Comments on: Kevin Martin: NBA’s Worst Decoy

By: Joeman

Joeman — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:46:42 +0000

Coach I can make the shot! Gimme the Damn Ball!!!!

By: js

js — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 07:13:32 +0000

Ellis goes for 42 points, 9 assist, 9 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block all while still coming back from moped injury, and you all still seem to think this story about K-mart is worth this post space…….WOW!!!!

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:26:43 +0000

btw jeter did win a gold glove in one of the seasons he ranked as the worst fielder

hey what do u call a slow roller to jeter left?? a basehit hehehehe.

quoting Tim Kurkjian: “Nobody makes the routine play better than Derek Jeter.” That’s why he wins a gold glove? thats just sad

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:15:16 +0000

austin
again tryin to compare baseball to basketball give it a rest man its not even close one player guarantees playoffs in the nba not in baseball didnt jeter miss the playoffs??? and again im not talking about U sayin hes the best ss but 95% of yankee fans do

now to answer your kobe question and the first inning run unlike basketball in baseball u can score once and win did u know that pitchers that pitch with the lead always throw better and is more relax that is what that first inning run brings so dont be a fool u r acting like the dude that says well longley has more rings than ewing and u know it. now on the numbers lol it takes jeter 4 seasons to do what arod does in one and google up hanley ramirez ill bet ull hate jeter after u see those stats. AND NO U DONT NEED ANYONE TO BE CLUTCH a hr is a hr if the game is starting or if its close in the 9th

see even joecozi has it messed up with arod remember this past 4 years that big papi has been considered clutch and awesome while arod chokes??? did u know arod has one more game tyin or lead taking hit than ortiz in that

By: quest

quest — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:08:32 +0000

@ austin give me jose reyes all day in fact give me omar vizquel the real best ss in the history if baseball

By: Willis

Willis — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:32:14 +0000

in KevMarts defense, you have to get the ball in order to be clutch. He’s been clutch in about half the opportunities he’s had to be clutch. Earlier this season against New Orleans, 24 points in the 4th quarter. Earlier this season vs Golden State, hit two game tying buckets in each overtime. He’s hit game winners before too, against the Sonics (when they were the sonics,) spurs, wizards, and the grizz if i remember correctly. He’s choked about as many times as that as well.

Joe Cozi, Kevs the best thing we got, and thats sad, but you get a guy like that you shouldn’t throw him under a bus like that. The due creates his own shots just as well as Michael Redd does. I don’t think you all give him enough credit on the clutch end. Just cuz this team is Nattarded doesn’t mean Kevin can’t be clutch.

By: JoeCozi

JoeCozi — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:52:08 +0000

You guys obviously don’t watch K-mart too much…he is the biggest choke artist for a supposed star..he’ll get buckets all game long but he’s like A-rod where they’re all first inning solo homers nothing when the game is on the line!!..He plays scared against the Kobe’s and Lebron’s can’t create his own shot at all (couldn’t even get a shot off against Lebron couple weeks back without trying to do some weak ass pump fake leaner garbage)..I’m in sacramento and I can’t stand him, he reminds me of Reggie Miller when he used to do that kick his leg out bullshit…don’t get me wrong K-mart got wetters when he spots up but his game is one dimensional-scoring, and thats incomplete cause he can’t even get his own shot off!

By: Austin Burton

Austin Burton — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:45:51 +0000

Again, never said Jeter was the best shortstop in the League. But when it comes down to delivering in a clutch situation, you’re really telling me you’d rather have Jose Reyes? I think over the last couple years we’ve seen the clutch-ness of Reyes and that whole Mets team.

Yes, baseball is a team sport, but at some point SOMEBODY needs to step up and win the game. And over the course of his career, Jeter has often proved to be that guy.

Serious question: Did Jeter win Gold Gloves in the seasons where he ranked as the worst defensive shortstop? Another serious question: What’s the difference numbers-wise between the best SS in the League and the worst? Probably like two percentage points, right? Correct me if I’m wrong, ’cause I’m definitely not a baseball stat geek.

And Ian’s last argument about not being clutch because you didn’t do something in the first inning is just silly. Are we now saying Kobe’s not clutch because he doesn’t just score 20 points in the first quarter and make the game a blowout? These are pro athletes all playing at the highest level, and the games are going to be close a lot of times. And again, somebody needs to be clutch and win it in the end.

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:53:11 +0000

big island like i told austin a while back if jeter played for the royals his whole career putting up those same numbers no one would talk about him and love how he uses the 4 rings thing in baseball. this isnt basketball in baseball u dont carry teams as easy u dont have to win to be an alltime great is jeter better than bonds??? because he was luckier to be a yankee is jeter better than arod is jeter better than pujols who just has one??? jeter was ranked the worst defensive player at any position and still managed to get the gold gloves isnt that being overrated? and yes austin yankee fans talk like hes the best ss ever and the best player since 96 in the majors dude there are at least 5 players better than him on the ny teams. i have him in second alltime in overrated athletes andrw jones is 1. btw u downplay it abit u call him great and a good ss that isnt the mentality of most yankee fans that are tooo blind to see that arod is by FAR the best player on the team.

baseball u dont carry teams u cant be selfish and being clutch i dont buy it that much why didnt u hit that awesome walkoff hr in the first inning and save us the drama. there hasnt been a single season i think that jeter has been the best ss in the league

By: Big Island

Big Island — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:16:40 +0000

AB: I think Jeter is overrated because he has been at a point where his production doesn’t match his reputation. He has the rings which nobody can argue, and he has made some clutch plays, but he isn’t even the best SS on his own team when you think A-Rod moved to third. His averages (batting, HR, RBI, fielding % etc…) show that he isn’t the best at his position, yet most people, when asked, will say Jeter is the best player at his position. Good looking guy, on the Yankees, very marketable, never really in trouble outside of gossip column stuff, good player. If he played for the Angels, nobody would be saying much about him. I’m not hating on the guy personally as much as I am hating on Yankee fans/friends and the Yankees. I wouldn’t be upset with Jeter on my team, but I would take other players before him. Screw it, I am a hater.