9th game AD leaves early due to injury

"Is AD soft"

Pretty much, dudes injury prone for sure. It's a physical game, and if he can't overcome it during the regular seasons he's not going to be ready for the drastic difference in physical play during the post season.

sometimes he's to aggressive.
like yesterday he shouldn't have tried to dunk from that far away over a shot blocking center.

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. He shouldn't be diving into the stands, going to the floor so much, or dunking at awkward angles against bigger guys.

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What the frick is wrong with you guys?
He's not a pussy. that's not a bad thing.

You want him to shoot a floater instead of trying to posterize someone? who the frick wants to do that? That's like saying "hey don't go sky diving Billy, let's go watch the orchestra in City Park today instead"
YOLO, so have fun and don't be a pussy your whole life.

shite happens. The thing about todays NBA, is that there are no consequences for doing what Turner did, even though i'm sure he didn't do that with any intent to hurt him. Regardless, had Pistons Rodman done that to MJ, then the next time they play Horace Grant is putting a hard foul on Isiah next time he comes to the hole. There's no retaliation in the NBA today. Still see it in baseball, even see it in football still with all their safety crap and penalties. It's not just a sign that you're team isn't backing down, it's a sign from the rest of the players not named AD, that they have AD's back no matter what.
That is one thing that has pissed me off to this day when the Nuggets kicked the crap out of CP3 in that last playoff game, and the rest of the Hornets just laid on their back and took it and did nothing about it.

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What the frick is wrong with you guys?
He's not a pussy. that's not a bad thing.

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Missing 10+ games each and every year is a bad thing.

Being aggressive is necessary, but so is being smart in protecting himself. He needs to learn how to play without subjecting himself to unecessary abuse and injury.

Yes I want him to shoot a floater over Myles Turner or pump fake and draw the foul while staying mostly on your feet, stay in the game and win instead of trying to posterize a 6'11" 250+lbs guy and missing the rest of the game (probably more). Posterize guards, guys you can absorb the contact and not go down hard.

AD would be just as injured playing with Horace Grant. He puts himself in bad situations that are going to get a big guy injured. Turner's foul wasn't anything extraordinary. Ordinary hard foul. He played the ball and collieded with AD. Bad shite happens when you leave your feet and collide with a 6'11" 250lb person. A later hard foul on Turner later wouldn't change that play.

Considering his usage went up considerably, no one should be surprised that he gets beat up and nicked up. I'm actually surprised he's been as healthy as he has with his usage.

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Being aggressive is necessary, but so is being smart in protecting himself. He needs to learn how to play without subjecting himself to unecessary abuse and injury.

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I get all of that, but this is basketball, not ping pong. It's a rough sport.

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A later hard foul on Turner later wouldn't change that play

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No it wouldn't, but you didn't seem to get the point I was making. It's about having your superstars back, and letting other teams know that if you do something to him, we will retaliate back at your best player. When AD's teammates don't have his back, next time he needs to be aggressive and help the team out, he won't. He'll be thinking about AD, not the team. When AD knows his guys have his back, he'll make that extra aggressive play to help the team out. This is exactly what happened with CP3 in that Nuggets series. He's busting has arse and his teammates could care less while he's getting raped by Nuggets defenders. They weren't even helping him off the floor when he'd get knocked down. CP3 missed 6 games the previous 2 years. After that series, he missed the beginning of the next season, a good chunk in the middle, and then some more towards the end, for a total of 37 games missed. The next year he demands a trade. I dont' blame him for not wanting to play here with the dumbass's running the team, the idiot coaching carousel, and teammates that didn't always have his back on the court.

That CP3 path is looking more and more like AD's path.

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Shitty dunk was shitty. But getting shoved into the stands in NYC. Come the frick on. Y'all are acting like he's missing time for fricking hang nails.

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I think he misses games due to serious injuries. I do never argued that AD is soft. I just think he sustains a high amount of nicks and injuries because he makes stupid plays for a big and goes to the ground too much. I cringe at least 5 times a game where AD dives for a ball or takes a fall. He hits the floor a tremendous amount for a big.

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Blame the coaches for not better teaching him to protect himself and the medical staff for not better evaluating his injuries and his workout issues.

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I completely agree. My whole point is that he needs to learn how to remain aggressive, but also play smarter to preserve himself. Don't dive into the stands, don't try to posterize guys bigger than you when you can draw the foul, learn to stay on your feet. He's been here so long, its easy to forget that he is still only 23. I am hoping that he learns to better protect himself as he matures.

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The retaliation thing works both ways also. If our guys hard foul someone on the opposite team, they will hunt for AD.

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We don't have an enforcer on our team that would do that to the opposing teams best player, so no need to worry about us doing that first.

Yesterday lebron flails all over the place after the foul from draymond and Jefferson immediately gets in his face. I agree the Turner foul wasn't malicious, just a good hard foul. The OQuinn foul was malicious and he had been being overly aggressive with AD the whole game, and not a single Pelican did a thing about it.

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"Is AD soft"

Pretty much

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lol no.

Y'all need to decide... tank or playoffs. Might as well let our other guys get plenty of time to figure out how to play together before this onslaught v Cavs/ OKC / wizards next week