Posted by Knight:
Posted by crzymdups:
Posted by Knight:
^The Western Conference was very competitive as far as who made the playoffs last year--the East on the other hand has been very weak until this yaear.
The West was also very strong when Marbury almost single-handedly beat the Spurs in the playoffs in 03. He took them to 6 games, with a barely developed Amare and no Q or Jim Jackson.
Amare, Marion, and Penny all contributed in that series. Marion average 18 and 11 in that series, Amare 14 and 8, Penny 13, 6, and 4.
[Edited by - Knight on 11-15-2005 7:42 PM]
Yes, he had help, but not the kind of help MVP Nash when he went down in flames in five games to last year's Spurs and not the kind of help Shaq had when he went down to the Spurs in 03. Two of the Suns losses to the Spurs in that series were by two points.
My point is: Steph has never ever had stability anywhere he's gone. NJN was a series of disasters with injuries. PHO was developing before he had the rug pulled out from under him. MIN was developing but he was clearly young and immature and they were still trying to add pieces around KG and Steph when Googs left town. He clearly hasn't had any in 1.5 seasons in NY. He's played with over 40 different guys over the course of 120 games.
Now we hopefully have some stability and a great coach who works with guards and let's see where it goes. He's one of the more talented PGs ever to play the game and this may be the best situation he's ever been in. I'm willing to give him three years to try and make it work. If it doesn't, you move him and most of our core is 24-27 and you go from there.
11/15/2005 5:26 PM