Posted by TMS:

bro, this is a pretty pointless question... anyone here who says they don't care if Eddy improves in other areas other than scoring is kidding themselves... but that's not to say that people can't be happy w/slow progress, as long as there IS progress... we've seen Eddy be dominant in the low post, & he sometimes on rare occasions puts up double digits in rebounds... i'm happy w/that for now until he learns more of the nuances of playing his position, like passing out of the low post & playing help D.

It's not pointless. If you've been following the discussions about Eddy Curry, many posters are settling for what he's doing on offense and not really caring about what he's done(or not doing) defensively. Most are just focusing on what he's doing well and ignoring what he's been doing bad.

Posted by SugarRayRichardson:

Nice loaded question. Way to stack a poll. No player is perfect on defense. Saying you want him to play better on defense is fine but saying he plays no defense is a joke. His defense is usually just as good as any of our other bigs.

But none of our other bigs play good defense...

Sorry dude you stacked a poll so there is absoluitely no positive answer. Its a loaded question.

LOL when every option you give is negative how can it not be stalked. Do you understand what a loaded question is?

Is I asked you yes or know have you stopped beating your wife is there a yes or no answer that doesnt make you look badly?

Good poll! I voted option 2 but gave some thought to option 3.

Posted by nyk4ever:

Posted by TMS:

bro, this is a pretty pointless question... anyone here who says they don't care if Eddy improves in other areas other than scoring is kidding themselves... but that's not to say that people can't be happy w/slow progress, as long as there IS progress... we've seen Eddy be dominant in the low post, & he sometimes on rare occasions puts up double digits in rebounds... i'm happy w/that for now until he learns more of the nuances of playing his position, like passing out of the low post & playing help D.

It's not pointless. If you've been following the discussions about Eddy Curry, many posters are settling for what he's doing on offense and not really caring about what he's done(or not doing) defensively. Most are just focusing on what he's doing well and ignoring what he's been doing bad.

i've been following along & i'm not trying to put u down in anyway just so i get that straight... just don't think anyone here is saying they're happy w/Eddy playing bad defense & not rebounding consistently, that's all... what those of us are saying who are supporting him is that he's shown some improvement on his game from last year, & we like that... doesn't mean we don't want him to improve on those other areas as well (don't mean to speak for anyone else, but i'm pretty sure everyone on this forum wants to see Eddy become an all around C someday... some just expect it to happen sooner than others)

[Edited by - TMS on 12-04-2006 8:13 PM]

I don't see what's wrong with the poll. Nothing he said was untrue, and based on other posts in the forum, it's a valid question.

Eddy is awful on defense. .37 blocks, .32 steals, 3.11 TOs, 0.5 asts, and 6.7 rebs in 31.4 mpg brings lame to a new level. I can't find any other centers with worse production in blocks, and steals and I'd be hard pressed to find one who gets so few assists.

Bottom line is Eddy's offense is nice. But that's all he has. How disappointing.

After thinking about it for some time I have to say that eventhough this is his 6th season, I am estatic that he is finally showing offensive
consistency. I never thought he would after how bad he looked last season and how out of shape he was. So now that he has improved offensively I think it is very possible for him to improve defensively. Maybe even start blocking shots one day if he ever gets in real shape. He is only 23. His offense is better, he is starting to rebound better although he's not consistent in boxing out yet. Not many 23yr olds dominate in every aspect of the game. Guys like Amare, Bosh, Howard still have room to grow.

So all in all I am pretty happy with the way Isiah is coaching this team. I just pray to god that we get rid of Francis soon. As a GM I think Isiah has learned from his mistakes of throwing away picks which is his strength and overpaying for bums like Taylor/James

how about putting an option that says "Eddy's offensive improvement this year is a good sign, hopefully he develops the other areas of his game in the coming years"... then i can vote on your poll too.