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Sprewell's
one of the few players in the NBA who are both old-skool and new-skool.
He has the technique of a very simple old-skool player but the his
attitude, which is shown in the way he looks and goes about his
daily life, is very much the new hip-hop era. Sprewell's one of
the few players in the NBA who are both old-skool and new-skool.
He has the technique of a very simple old-skool player but the his
attitude, which is shown in the way he looks and goes about his
daily life, is very much the new hip-hop era. Formerly played for
the Golden-State Warriors back in 1994 when the Warriors were looking
strong with the likes of Chris Webber, Tim Hardaway and himself
in the team. But from then on, things went downhill. He lost his
temper and attacked his coach, which led to him being banned for
a whole season. Everybody was talking about him and he was constantly
being crucified by the media, almost the exact same time at which
Tupac Shakur was as well. This is why Sprewell retains a certain
respect for Tupac Shakur as a man who would give the least of fukks
about what the world thought of him. But Sprewell didn't give up,
in fact he continued training and training to be the player he is
now. Chris Webber said "I love the way Spree went about
his game after being banned. Instead of just sitting there and not
doing anything about it, he continued with his training and I respect
and luv him for that. That's why he is what he is today. He has
tremendous game". Which he certainly did. After
he was term was over, he was ready and trained to play for the NBA
again. But he was rejected from every team proposal that was made,
except for New York. NY took Sprewell with open arms when no-one
else really gave a shit about him. This was to be the start of a
new era. Not only did he fine-tune his skills on the court, he also
did a lot of work with his mental attitude. Coach of NY saw this,
and now Sprewell plays most of the minutes for NY when he probably
would have been benched on another team. Sprewell, to me, is probably
one of, if not, the best 1-on-1 player that plays on courts.
He has quite an arsenal in his dribbling abilities, but it's simplicity
probably puts it down against that of Iverson's, Kobe's, Rick
Smits, Craig Bradley's etc.
But where he is strong
is in his maneouvres around the opposition with these simple dribbling
skills, not to mention his hysterically accurate jumpshot. He has
a unique jumpshot, in which he covers the ball with one hand and
shoots with the other (in the air). Most just go up with both hands
and don't really pay attention to the ball with the other hand enough
as Sprewell does. His mental capacity against Iverson's and
Marbury's is a lot bigger and can now cope with a lot more
than what Iverson probably would throw tantrums at. Not saying Iverson's
a bad player, I think he is one of the quickest guards to ever play
in the NBA, but he hasn't got enough all-round abilities as Sprewell
does, not to mention Experience.
Written up by str8soulja: Webmaster of Pure-PlayaZ (Saqib Saeed) |
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