UPDATE! Curry's GQ Diary: "How I made Jonny Flynn a lttle jealous"

I posted Stephen Curry's GQ Diary a couple weeks back and there's 4 new posts on it. Anyways, here's a little interestng excerpt from his latest entry:

He [Jonny Flynn] was telling me how his coach [Kurt Rambis] was a little more strict and their practices are a little more intense, and I was telling him about how Coach Nelson was, and he was kind of jealous of me.

So does this mean that Curry actually does like Nelson and would never want to leave Golden State? One can only hope...

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i hope

by thecity23 on Nov 19, 2009 11:17 AM PST reply actions

LOL….Nelson doesn’t push our players enough!

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by LostHawkGSW on Nov 19, 2009 11:18 AM PST reply actions

Uh..

Not a positive. =/

This is Kristin Kreuk, now zip it. - GTTM

by disguy on Nov 19, 2009 11:34 AM PST reply actions

So he is saying we have light practices?

Great……

Rookie: "Why did you bench me?"
Nellie: "You're a rookie"

by dubzfan on Nov 19, 2009 12:21 PM PST reply actions

Practice should be challenging

But it shouldn’t tire out the players too much. In season practice is for maintenance and sharpening of skills, not to push guys too hard. Offseason and preseason is the time for players to bust their tails. As long as Nelson isn’t having the players do scotch drinking contests, I’m not worried. Then again, with Nelson you never know what he’s up to…

by Pearlsofwisdom on Nov 19, 2009 12:29 PM PST reply actions

Nellie's probably the one drinking scotch during practices.

by HopHurdles on Nov 19, 2009 12:44 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, good points. They don’t play a 10 game CYO schedule here, where it’s games once a week. It’s a long season, with a LOT of minutes…

by Missing Barry on Nov 19, 2009 1:32 PM PST up reply actions

Yup, Rambis is making the typical rookie coach mistake of wearing out his players. If he had a bunch of vets on that team, they’d have already tuned him out. Though as bad as Minny has looked, maybe the young guys are tuning him out as well.

by homer simpson on Nov 19, 2009 1:41 PM PST up reply actions

very different teams/situations/philosophies

superficially similar because both teams have a surfeit of young and unproven talent, but the vet semi-stars are very dissimilar (Ellis≠Jefferson). Rambis is a virtual novice trying to install the complex triangle offense, and there’s probably no player he has to help the transition (P.Jackson made sure he had a player or two plus a special ass’t coach for that system). The Woe-yrs also lack enough healthy players to even scrimmage 5 on 5, so they have no business extending themselves hard in practices.

by the.monk on Nov 19, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions

So

They don’t try hard in practice with the belief that everything will magically click when they play in an actual game. Awesome.

This is Kristin Kreuk, now zip it. - GTTM

by disguy on Nov 19, 2009 9:30 PM PST up reply actions

I’ve never attended an NBA practice, but my guess is a lot of it is just meant to keep their skills sharp, while working on offensive and defensive principles of the scheme + working on specifics for the next opponent. This is the NBA, not CYO or high school basketball – these players are expected to be capable of playing now. Improving basic skills isn’t the focus, players should work on their game in their own time (they’re paid millions, after all, and have half a season with no other commitments than to work on their own development). Add in an 82 games season that wears the body down and there’s plenty of reason practice doesn’t need to be rigorous. Don’t confuse “not rigorous” with “not trying hard”. They are two different things, and one is a legitimate concern (not trying hard), while one probably has good reasons behind (less demanding practice).

by Missing Barry on Nov 20, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions