Posted by McK1:
when Luke and Flip were in the game together Flip went back off the ball. When Flip was in there with Gerald Wilkins Flip was on the ball.
I know you are a fan of the score every point guard and probably believe it is the point guards job to dribble up 20 seconds of the clock then drive and shoot or look for an open man if your shot isn't there. Hence you see Malik Rose taking a ton of 15-20 footers with the shot clock winding down...
Ridnour isn't called on to score. His job is to distribute. He had 12 and 9 for the record.
[Edited by - McK1 on 12-07-2005 02:11 AM]
Marbury hasn't been pounding the ball at all, he often passes it with like 17 to go on the shot clock. The reason you see those awful shots from Rose is A) he's on the floor when he shouldn't be, playing out of position and B) apparently it's a function of Larry Brown's offense to have everyone pass to AD, wait for him to make a befuddled look and then pass it back to them.
The reason the offense isn't flowing when the starters are in is the starters surrounding Marbury have been pathetic. The starting unit has no scorer other than Marbury until Curry gets his game back, and it's got turnover machines in Nate, AD and Malik. It's no shock that Marbury has no problem racking up assists and leads with Frye and Crawford in the game - those are the team's best two weapons outside of Marbury. If he was playing with the right people, instead of being forced to play with 37 yr old granmas who play the right way, he'd be fine and this team would be over .500.
Marbury had 16pts, 8asts and the game clinching basket, as long as we're keeping records.
