An example of the "specialization" of the nba

DDV · Post #1 » by **DDV** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:58 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQq9YWZ568

:rofl:

hayes is a perfect example of the specialized players that have come into the nba the past 10 to 15 years with no ability to put the ball in the basket and cant even shoot fundamentally sound but is making million to striclty rebound and hustle

going back just 20 years you had to have some skill to put the ball in the basket there were no speicalized players like u have now

MagicNolesFSU · Post #2 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:03 am

WOW

AI is like wtf?

Ian4 · Post #3 » by **Ian4** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:06 am

oh wow I've never seen such a thing lol :lol:

NetsForce · Post #4 » by **NetsForce** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:08 am

The only thing Chuck Hayes specializes in is kicking ass.

DDV · Post #5 » by **DDV** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:13 am

this ones even better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2P9qCPk ... re=related

Harm14 · Post #6 » by **Harm14** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:20 am

Is this like the 'enforcer' on NHL teams?

jzmagik · Post #7 » by **jzmagik** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:24 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55zIDCYS ... re=related

MagicNolesFSU · Post #8 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:25 am

wow.....just woow

MagicNolesFSU · Post #9 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:26 am

can some1 please tell me how you make it to the NBA with that form...please

Idunkon1stdates · Post #10 » by **Idunkon1stdates** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:27 am

Looks like he has the yips. If he does that intentionally, then wow.

GreenWithEnvy · Post #11 » by **GreenWithEnvy** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:28 am

hahahah this is hilarious but i initiallly though of jason collins because all he does is set screens he can go an entire game without one point, one rebound and one block. i think he did that once haha

jzmagik · Post #12 » by **jzmagik** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:28 am

DDV wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wQq9YWZ568

hayes is a perfect example of the specialized players that have come into the nba the past 10 to 15 years with no ability to put the ball in the basket and cant even shoot fundamentally sound but is making million to striclty rebound and hustle

going back just 20 years you had to have some skill to put the ball in the basket there were no speicalized players like u have now

Specialized players in the NBA whether be in defense or offense are still a hundred times better at putting a ball in the basket than your average basketball player.

MagicNolesFSU · Post #13 » by **MagicNolesFSU** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:30 am

jzmagik wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Specialized players in the NBA whether be in defense or offense are still a hundred times better at putting a ball in the basket than your average basketball player.

uhh NO. Let me shoot free throws against that kat :rofl:

jzmagik · Post #14 » by **jzmagik** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:31 am

MagicNolesFSU wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

uhh NO. Let me shoot free throws against that kat

Well you single out freethrows, with is the bane of many nba bigmen. But I'd love to see you finish around the rim with 7 footers around you

DDV · Post #15 » by **DDV** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:34 am

jzmagik wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Specialized players in the NBA whether be in defense or offense are still a hundred times better at putting a ball in the basket than your average basketball player.

im talking nba level, you u used to have to have some ability to put ball in the basket in some capacity

now theres guys who have no ability to score and are there just to hustle or defend

and if u are a "proffesional" its pathetic to have form like hayes does..

Idunkon1stdates · Post #16 » by **Idunkon1stdates** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:23 am

For a free throw to look that bad, there has to be a psychological problem. Glancing over his stats, it appears his shot used to be more reliable in his first NBA years and much more reliable when he was in college. Also, a poster at a Rockets forum mentions that his form in practice is much smoother than in game, so I'm guessing it's a psychological issue that rears its ugly head when he's under pressure.

edit: just making the point that it's probably not due to lack of effort or knowledge of the correct form. In golf, it's called yips: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yips

Post #17 » by **TNBT** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:45 am

That is by far the most horrific free throw shooting I have ever seen, and I've seen Shaq at the line, so that says a lot.

pr0wler · Post #18 » by **pr0wler** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:21 am

Can some Rocket's fans please comment? Is his form this bad on all his free throws in games?

One of the clips against the Jazz for instance, although far from normal, is at least a little smoother than the Denver scenario.

wilt · Post #19 » by **wilt** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:53 am

hey, Hayes hasn

SaxMachine · Post #20 » by **SaxMachine** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 1:53 pm

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/player/pr ... yerId=5538
chuck shot 73% from the line his senior year in college