Posted by TMS:
Posted by Solace:
Posted by Bippity10:
The team taht wins the title is the team with the least amount of weaknesses. Stars make it easier for you to eliminate those weaknesses because they can cover for your role players. You can build a title contender without a superstar but it's harder because you have to really focus on balancing your roster with 8-10 gusy that really compliment each other.
We on the other hand go out and get 5 or 6 guys at one position that do the exact same thing. Have the exact same weaknesses and can't figure out what the problem is. Whether it's 9 undersized PF's or 4 undersized SG's. It's all the same. Until you focus on building a team with parts that can score, rebound, pass, defend etc. no matter who is on the court. It's going to be an impossible task.
So true. The irony is we have four PGs... who all play like SGs. All like to shoot the ball, to all of them, passing is secondary, to all of them perimeter defense isn't even an afterthought. Somehow the combo doesn't work. Figure that one out.
wouldn't Marcus Williams also fall under the same category? not to rehash the old debate here, but just wondering why you wanted MWill when you have that line of thinking.
Where does this false notion come from about Marcus being a shootfirst PG? Or a SG in a PG's body. Did Isiah sell us on this so we wouldn't be upset with the Knicks not picking him. The media talks about thsi, the fans talk about this. PRetty much anyone who didn't watch him at Uconn. He is a pass first PG and one of the best passers to come out of college in a while. Stop this nonsense about him being a scoring PG. He can score, but anyone that says he is shootfirst, I really have to question whether they have ever seen the guy play.
In NJ when he is on the floor he is often paired with JKidd. JKidd runs the offense and they ask Marcus to score. But his core as a player is a pass first PG.
This isn't a Marcus vs. Balkman debate. I personally didn't even mention Marcus. Someone else brought him up. It's a "what we need" conversation. I personally think if one of your key offensive players is 24 and plays a position that needs others to get him the ball. It makes sense to target a PG that is young and very good at making sure he gets the ball. A PG that is not shoot first/and can run an offense(like Marcus) to me just makes good sense. Now we didn't pick Marcus so we move on from him. That doesn't change my opinion that this is still what we need. Eddie is a Center that can be here for 10 years. Why not target a PG that can do the same?
1/25/2007 9:11 PM
Which of our sophmores are we not resigning to make sure we have the cap room? All of them? That means no Nate, Frye, Lee, no more MLEs, and no increasing salary trades for the next few years.