This Guy Is Talking Reckless
With 12 games left on the docket for most squads, the Lakers are pretty much guaranteed the No. 1 seed in the West. (They’re up 10 games on the second-seeded Spurs right now.) On the other side of the playoff picture, Dallas is currently in the eight-spot, but could very well end up finishing anywhere from four to nine (all of those teams in those spots are within five-and-a-half games of each other). Mavs’ backup C Ryan Hollins doesn’t want his squad making any moves – he likes Dallas’ playoff draw if they finish eighth.
That’s because Hollins has a gameplan to take down the vaunted Lake Show if they showdown in a 1-8 matchup: take advantage of Kobe‘s selfishness.
“Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest players in the game, and I think sometimes he has issues trusting his teammates,” said Hollins. “Maybe we catch them off guard, kind of get Kobe into playing a little one-on-one or doing a little too much, I think we’ve got a shot at them definitely.”
If Hollins’ hope is to sneak up on L.A., then it probably wasn’t the smartest move to give them bulletin board material.
Of all the “plans” cooked up to take down the Lakers, it still seems as though Boston’s scheme from the ’08 Finals is the best. They put a premium on making Kobe shoot tough shots, and keeping him off the free throw line. However, that’s easier said than done. Dallas is currently 10th in the League in points surrendered per game. And in their three meetings this year, L.A. is 3-0, having scored an average of 109 points. In those contests, Kobe’s put up 30 points, 6 boards, 3.6 assists, 1.6 TO’s per night on 53% shooting. If Bryant continues to put up numbers at that clip, he won’t really need to look to his teammates all that much.
Source: Dallas News
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March 25th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
weezy f says:
of all the players this guy is making comments?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
jmg says:
who is Ryan Hollins anyways?
unless they got a leader that isnt a 7 foot, jump shooting Euro…the Mavs have no shot to beat anyone in round 1… how did it go in Oakland 2 years ago?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
rlf says:
a) does this guy know how the lakers play?
b) is he crazy to say something about kobe going into the playoffs?
c)does he know that kobe dropped 63 on the mavs in 3 quarters?
d) the most important question, who is this guy?
i am afraid of the suns moving into the 8th seed, because of shaq and pau being soft, but the mavs? really? I guess you never know…but talk trash(sort of) about a player when you own him or the team, not before.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
shake&bake says:
Ryan Hollins is in the League?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Promoman says:
Typical guy that you see or don’t see on the court who can barely play or can’t play who thinks they’ve got Hubie Brown knowledge. Nothing’ll happen to him though, since he’s a role player even on the 2nd or 3rd unit at best.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
LakeShow84 says:
i dont think it was that bad..
if anything hes stupid just for implying they can MAKE Kobe NOT trust his teammates.. Maybe 2-3 years ago but not now.. how can an 8th seed team with barely any D make the rest of the team disappear like the Celtics did in that fluke Finals??
Answer: you cant.. dip..
March 25th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
POPPI GEE says:
Then after his dream of being an All-Star, a starter, and a defensive juggernaut on a Dallas team that was ready to make a championship run, Ryan Hollins woke up and came back to earth realizing that his team might not even make the playoffs, he sucks, his own team probably doesn’t even like him, he sucks, Kobe is already looking past whoever come first and he sucks.
Then he tried to go back to sleep to get back to the dream where he mattered, all to no avail.
The End.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
Ryan Hollins used to play @ UCLA… But seriously this is like Damon Jones talkin trash WTF!!!!!! Kobe goes for 64 in three first game
March 25th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Scott says:
Um, not that I really want Bosh’s personal shit out there, but even Yahoo Sports reported on it, yet it wasn’t in smack nor on the site yesterday and today nothing. Considering timeline wise it was right when the Raps and Bosh started to suck you’d think that someone at Dime could post something to at least that degree.
For all the criticism that Dime gives the Raps, how is it that this wasn’t a news posting here or even mentioned? We get news about bench players comments about Kobe, and Clips of the Day that aren’t even all that funny (the faint, didn’t watch the other).
I’ve loved Dime for a long time, dunno whats happening, guess you guys are really really busy, which is good to hear, but still.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
Rare Air says:
LMAO, I dont know quite how to respond to this. This reminds me a little of when the Heat teams of the early 90′s with Glen Rice, Willie Burton, etc. used to just chirp at MJ endlessly about how they were gonna beat him and embarass him. Mike just got even more focused and slapped that whole team up. LA either sweeps Dallas or allows the Mavs a mercy win for a 5 game series. Personally Im happy, keep calling Kobe and the Lakers, out, see what happens.
March 25th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Ian says:
comon its not bad like lake said
i woulda talk some crap also being on the mavs hey i got nothing to lose. i think the series is not going to be as easy as some of u guys think. someone said remember the dallas vs golden state series comon man what about the other deep postseason runs. what would happen if dallas golden states the lakers?
March 25th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
calvin brodus says:
This guy is writing checks that Dirk’s ass can’t cash.
March 25th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
Ian– for that to happen The starters on the Lakers squad would all have to get beat like Nancy Kerrigan….
March 25th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
Ian says:
drink lol yeah but comon wouldnt that shit be awesome if he hits a game winner in the series
March 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
doesn’t he have to step on the floor and someone actually pass him the ball for that to happen?
March 25th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
dagwaller says:
Just like Lakeshow said – it’s not like Hollins isn’t saying anything that everyone hasn’t been saying for the past 6 years (or however long it’s been since Shaq left).
March 25th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Ian says:
drink comon man dont burst my bubble
March 25th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Dirk Nowitzki says:
Dude, please…please….Shut the f**k up!
March 25th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Kermit The Washington says:
It don’t even matta…
Suns are comin’ for that #8 spot
March 25th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Big Shot BOB says:
@ Lakeshow…A fluke Ha!!!
March 25th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
LakeShow84 says:
Lol you caught the fluke part Bob??
That was some of my subliminal messaging lol
March 25th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
LA says:
Better than the Lakeshow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbaH52JI3So
March 25th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Murdog says:
A good point is made over and over again in the comments… who is RYAN HOLLINS and why should we care?
March 25th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
bola says:
ryan hollins should keep his mouth shut..unless he is begging for sweep courtesy of a much-more-aggressive-’coz-some-second-stringer-made-stupid-comments kobe bryant and the rest of the Lakers..
March 25th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
Hater says:
When Kobe hears the sh*t he’s saying Kobe will knock the Crap out of him. He should be prepared to get swept!
March 28th, 2009 at 2:34 am
foolio_iglesias says:
Kobe just called.He said that not only does he still not know Raja Bell,he can now add Hollins to the list of ‘kids he does not know’ list….
March 28th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
human says:
dude…..Hollins…someday you can tell your grandchildren that you were the reason that the 08/09 Lakers went 16-0 in the playoffs, and that record will probably never be broken. Their 15-1 year was with turmoil, internal….Hollins…the league will be laughing at you more than they already are, by the way, who are you????
March 29th, 2009 at 4:53 am
qwerty says:
biggest mistake ryan hollins ever made.