2009 76ers Offseason Thread

[SunMo]

kapono is white, slow, can't play d or handle, and he can shoot a little bit, so he must be a pure shooter

[MDS]

plus they got him straight up for a guy with no hand eye coordination

[ice grillin you]

kapono is white, slow, can't play d or handle, and he can shoot a little bit, so he must be a pure shooter

pure shooter means he sucks at everything else so badly that his shooting must be the best in the league

[rjs246]

[reese125]

plus they got him straight up for a guy with no hand eye coordination

yep none

sucked at rebounding which requires no hand eye coordination--jesus christ

[Seabiscuit36]

[Sgt PSN]

"pure shooter" is one of the most ridiculous sports terms ever...its right there with closing speed

factor back takes offense to this. 

[The BIGSTUD]

wow.  

ray allen, rashard lewis, michael redd all 10x better than kapono.  

christ, i haven't even seen the guy in a sixers uni yet and i already hate him now.  

No way. Ray Allen in his prime maybe, but Kapono's jumper is absolutely ridiculous. If you give Kapono, Lewis, Redd, and Allen 500 3 pointers all from the same spot in out of game shootaround, Kapono without question makes the most out of the 4.

The problem with Kapono is that he does nothing else besides stand there and shoot. As an all around player he sucks. I understand that is what truly matters, but I was just talking about pure shooter just from a shooting standpoint, which is why I mentioned that overall that is really all he does. But if you compare him to those 3 guys as far as players go, then he is obviously way worse than all of them. Even with Redd's torn up knee.

[reese125]

unless you've seen Ray Allen change the form in his jump shot not quite sure what you mean "in his prime".

Kaponos form and release is no doubt effortless and very quick, probably why he is deemed a "pure shooter". Thats all the term means. matter of fact you could probably label 20+ guys to that term whos shot looks all too pretty

[The BIGSTUD]

Ray Allen was really inconsistent in the playoffs. It isn't about just your form, the most important part of shooting a jumper is in your legs. Without lift, your shot suffers, and he clearly doesn't have the same legs he had in his prime. Also who knows how his joints are.

Pure shooter means more than that to me. I think people can work on their jumpers and improve them, but truly great shooters(all-timers) are born with it. Kerr, Price, etc all have it in their genes. Kapono is just a natural shooter. Has a natural stroke that is just money.

[reese125]

youre kidding me right?

are you seriously going to compare this years playoff series against Orlando to the fact that Ray Allen is not one of the best shooters in the game? Awesome.

[Rome]

[The BIGSTUD]

youre kidding me right?

are you seriously going to compare this years playoff series against Orlando to the fact that Ray Allen is not one of the best shooters in the game? Awesome.

When did I say he is not one of the best shooters in the game? Do you have reading comprehension issues? Ray Allen may be soft, and a total bitch. Frankly, I can't stand him as a player and have zero respect for him. I think he is has no guts whatsoever. He plays scared.

Still, he's one of the best shooters in the game. Just not as good as Kapono right now. Which is all I said, and I clearly stated it that way multiple times clearly. Also he's a better all around player than Kapono, as I've said before.

[ice grillin you]

nothing better than watching reese and cole try to outdumb each other...its like a brutal 15 round fight where you think both are going down about 10 different times but they always come back

altho cole is really coming on strong in the last page and a half of this thread with some of the dumbest statements made in this boards glorious history

[The BIGSTUD]

Nothing like someone calling a statement dumb without any argument against it.

At least say what you disagree with.