Which Guy Would You Want To Have
Your Back?
Bonn1997 - Steve Nash plays beautiful basketball on offense. He is Hall of Fame material. There is no debate.
On defense he is a sieve. That's a fact, Jack.
The more the NBA changes... yes, it IS changing... "overmatched" (your words, not mine) players like Nash cannot afford to be one-dimensional or simply offense-only with their skill sets. Nash is a dated role model whose skill-set fit a system, and its components, for a brief moment in time. Last night, facing Damian Liliard ("who?") was a perfect example. As Tower of Power taught us in "What Is Hip?"... "what's hip today, might become passe..."
As we both know, time moves on.
(SFX; alarm clock) Full circle, back to Raymond Felton. He is NOT the perfect point guard. May never be. The best we can hope is that he continues to learn. He is still a young man. (another careless Tower of Power reference) He does not waste his time and works hard. The cool part about Felton is his tenacity. He may never play beautiful basketball but he always comes ready to ball. He set a playing personality that exceeded expectations and (SFX: heavenly violins) helped make us something special. He helped make us winners. Ray Felton does not give a sh#t about playing at less than 85 per cent. He would roll out of his bed with two bruised hands, a sore back, a busted up knee and the flu if it was a game that mattered.
You can never have too many men like that.
