Kemba Walker Thread Part 2

[G-Force for MVP]

im from ct and grew up watching uconn hoops, the guy just gives it his all every game and wants to win. I love watching him play

[Catch 22]

He's something special

[TheBeagle]

i'll wait for the apology from him on why a last second shot was necessary. where were the pg's in controlling the tempo while a double digit lead evaporated? the shot was great and his big-gamedness is without question one of his greatest strengths, but let's not lose site of the fact that this game should have not even been close.

everything you say is true...im among the major kemba supporters and i was cringing at how inexplicably out of control he was playing as the lead evaporated...but when he hit the shot after breaking his man down...you just cant teach or learn that...thats in the dna whereas he can learn and continue to improve on the mistakes he made leading up to the shot.

in the continuing growth of kemba...that was a great game and i wouldnt change a thing with how it all went down.

[CatNation]

Yeah its a problem when our closers are 2 PGs that are playing in an offense with no post scorers or (with Mully so garbage from 3) stretch guys/kick out threats. Once they dug in our offense stalled to Kemba and Sessions taking turns driving into walls in the paint and as annoying as it was, it was obvious there wasn't much else they could do. We need a post scorer in the worst way

[Catch 22]

I don't understand why everybody is complaining about Kemba having a couple of bad plays at the end of last night's game. It's obvious that he was tired mentally and physically from playing 40+ minutes on back-to-back games. He's essentially still a rookie trying to work out the kinks. I see guys like Kyrie Irving, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Knight, and etc. make those type of turnovers and forced shots almost on a nightly basis. I'm disappointed that we blew the lead but at the same time I'm happy that we had a generous deficit on the Wolves throughout a majority of the game. At the end of the day Kemba was able to hit the big shot. We learned more in that moment than we would have if we could have kept the double-digit lead to close out the game. There's almost always a silver lining in the sky. Some of you guys should learn to find it instead of searching for the darkest cloud to complain about. Our Bobcats are unexpectedly 4-3. Don't rain on the parade just yet.

[spectre]

Ditto the last few posts. People seem to forget just how much of a train wreck last season was for Kemba. Silas didn't have him watching game tape which still blows my mind, he gave him no direction and a lot of the other players flat quit on him.

This is basically his rookie season and personally I think he's done a fantastic job. He's not frigging Chris Paul and no one should expect him to be.

Just enjoy watching him and the others grow.

[Chef]

[QUOTE=Catch 22;230209]I don't understand why everybody is complaining about Kemba having a couple of bad plays at the end of last night's game. It's obvious that he was tired mentally and physically from playing 40+ minutes on back-to-back games. He's essentially still a rookie trying to work out the kinks. [QUOTE]

not picking on you catch.

i am so tired of hearing that kemba is basically still a rookie. he is not. he played 66 games last year. that makes him a hell of alot closer to a second year player than a rookie. and coaching/team dynamics last year does not take away the expierence of playing 66 games. kemba and biz are both second year players.

tired or not, 40+ minutes or not he still was a large part of the double digit lead evaporating. he is young and is still learning, and i am pleased with the steps he has taken, but let's not gloss over the events of the game and skip to the spectacular last shot (which was awesome).

[spectre]

I can't for the life of me understand how anyone could not think the experience all of the guys had last year in that pathetic season was more a detriment then just staying in college for another year.

It might count...but in no way should it be added to any "valuable experience in the progression of a young player" column.

You also forgot Kemba was sick the night before on top of the 45 minutes/BTB...but hey, let's not let that distract from the fact that he tried to put the team on his back yet again when nothing else was working. Could he have made better plays in that stretch? Absolutely. In the end though he got us the win.

[Catch 22]

not picking on you catch.

i am so tired of hearing that kemba is basically still a rookie. he is not. he played 66 games last year. that makes him a hell of alot closer to a second year player than a rookie. and coaching/team dynamics last year does not take away the expierence of playing 66 games. kemba and biz are both second year players.

tired or not, 40+ minutes or not he still was a large part of the double digit lead evaporating. he is young and is still learning, and i am pleased with the steps he has taken, but let's not gloss over the events of the game and skip to the spectacular last shot (which was awesome).

I read what you're saying but the veteran savvy Sessions was every bit of a detriment to the double digit lead evaporating as Kemba. Both PGs were forced to try to make things happen and those things just weren't happening at a very efficient rate in the 4th quarter when the Wolves frontcourt decided to bite down on defense. The alternatives were to put the ball in JT, Mully, or Tyrus' hands and let them try to beat their man off the dribble or jack up a untimely long distance shot sure to strike iron with unruly vengeance. It's not like Kemba 'ONLY' made that last second shot to lead them to victory. He scored 8 points on 3 of 7 shooting in last night's 4th quarter. I don't want to nitpick with the 3 turnovers during that time span because based on his assist to turnover ratio that is unlike him so far in his early career. I would understand more if he had a turnover problem. I'll willingly admit that he made some bad decisions. I was cussing at the TV screen as he made them. At the end of the day we won and Kemba erased the mistakes of his teammates (Sessions missed FTs, Tyrus stepping out of bounds, Reggie Williams Webber-esque technical timeout, and etc.) by making a clutch shot. That's what I call becoming a leader.

[Keetch]

I think Kemba was pretty exhausted at the end of that game. The reckless driving into traffic wasn't his normal pattern.