Comments on: Byron Scott calls lack of effort around NBA “scary”

By: polegojim

polegojim — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:21:36 +0000

The NBA suffers from the same garbage as other ‘guaranteed money’ sports.

Face it, if I have my millions booked, I can afford to take some time off on the court.

Results Based Pay contracts and schedules would change all that, and produce a MUCH better effort game in and game out for everyone.

By: ispysomething7

ispysomething7 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:52:20 +0000

@downtowndanny: That’s easy for you to say, you haven’t walked in their shoes. I look at the NBA and I see 2 types of players, but in the end they become the same; one just takes longer to morph into the final stage.

The first is the nobody out of college, gets drafted late/undreafted, makes league minimum, busts his ass for 2-3 years and is rewarded with a good contract. He can either contniue this torrid path for more money, or some dumb owner hands him a blank check and hit the mother load.

The second player is a guy drafted high and with huge talent or upside. He will either be a bonofide star (think James, Wade, Howard, Dirk, Iverson, Durant, etc) or be a draft bust, but none the less will make some dough (Diop, Langdon, Oden, Brown, etc). The stars will play hard for 3-4 years and then earn the real dough; $15MM+ per year.

In the end, all these players will cross the same path. Some will get there sooner than others. They will become lazy, tired of the bickering, drama, groupies, drugs, practice, basicly the work it will take to win it all. All the games they play, plus the practices. So what is I take a night off? Who cares, right? I have my millions. I put my time in and I should get paid.

In the end, Kobe might be a special breed. But, he too, might take some nights/plays off.

downtowndanny I agree with you 100%. You should be blessed with the God given talent and not take anything for granted. I guess we will really see if they take this fro granted when the contract is up.

By: secdominance

secdominance — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:37:43 +0000

I’m waiting on you and people like you to blame all the world’s problems on Lebron James leaving Cleveland. I mean its inevitable

By: secdominance

secdominance — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:36:35 +0000

this!

By: Kurt Helin

Kurt Helin — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:08:32 +0000

That picture was chosen just as Scott and one of his players, was not trying to suggest Gibson is the problem.

By: d57fan

d57fan — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:50:19 +0000

All good points….and absolutely true.

By: downtowndanny

downtowndanny — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:38:15 +0000

if I was blessed to play pro sports, there is no way I could take that for granted. there’s too many egos, and selfish stat whores nowadays. you dont have to have/be a superstar to be competitive. thats y a guy like Noah is my fav player in the league, he wont win u any rings alone, but he goes out and plays hard every night. what more can u ask for?

By: lexafan

lexafan — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:15:50 +0000

Byron sure has the right to comment on this subject. Just look at the Cavs… The problem I have is the picture shows Scott and Daniel (Boobie) Gibson and insinuates Gibson as a slacker. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Gibson, along with Anderson Varejao and believe it or not, Antawn Jamison, are playing hard every night. I just hope the reason is not to hook up with a better team. I can’t really blame any of them for wanting out. Antawn is tradeable from the Cavs standpoint (big contract-not much future with Cavs) for a team at playoff time that has needs. I didn’t mean to bring up negativity for the Cavs roster, just to set the record straight that Gibson is playing hard and is making a difference. I’ll be a Cavs fan no matter what happens. I was there as a fan when they started and I’ll be a fan to the end.

By: silencegooddoer

silencegooddoer — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:17:24 +0000

Maybe this is a result of the off-season colluding of the star player’s choice to beef up select teams in order to “more easily” achieve a championship with out the effort that historically was needed. With the league allowing such antics and the media conceding playoff and championship outcomes before the season starts, the rest of the NBA teams / players buy into this stuff. Its funny, you hear such star players say that they love this game; however, I think they actually like themselves more than the game. Everyone of them care more about themselves than they do sportsmanship or the ethics of the game. They don’t respect the game or the legue which ironically they would be nothing without. Nobody would care about LeBron James, his friends, his mother, his kids, the baby momma that he won’t marry, if it were not for the NBA. I think that in itself is why he despises the league, and does everything he can to avoid promoting the legue itself.

By: hashfest

hashfest — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:28:30 +0000

If you played for the Detroit Pistons in the ’80′s you would be killed if you were a slacker

By: Kurt Helin

Kurt Helin — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:55:36 +0000

I would never encourage anyone to work for Donald Sterling.

By: agelardi

agelardi — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:45:59 +0000

We live in a world where coaches & parents heap loads of praise on their kids just for showing up. At the year end league banquet, you get a trophy just for participating. I am not surprised that this attitude has infected professional sports.

By: psousa1

psousa1 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:40:26 +0000

Not a big secret there. The worst team in the NBA can beat the best team on a Wednesday night game in January because the best team has a big game against another team two nights later so they put it on cruise control. It is such a garbage league. You never know when something is on the up and up whether it is intentionally or not intentionally because a guy doesn’t feel like giving an effort.

God, the Lakers, Celtics, Sixers, Bucks, Rockets in the 80′s would kill each other before they would ever concede a game.

By: jimsjam33

jimsjam33 — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:12:23 +0000

Byron Scott was truly one of the great players on the ” Showtime Lakers. ” An outstanding citizen and a good coach he should have taken the Los Angeles Clipper job . He wanted excitement , hustle , and potential …well Blake Griffin and the baby Clippers are as good as it gets. Byron , leave that Cavalier job and get back to L.A. where you belong . L.A. loves our vets Rambis , Magic , Scott , Jabbar and James Worthy . The greatest of All Time !