pt1gard said:
SCOTT 2 points: it's G-I-N-O-B-I-L-I ... he's on way to possibly winning you 10K or whatever, give the man some respect and spell his name right just once.
:mj07:
I think the big lettering and orange color will get me to spell his name correctly. I am not good with spelling players names but I will put effort into spelling his name correctly, especially after making 2 huge shots late in 4th!
pt1gard said:
on another matter, remember when you used to go on and on that Robert Horry was horrible and overrated and never helped the Lakers, and other than his terrible shooting slump in the 2003 playoffs, I used to argue that you were completely mistaken, that he was a winner thru and thru?
im sure you will have a different memory of this now, but was curious to hear how much worse he has become 2 years later since the days you insisted he was a terrible player for years with Lakers ....
I am not a big Horry fan. He got way too much credit for making big shots. Kobe would drive and kick it to him with wide open trey every time. As far as I remember, Horry never made big shot with man in his face in a Laker uniform. So I expect a paid athlete to make wide open shots.
But when Horry was with Lakers, he never produced all game offensively. One playoffs I think he missed 30+ 3pt shots in a row and 95% of those 3pt shots were WIDE OPEN! I think it was his last playoff run with Lakers. Defensively he did not play well guarding power forwards but he was undersized so I give him slack for that.
All in all, he was not a very good player for Lakers if you factor in his play ALL 4 QUARTERS!
pt1gard said:
I'm fooled into believing he's the same lousy player who is very repsonsible for winning game 6 vs. soups and game 2 vs. suns on identical treys from same spot and same time in game ...
bottom line, this guy has been one of most clutch performers I have ever seen in playoffs, going back to drilling treys for Hakeem's 2 rings and many big games with your Lakers, and he's still firing daggers today (not to mention defense, tipping big bbds. out, blocking key shots, and so and so on) ...
anyhow, I doubt you hate him anymore
Horry is playing SUPERB right now with the Spurs. I do love him now. He is playing well in 1q, 2q, 3q, and 4q. I also am seeing him make 3pt shots with a defender somewhat in his face. Thats big! Maybe Horry looks.playing better defensively because he has big men alongside him who are not LAZY! (shaq)
Horry is playing fantastic right now and hope he keeps it up. But he did NOT play this way with the Lakers, especially in his last playoff run.
He was horrible.
When he was with Lakers, Horry ALWAYS got wide open shots because
teams constantly would double up Shaq and Kobe. All Laker role players got wide open shots and all laker role players would miss wide open shots on consistent basis. Always blew my mind and I NEVER will understand why they would miss open shots. Completely mind boggling.
Maybe it is hard playing for Lakers like it is hard playing for Yankees.