Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Laurence Maroney: Gone at last
He was a good guy and loyal team player. But I won't miss Laurence Maroney's stupid stutter-step style of running. The stutter-step drove me nuts. He'd see a big hole to pound through -- and still stutter-step. ...
Reminds me of my own basketball foibles as a youth. I had exactly one (1) head-fake move under the basket. It'd work on the first play of a game against a new opponent, but that's about it. It's all I knew. I'd keep using that stupid head-fake just about every other shot, long after opponents had figured it out and kept stuffing the ball down my throat. Every time I saw Maroney pull one of his useless stutter-step moves, I'd think of my own deeply ingrained head-fake days. ...
He was a good guy and loyal team player. But I won't miss Laurence Maroney's stupid stutter-step style of running. The stutter-step drove me nuts. He'd see a big hole to pound through -- and still stutter-step. ...
Reminds me of my own basketball foibles as a youth. I had exactly one (1) head-fake move under the basket. It'd work on the first play of a game against a new opponent, but that's about it. It's all I knew. I'd keep using that stupid head-fake just about every other shot, long after opponents had figured it out and kept stuffing the ball down my throat. Every time I saw Maroney pull one of his useless stutter-step moves, I'd think of my own deeply ingrained head-fake days. ...
