Bazz

[uconngb]

If I had any idea how to twitter I would say this:

"Shut up". Who the hell are you to criticize your teammates and take no blame yourself? And if you really feel that way, leave it in the locker room. If he was half as effective as a leader as he is in spouting off to the media about all of the problems everyone except he has, maybe this team would be a little better. This is punk and uncalled for....it's one thing if he were playing his ass off night in and night out, but he doesn't look like he cares more than anybody else on the court. This is disgusting.

 

[aceboon]

Except he didn't post it on twitter you idiot, he doesn't even have one. You could of posted this in the original thread instead of being an attention whore.

 

[uconngb]

Except he didn't post it on twitter you idiot, he doesn't even have one. You could of posted this in the original thread instead of being an attention whore.

even worse, he said it to the print media, so everyone out there will see it. Don't click on my posts moron

 

[jorge34]

I'll tell you what, Napier and Boatright were really the only 2 to give an effort the entire second half. Lamb doesn't play like the future NBA lottery pick he thinks he is, nor does Drummond. Way too many play timid (Smith, Giffey, Olander, Daniels), and just plain stupid, (Oriakhi).

I am glad he shot his mouth off. Let them fight it out, and get better, or blow it up altogether.

Anything better than the status quo

 

[uconngb]

I'll tell you what, Napier and Boatright were really the only 2 to give an effort the entire second half. Lamb doesn't play like the future NBA lottery pick he thinks he is, nor does Drummond. Way too many play timid (Smith, Giffey, Olander, Daniels), and just plain stupid, (Oriakhi).

I am glad he shot his mouth off. Let them fight it out, and get better, or blow it up altogether.

Anything better than the status quo

i would agree with you if he did it in the locker room. but going to the press with it tells you not only is he not a leader, he's worse...calling teammates out to the press is no way to rally the troops. but i agree, would love to see something light a fire under this group

 

[mauconnfan]

No the first time someone questioned their teammates heart. He's played very well for 4 games and today was solid. Don't like that he did and he needs to make amends but some fire within may be needed. It's not coming from George so maybe they need to rumble amongst each other and let it out!!!

 

[jorge34]

i would agree with you if he did it in the locker room. but going to the press with it tells you not only is he not a leader, he's worse...calling teammates out to the press is no way to rally the troops. but i agree, would love to see something light a fire under this group

I am sure he did it in the lockerroom, and still, they play like pansies.

This is stepping it up a notch.

 

[jorge34]

No the first time someone questioned their teammates heart. He's played very well for 4 games and today was solid. Don't like that he did and he needs to make amends but some fire within may be needed. It's not coming from George so maybe they need to rumble amongst each other and let it out!!!

That's what I'm saying!!!

At this point, it ain't gonna get worse, so why not!!

 

[Kitaman]

All I know is that shot where Doris showed him going back to the bench was telling. Guys like Mateen Cleaves, Taliek Brown and many other leaders try to encourage, prod and motivate their teammates, during timeouts. Its easy to point the finger when you played well, but none of his teammates pointed their finger at him when he struggled. Its immature, and selfish.

You win together and lose together, period. If they played poorly then as a leader take ownership. The bottom line as the leader try and fix the team problem during the game not afterwards and certainly not publicly.

This is not good any way you look at it, he hasn't earned their respect yet, and this won't help.

 

[jorge34]

In our twitter obsessed world, Bazz's actions today may be the ONLY way to fix things with this team. The only way teens and early 20 year olds seem to respond appear to be publicly.

 

[Dogbreath2U]

All I know is that shot where Doris showed him going back to the bench was telling. Guys like Mateen Cleaves, Taliek Brown and many other leaders try to encourage, prod and motivate their teammates, during timeouts. Its easy to point the finger when you played well, but none of his teammates pointed their finger at him when he struggled. Its immature, and selfish.

You win together and lose together, period. If they played poorly then as a leader take ownership. The bottom line as the leader try and fix the team problem during the game not afterwards and certainly not publicly.

This is not good any way you look at it, he hasn't earned their respect yet, and this won't help.

Generally, I agree that his talking to press was not a great idea, but to me it's not as bad as if it were a tweet as originally reported.

However, the scene where Bazz walked to go sit down looked bad, but who knows what the context of that was. We have no idea of what was going on there. He was the one player who has played well recently and the closest one to a leader on the court. I found myself wondering if he might have been frustrated that the ball was put into Boat's hands to start the game, but that is likely to be as wrong as most other guesses.

It is not good when a teammate tries to take on JC's leadership style...the team leader among the players needs to be the positive one like Khalid or Kemba. JC once pointed out that Marcus Williams sometimes was too critical of teammates. I think that Blaney's lack of fire leaves a vacuum that other's try to step into, even when not a good idea.