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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2436597, member: 780"]
On Roberson - I thought there was this gulf between what he could do physically and what he actually did. He could be a great rebounder in games and then disappear. I think it was a mental thing, not a physical one. So what would cause someone with that physical ability to underachieve? When this psychologist talked about guys with great physical tools who disappointed, Roberson came to mind. This might also explain JB's statement about "If there were anyone else ..." That might provoke anger in some. Roberson seemed unfazed by it.

On Battle and this team:

We see "grit" in a team when we see them do something hard. When JB said early on, "If we don't shoot well, we can't beat anybody" he hadn't quite yet grasped how mentally and physically tough some of these guys are. I think he was surprised and pleased by it and has said so in Pressers.

Anybody who has ever played basketball (especially) knows there are things that are "hard" to do.

Coming from 14 or 20 points down in the second half is HARD.

Diving on the floor going after a loose ball is HARD. (I've seen more of that this year than any I can remember)

Pressing full court is HARD.

Rebounding is HARD.

Driving to the Basket is HARD.

Passing the ball around the perimeter and jacking up three's is EASY (or comparatively easy) That's what I liked to do.

This has shown me they are willing to do the HARD things consistently. It would be nice if they could play a little bit better offense earlier in games so that they wouldn't have to try quite so hard. But shooting better doesn't appear to be in the cards.
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