dk7th wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:Notice,Kobe aint talking stats or TS%. Kobe is talking like a very knowledgeable bball player.Ill take Kobes opinion over a bucket full of meaningless stats and unwarrented hate. There are many agendas being shown here but the only agenda that counts is wins and losses. And right now we are the team to beat. Finally, the Knicks are the talk of all the web sites and sports tv and radio. Why cant some just enjoy this national attention and soak in the glory?.Remember all the negative talk about this franchise over the past 10-15yrs about how we sucked and how we were a dysfunctional org. Its all changed, so myself, keep the stats and WINNING IS THE ONLY THING.

you could stand a refresher course in psychology. bryant is a vain douche who is projecting his own limitations as a player onto carmelo who shares the exact same limitations. of course bryant would sympathize with what amounts to an extension of himself. both these dudes lack utterly the ability for self-reflection and introspection. in speaking about carmelo's problems he is speaking about himself.

There are several problems with this statement.

1. You can not say that he needs a refresher in a psychology "Course" and make a statement regarding self-reflection, when you really don't fully examine this subject or it's studies until about your second full year as a psych major... and this is coming from a psych major.

2. You say Carmelo lack the "ability for self-reflection and introspection" well, really there is no need to use both words, but okay. And the first flaw in your argument is his constant acknowledgement of "GOD", if you've taken a Philosophy and religion class along with that psychology class, you will know that ... the first rule in finding "GOD" is finding yourself, which is a direct cause for self reflection.

Also his ability to point out his flaws and the change in his game this year is called "self correct", which is brought upon "self reflection".

3. Exactly, what are Kobe limitations, and if these limitations have led him to 5 championships, and potentially the second greatest sg to play the game, is this really a valid argument?

4. I agree, Kobe is an a**hole but so are other greats. Michael Jordan was the biggest one!

5. Take away Kobe statements, you still have other players stating the same exact thing. Maybe Jason Kidd, Chris Mullen and Steve Kerr are more credible in your eyes. I would take what they say to the "bank" as well.

6. See, the problem with making statements about someone's character without knowing them can lead to a lot of misunderstanding ... It works both ways, I can "judge" you and say that you have a problem with self-reflection because of your inability to forgive the trade is directly linked to the inability to self reflect.

dk7th wrote:no shaq you subtract three. shaq was finals mvp all three years. bryant may be a smart player to you but he isn't to me. he has got great skills but he makes too many impulsive decisions. he lacks savvy. his skills mask his poor decision-making but the celtics exposed him both times they played. game 7 of the second series he was out of his mind.

Your gold standard for the type of player you value is Paul Pierce. Now tell me, do you think Pierce would have the 1 ring he does without Garnett, and/or Allen?

I'll help you. He would not.

So if for sake of discussion we cancel out Shaq for Garnett, score is Kobe 2, Paul 0.

Correct?

dk7th wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:Notice,Kobe aint talking stats or TS%. Kobe is talking like a very knowledgeable bball player.Ill take Kobes opinion over a bucket full of meaningless stats and unwarrented hate. There are many agendas being shown here but the only agenda that counts is wins and losses. And right now we are the team to beat. Finally, the Knicks are the talk of all the web sites and sports tv and radio. Why cant some just enjoy this national attention and soak in the glory?.Remember all the negative talk about this franchise over the past 10-15yrs about how we sucked and how we were a dysfunctional org. Its all changed, so myself, keep the stats and WINNING IS THE ONLY THING.

you could stand a refresher course in psychology. bryant is a vain douche who is projecting his own limitations as a player onto carmelo who shares the exact same limitations. of course bryant would sympathize with what amounts to an extension of himself. both these dudes lack utterly the ability for self-reflection and introspection. in speaking about carmelo's problems he is speaking about himself.

I think maybe you need a refresher course in being a pompous a**. Try separating,Kobe the person from Kobe the basketball player. Kobe the basketball player was talking about Melo the basketball player. And how do you know all the mumbo jumbo that your talking about above? Have you sat down with Kobe and /or Melo and talked to them to draw these assumptions in their personalities? Are you a psychologist? Or just a wanna be psychologist,sitting behind a keyboard trying to fan the flames? You can try and talk fancy all you want but to SOME of us the only stat that we care about is WINNING.

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

dk7th wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:Notice,Kobe aint talking stats or TS%. Kobe is talking like a very knowledgeable bball player.Ill take Kobes opinion over a bucket full of meaningless stats and unwarrented hate. There are many agendas being shown here but the only agenda that counts is wins and losses. And right now we are the team to beat. Finally, the Knicks are the talk of all the web sites and sports tv and radio. Why cant some just enjoy this national attention and soak in the glory?.Remember all the negative talk about this franchise over the past 10-15yrs about how we sucked and how we were a dysfunctional org. Its all changed, so myself, keep the stats and WINNING IS THE ONLY THING.

you could stand a refresher course in psychology. bryant is a vain douche who is projecting his own limitations as a player onto carmelo who shares the exact same limitations. of course bryant would sympathize with what amounts to an extension of himself. both these dudes lack utterly the ability for self-reflection and introspection. in speaking about carmelo's problems he is speaking about himself.

