Posted by BRIGGS:
the premise of this post was the reality that malik rose was not/is not part of the plan here OR wasnt supposd to be in ANYWAY. He just happened to show up last night and do some things that help win ballgames. the problem is, we have NO frikin plan. its game to game play to play.
Briggs, that pretty much seems to be the problem. We go in so many different directions at once and we always seem to be contradicting ourselves, it scks. Malik is a good role player to have and if we want him on the Knicks, fine. However, it's been proven that you have to have a team with him that has more offensive prowess than him, b/c he just cannot be the go to guy or anywhere close to that, even though he was great last night. What he is, however, is a leader on the defensive end and somebody who bangs down low and grabs rebounds. He would fit perfectly with the Pistons, and if the Suns are looking for defense, he would be helpful in Phoenix too. A lineup of Nash or Barbosa, Bell, Marion, Rose and Amare could be a pretty solid defensive lineup.
He is NOT useless. He's just shouldn't be in our long term plans if we want to go "Youth all the way." With that said, responsibility still goes to Channing and Eddie for them letting it get to a point that we need to bring Malik Rose in, so he can be the "Savior" even though we didn't win.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
