Posted by TMS:

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by NYKBocker:

I thought Duhon played well. He pushed the ball and played good D.

when?

Felton and DJ augustine had 30pts and 10 assist combined. The stories of how he's such a good anything is a myth. He had zero inpact on this Charlotte game. He was just there. He did not instill his will on the game.

to be fair a lot of the times Nate was guarding those guys... u can't lay all the blame on Duhon... i felt he played a solid game... didn't make an impact on offense but he also wasn't forcing up shots & made some good passes to the right guys when they were hot... that fastbreak where he got the ball from Nate & then touch passed it blind in back of him to Wilson for the layup +1 was money, & Duhon made some nice shots in spots also.

he plays completely unselfishly & doesn't make stupid mental mistakes when he's in the game as far as i've seen... he's the type of player that u won't notice at all in the boxscore but he also won't kill u w/his mistakes either... again, he's a backup PG in a starting role as a pure stopgap solution.

Nate is not a PG, he's a SG in a PG's body... if u watched the game u'd have seen Jamal was running point most of the time when Nate was in the game w/him... if u had a big PG like a Crittenton or Udrih for example then u could afford to start Nate at the SG spot, but u can't have a starting backcourt of Duhon & Nate cuz u're gonna get abused by bigger G's every night... & we all know Jamal's a terrible defender so u can't have both Jamal & Nate starting in the backcourt either... Nate is best as an energizer off the bench, just like he's doing now IMO.

Posted by TMS:

Duhon's better than Roberson dude, come on... Roberson's a bus ticket away from playing in the D Leagues... & Mardy can't run the point effectively either, he's a defensive bench player u put in to fill some minutes & play a little D, that's it... Duhon can at least knock down an open J & is more polished in a team style game than any of those guys... Nate is definitely a better player than he is but like i said, on this team he's not a good option to be starting at PG right now... Nate & Jamal in the backcourt won't work if u ask me, there's just too much defensive deficiency in both players to warrant that.

Jamal & Q as our starting backcourt w/Chandler at the 3 gives u better D than u have now overall... Nate as the 6th man & Duhon as a backup PG off the bench give u 2 guys who can fill their roles perfectly, Nate as the instant offense & Duhon as a solid backup orchestrator.

Posted by TMS:

i think when Jamal ran a lot of the PG duties under LB he played much more under control & his shooting average was higher than in other years when he was given the green light to launch at will... yeah, his PPG averages were the lowest of his career but he also took a ton less shots as well... i'd have no problem w/Jamal running point this season & Duhon backing him up... Q would give us a much better matchup against bigger G's at the 2 than Jamal also... too bad Mardy can't shoot if his life depended on it or else i'd be willing to take a shot w/him as our starting 2G.

if we could just combine Jamal & Mardy into 1 player, & Nate & Duhon into another, we'd have a pretty decent starting backcourt tandem.

Posted by TMS:

i know it's not gonna happen cuz Duhon came in w/the promise that he'd be the starting PG... i'm fine w/him as the starting PG this year, it's a throw away for me anyways... i just wanna see Chandler starting so if that means moving Q to the bench or to the starting SG spot, then u gotta do what u gotta do... i don't see Jamal getting relegated back to the bench tho even tho i wouldn't care if he became the 6th man either... only problem is since Nate's not a PG u can't start him & Q Rich in the backcourt... u need someone who knows how to orchestrate out there, & other than Craw, Duhon's the only other guy on this team that knows how.