Posted by McK1:

hope Steph accepts this as a challenge instead of going into a spaz cancer routine.

Me too. In the SAS interview Marbs stated that he doesn't buy into the view that players can make their teammates better--until he grasps the importance of teammates creating easier baskets for each other, he won't get it. Davis, unselfishly, made Foyle into a hero last game.

When asked about Marbury's performance, Brown suggested yesterday that statistics can be misleading, calling the kind of points Marbury scored late in the game "fool's gold."

Marbury finished with 22 points and five assists but didn't score or record an assist in the last five minutes.

Posted by Knight:

"He's getting better and better. I think he's trying and that's the thing that I see. Late in the game he has to be a lot more aggressive, like Jamal (Crawford) was. I think Steph, in situations like that, has to get others the shot the way Baron did. Baron just took over the game at the end. Look at his stats - they didn't stand out. He won the game. Him and (Adonal) Foyle."
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Despite how everyone is raving about Marbs, I think Larry's assessment is dead on: "fool's gold".

Posted by crzymdups:

Posted by Knight:

"He's getting better and better. I think he's trying and that's the thing that I see. Late in the game he has to be a lot more aggressive, like Jamal (Crawford) was. I think Steph, in situations like that, has to get others the shot the way Baron did. Baron just took over the game at the end. Look at his stats - they didn't stand out. He won the game. Him and (Adonal) Foyle."
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Despite how everyone is raving about Marbs, I think Larry's assessment is dead on: "fool's gold".

Larry Brown can shut the hell up anytime now. I'm glad he realized Foyle had something to do with the game. I wonder if he noticed who was guarding Foyle and if he noticed that he put that person in the game to guard him? I wonder if he'll ever look at the players he puts around Steph. It's not like Baron Davis "took over the game" with two backups at the C and PF. He "took over" because GSW's best players were on the floor in crunch time. Larry Brown is a simpering, egotistic douche bag. Just leave, Larry.

I agree with the first part, but not so much about Larry Brown leaving. LB had Malik Rose and AD in, 2 guys who play like they are allergic to jumping, and Adonal 'Tin' Foyle, was looking like Shaq.

Posted by Bonn1997:

can't control how other people play

That's a bit different. Any PG who's being honest would say he can help teammates but cannot "CONTROL" how they play

Posted by Bonn1997:

That was HIS response to the question, which was about the criticism that he doesn't make his teammates better. That was how Marbury spun the question. PG's can make their teammates "better" by helping them get good shots and getting them into a rhythm...to name a few things.

I agree they can do all that, but they can't "control" how their teammates play. You can set up Malik Rose perfectly but can't control the fact that he'll be blocked by 6'2" PGs! You can't control that Keith has bad hands and won't catch your passes. Can't control that Kurt can't jump and has turtle slow feet. You can help to improve these players, which Steph obviously has done for many teammates, but you can't control how they play. How well they play is determined by (a) the PG AND (b) many, many factors that the PG can't control

Posted by EnySpree:
Steph is more like Kevin Johnson. Actually they are exactly alike. KJ was about taking his man off the dribble and scoring....later on he became a three point shooter. He had huge passing numbers like Marbs does now but not just like Marbs he was not a passer.