Posted by arkrud:
Posted by nixluva:
Zach isn't really the same kind of player that Curry is. Curry is a SUPER LOW post player and he doesn't really venture far away from it. Zach plays out away from the basket a lot more than some here keep making it seem. He's more of a mid post guy and then he'll often face up and take his man off the dribble. Curry does that but not as much. Scoring wise I see them working just fine. Then you have the times when they won't be on the floor together and at those times they'll get to dominate the post all they want. We have to allow that they should grow more and more comfortable the more they play with each other and develop some chemistry. They both have a natural tendency to take the opposite side of the floor on offense, so there shouldn't be much problem there. Many of us wanted David Lee to be Curry's running mate and basically his game is more limited than Zach's at this time. Zach has more range and accuracy along with more developed offensive skills. Lee is more athletic, but does similar things when he posts up, but when he's away from the basket he's not as comfortable. I hope his game has developed a bit more since last year, cuz that would be a big help.
On D that's another issue altogether. I wouldn't expect that they'd be a dynamic shot blocking tandem, but they should be able to clog the paint and deter a few shots if they give the effort. I'm sure that this will be a major area of emphasis from the coaches this year. That and the improvement of the Perimeter D.
Actually what you are saying:
1. Eddy is supper slow
2. Zack is a ball hog
3. They should not play together much
4. They need time to gel
5. They both bad on defense
6. They will clog the paint and will make themselves vulnerable for blocking fouls
I pretty much agree with you on all points this time
[Edited by - arkrud on 07-09-2007 5:27 PM]
Well for one thing Eddy isn't slow. He's just not fast. There's a difference. Amare is fast, but Big Z is slow. Curry is neither of those things. He's inbetween.
Zach was the star of his team. Usually those guys are somewhat selfish. Yet he did pass the ball 2 asts isn't bad for a bigman. I believe he can do better as i'm sure he would admit. The thing is tho that we WANT HIM TO SHOOT! Just like Curry and Lee. Those guys are more efficient and draw more fouls than our other players. So we want them to be somewhat selfish, just not stupid. If the play isn't there, pass the ball. That's all we want to see. Look if you watch any video of Zach, you'll notice that he surveys the court and looks for doubles. I think he can make the adjustment just fine.
I totally disagree with you that they shoudn't play together much. I think they are different enough to work fine with each other. You seem to have very little knowledge of Zach's game. Have you paid much attention to how he plays? Do you have League Pass? I'm still trying to fgure out why you wouldn't like adding 23.6 ppg - 10.1 rpg and 2.2 asts? Is this indicative of a bad player to you?
I would love to see his FG% improve along with his assists. Right now he takes a lot of shots, at 19 per and i'm hoping that Curry can increase his number of FGA's to around 15-17 and Zach's comedown to about the same. Just remember that teams are gonna have a hard time trying to decide who to leave and double either Curry or Zach. Who do they leave open? Steph? Q? Jamal? Nate or Nichols? Lee? They're gonna have to do something, cuz we have 2 guys that WILL SCORE if you don't double them. So while you and many others are so convinced this won't work, I fail to see how that's possible unless the other team is a GREAT defensive team.
Just remember that teams had a hard time stopping us last year when we weren't as good and didn't have it all together. Zach avg'd 7.1 FTA's and Curry 8.1. Steph avg'd 5.2, Jamal 4.6 and Lee was at 3.0. I'm hopeful that Lee will get to the line more this year. Our rebounding, which was already great just got stronger. We should be able to score about 100 ppg. We just need to find a way to hold teams just enough to win games. The key is to stay at home on perimeter, stop the TO's and get those hands up on D to contest shots.
7/9/2007 6:47 PM