Posted by BRIGGS:
Now we have AGAIN surrounded Marbury with TRULY INCOSISTENT players. I like the Curry Frye core upfront--thats a staple, but everything else to me needs upgrading to guys who play TOUGHER more consistent two way basketball. Marbury is primatli 20-8 and frye and Curry should be pretty consistent effecient players--other than that who knows if jamal will go 5-9 or 5-19 same with q--who knows id ariza will play out of control will malik rose have his shot blocked 8 times davis is near shot Taylor is just a bit player.
to this i would respond that under lb, these young guys have been yo-yo'd all over the place. up till now, craw has been an erratic undisciplined player but from preseason through the road trip, he's grown leaps and bounds. how do we know that he can't develop into one with a little more seasoning? and then all of the sudden, his role is starter/bench/starter/bench. he's being moved all over the place and i'm not sure why. ariza hasn't really improved but he really hasn't been able to play that uptempo style which he excels at. although q has played awful, have we run more than one or two plays for him all year? and should nate be a backup 1, or backup combo that plays more off the ball and with it? we have talent on this team and right now, they are not fitting in with the style of play lb is trying to institute. so either we give them all time or we dump them. but to go with ricky davis, WHO MAY HAVE JUST A TOUGH A TIME TO ADJUST TO LB, makes no sense. mike james played under lb/carlisle so he's familiar with it.
that smart, tough players we need, well we just drafted 3 of them. can craw become one? i don't know but he has shown growth under lb as a player. early on, i wasn't a huge fan of the way marbury was playing in lb's system but he's been playing more consistent lately. right now, it's really up to lb to figure out what these guys can do and let them do it. our rotations are out of wack and that has just as much to do with our losses as our on court play.
