a good day to be a blazer fan
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Tyson Chandler
I cant really think of a good example of a guy who was trending upward every year that was given up on. Jermaine O'neal maybe, Desagana Diop? Drazen Petrovic?
I am sure someone will come up with a wicked good list of players.
by jonestr on Jan 4, 2008 4:31 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Tell that to the Warriors ...
However, it's clear that trade was made early enough so the new team still had time to gel.
I don't disagree with the philosophy, I'd just say it shouldn't be a hard and fast rule. It depends on the team and on the situation.
by bfan on Jan 4, 2008 4:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Short Term Results
by ppilot on Jan 4, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
chemistry... yuck
by little joey on Jan 4, 2008 4:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Chemistry is very important
Corporate America also values chemistry, especially places like Google who go out of their way to keep workers happy.
Happy people are more productive in general.
by HurraKane212 on Jan 4, 2008 5:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm curious
by Jumbo on Jan 4, 2008 5:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No.. they win where the stakes are far higher
Wars. REAL wars, not "the Pistons and Lakers are really going to war tonight" wars-as-metaphors.
Of course, morale is more highly regarded in theory and actual practice. The US military and political establishment frequently finds numerous and sundry ways to undermine the role of military personnel--everything from political infighting, to poor strategic and logistical decisions, to undertaking military ventures which are of a questionable nature to being with. So there. :)
by EngineerScotty on Jan 4, 2008 5:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Shoots
I was in the Navy and you should take them off that list. If my CO and a variety of other officers were standing next to Osama and I had a gun, I would hope to have more than one bullet.
by tominhawaii on Jan 4, 2008 7:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sports vs Wars
Sports is something so much better than war that I hate to see people comparing the two. One is about greatness, working together, the sum of all parts. The other is about... yikes.
by little joey on Jan 4, 2008 10:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Win streak?
by Jumbo on Jan 7, 2008 5:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure if that was their #1 aim they could make
by shenanigans on Jan 4, 2008 6:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Off topic, I guess...
Chemistry?
by little joey on Jan 4, 2008 10:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
c'mon dude, really?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jan 4, 2008 8:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I gotta agree
by tominhawaii on Jan 4, 2008 9:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't he win some big game or something?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jan 4, 2008 9:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not for a while
by tominhawaii on Jan 5, 2008 1:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't he win some big game or something?
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jan 4, 2008 9:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It was so good,
by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Jan 4, 2008 9:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If KP says the word culture one more time...
If that's ancient history to you, look at what just happened. How in the world did the third youngest squad in NBA history just win 13 games in a row and 15 of 16? I'm sorry, but you have to use those "C-words" to explain it. When a team is meshing, they're greater than the sum of their parts. When they're not meshing, they're going to lose no matter how much talent they've stockpiled.
Someone used Joe Torre's Yankees as proof that winning breeds chemistry, not vice versa. But didn't the Yankees just fail to even make it to the World Series despite having that monstrous payroll? Talent is great, but minus chemistry it's fool's gold.
by hurryup09 on Jan 5, 2008 10:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Another point about the Yankees example
Basketball has a lot in common with jazz improvisation or group comedy improv. It's all about the communication, trust, and interaction of the participants. You can go out and hire a team full of NBA all-stars and still lose if the guys don't mesh.
by hurryup09 on Jan 5, 2008 4:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

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