I don't see how the athletic players surrounding Marbury (Stoudemire/Marion/Johnson/etc) in Phoenix helped their record this year (or even last). It's not like at any point last year they were truly elite--- they merely were a bump in the road for the Spurs.
So how does athleticism weigh into a Marbury vs Frank Williams argument? I don't think FW ever managed 10 assists starting for the Knicks. During our meager 4 game winning streak with Marbury, he averaged over 11 per game in wins. Seems effective to me.
Good ball movement is always a good idea--- When Marbury is playing well, the last pass before the shot doesn't always come from him; same with Frank Williams.
It's a funny thing--- Marbury, because of his speed and ability to break down defenses is effective in the supposed non-athletic half-court game. He draws fouls.
Conversely, don't you think that Frank Williams, with his deceptive quickness and ability to spread the ball... would also be more impressive with athletic players around him?
Yeah. I can buy the argument that having athletes around you might get you more assists. However, Marbury is proving that with essentially the same cast, it's possible to win games and still amass double figure assists.
We still have the best of both worlds, in theory. FW is still on the team, isn't he? Potentially if Marbury is sucking, FW can give us the ball movement we need, right?
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Posted by gogetit:
Wait Lenny, you didn't get info from Herb and Malone ? Oh boy we are gonna see what playa has been saying all along Frank helps this team flow. Frank must be on the court with or without marbury as SG or PG
hey, what's up playa. haven't heard from you since you got vanished. oh yea, frank does help the knicks flow, he might just be a better "fit" at point guard than marbury. he "knows" how to run this particualr team as he has been demonstrating all through out the season. some people just don't know that much about basketball, they think if marbury is more talented, he is a better fit for this team than frank. until isiah gets some athletic players around marbury, like the marions and the amares, he will be less effective with this team than frank throughout the season. if you don't know that, then maybe you have just started watching basketball.