i like nate alot. i think he has some real intangibles. he can create space at will and get to the basket at will. he needs to learn a pull up to be unstoppable. so he has the tools. he just needs a coach to teach him how to play. if you look at nate's stats this year and compare them to jamal's his rookie year, they are very similar. and jamal was a lottery pick. so nate requires patience. i have no idea whether or not the patience will come in ny or not since he's one of the few real pieces with decent to good trade value that we have.

There is noting wrong with putting forth the effort and being positive.

Its like when in football a guy is down 20 points and sacks the QB and starts jumping around and strutting his stuff. ITs cool to vocalize in a huddle, cool to lead by example, but being proud as a peacock when getting blown out and your not even humbled by your man tourching you for 47 just is not cool.

Too much is made of Larrys comments.

Remember, all coaches discuss their team in the media. There ain't a whole lot of wins, so how much positive things can one say.

It's not cute to be ****y, when you on the other end of the losing stick. Try winning more than 19 games before you start popping your jersey like you're in the playoffs Nate.

How do you screw something up that's already ****ed for years to come thanks to Isiah?

Posted by islesfan:

How do you screw something up that's already ****ed for years to come thanks to Isiah?

By trading young, cheap talented (albeit undisciplined) players, for older role players.

"I was just trying to point out to him, you get a standing ovation and pump your chest and Allen's got 25,000 points and he acted like (it was) no big deal," Brown told him.

To which Robinson replied: "I told him, of course not now. Probably when he (Iverson) was young he was doing the exact same thing."

The Daily news article makes it seem like he told them as it was stated as a quote. I agree, it's silly to celebrate when you're getting torched, but if it fuels him, i does and I don't see how it's detrimental to the team. If LB doesn't want it, fine, no biggie, but does everything have to run through the press?

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Posted by nykshaknbake:

I hope Nate keeps on celebrating. Guys like that give themselves and their teammates a boost. This is yet another case of something that definietly didn't need to aired out to the press courtesy of LB. I understand if he felt it wasn't warranted, but this could have easily been addressed player to coach. LB is a chump. Up untill this point I was wanting LB to stay aboard and turn this around. I don't think he deserves the chance. Fire LB.

Nate is the guy being quoted. Nate is "airing" what has been said to him behind close doors. It was addressd player to coach. Nate needed something to explain why he went from 34 to 12 points against Philly.

I can't play without my scowl is what he came up with. He is sounding like a mini-Steph.