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Davis18 wrote:RHODEY wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
IQ needs to work on his handle all offseason, nothing else other than getting it tighter and actually some 1 on 1 moves. If we build right we could get away with him being Rozier, another little SG.
He's 6'3" .
He plays like he is much shorter.
He needs to just chill out with floaters and work on getting to the rim.
I know he is not that type of player but he will only be a bench player unless he learns to play with contact.
3toheadmelo wrote:
NewEra wrote:Maxey is special
Reign23 wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:
thats bs. simmons is really good.
KnicksGod wrote:Another dominant superstar performance from Ja, 23 points and 1-7 from 3 in another L.
It was very tough. I definitely wasn’t ready to hang it up and I still felt like I had more to give to a team and I feel I had a lot to give to the Nets. I feel like they needed what I brought to the table, so it was really tough to walk away. They needed an inside scorer and a rim protector, and that’s what I do, especially at this phase of my career. I’ve dealt with WPW, a heart condition, my whole career. I found out about it in 2006, my first year, so I’ve had some reoccurrences over the years and we’ve done studies. The doctors would do research to make sure nothing has changed. I had a weird game against the Lakers, my heart was just beating weird and out of rhythm. I had irregular rhythm the whole game, and I hadn’t experienced that before. Normally when I get on the court, my case study is that I would go into regular rhythm as I got my heart rate up. It had never been out of rhythm in a game and then it was out of rhythm for the Lakers game and I was just off and couldn’t get no energy. I just couldn’t get myself going. I couldn’t figure out what was going on. And later that night, I honestly had a scary night. My heart was beating different or as weird as it has ever been before. I never experienced how slow, fast … it was just crazy how it was going that night. I wanted to wait until the morning to get to the doctors to see what was going on.
You played your first nine seasons in Portland, you made four All-Star teams and were part of several playoff contenders. How do you look back on your stint there, and do you have any regrets as far as your exit?
They say hindsight is 20/20. As you get older you get more wiser and you see things more clear. I think as you get older, you have less of an ego, you’re less sensitive. Maybe all those things are true. The only thing I look back on is I wish I would have worked at it better to have a relationship with Dame (Lillard). I feel like we both had our circles talking to us. Maybe that helped stifle our relationship, but we definitely have gotten a better relationship since then. But I think just trying to get a better relationship with him. It’s just tough because people see the career I had, but people don’t realize how I got there.
I was picked No. 2, but (team people) said I was an actual project. So they didn’t pick No. 2 and say, ‘Hey, he’s our guy, we’re going to play behind him.’ I was No. 2, and I didn’t even play much my first year. I missed camp. They jumped behind Brandon Roy. I was the No. 2 pick, which I thought, hey, I’m No. 2, they’re all in. But they weren’t really all in. I was on the back burner. And then we got Greg (Oden). So then when Greg was playing well, I was on the back burner again. And they tried to trade me. So I wasn’t the guy that they believed in right away. That’s why at times things were a little iffy there, because every time we were healthy with Andre Miller and Brandon Roy and Greg Oden, it was like … OK, I was more of the guy that they would put on the back burner or try to trade. And then all those guys got hurt, and I was thrown to the front out of a necessity. That’s when I finally got my opportunity to be who I became. It’s just funny to me how when you’re a No. 2 pick, most of those guys come in … Hey, you’re a part of this and have opportunities. With me, it was like … I was a project and I was like, well, who picks No. 2 as a project? I understand they have Zach Randolph.
So my start wasn’t ideal. I was always the easy one to try to get rid of. Unfortunately, those guys got hurt, and I became the man. And it was like: Oh, man, he’s good. I feel like if they would have gave me the opportunity earlier, we could have been even better earlier. My role wasn’t as easy as everyone might think it was. I had to really go earn this thing of having your own team. I had to go fight for that for a bunch of years. When I got it, it was a proud moment for me.
I just feel like I wish Dame and I would’ve talked more and tried to develop a better relationship. Part of it was he was young, trying to find his way, and I had worked so hard to get to this spot I was at. I wish I would have worked harder … the only regret I have is I wish I would have worked harder to have a relationship with Dame.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:RHODEY wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
IQ needs to work on his handle all offseason, nothing else other than getting it tighter and actually some 1 on 1 moves. If we build right we could get away with him being Rozier, another little SG.
He's 6'3" .
I know how tall he is, he's a small 2.
YouthMovement wrote:draymond is really good at this. i'd imagine he'll have a few offers when he retires
thebuzzardman wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:RHODEY wrote:
He's 6'3" .
I know how tall he is, he's a small 2.
I think IQ will be good. And he's "ok" now. He needs some time, like RJ.
Chanel Bomber wrote:I wish I could say I was boycotting the Nets since that would imply I have morals but I'm just completely uninterested in them.
Another game I gladly will not watch.
Chanel Bomber wrote:This board really is full of bad people.
3toheadmelo wrote:Jabari Parker is Boston’s second option. Danny Ainge going out sad
Chanel Bomber wrote:This board really is full of bad people.
3toheadmelo wrote:Jabari Parker is Boston’s second option. Danny Ainge going out sad
Chanel Bomber wrote:This board really is full of bad people.
Guano wrote:2 other things need to be addressed - this "Lucky" logo thing is comical. these are Old men getting upset about a logo. This isn't some rookies young teens or anything -KG is 45 - FORTY FIVE and upset over a 29 year old man stepping on a logo. He should be embarrassed with himself.
Also, I said I'd root for the Jazz if they make it to the finals against the nets. I LIED. Fck that fan base. Bunch of herbs with red rock pics on twitter were talkin extra spicy about my boi Brooks and Ja the other night and i'm not standing for it. I'd join GreenArrow and the other 3 Nets fans if they face the Jazz in the finals.
