shakes wrote:
No one has been a bigger Rose apologist than me over the last few years, but lately the bloom is starting to come off a bit for me. I can understand him taking his time to get acclimated to the game since he missed 2 years, but the one thing I don't understand is is steadfast refusal to protect the ball or even act like he gives a shit about that aspect of the game.
All season long and especially last night he has been just standing in front of his defender and engaging in a high careless dribble of the ball. All year long defenders have been knocking the ball away from him..often he gets it back, but last night I think he turned it over 3x in a row at one point. Its like he doesn't give a shit. Turns it over and comes back down and does the same lazy dribble over and over again. Turn it over again.
I'd like to see him act like he gives a shit and maybe even protect the ball like an actual fucking point guard.
He is too busy protecting his future to protect the ball, too.