There is nothing for me to get over.

When a team wins the NBA championship with a Mainframe PG that is under 6-0 tall AND weighs less than 180 lbs … then my point will be sunk.

Til then … no one should waste their energy (or their team’s bankroll) trying to suggest that a PG of that size - with those defensive & rebounding liabilities outlined above - is capable of turning this specific trick … because the facts, as we know them DO NOT support that position..

WTF!!! GET OVER IT!!

Dude, its all about the mental makeup of the who the player is and what physical gifts are given to him. We knew the risks for the Raps of getting Ford form the beginning and he is still a great player, but now what is plaguing him very recently are his mental makeup and now his mental slip ups are eating up his fundamentals as well. We are being rough on him, but he has any game remaining this season that he can choose to CONSISTENTLY win us over with smarter play.

I guess we can call it life, because bad and good things in life are all run through by random TIMING and OPPORTUNITIES. Anything can happen, but one thing that one person can only control is ATTITUDE and Confidence.

Then … Go ahead and ask George Karl yourself if what I said is how he thinks about TJ Ford and Steve Nash is NOT restricted to the Offensive side of the Game, exclusively?

Conjecture?

Go ahead and prove me wrong.

You’re in the media, right?
Hoops Addict does interviews with NBA people, right?

Just go ahead and ask George Karl if he doesn’t agree with me that TJ Ford’s lack of size absolutely kills him as a possible starting PG on an elite level team in the NBA with a legit chance to ever win the championship.

(and while you’re at it … go ahead and ask other NBA analysts like Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, Charley Rosen, Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, as well … plus, any other coach in the NBA today)

Average Rebounds per game mean nothing … in comparison to an individual player’s ability to simply go and get the ball on THE possession which decides the outcome of a playoff game against a top quality opponent with a top notch PG.

Except that … if George Karl happens to feel that TJ Ford can be as “effective” as Steve Nash offensively … this has NO BEARING whatsoever on whether or not TJ Ford suffers from the inadequacies I described above, as a miniture PG, which have to do primarily with different aspects of Defense & Rebounding.

There has been no ’sinking’ here of any observations made by me.

TJ Ford’s lack of height & weight at the PG position has nothing to do with Steve Nash’s solid height & size as an elite level NBA PG … and George Karl’s opinion about what these two players’ individual strengths might be.

What’s apparent to me … is that you do not think or understand the NBA game like an NBA coach does.

Proof? Evidence?

As the wise old people use to say,

“The proof of the pudding is in the eating.”

If there have been NO (as in ZERO) small PG’s (who shoot 1st & pass 2nd) lead there team to an NBA championship … ever … ever … ever … then, that, Sir, is all the PROOF/EVIDENCE you (should) need … LOL, LOL, LOL

Getting shot over ‘consistently’ by taller players… getting abused on Low Post iso’s ‘consistently’ by bigger players … getting passed over ‘consistently’ by Bigs, coming out of the Low Post double-team … getting rebounded over ‘consistently’ by taller, stronger players … etc., etc., etc., … is irrelevant when it comes to Winning and Losing specific games vs a high quality opponent.

What matters vs a high quality opponent, in a specific game … is what happens on a specific possession … i.e. THE most important POSSESSION(s) in a game, when the outcome is being decided, one way or the other, for the final time … “consistency” throughout a game or an entire season be damned.

THIS IS HOW AN NBA HEAD COACH thinks … and it isn’t conjecture.

You need to listen to what NBA head coaches have to say after a specific game vs a high quality opponent … when they explain to you in detail what just happened during the HANDFUL of KEY possessions that decided the outcome of that specific game.

Sorry to say, but … most so-called NBA experts … don’t have a clue when it comes to understanding HOW the game is actually played at this level of competition.

And yes, I’ve noticed that too, but Ford’s never been one to do the “antlers” sign ever. It’s a bit different too, since Calderon is a big cheerleader who goes out of his way to get his teammates drinks at half time for crying out loud. I believe Ford has to keep a better cool head in most situations, and he also needs to get back into the team after his stock has taken a huge nose dive in the past month. I’m not sure he can gain it back by next year. Oh yeah, I know a lot of people believe that Ford is protected by Bosh, but honestly, I’ve never seen those two guys as being particularly close. It’s something I’ve noticed the media say a lot, but it’s just not something I’ve seen them do in their spare time much.

Oh, and I also don’t think Calderon’s defense is there either. I’ve seen him allow a point guard blow by him way too many times this year, rather than try and make the guard shoot over him.