Posted by Allanfan20:

First game. If guys are missing free throws due to fatigue, are they going to be air balling them during crunch time at the end of the season and the playoffs? It's the first game of the season. These are professional athletes. Not junior high schoolers. They should be used to shooting while being tired by now. It's the first game of the season. I am a bball player myself. Free throws are EASY!!!! No excuse for your superstar to be missing 5-12 and the so called franchise center of the future to be missing almost all of them. Even Shaq hits free throws during crunch time.

Crawford said, "I'll be professional and be ready when my number is called. That's it. That's my statement. I'm done with it. I'll be professional, be ready when my number is called."

Posted by Pharzeone:


To be honest, Brown hasn't handle his players with much professionalism. Its funny the guys who craved for it from others do the least to show it in return. Same complaints occured at every stops along his career and during the Olympics.

i was not a big fan of how lb made the whole pg debate so public in the media. he kept talking about how he doesn't know who's playing pg or sg or who does what and when. those type of things does nothing but bring on more doubt, not only in the fans but players and unwarranted pressure. i mean, he's proven that he knows what he's doing so all we can do is trust him. it's just that "i" wouldn't have made that whole situation public.

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Posted by Killa4luv:

Posted by fishmike:

If Marbury doesnt shoot 5-12 from the FT line your not posting this today

You are right, and I said as much in my closing 2 sentences:

Freethrows, Rebounds, & Crawford all could have been the difference maker for us. If ONE of those things was taken care of, we would have won it in regulation.

I wont allow anyone to scapegoat our best player when he played well, singlehandledly kept us in the game but fell short in one aspect. Same with Curry, he played well, alot of his shots rimmed out in the last minutes but he had good looks.

One of our very important players player horribly throughout.

If Crawford just plays decently on O and D we win that game comfortably.

But my overall point is, some of you guys are so hipocritical. If steph played like that there would be trade threads and Steph bashing galore.

When Craw sux, the response is, if Marbs played an even better game it wouldn't have mattered. Thats a double standard, and it is also something I kinda already pointed out, not just for Marbs but for Curry as well. Why not if Curry hit his fts? Its unreal how the spinmeisters find a way to spin it.

Marbs played very well. Curry Played Well. Craw played horribly. But lets focus on Marbury?

There something wrong with that.

marbury is an easy target. and his "rep" keeps getting stronger and stronger the more games he doesn't carry the team for wins. of course, the rep is mostly media spin (although some has to go to marbs). but a solid game last night is not enough from him according to most. if it wasn't for him, we aren't in the game, but b/c he missed ft's late, we lose the game. that's just how it goes. it's the same argument, 21&7...and for what? another loss.

me, personally, i like marbury. i think he's a heck of a player. i think he's also proven that he can't do it himself and that's OK, not everyone can. only problem is that this team really isn't being built around him. it's being built around the young guys otherwise we would have someone like SAR here. so will marbury be the guy here when/if we turn this around or is he just the stop-gap?