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Derrick Rose hopes to improve his dribble efficiency this year, trying to take a page from Kobe Bryant. "Every one of his dribbles leads him up to a great shot or puts him in a position to take a great shot," Rose said. Rose shot 49% off of two dribbles last season & 45% off of 3-6, per NBA.com.

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crzymdups wrote:Thought this was an interesting quote from DRose -

Derrick Rose hopes to improve his dribble efficiency this year, trying to take a page from Kobe Bryant. "Every one of his dribbles leads him up to a great shot or puts him in a position to take a great shot," Rose said. Rose shot 49% off of two dribbles last season & 45% off of 3-6, per NBA.com.

Every bit helps. Tightening up his game would be great. I expect Hornacek to have some things to add in that regard as well. Horny is good at designing schemes that will sharpen up the attack and make things more efficient.

I can't wait to see how this team flows with these players under Horny. Can we finally see a more fluid offense and more easy buckets as well?

Hornacek really came off well in the press conference. I am very excited about him and I hope that he and Phil don't clash on how the triangle will be implemented.

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Loving this guy more and more ... could end up being one of the most important keys to success.

DON'T DO THAT!!! Jennings like many others are missing the point of the phrase. The only reason that they say it like this is because in this society it appears that Black Lives in particular are not as valued and that is historical and not just about today. This is similar to what happened when the "Black Power" and "Black is Beautiful" movement came out of the 60's and 70's. It was for the FIRST TIME that Black people were able to express those things openly. Up until that time there was a lack of Power and a lack of pride in being Black due to the oppression and brainwashing that came out of the HUNDREDS of years of Slavery and Jim Crow where Blacks were a lower cast. This is why many Blacks suffer from self hatred and lack of value of other Black lives even today. It's been ingrained into them.

If you don't know that history then you end up thinking that BLM is not right or is stupid, but it's not. I'm going to say this again. Some people need to learn the real history of these things and develop understanding and empathy. Even some Black people don't really understand this. God Bless the White people in this country who understood the wrongs done to African Americans from day one in this country and fought and gave their lives to help correct things.

that was not my intention and I did not take what jennings said the way you did but I can see how it can be taken that way. I think the BLM is extremely important.

I thought that he was just trying to be politically correct and not get into that at the press conference.

nixluva wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Thought this was an interesting quote from DRose -

Derrick Rose hopes to improve his dribble efficiency this year, trying to take a page from Kobe Bryant. "Every one of his dribbles leads him up to a great shot or puts him in a position to take a great shot," Rose said. Rose shot 49% off of two dribbles last season & 45% off of 3-6, per NBA.com.

Every bit helps. Tightening up his game would be great. I expect Hornacek to have some things to add in that regard as well. Horny is good at designing schemes that will sharpen up the attack and make things more efficient.

I can't wait to see how this team flows with these players under Horny. Can we finally see a more fluid offense and more easy buckets as well?

translation: "i should be shooting out of a pick and roll instead of pounding the rock."

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dk7th wrote:

nixluva wrote:

crzymdups wrote:Thought this was an interesting quote from DRose -

Derrick Rose hopes to improve his dribble efficiency this year, trying to take a page from Kobe Bryant. "Every one of his dribbles leads him up to a great shot or puts him in a position to take a great shot," Rose said. Rose shot 49% off of two dribbles last season & 45% off of 3-6, per NBA.com.

Every bit helps. Tightening up his game would be great. I expect Hornacek to have some things to add in that regard as well. Horny is good at designing schemes that will sharpen up the attack and make things more efficient.

I can't wait to see how this team flows with these players under Horny. Can we finally see a more fluid offense and more easy buckets as well?

translation: "i should be shooting out of a pick and roll instead of pounding the rock."

Rose wasn't really that bad in regards to over-dribbling. He wasn't close to the top in the league in holding onto the ball. So if he can shorten it up further that can only help.

