Feed the Daddy

I think Kobe is a superb player. Utterly magnificent. I just think that every time down, the Laker offense should be geared towards bringing it in to the Daddy.

    This isn't a diss on Kobe. Kobe simply has a greater ability to create his own offense, and to get to the hoop from anywhere on the court. He's a slasher extrordinaire. He has a good outside shot. This makes him a splendid Option #2.

    Let Shaq hit 55% of 20-25 shots per game, and let Kobe free-lance and go to the ball when the Daddy is doubled. Run plays for Kobe just to keep defenses honest, and to free Shaq to raid the offensive boards. Let GP bring the ball down, dish it to Kobe, and set up Shaq. Do this every time you don't fast break. When Shaq comes out, let Malone and Kobe do that two-man game. When it's just Kobe and no Shaq/Karl, let Kobe go all Gatorade on the poor foe.

    The lead poster here made a good point about "rhythym of the flow". The gentle, lapping ocean wave won't knock over a sand castle....but enough of them will erode stone. Shaq is a lot like a human, hip-hop, Sasquatchian, wealthier version of the Chinese Water Torture. A drop of water to to the forehead...again and again and again and again and again and ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It would make Genghis Khan cry like Nancy Kerrigan. All things have a breaking point, even interior defense.

    Kobe is a 6'7" guy scoring 25 a game. As good as that is, there are men like Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Tracey McGrady(when my grandmother got reallllllllllly old, she insisted he was Irish), Vince Carter and others who can get that done for you.

    Look around the NBA. Is there anyone else who can score 25 a game on 55% shooting? Shaq posts Chamberlainesque numbers, and he does it through raw power- very little strategy can stop him. If he made free throws(late game is another time to go to Kobe more), LA would have a more current dynasty.

    Frontal assaults are brutal, risky, and often effective. Pickett's Charge, though repulsed, was an overhand right by an outmatched boxer. Still, Bobby Lee was no fool. Had that charge succeeded, the Rebels could have marched on Washington.

    Cities far greater than Gettysburg- Constantinople, Rome, Jerusalem, and so forth- fell to simple brute force. No team has an answer to the Daddy. Every time down, go to the Daddy. Kobe will understand, when he gets older. Every time down, go to the Daddy.

 

 

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