Posted by martin:

Posted by bernard:

Was anyone else cringing when Marbury was hoisting up shots early in the shot clock and Knicks up 4 or 5 points come crunch time last night? Obviously, he hit 'em all, so in retrospect, it's hard to question his decision making. But it sure wasn't conventional point guard play. It actually reminded me of the way another awesomely talented point guard used to finish games ... Isiah.

I'm torn about the strategy, actually. By looking for shots early in the clock, you get better looks. If your play breaks down, you can reset, and try again. Also, defense isn't really digging in early in clock, expecting you to sit on the ball. The first time Steph got a wide open foul line jumper of a simple pick. Clearly Toronto wasn't expecting him to put it up. Can't complain about that shot. But next time down he took a contested 20 footer from the corner. Thought it was an ill advised shot. Dude hit it. He was feeling it, obviously. But if he'd missed, and we'd lost, he'd have opened himself up to a lot of questions that no one could have asked if he'd used an extra 10 seconds before missing.

This was what I remember.

bring the ball up the court, make the quick drive to a spot, shoot. "NOOOOOOOOooooo! Why is he shooting with that much time on the clock?!?!?."

Swish.

"YES!"

Rinse and repeat 4 or 5 times.