Posted by fishmike:
Ive gotten blasted at times for being a hater or knocking our team or saying we should rebuild or whatever. But let me ask you this: What would you rather see this year? LB make the playoffs and squeeze 45 wins out of Marbury, Penny, Q, Rose, JJ, Mo T and Curry? Or us risking the playoffs and possibly losing games like we lost last night (Frye didnt box out Diop) BUT play the kids and watch in one year or less Frye, Nate, Lee, Ariza and co. develop into good players and a core for years to come?
Now I think we can do both. I think Marbury along with this squad has enough talent and there's enough coaching to get in anyway, but I dont want to just get in at the expense of not letting these guys play through their mistakes. Look at the hoops IQ on these guys, its awesome. So we are talking about 1 year. 1 freaking year. The clock on Marbury isnt clicking that fast, he's still got a lot of hoops left in him.
If we commit to dedicating this year to getting Ariza, Curry, Lee, Frye, Nate and even Butler and keeping Penny, Mo T, Rose and JJ to spot duty it will be the best thing this organization has done since the drafted Ewing.
How did you all feel after last night? Imagine it was the regular season... would you have paid to see that game? Even if they lost?
fish I agree, and what was so great is that these kids contested everything, lee didn't back down from dirk, even barber was taking it to Harris.. Frye was playing big as well as butler, that game was fun, but I also like the competitiveness by nate, He wanted the ball late, and when he got fouled down by two with 7.1 seconds left, he calmly drained two FT's all friggin net.. I love that... and that defense that lee played on KVH at the end was great, I mean KVH is a 9 year vet, an accomplished scorer, and the best he could do vs lee was a fadeaway contested brick.... also Kudos to Ariza and the other kid Barnes, both of them were all over the boards and contesting every pass, I mean I could watch these kids all year, let them play, and reduce the role of the vets, I am all for that...
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser...............
TKF
10/17/2005 1:06 PM