Derrick Rose's Anemic Stats Against FIBA Competition

[andgar923]

And people said Rose would dominate FIBA as in on a regular team in a regular season not in a tourney with a collection of all-stars thrown together (without sufficient bigs).

I'm sure most mentioned that he would dominate in any situation, which he clearly didn't.

[Scoooter]

Anthony Parker isn't even a bad NBA player. I don't think I saw him miss a spot-up three the entire time he was in Cleveland.

[Fiasco]

Anthony Parker isn't even a bad NBA player. I don't think I saw him miss a spot-up three the entire time he was in Cleveland.

That's cool. He missed everything else.

[Scoooter]

He never shot anything else. LeBron drive, LeBron kick, Parker swish. Repeat. He wasn't an MVP, but for his age he was a very serviceable player.

[Go Getter]

I'm sure most mentioned that he would dominate in any situation, which he clearly didn't.

WC is a tournament RAN by FIBA. When people/Americans say FIBA they mean "Euroleague" or whatever.

If you look at many of the posters explanations you'd see that MJ and Bird, two of the most fundamentally sound players EVER had less than stellar stats.

Players from other countries give us their best while our players are trying not to get hurt.


If we win it's not by enough and we had help from the refs but if we lose the world crumbles and America isn't the best at ball anymore.

[Go Getter]

I mistyped (misspoke), but you're right.

I meant, certain players.

Any NBA star guard would be a dominant force in the Euro league. Pick one.

[Fiasco]

He never shot anything else.

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."

[Go Getter]

Who's that? Heh. She's hot.

Lauren London.

[Scoooter]

He was only serviceable when he had LeBron to do that for him.

He wasn't bad in Toronto. They had one of their best seasons ever with him.

[Fiasco]

He wasn't bad in Toronto. They had one of their best seasons ever with him.

By this logic, DJ Mbenga was the reason the Lakers won 65 games in 2008-2009.

[KGMN]

By this logic, DJ Mbenga was the reason the Lakers won 65 games in 2008-2009.

Not at all by that logic. Because guess what? Anthony Parker was actually the second best scorer on the Raptors after Chris Bosh. He played an important role in Toronto's making the playoffs, while Mbenga, as good as a defender as he is, played near 7 minutes per game while averaging just over 2 points.

[Fiasco]

Not at all by that logic. Because guess what? Anthony Parker was actually the second best scorer on the Raptors after Chris Bosh. He played an important role in Toronto's making the playoffs, while Mbenga, as good as a defender as he is, played near 7 minutes per game while averaging just over 2 points.

So we're back to the same conclusion: Parker is useless unless he's playing with a superstar.

[Pointguard]

One of the funniest post I ever read here.

[Pointguard]

The ball is a different size and you have to be aware of different rules and other dominant players you are playing with. American players always have to adjust to Fiba and the size of the ball. I said before last year started that Durant's shot would be messed up because when you shoot a lot with a different size ball your hands grip the ball differently. It happened to Allen and Kobe their first time adjusting. Some guys never get the touch with the FIBA ball. I believe Dirk and Nash (Nash once talked of the different size ball throwing him off and he never played again) have this problem as well.

[KGMN]

So we're back to the same conclusion: Parker is useless unless he's playing with a superstar.

So is Bosh without Parker?