True, he is a knucklehead, but I don't understand what he's done differently this year vs. last year.

Except maybe hurt MDA's feelings? Maybe he flat out said to MDA that his system isn't all its worked up to be without Nash & Amare to win games for him.

It would be great if we could trade Nate & get something decent back. But there is no way we get an asset back that can help us win this year as much as Nate can.

If MDA can't harness Nate- and he's not hinting at Nate getting back in the rotation, so he's clearly not going to- then MDA needs to take a look in the mirror and think about what kind of coach he is?

And his 'Soft' label is starting to look highly deserved.

I mean, can he only coach super-coachable players like Nash?

Why the F are we paying him the kind of money? His job is to get the most out of this roster. Was he surprised when Nate showed up in camp? Did Walsh go against MDA and sign him?

I don't see how a misbehaving 5'7 jerk-face would help us win more games. I think we won, what, 8 of 13 now? That is still good. And I remind everyone that we already had a two game losing streak during this awesome stretch. Really, we balled two very good teams very hard! We were in the Spurs game until the very end.

Al Harington is probably the most selfish player on the team. Always looks for his own shot and although he has played well always does it one on one. Takes shots that kill the offense and gets a pass.

We took out a Suns team we match up well against, an undermaned blazer team, and a hawks team that had one of there best players thrown out. We aren't really beating any really solid teams. It was a nice run, but we are still terrible and he is playing bender over guys we really need to get rid of.

Duhon sucked for the first half of the season and his play was a major reason for us being so far under .500. While I like Mike, how many times do you see him playing around with guys he coached on team USA or making jokes during impounds passes???

If you don't like a guy that's fine. Tell the ****ing GM and get on the same page. It's his fault and his fault alone.

Donnie I'm not going to play Stephon I'm going to embarrass him to prove a point!

Donnie I'm going to use Nate to prove a point!

He is creating the distractions

Just coach the ****ing team! Pull players when they are turning it over and taking terrible shots and not trying on defense. I think it's evident that this team doesn't have scoreres and we are going to need to play the kid eventually.

We lost on Xmas and against the Spurs because we didn't make plays down the stretch.

This has nothing to do with the clown's benching.

remember how nate used to look off gallo? anyone think that may be a major reason for his benching? serious question. he used to VERY blatantly ignore a wide open gallinari. now nate is sitting and gallo is thriving. if nate was holding back gallo, i don't really want him playing either.

Uptown wrote:I actually llike Nate as a spark off the bench, but to say his lack of playing time was the cause of us not winning our last 2 is ridiculous.

@CRZY....I was watching MDA interview with Breen and he mentioned the longer lineups have been the reason for the improvement defensively. I can definitely see Nate as the only guard on the floor for stretches while Duhon rests. Also, Hughes has looked awful lately aswell. He can take some of his minutes...

i think the problem breaks down like this:

1) he costs us defensively because he is small for his position and he gambles in passing lanes too often
2) he disrupts the offense by calling his own number too often
3) he doesn't move the ball well at all, particularly looking off gallinari who is one of our two best players (along with DLee)
4) he embarasses his teammates and potentially pumps up the other team by crowing after made shots when the team is down 10 points

i'm not saying we don't need the spark he provides, but he brings some pretty serious negatives along with that spark and he won't be here past this year, so i can understand mike not using him.

Some of ya'll need to get off managment's collective balls. Nate acting up at times and his ability on the court are mutually exclusive. He's not the end all be all as a talent, but this benching has grown tiresome and ridiculous. Especially when I am subjected to watching Chris Duhon on a nightly basis.

If it costs us games at the expense of playing guys who take the game seriously and play the way the coach tells them to play, then Curry and Nate can rot for all I care. I would much rather see Hill and Douglass get minutes before Nate and Curry even if it costs us a few in the win column. Even if we lose a few to good teams, we have been in it and haven't been getting blown out. We are starting to find a way to win against teams we should be beating and we are playing better basketball without Nate and Curry.

All I can say is they should have gotten with the program a year ago. You only get so many chances. Ball movement and defense aren't exactly Nate and Curry's forte'. We are better without them, the ship has sailed and they missed the boat. Oh well, to bad so sad for them. They should stop crying and accept that they screwed up by thinking that they were bigger than the coach. They should stop trying to say the right things to the media and just STFU and practice hard and do what their coach tells them to do. When he is good and ready, they will play and no amount of crying is going to change that at this point. They should have listened from day one.