                                                        Front   Time    Avg Sec Avg      PTS
                                                        CT      of      Per     Drib per Per    
Player	          Team	GP  W	L  MIN	PTS	TOUCHES	Touches Poss    Touch   Touch   Touch  
Reggie Jackson    DET	79  43	36 30.7	18.8	76.1	65.6	7.6	5.99	6.15	0.248	
Damian Lillard    POR	75  40	35 35.7	25.1	89.0	77.8	8.4	5.64	5.59	0.282	
Chris Paul        LAC	74  50	24 32.7	19.5	87.5	74.5	8.0	5.52	5.47	0.223	
D.J. Augustin     DEN	62  35	27 19.0	7.5	40.1	35.9	3.7	5.52	6.13	0.188	
Russell Westbrook OKC	80  55	25 34.4	23.5	88.8	77.7	8.1	5.44	5.41	0.264	
Steve Blake       DET	58  34	24 17.0	4.4	43.4	38.3	3.9	5.41	5.86	0.101	
Ricky Rubio       MIN	76  28	48 30.6	10.1	78.7	67.1	7.0	5.30	5.52	0.128	
Brian Roberts     POR	51  26	25 9.2	4.0	19.6	18.2	1.7	5.27	5.42	0.205	
Tony Parker       SAS	72  59	13 27.5	11.9	68.9	60.8	5.9	5.16	5.71	0.173	
Kemba Walker      CHA	81  47	34 35.6	20.9	91.1	80.9	7.8	5.15	5.31	0.229	
Tim Frazier       NOP	51  25	26 14.5	5.1	35.5	30.3	3.0	5.05	5.04	0.144	
Aaron Brooks      CHI	69  36	33 16.1	7.1	34.9	31.4	2.9	5.02	5.26	0.204	
Cameron Payne     OKC	57  44	13 12.2	5.0	27.2	23.1	2.3	5.02	4.97	0.182	
Mike Conley       MEM	56  33	23 31.4	15.3	80.8	70.0	6.7	4.97	4.99	0.189	
Cory Joseph       TOR	79  53	26 25.5	8.3	58.7	51.2	4.9	4.95	5.74	0.142	
Mario Chalmers    MIA	61  38	23 22.5	10.3	54.6	45.0	4.5	4.94	5.12	0.189	
Shane Larkin      BKN	78  20	58 22.4	7.3	55.5	48.3	4.6	4.94	5.35	0.131	
Donald Sloan      BKN	61  13	48 21.6	7.0	53.9	47.1	4.3	4.82	4.85	0.129	
Rajon Rondo       SAC	71  29	42 35.4	12.0	95.0	76.2	7.5	4.75	4.67	0.127	
Kyrie Irving      CLE	53  37	16 31.5	19.6	74.5	63.8	5.8	4.71	4.68	0.264	
Dennis Schroder   ATL	80  47	33 20.3	11.0	54.5	49.7	4.3	4.71	4.55	0.202	
Goran Dragic      MIA	72  44	28 32.8	14.1	82.4	71.6	6.4	4.69	5.00	0.172	
John Wall         WAS	77  37	40 36.2	19.9	98.7	85.9	7.7	4.69	4.43	0.201	
Jose Juan Barea   DAL	74  38	36 22.5	10.9	56.3	47.7	4.4	4.68	5.07	0.194	
Emmanuel Mudiay   DEN	68  29	39 30.4	12.8	74.0	65.5	5.7	4.66	4.46	0.173	
M Carter-Williams MIL	54  21	33 30.5	11.5	73.2	59.5	5.7	4.66	4.22	0.158	
Elfrid Payton     ORL	72  32	40 29.5	10.8	74.1	65.5	5.7	4.63	4.69	0.145	
Jeff Teague       ATL	79  47	32 28.5	15.7	71.1	65.1	5.4	4.58	4.85	0.221	
Shabazz Napier    ORL	55  23	32 10.9	3.7	24.9	22.4	1.9	4.53	4.44	0.148	
D'Angelo Russell  LAL	80  17	63 28.2	13.2	65.6	53.6	4.9	4.50	4.09	0.201	
Marcelo Huertas   LAL	53  8	45 16.4	4.5	36.9	30.1	2.8	4.49	4.38	0.121	
Ty Lawson         IND	66  31	35 21.4	5.7	43.1	37.0	3.2	4.48	4.34	0.131	
James Harden      HOU	82  41	41 38.1	29.0	85.1	68.3	6.3	4.43	3.84	0.340	
Derrick Rose      CHI	66  32	34 31.8	16.4	77.2	66.9	5.7	4.41	4.05	0.212

ha ha look at the seconds in relation to the number of dribbles: harden and rose and russell are palming the ball! LOL