Post#13 » by milesfides » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:57 am
The funny thing is he did it left-handed alright, but ONE-HANDED. He didn't even use the right hand at all. Wtf? It was kinda scary seeing him compose himself, lock onto the basket, and control his body movements from halfcourt. I don't even want to think how many times he practiced that.
That's the thing, people are hating on Kobe's chances, but the truth is that most of these 3-point shooters are spot-up role players. They shoot a lot of open threes, they're specialists. Kobe shoots his threes off the dribble with the shot clock running down, he shoots it under duress, etc.
This is just practice for him. Thing is, he practices harder than everybody. Also, this guy is ridiculously strong for a guard. He can shoot 40 times in a real game, contested. Shooting these shots in rhythm without dribbing, without having to break down opponents? Come on.
Also, pressure won't have an effect on him. Some guys, the pressure gets to them. Kobe? Nah.
I don't think his finger will bother him that much, but if it does, I can see him doing this left handed, just to show off in a general way. In fact, I can see him pulling a rack to halfcourt, losing the contest, but showing everybody he could make halfcourt shots with his left hand, therefore upstaging the contest itself.
Or, after he misses an entire three racks, I could see him dunking the last two.
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