Search results

Look at poor Higuain, that's the one of whom you have to question his mental fortitude. It's a repetitive trend of his. Messi if I'm not missing one is 5/5 in penalty shootouts in the last two Copa Americas and World Cup. (vs Uruguay CA 2011, vs Belgium WC, vs Netherlands WC, vs Colombia and...

In spanish popular speak and slang, when someone says you have "un carma sobre ti" (a karma over you) or something similar, it doesn't mean you did something and are getting revenge or what's deserved, but more like you have a black cloud hanging over you that's heaping you misfortune without...

He said it in a context of being a torture, a punishment to come so close and not get reward. I've seen some interviews, they interviewed and asked Lavezzi as well. Seems Messi is quite distraught. Poor guy. Hope he goes on vacation with his family and relaxes for a bit and forgets things.

Fruitless running without aim serves no purpose, final or not. Argentina were completely and totally tactically nullified on the field. They would not string 3 passes together to get out from their own half as they were pinned back repeatedly. Aguero made runs for instance, and was only met...

BB this is a lot easier said than done. He was barely getting service standing open in the middle circle, what makes you think he would have gotten more making runs? More movement and deep runs without someone like him to pick them out would have just meant wasted energy. He did the simplest...

Poor Lakers :lol: Missed on everyone and had to settle for trash can Roy Hibbert. My word, what a monumental mess.

Messi makes others play. Getting the ball to him means getting the ball to others as well. There's also a difference between forcing the ball to him in the final third instead of looking for your shot or for another better positioned player, and in giving him the ball in the center circle so...

As far as I'm concerned, there's no reason Messi should be this starved of the ball. It is totally a failure in coaching. Argentina have been cursed with completely and utterly tactically inept coaches for the last 2 WCs and CA. It's not like Messi was just sitting there in the wing not...

What's this nonsense? Brazil 2002 had some great players. Oh and btw, what separates Messi from the first group and the second are a couple of Higuain misses. Narrative cannot change so much based on single instances that sometimes aren't even in your control.

Argentina just a collection of names, not a team. Messi is the glue, but even him can only do so much. Always their names either choke, or under-perform, or just suck. They rely on their attackers and they always, always end up disappointing one way or the other. Higuain, Aguero, Di Maria...

Yeah reports say also that LMA asked Kobe how he saw his role in the team and Kobe responded that he saw LMA as his Pau Gasol. Someone should tell Kobe he's about to hit 37 and that this is not 2009 and 2010. Also, it seems Lakers are the team who cares least about the analytics and advanced...

Why are they bringing Kobe in a recruiting pitch?! Did they learn nothing with the Dwight debacle?

Phoenix also just gave 33 year old Tyson Chandler $52M for 4 years. That one takes the cake. Throwing away money.

I think they overpayed for both Lopez and Thad Young. I mean they gave Young $12M a year too. But I do understand the Nets are in a tough situation and maybe had little choice.

Cap is expected to raise from roughly $69M in 15/16 to around $89M in 16/17, to maybe in excess of $110M in 17/18. That's why all these deals are nuts and people are very willing to spend money. $7M deals now will be like $5M deals in 16 and like $3M deals in 17. That being said, some of...

Hurricane Leo passing by Hurricane Leo aftermath

That's awesome.

We're just speculating here :), but I really don't think Winslow would have been a reach at 4. He likely is the safest top 10 pick and the most NBA ready player in this draft. Look at this http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/projecting-the-top-50-players-in-the-2015-nba-draft-class/ Porzingis...

Okafor was not that great in the NCAA tournament when competition and pressure was higher. I think he'll struggle initially too. It's a big adjustment, and for big men it is even tougher. You're likely right though, he'll probably struggle a lot more on defense than on offense.

There' always someone in the draft who the scouts/experts over-analyze for some reason and he falls. Notable recent examples and coincidentally also 10th picks are Paul George, Brandon Jennings, Caron Butler, Paul Pierce. Justise is a proven winner who performs better under pressure. He's...