NBA 2019 Offseason Thread | Greatest Clownshow On Earth

By s y ngmi Go To Postget off that mans dick

By rvy Go To Postpost lies and then tell people to get off someone's dick

By i can get you a toe Go To Postwhat in fucks name

how could someone defend being this much of an ass about sports for little kids

kobe is a fucking shithead

By rvy Go To Postsure, why not. I really don't get it.

This excerpt of “I’ll Show You,” by Derrick Rose with Sam Smith, is presented with permission from Triumph Books. For more information or to order a copy, please visitI'll Show You

With the basketball, the way Phil [Jackson] had talked, and with [Joakim Noah] and [Carmelo Anthony], I really thought we were going to do something.

But when it came to the basketball, I knew right away that we were shit.


I played through it, 60-some games, but I could tell right away it wasn’t the season I was expecting. Lot of different priorities. Melo’s there. You know how he plays. Can’t change that. That’s what I realized being there. And he’s a great dude; I loved being around Melo. He ain’t gonna rub you the wrong way. Great dude, great spirit, great person, great teammate.

I don’t say much, but Phil could tell. Phil was telling me to be patient. He said I had a lot going on with the trial and all. He was honest with me. Everything he talked to me about, he was honest, I’ll say that.

Our relationship was a little weird, though. He was cool the whole time I was there, but he wanted that $60 million he was owed by the Knicks.

As for me, I liked Phil, but, come on, man, you’re still running the triangle? He was still forcing them to run it. I’m a slasher, a driving point guard. The triangle is okay, but not for the personnel we had. Melo couldn’t play that way, didn’t want to.

They were trying to do it for Melo; he didn’t want to start over so they wanted to get the veterans for him. But he can’t play with a lot of guys, he’s gotta be the main guy. Supposed to be a top-five team. You should just fall into winning games with that much talent, but we were struggling to stay in it at halftime. It was frustrating, but at the same time all of it was out of our control. Jo and I used to talk about that all the time. Phil wanted us to play a certain way and we had to listen. What can you do?

Early on in the season, Phil really didn’t force anything. But as time went on, it converted all the way to the triangle and we played through that almost the whole year. For the team we had, I think deep down [coach Jeff] Hornacek really wanted to play that more up-tempo style. But being in that position, being a new head coach, having to listen to the front office, it’s hard on that coach to say something. He’s moved around, he’d been fired in Phoenix. I guess Hornacek got tired of hearing about it, having meetings about it, so he just said, “We’re gonna do it and see.”

It also took a lot out of us. It’s hard to go into games knowing there’s a point during the game where the game slips away. You can feel it. The whole team can feel it. But that was every other night.

There were times during a game where we would play free. And it didn’t matter what we did. We’d end up coming back, and Phil would be like, “What’s that?” I remember one time we beat Boston and he told Hornacek he didn’t like the way we finished that game. We ended up winning the game. Melo got kicked out the game or something like that, something crazy, but Phil didn’t like the way we finished that game. It’s like, “Damn, in the league you’re happy to get a win.”

By blackace Go To Postif he would had just praised in their hardwork that'd be dope… but them shots about girls not having basketball be the center of their 6th grade life is just being a dick

By s y ngmi Go To Postkobe throwing a teammate under the bus part 20

https://www.instagram.com/p/B2SC-p6nN2y/

By domino Go To PostI never met a coach that was fine with a player doing something else rather than playing in a game. I’ll allow it

By domino Go To PostI never met a coach that was fine with a player doing something else rather than playing in a game. I’ll allow it

By domino Go To Postyall underestimate the pettiness of coaches man. it’s my job dealing with these folks and the stories I hear make Kobe’s little dig sound like a joke. I can’t even trip off that

By DY_nasty Go To PostYal had some sawft coaches frfr

By Red Blaster Go To Postlmao team usa getting crushed by fournier

celtics are going to barely win 40 games this year. dy will be in here saying marvin williams is better than jayson tatum

By Red Blaster Go To Postlmao team usa getting crushed by fournier

celtics are going to barely win 40 games this year. dy will be in here saying marvin williams is better than jayson tatum

By DY_nasty Go To PostYal had some sawft coaches frfr

By i can get you a toe Go To PostYou know I read that again and I think Kobe doesn't even understand having more than one interest. I'm not even giving him shit. But he's even coaching now instead of doing anything else. Legit sounds as if he can't be assed to contemplate doing things other than basketball. Dude would be first in line for some bionic cyborg shit just to go ball again. Maybe the guy should set up a league for flabby retired bros. I'd watch it.

By i can get you a toe Go To PostYou know I read that again and I think Kobe doesn't even understand having more than one interest. I'm not even giving him shit. But he's even coaching now instead of doing anything else. Legit sounds as if he can't be assed to contemplate doing things other than basketball. Dude would be first in line for some bionic cyborg shit just to go ball again. Maybe the guy should set up a league for flabby retired bros. I'd watch it.

By blackace Go To PostMy coaches were dicks but wouldn't blast a kid on myspace

By DY_nasty Go To PostThey didn't have myspace back in your time but best believe they would tell uncle and auntie that you half assed practice every Sunday after church lol

By reilo Go To PostEven when he branches out into other media eg film it's about basketball and about him

By i can get you a toe Go To PostYou know I read that again and I think Kobe doesn't even understand having more than one interest.

By DY_nasty Go To Postbut but but pay kemba