THIS sums up the modern NBA...
Rajon Rondo stays in blow-out loss to keep assist streak alive.
Can't get the link to work, so here ya go....
This nugget caught my eye...
One of the NBA's other least-kept secrets is the fact that players are often acutely aware of where they're at regarding individual statistical hallmarks. Whether a player is going for a career-high in something, a triple-double, or a bonus-earning box score feat, NBA players young and old will purposely disrupt a game plan (or, sometimes worse, successfully lobby a head coach) in order to add a few more ticks to the ledger, irrespective of the score.
It's also a barely-guarded secret that scorekeepers in every NBA city have gotten more and more liberal with their handout of the assist over the last few decades. Sometimes it doesn't bother a scorekeeper that the player on the receiving end of an "assist" actually did all the work to create the shot he just scored on.
Pau Gasol has phucked me at least four times over the last two seasons, with silly fouls and timeouts with the Lakers down BIG and only seconds left.
Typical of the modern NBA. Stat padders.
Can't get the link to work, so here ya go....
This nugget caught my eye...
One of the NBA's other least-kept secrets is the fact that players are often acutely aware of where they're at regarding individual statistical hallmarks. Whether a player is going for a career-high in something, a triple-double, or a bonus-earning box score feat, NBA players young and old will purposely disrupt a game plan (or, sometimes worse, successfully lobby a head coach) in order to add a few more ticks to the ledger, irrespective of the score.
It's also a barely-guarded secret that scorekeepers in every NBA city have gotten more and more liberal with their handout of the assist over the last few decades. Sometimes it doesn't bother a scorekeeper that the player on the receiving end of an "assist" actually did all the work to create the shot he just scored on.
Pau Gasol has phucked me at least four times over the last two seasons, with silly fouls and timeouts with the Lakers down BIG and only seconds left.
Typical of the modern NBA. Stat padders.