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Nate: "I can never imagine playing anywhere else."
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Bippity10
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8/27/2007  5:20 PM
I think the Nate experiment has to be a short one. I don't think you take 3, 4, 5 years to teach a great offensive player how to be a point guard. After a couple years you have to accept the player for who they are and go out and find someone that already does those things well. If Nate can pick it up in the next year then maybe you stick with it for another year. But for my money it's rare for a PG to pick it up this late in life.

Learning the PG position isn't as easy as learning a mindset or "getting it". It's understanding the game from a complete opposite direction. Understanding situation, who needs the ball, who hasn't gotten it in a while, who's frustrated, who's on a roll, when you need to shoot, what a good shot is. Other players tendencies. There is so much that goes into the position and it is hard to learn.

If you watched the USA/Brazil game last night you saw what a PG can do for a team. The US team was struggling in the beginning. They were taking contested shots. Forcing shots. They were struggling because when things went bad they started to fall back on their one on one skills. Then magically Coach K throws Kidd back into the game. Magically they stop going one one one. They start running the offense again, every shot they get is a wide open shot. Next thing you know it's a blow out. I have no doubt that Nate can bring the ball up, drive and dish to an open man. But when it all breaks down can Nate calm the team down, get it back into it's offense and run the show? Or will he continue to be a part of the breakdown, ignore the offense and fall back on his instincts and rely on one on one like he and Jamal and Steph have done for us the past 2 years? This is a huge question that will determine our success and why I have been consistently amazed at the PG's that we have brought to this team since Charlie Ward.
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kam77
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8/27/2007  5:42 PM
Nate can be taught to play PG, but he will never be a top 5 point guard. He is what he is, a scorer. I'd rather we were talking up Jamal and Mardy as our PGs. N8 i'd like to keep. Marbury i'd like to get rid of.
lol @ being BANNED by Martin since 11/07/10 (for asking if Mr. Earl had a point). Really, Martin? C'mon. This is the internet. I've seen much worse on this site. By Earl himself. Drop the hypocrisy.
Ira
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8/27/2007  5:54 PM
Nate's still a young guy who has shown he has some talent. He seems to finally have his head pointed in the right direction. Give the guy a chance to make it right. He may or may not succeed, but I'd like to see what he does with a more intelligent outlook on his responsibilities.
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8/27/2007  6:12 PM
Posted by kam77:

Nate can be taught to play PG, but he will never be a top 5 point guard. He is what he is, a scorer. I'd rather we were talking up Jamal and Mardy as our PGs. N8 i'd like to keep. Marbury i'd like to get rid of.

That's what I been talking about for the longest.
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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8/27/2007  8:00 PM
I agree that for me Mardy is the guy, but I don't know if Isiah sees it that way. I was very impressed with how he started to come along once he got a chance to play. I love his size, rebounding and defense. He has very good defensive instincts. He looks to make the simple pass which I also love. I can see him being a very good setup man for our bigs. He doesn't have to be superfast and flashy. I'll take solid and effective anyday. I just hope that he can continue to develop along those lines. I hope it wasn't a mirage with the things I saw glimpses of last year.
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8/27/2007  9:29 PM
In a halfcourt offense with slow-it-up PG like Marbury, and banger(s) down like Curry and/or Randolph, Collins would better fit the tempo.

Send nate out west where he can do some damage.
DLee is the best thing to happen to NY in Isiah's 4 year tenure. And that alone, though a positive on the radar, is sad as hell.
Bippity10
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8/28/2007  9:34 AM
Isiah seems to like the scoring PG's over the steady passing ones. I think he feels he can mold them into his own image. But unfortunately Isiah had PG instincts and our guys don't really have it. I think Mardy is the only player that has the true understanding of the position. The question becomes is he talented enough to eventually be a 30-35 minute per game starter.
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Nate: "I can never imagine playing anywhere else."

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