Posted by BlueSeats:
Posted by newyorknewyork:
Are those things not rooted from the fact that he is outspoken and moody??
Tim Thomas said he knew Marbury for years as a kid but Steph never spoke to him once when he was a Knick.
Is that what you mean by outspoken?
Did you read the quotes in this thread from K-Mart, Williams and Thorn? I didn't hear them say anything about his outspokenness or moodiness. Have you read my posts about Flip talking about taking year to get Steph to give him the "good Steph" 80% of the time, up from 25%? Would you characterize that as moody or outspoken? What about Marion and Amare talking about how a "real" PG should play, in contrast to Steph - are they discussing his moodiness or outspokenness?
I guess when Isiah tells us Steph tried to lead by intimidation, and we know that Steph told Lenny to stuff his coaching, etc, you could try to characterize that as moody and outspoken, but it's larger than that. Charles Oakley was moody and outspoken, Patrick Ewing was moody and outspoken - they the same kind of guys as Marbury?
What does any of this have to do with the job he did this year? The problem is that we're making it seem like he's been bad this year and he hasn't. He's been mostly good this year. Took his lumps early and came thru that and played good ball. It's too hard for you guys to just give him credit for that and for continuing to play in pain. The guy is giving us everything he has and that's still never enough for you guys. You want him to be perfect and he's not perfect. He can only give what he has to give. He can't do it alone and until this team is developed to the point where we have a solid TEAM overall nothing's going to change.
The positives of this season.
1. The emergence of Curry as a dominant force inside. He needs to continue to improve his all around skills. Most importantly his Passing.
2. Steph finally got it this year and played both ways at a high level. He was vocal on the floor and those are things we've been wanting to see from him.
3. DLee was spectacular in his 2nd season. Huge improvement at the Line and he's a double double lock every night.
4. Balkman has been good anytime we let him play and with extended minutes he's made the most of them. He just needs to keep working on his offense and improve his man D just a bit.
5. Mardy Collins CAN PLAY! We didn't really know for along time, but he's shown us just how much he can help this team. In the future we just need to see him improve his jumper and overall knowledge of the game. Be a bit more assertive and build more chemistry with Curry. I liked his alleyoop to Curry. It gives me hope he can be that other guy besides Jamal that can get Curry in great position to score.
Overall I like the fight in the team. They've stayed united and despite the losing I don't get the sense that they're too down on themselves. I think they see the big picture and the future for this team. Is it too much to ask for us to reflect on those positives instead of picking at Steph for how things have gone at the end of the year?
