Ah that old chestnut, the "you don't understand because you haven't played to the level I have" card. Todd Haley never played football, Jon Cooper never played hockey, Arrigo Sacchi barely played soccer. You don't need to have played to a high level to have a reasonable understanding of a sport - equally I've played a couple of sports to an OK competitive level and can tell you that some of the most talented players I've ever played with didn't have a freaking clue at times, they needed coaching to get the best out of them and they couldn't watch a tape and tell you what was going on to save their lives, so save that bullshit.
Robinson goes for the ball with Lowry, but as Lowry wins it and turns away Robinson turns the corner with him which is what causes him to trip over Lowry's trailing leg and crash onto him. It's a naive move born out of a rookie desire to win every ball regardless of situation, and you can't blame a veteran player for being annoyed about him overplaying the situation and creating an unnecessary injury. I thought Kyle, as usual, handled things pretty well post game - he called it as it was, and passed it off as a rookie error without malice.
I already said that it wasn't an intentional play but it was still freaking dumb. I can't speak for people talking excrement on Twitter and Instagram, I don't use either because they're both cesspits filled with idiots. Maybe if you did the same and didn't get yourself all verklempt about them you'd be able to see a simple joke on JO for what it is.
we can agree to disagree
i brought up that 'chestnut' as it was directly applicable to the situation regarding a player's effort over a scrutinized play. you're doing the same in bringing up a contrasting platitude in 'you can know about a game without ever actually having played that game', but i'm sorry, i don't think that's applicable to this situation. the fundamental thing being disagreed on here is the necessity of robinson's actions, where you and lowry seem to be on the bandwagon that it was 'naive' or clueless.
i don't think it was. with his size and athleticism, robinson's 2nd and 3rd effort is what takes him over the top as a special, young talent. it's why he's 3rd in the leage in blocks as an insanely raw rookie, it's why he's setting records for us for consecutive games with a block. a play like that may be a byproduct of the package robinson brings, but i don't think it's a needless trait. i hope it's something he never loses as he gets older and becomes a more 'seasoned, experienced' player.
you honestly hit the nail on the head before. if we want to talk about 'preventing unnecessary injury' in a highly physical/competitive game like basketball, tell your coach to sit lowry in a meaningless game when they are up 50 against the new york freaking knicks, the worst team in the league and honestly one of the worst franchises of all time. forgive me for finding all of the crocodile tears over this near injury annoying when we know your coach already understands the value of star players in meaningless games by deciding to sit leonard.
i spend little, but more, time on twitter than i do instagram, where my time is nearly nil, but all you need is an internet connection and 30 seconds to have found out that that sort of excrement happened on social media, and it doesn't make toronto niggas less annoying, and it doesn't mean i'm too 'emotional'. i don't know how you can throw that stuff in my face when you've literally made several posts within the past day about how annoyed you were about a post made by OBJ on instagram.
i apologize if any of my annoyance around the reaction to the play was unnecessarily aimed at you
