I love it when Clyde gets excited. Nate excited him tonight and the adjectives were just flowing.

Posted by EnySpree:

Maybe Nate can start getting the respect he deserves. He's a damn good player and he isn't the problem.

Someone needs to do a youtube mix of this game for Nate.

Definitely

Posted by GKFv2:

Nate will never be more than a bench player because he doesn't possess the right mindset in a game. He'll put up numbers on losing teams but he will never be anything more than a scoring guard off the bench. That isn't a bad thing, but we seem to have many of those at the moment. Plus, he is still a little too immature for my liking. I don't hate the guy and I wouldn't be upset if we kept him but I'm not going to have an orgasm over him either. Scoring 45 points is a huge feat for any player but that doesn't make them great either. Remember, the great Tony Delk scored 50 twice.

BTW, why did Randolph Morris go back to getting DNP's and Malik Rose started?

Boy there are a couple of guys who just hate the Knicks. Yeah Nate scks and he's to immature.

Posted by GKFv2:

Right. And there are a couple of guys who just love being homers. Nate sucks. That's what said, right? Maybe when you tone down the homerism you can also learn how to read.

What's the difference--the guy went for 45 and played one heckuva game and you still break them on him for no apparent reason.

Posted by GKFv2:

Nate will never be more than a bench player because he doesn't possess the right mindset in a game. He'll put up numbers on losing teams but he will never be anything more than a scoring guard off the bench. That isn't a bad thing, but we seem to have many of those at the moment. Plus, he is still a little too immature for my liking. I don't hate the guy and I wouldn't be upset if we kept him but I'm not going to have an orgasm over him either. Scoring 45 points is a huge feat for any player but that doesn't make them great either. Remember, the great Tony Delk scored 50 twice.

BTW, why did Randolph Morris go back to getting DNP's and Malik Rose started?

tony delk scored 53 points, and he did it just ONCE... But guys like delk, and willie burton who had 50 point games, were not as electric or as talented as nate is overall.. They were solid players who got real hot and had special, special games. In tony delks best season as a pro, he had the same numbers nate has now ,pretty much, except nate has him by about 1 assist per game....Both averaged 12ppg... So I don't want to chalk this up as some lucky game, nate scored a previous career high of 34 before and has had other really good, electric games. It is not another, Tony delk situation here..

I have serious questions of anti-midget bias for anyone who busts on Nate right after the type of all-around game he played last night. Forget the points for a moment. He rebounded and garnered assists, which translates to me that his head was totally in the game.

Anyone who falls back on the tired, "i don't like his attitude" line is only looking to rehash someone's attempt at typecasting his career possibilities or threshold.

Nate made up his mind this Summer to be better.

He has gotten better. Perhaps much better than some are willing to recognize.

You go Nate.

Man I wish I had actually watched this game. Oh well.

I gotta agree with GKF2 in a bigger picture scheme. Difference is I am excited about Nate. He is like Barbosa on Pheniox.

How you win with that is you get another guard that compliments him. Nate is exciting energetic scoring guard. You compliment him buy bring in a pure floor general. Doesn't have to be a superstar player. But a nice good quality floor general that excells on defense and setting up an offense.

But you also have to move Crawford for a shooter.

The title is Nate the Gr8, but I nor anyone else here, I believe, has said Nate is a great player at this point.

I said it was a "display of what he's capable of" implying that he hasn't reached that level yet.

We've seen similar play from him especially during SL, but tonight he was the main scorer, so hence part of the reason he was able to go off. Interesting how that team did not have the main vets we currently rely on, which is more reason to give he and the yoots burn the rest of this season, perhaps to develop a new team identity.

I disagree that he is all show as well. Are Lebron and Kobe all show because they often make their defenders look silly? Nate's "show" last night was within the flow of the team game. He also had 6 assists, and 2 turnovers (1 through 3 quarters), as well as 6 rebounds.

Nate is an emotionally intense guy so when he displays it on the court sometimes, this turns some fans off, which I can understand. He got a technical foul at one point after scoring and then screaming towards the crowd. It wasn't even clear why he got a tech, and the announcers did not seem to think it was warranted, but just his reputation, and repeated excitable response may have played a role.