strength, quickness, finesse. he could be the whole package. has to work on his aggressiveness, but without fouling. offensive aggressiveness, too. he's unselfish, which is nice, but he's got to grow into being a go-to scorer. that 19 the other night was a good sign.

[Edited by - diderotn on 10-24-2005 12:57 PM]

Posted by diderotn:

Zeke should have hired this dude...

Posted by Marv:

Posted by diderotn:

In another year, if Frye continues to work with the weights, his physic will scare people on the low block.

strength, quickness, finesse. he could be the whole package. has to work on his aggressiveness, but without fouling. offensive aggressiveness, too. he's unselfish, which is nice, but he's got to grow into being a go-to scorer. that 19 the other night was a good sign.

That has nothing to do with his learning style. He is a rookie. He will get fouls call against him almost no matter what. Usually that has to be earned. Stoudamire picked up foul after foul is rookie year. Shaq too. That's why I love Brown, he already started going after the refs about this. You can tell that he plans on using these rookies. As far as being unselfish. It is pretty hard to be more demanding when you play with pgs who shoot without passing sometimes. Steph is more diligent than the other two about making sure atleast someone else touches the ball before he shoots. If I was a big man I wouldn't want to play with Robinson. I love him but he is a selfish player outright. I regret that Isiah did not go with Stoudamire instead of Robinson.

Posted by bobs3304:

Nate can def. be selfish on the offensive end.....but you could've said the same thing about Isiah at times.

Point is....he's a young, ****y kid. But he also plays BALLZ OUT, D's up, dives for loose balls, and sacrifices his body for rebounds against guys a foot & 1/2 taller than him.

He's a sparkplug. He infuses the team with energy. Everyone starts playing hard.


Mark it down -- 2 years from now, Marbury will be traded or just plain useless, and Nate and JC will take on the majority of minutes in the backcourt.

In fact I think 2 years from now is when we're really gonna make some noise...

[Edited by - bobs3304 on 10-24-2005 2:26 PM]

Posted by bobs3304:

Yes......I did bash Crawford.

And I also said the only reason to keep him was if he was utilized to distribute the ball instead of shoot.

The reason I take less blame out of Nate's hands is b/c he's an energizer. He plays defense, he sacrifices his body, he gets the crowd into the game. He's far from perfect, but I just feel for the kid. When he plays I think to myself "Wow, this guy is REALLY trying." With Marbury, it's always the same old ****. Slow dribbles, eventual penetration for an attempted layup, kickout, or pick & roll. There's rarely much ball movement when he's handling the rock.