pogiro wrote:MagicFan32 wrote:Well just thought you guys should know here in LA for the last week the media and fans have been KILLING Dawhite. they spent a whole week talking about his free throws, and alot of fans think he's mentally weak, if things don't change soon, he blames his teammates in the media all the time, never talks about what "HE" can do better nothing has changed
He does say he can do this and that, but it's just half-assed team talk. You can tell that he thinks he's doing everything he can though. Like for instance the free throws, when people bring it up he's always said that all he can do is shoot it the way he's been shooting it, and not thinking about it, because that's when he misses. Yea... sure, keep shooting and not thinking, it's been working wonderfully thus far.
And not only does his free throw shooting have a bigger spotlight on it now, but is truly does have a bigger impact that it would have in Orlando. If teams intentionally fouled Dwight in Orlando, whatever, he was our best offensive option anyways. But fouling Dwight down the stretch in L.A. keeps it out of Kobe's hands in crunch time. That's huge. I really don't see much of an option except taking him out of the game when the game's close.
He was protected in Orlando. No more. Hilarious.
I live in LA also and I do not know what TV or Radio Shows you are watching, but Time Warner Sports Net (The Lakers Channel), The Jim Ireland show, and others are protecting Dwight like there's no tomorrow. The blame is being placed on Pau, Nash being hurt, D'Antoni's lack of defense and others. Dwight is not getting bashed, he got criticized a bit about his free throws but that stopped immediately when he had an adverse reaction to it. Everyone in LA realizes he is an Unrestricted FA in the summer and are tiptoeing around so as not to hurt his feelings. LA is terrified he bolts and they have nothing to build around once Kobe, Pau, Nash, etc all retire or decline even further. So mainstream LA is NOT on Dwight's case whatsoever