Comments on: Two Changes Isiah Might Consider

By: Ben R

Ben R — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:12:01 +0000

jon – That is true but I think he can also play SG and if the coach puts him next to Nate, Nate could be the PG taking the ball handling pressures off of Collins.

Still I agree he is not nearly ready to be a starter in the NBA. I guess I am just so sick of Marbury and Crawford I would honestly start just about anyone in thier place.

Also our team is so turnover prone this year Collins at 3.9 turnovers per 40 is only slightly worse than both Crawford (3.6 TOs per 40) and Jones (3.8 TOs per 40). So even if he did play a major role on offense it would not hurt us any more than we are already being hurt by our other SG’s.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:51:24 +0000

the problem with comparing him to Hassell is that as long as he’s playing PG, he has to handle the ball, and he’s a turnover machine. Hassell, like Bruce Bowen, plays SF and can mostly stay away from ballhandling.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:43:19 +0000

I see Collins right now as a Trenton Hassell type player. A very good on ball defender with very little offensive talent. I hope in the future he can develop a good enough outside shot to be an Eric Snow type point guard but right now he is purely a defensive player and is probably our second best defensive player.

It would be better if we did not need to start him right now or even play him much but I would still prefer him even with his massive shortcomings over Crawford and Marbury because he at least knows not to shoot very much and is a great defender.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:30:25 +0000

Collins really isn’t good enough to play in the NBA, he’s a end of the bench guy at best.

By: Ben R

Ben R — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:17:24 +0000

IMissBernardKing – I think you are right on the money about our backcourt and our starters. I would also like to see Z-Bo not starting or even playing until he shows at least a little effort on defense and stops shooting fadeaway 20 footers.

I would say that the only starters not playing like complete garbage are Curry (who is actually playing well) and Marbury (who caused such a distraction off the court his barely passable play on the court does not make up for it).

Until we can move Randolph and Crawford for an upgrade in our backcourt I would like to see:
Nate/Collins/Balkman/Lee/Curry starting, because at least they will play with fire and defend.

Chandler and Morris should see at least a little time in the game to futher their development and see exactly what we have. Our backups can be: Jones/Chandler/Jeffries/Morris.

Those nine players would not be great but at least they would play hard unlike the rotation we have now.

Richardson should not play at all until he is truly healthy. Marbury needs to be traded or waived before he creates any more problems in our lockerroom. Randolph and Crawford still have some value so they are the pieces we need to use to get at least one legitimate starter in the backcourt. Rose and James are utterly useless and should never leave the bench.

By: IMissBernardKing

IMissBernardKing — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 03:55:40 +0000

I can barely even watch these starters anymore. They are atrocious to watch. Q Rich should not be starting — he isnt healthy and isnt shooting well (but that doesnt seem to deter him from jacking up threes). If you are going to start Z Bo and Curry, starting Balkman seems to make sense to me. Also, Id like to see Morris get some time at Center. Its mandatory they develop him and see what he can do. Thats the only way you can consider trading Curry (who has actually played fairly well and has shown some improvement).

Marbury and Crawford as a starting backcourt is an utter failure and changes are needed.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:43:45 +0000

Minnesota will probably draft Mayo and make the same mistake they’ve already made twice (Rider, Marbury).

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:37:22 +0000

well, Beasley is probably the consensus top pick right now, although Minnesota might go elsewhere since they have Jefferson already.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:12:02 +0000

Yep. The Wolves were down by 3 and put in Antoine Walker, a career 32% three point shooter who attempted his only FGA of the game and missed it (surprise).

Like I said, you can’t out-tank the Wolves. On the last game of the 05/06 season Mark Madsen attempted 7 three-pointers, his only 3PAs for the entire season. Good luck going after Rose though. It’ll be an interesting race to the bottom.

By: jon abbey

jon abbey — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:37:24 +0000

“Earlier in the season they had a couple of chances to win games and gave the last shots to Antoine Walker”

wasn’t this against us?