What exactly is "carrying a team on your back" anyway? It sounds like just a cliche.
Even if your top guy is playing way better than everyone else, he still needs help for the team to win.
You aren't winning a title without solid help from your teammates.
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12-09-2013, 11:55 AM #76Local High School Star
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12-09-2013, 05:48 PM #77Paid shill
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Yeah. I kind of get this pov too.
Originally Posted by Stringer Bell
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12-09-2013, 05:58 PM #78If cops pull up i am
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I would consider 'carrying' if you average like 80 points every game for the whole playoffs. It's just not realistic. You need help from your team mates in every sport.
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12-09-2013, 06:00 PM #79NBA rookie of the year
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It's never happened. Ever.
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12-09-2013, 08:47 PM #80Love Live Life
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No player in the history of team sports have done this.
It's a team sport!
Each player has a role to fulfill
I've never in my life seen someone play 1 vs 5 and win.
That phrase is ridiculous.
Maybe the player made key players to help the team win but it still wouldn't have worked without his teammates
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12-09-2013, 09:37 PM #81Very good NBA starter
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Yea it's a team sport.... it takes a great team... but it's amazing the kind of impact an elite two-way player in his prime can have.... and in saying that, metaphors like "carried a team on his back" will always have a place in sports
Duncan in 03 is a great example.... dude is all over the place! ....scoring on one end and rejecting shots on the other and running the break even.... getting triple and quadruple teamed in some plays..... Pretty inspiring stuff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC8NapbDkes
out of 288 possible minutes in the finals (6 games), Duncan played in 263 of them (91%).... and no other Spur came close (Jackson @ 36 mpg, Parker @ 35 mpg , Bruce @ 29 mpg)... That to me is "carrying a team on your back" when you're involved in virtually every offensive and defensive play
results:
24 ppg (.50 FG%).... 17 rpg.... 5 apg.... 5 bpg.... 1 spg.... 44 mpg
Spurs average score: 87 ppg (low scoring team)
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12-09-2013, 10:53 PM #82NBA Superstar
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Cliche statements like "carrying a team on his back" has evolved into something literal. No one guy wins a game on his own
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12-09-2013, 11:19 PM #83Very good NBA starter
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If people needed you to explain that to them, I feel very sorry for them lol Originally Posted by 97 bulls
I'll continue... "he's on fire" shouldn't be taken literally folks... nor should "he put the defender on skates"... or "his teammate hung him out to dry"..... and so on and so on... too many metaphors and similes to say
yet, some times.... ironically enough.... that perfectly described what happened!
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12-09-2013, 11:46 PM #84NBA Superstar
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Lol. Im not saying it in that literal a sense. What I mean is fans seem to take it literally meaning they feel one player won a game or series or even season by themself Originally Posted by SCdac
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12-10-2013, 01:32 AM #85Local High School Star
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Re: "He carried the team on his back to a ring"
I figure people just mean "he carried a heavy burden for the team and did a whole lot", but I still don't like the cliche.
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