ON TOPIC-somebody got a girlfriend

Post #1 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 5:32 am

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/230078/DAntoni-Appears-To-Be-Focusing-More-On-Defense

D'Antoni Appears To Be Focusing More On Defense
Mike D'Antoni is emphasizing defense during his first training camp as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.

D'Antoni has been known as a good offense coach with a lackadaisical approach on defensive matters.

"I would say 99.9 (percent) on defense and 0.1 on offense," D'Antoni said with a sarcastic smile. "Does that satisfy you guys?"

"It seems like he's harping a little bit more on defense now," Shawne Williams, who played for D'Antoni with the New York Knicks. "He's spending more time on defense. It used to just be a lot of offense and he used to try to tell us, 'Defense comes from within,' but now, everything starts with defense and then we let that dictate the offense."

edit- yes the thread tittle is a ref to somebody's sig

Post #2 » by **Slava** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 5:33 am

at the thread title.

EArl · Post #3 » by **EArl** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 5:46 am

It took me a minute.

Post #4 » by **TyCobb** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 6:08 am

Well done.

Beethoven · Post #5 » by **Beethoven** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 6:18 am

KB24TBOTB · Post #6 » by **KB24TBOTB** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 7:37 am

Well played sir! As for Mike D preaching defense, I'll believe it when I see it.

Post #7 » by **Danny Darko** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 1:55 pm

i still like the sig and highly doubt we'll be a group of stoppers

ratra_1211 · Post #8 » by **ratra_1211** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 3:21 pm

atleast coach D'antoni finally tried to emphasize D, and for the result, as someone has already stated above, we should believe it when we see it

what would jack bauer do? · Post #9 » by **what would jack bauer do?** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 8:55 pm

When's the first preseason game? I'm eager to see this team on the floor. With Farmar and wes being good additions on defense and this unity we have going as far as proving the analysts wrong; I feel like we got a squad that's ready to play for each other. I'm excited about the results.

Post #10 » by **Slava** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 8:59 pm

Isn't the first preseason game in China or something?

EArl · Post #11 » by **EArl** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 9:14 pm

SlavaMedvedenko wrote:Isn't the first preseason game in China or something?

Tiesto_Lakers · Post #12 » by **Tiesto_Lakers** » Thu Oct 3, 2013 9:58 pm

"Focusing" on defense will never make you a good defensive team. Preaching defense means creating a culture about defense and building into every players game on the team. It can never be done in one training camp, it takes months and years of dedication.

D'Antoni teams will never play D. Just have to accept it and hope for the best.

albasuna · Post #13 » by **albasuna** » Fri Oct 4, 2013 8:43 pm

Tiesto_Lakers wrote:"Focusing" on defense will never make you a good defensive team. Preaching defense means creating a culture about defense and building into every players game on the team. It can never be done in one training camp, it takes months and years of dedication.

D'Antoni teams will never play D. Just have to accept it and hope for the best.

Might as well just focus on offense right?

AI · Post #14 » by AI » Sat Oct 5, 2013 7:18 am

EArl wrote:It took me a minute.

Glad to see the sig I made is being put to use.

The thread title is fitting as well.

When I made that sig I was just ripping off Turbozone's Bargnani sig: "I'll rebound when you get a girlfriend." I even asked him for the font he used on that sig, just to match it up perfectly. :lol: