James Dwayne Bosh III
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When I use the term, "immature" I don't mean it as a bad thing. Just means that natural development will come in time.
What's telling most of all to me about Rose, and Durant is guilty of the same thing in conferences following losses to Dallas, is their concession to blame themselves for all shortcomings of the team. If you notice in post-game press conferences after each loss the Bulls suffered to the Heat, Rose talked about him coming up short, it was his fault they lost, he needs to get better, he needs to learn. Durant had the same mentality.
On first go-around, that sounds like the respectable thing to say - they are accounting for themselves. However, you take a guy like Durant who puts up 42 against Dallas and still loses, he can't do anymore. You can't ask more of him. He and Rose were in the same boat - it's not that they failed so much, it's that their teams failed them.
Kobe (and Jordan did this) would get flack for seemingly deriding his teammates after hard losses. He would talk about how the passing wasn't tight enough, how they weren't getting the the ball to the right players, etc. People often saw that as a riff that was forming between he and his teammates. However, that was maturity. That was him motivating his teammates by calling them out. He was holding them accountable for their actions and forcing them to make the necessary changes.
This is what Rose and Durant need to learn to become great leaders.
What's telling most of all to me about Rose, and Durant is guilty of the same thing in conferences following losses to Dallas, is their concession to blame themselves for all shortcomings of the team. If you notice in post-game press conferences after each loss the Bulls suffered to the Heat, Rose talked about him coming up short, it was his fault they lost, he needs to get better, he needs to learn. Durant had the same mentality.
On first go-around, that sounds like the respectable thing to say - they are accounting for themselves. However, you take a guy like Durant who puts up 42 against Dallas and still loses, he can't do anymore. You can't ask more of him. He and Rose were in the same boat - it's not that they failed so much, it's that their teams failed them.
Kobe (and Jordan did this) would get flack for seemingly deriding his teammates after hard losses. He would talk about how the passing wasn't tight enough, how they weren't getting the the ball to the right players, etc. People often saw that as a riff that was forming between he and his teammates. However, that was maturity. That was him motivating his teammates by calling them out. He was holding them accountable for their actions and forcing them to make the necessary changes.
This is what Rose and Durant need to learn to become great leaders.
