"There's No Excuse For Bad Play....."

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I guess that is the question, do the good teams have any fun games, or are they all business? Nobody on the Blazers has what I call "The Scowl" on their face when out on the floor. Game face. Warpaint. Whatever you want to call it. I don't think they should look at the games as fun at all. I think they should look at them as an ass kicking that needs to be administered, because the team across the floor is thinking they are going to do the same to you.

A lot of folks were referring to Ruben Patterson up above. The one thing Ruben did every night that nobody on this team does now, is he played frackin hard every night. That is why he made so many teams even though he was a knucklhead. You never had to worry about his motor running. It's running, and ready to hit the throttle. He had that scowl I talked about. He had the physicality I talk about. The only thing he didn't have was basketball and daily life IQ.

Well of course every game you take seriously, but being "Too Serious" makes you think TOO Hard. I for one think that when teams are looser, they tend to play to their skill much easier. Also, that "Swagga" I am mentioning, is a reflection of the same point you tried posting in response. I want to see in our faces that we know we can win games, not think we can. You come in the games wanting to completely destroy the other team. That type of confidence is what sets apart the champions from the pretenders.