mrKnickShot wrote:nixluva wrote:islesfan wrote:So the bench players work with a lowly assistant coach. Guess what, that happens on every team in the league and pretty much on every basketball team in the world.
As usual the details evade you. It's about the results and in this case it seems that Atkinson wasn't just going thru the motions. Lin was ready when his time came and that's what a coach want to make sure is the case with all his players. Lin looked lost when he 1st got here and after working with Atkinson and then going to the D League where he played a couple of games in the system, then coming back and working even more, Lin got much more comfortable. Remember they had to do special work cuz there weren't any practice days.
And it also says something about Atkinson, whose job is to keep the non-rotation players ready for that moment when Mike D’Antoni calls on them.“I mean this guy wakes up at 6 a.m. every morning,” Lin says. “I’ll text after a game at midnight, 1 o’clock when I go home and I’ll say, ‘Hey can I look at those turnovers. Can I look at the upcoming team? How they run pick and rolls?’ And he ’ll have the film ready when I walk into the facility the next morning.
“When I wasn’t playing much, we were working out before practice, and after practice he was picking apart my game, teaching me what it’s like to play in Coach D’Antoni’s system.”
Doesn't sound like this kid just fell thru the cracks on the Knicks. Sounds like they wanted to coach him up and get him ready. They didn't have to spend any time with Lin and could've just let him go and picked up a vet like Mike James, but they didn't!!! Why? If they didn't see something in Lin why keep him around when they could bring in a vet? READ BETWEEN THE FREAKIN LINES!!!
So pathetic! Get a life.
Every time someone says something negative about MDA or does not give him credit for something, you need to defend/respond. Spend crazy amount of time and energy drumming up articles and quotes that you can slant to your pathetic defenses. Belittle anyone who disagrees with you - so PATHETICALLY sad! GET A LIFE!
By the way, MDA is REALLY UGLY! Now find me an article that proves otherwise.
"HOW CAN YOU CALL MDA UGLY? HE USED TO MODEL UNDERWEAR IN FRANCE! AND WON AWARDS AND MODELING CONTRACTS THERE! ITS THE CAMERAS IN AMERICA, THEY DON'T KNOW LIGHTING LIKE THE EUROPEANS. GET HIM A GOOD CAMERA, A EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHER AND YOU WILL SEE AND AGREE THAT HE'S HOT!!!! MDA IS HOT! YOU ARE THE UGLY ONE! LOOK AT THIS ARTICLE FROM KEN BERGER:
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MDA GOT HOT AT BILLY WALKER AFTER HE PASSED UP AN OPEN SHOT, DROVE TO THE HOOP AND GOT CALLED FOR HIS 9TH CHARGE OF THE GAME!
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SEE? EVEN KEN BERGER SAYS MDA IS "HOT"
"MMMMMM HOT MDA - NOT I CAN SLEEP NAKED AND LET NATURE TAKE ITS COURSE! RIGHT AFTER I CHECK THE UK AND MAKE SURE NOBODY SAD ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT MY HOTTIE"
One question, did you ever post any MDA pictures in the ALBA thread? Go for it! You know you want to.
P.S. I like how MDA has the team playing now and would like to judge him through the playoffs to see if I would like him extended.