Bryant has won five championships. Are you suggesting that he thinks his game is flawed and would support another guy that he thinks is flawed in the same way? I don't see these two as that similar but I think at this point Melo is much harder to handle on the offensive end. Last night they were saying he was better than Durant. However, if flawed Melo can lead his team to anywhere close to five championships I am down with the psychology and projections. I take any guys flaws that gets five rings for the Knicks.

no shaq you subtract three. shaq was finals mvp all three years. bryant may be a smart player to you but he isn't to me. he has got great skills but he makes too many impulsive decisions. he lacks savvy. his skills mask his poor decision-making but the celtics exposed him both times they played. game 7 of the second series he was out of his mind.

Dying to get to game 7 of the finals to see if Melo makes poor decisions. I do know that Melo gives the Knicks the best chance of getting there since Ewing. I do know that there is no way Melo waits in Denver for the lock out to occur to sign with the Knicks after the new cba is negotiated so he can play with better players for 25 million less as you have suggested on many occasions. I also know there is no way the nuggets let Melo go for nothing after Cleveland and Toronto got smoked in the summer of 2010.

knicks don't have shaq so 3 titles are impossible let alone 5. and i am not going to conflate this knick team's potential success and best chance at reaching the finals with melo being here. not with those 90s knick teams with ewing. you can if you want. he hasn't done enough in the playoffs to warrant that.

meanwhile jason kidd came to an underachieving nets squad and led them to two championship finals. granted he is not quite the same player today but has transformed himself and he remains incredibly effective. who, then, is more vital to the knicks?

cooch2584 wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:

dk7th wrote:

cooch2584 wrote:Notice,Kobe aint talking stats or TS%. Kobe is talking like a very knowledgeable bball player.Ill take Kobes opinion over a bucket full of meaningless stats and unwarrented hate. There are many agendas being shown here but the only agenda that counts is wins and losses. And right now we are the team to beat. Finally, the Knicks are the talk of all the web sites and sports tv and radio. Why cant some just enjoy this national attention and soak in the glory?.Remember all the negative talk about this franchise over the past 10-15yrs about how we sucked and how we were a dysfunctional org. Its all changed, so myself, keep the stats and WINNING IS THE ONLY THING.

you could stand a refresher course in psychology. bryant is a vain douche who is projecting his own limitations as a player onto carmelo who shares the exact same limitations. of course bryant would sympathize with what amounts to an extension of himself. both these dudes lack utterly the ability for self-reflection and introspection. in speaking about carmelo's problems he is speaking about himself.

I think maybe you need a refresher course in being a pompous a**. Try separating,Kobe the person from Kobe the basketball player. Kobe the basketball player was talking about Melo the basketball player. And how do you know all the mumbo jumbo that your talking about above? Have you sat down with Kobe and /or Melo and talked to them to draw these assumptions in their personalities? Are you a psychologist? Or just a wanna be psychologist,sitting behind a keyboard trying to fan the flames? You can try and talk fancy all you want but to SOME of us the only stat that we care about is WINNING.

Seeing how Im not getting an answer to my questions,we can ASSUME that dk isnt a psychologist. Figures.

DK is TKF's alt. LoL!

dk7th wrote:meanwhile jason kidd came to an underachieving nets squad and led them to two championship finals. granted he is not quite the same player today but has transformed himself and he remains incredibly effective. who, then, is more vital to the knicks?

You consistently have issue with confusing circumstance and causality.

Knicks, under Woodson, without Kidd, were 18-6.

Knicks, under Woodson, with Kidd are 17-5 (and 3-1 in his absence, the 1 loss being the overtime loss in Brooklyn).

Now let's start over:

who, then, is more vital to the knicks?

Support a empirical case with evidence please suggesting its Jason Kidd.

cooch2584 wrote:Knickoftime,since we have an alter ego thing going on with dk7th and tkf,I know I cant fathom trusting either one of the egos.And this is the guy practicing psychology SMH

why talk about me and I am not part of the discussion? again, you attack dk and not his post.. the online forum just isn't your thing it seems.. I dunno?????

cooch2584 wrote:Nice try tkf or dk or whoever you are right now.Im not attacking you per se or your alter egos, but your post about psychology and looking into the mind of Kobe and/or Melo. You havent answered my question I posed to you hours ago. Are you a psychologist or a wanna be hiding behind a keyboard fanning the flames. INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

Why not address dk, he is the one who posted... now you are trying to say I have multiple accounts.. dude this is baiting and you and others have been doing this a bit.... but thats cool since this was already addressed and you find this type of behavior funny or necessary..I will just address this in the proper manner and not with you....