Old topic with a slightly new twist: Brandon is a smart player and does what he sets his mind to. Would it be physically less demanding on his knees to be the point guard in a half-court offense? If so, does he REALLY have a point guard (setting up others) mentality? Or is evolving into a Ray Allen type SG his best choice?
He is going to have to do something. The thing I worry about is, that despite all that is going on, that Nate isn't changing. Roy is not the finisher he once was. Yet in games right now, Nate is isolating him like he is the player he was before. If Roy changes his game so he can still be effective out on the court, Nate also has to change how he is using him, and how the team is finishing games.
Do you think it's Nate calling that play, or is Brandon getting the ball and isolating on his own because he thinks he can still play at the same level?
A point guard with no ability to drive the lane, weakened lateral quickness and hardly any quickness at all, with only above average creative ability? Uh, please no.
I just don't like the way the team plays when Roy is on the floor. I loved when it was Miller, Rudy, Batum, Aldridge, and Camby. I loved to see us getting out and running on the break. I think we have the players to have a successful up-tempo offense, but either Roy or Nate is holding us back. I'm leaning towards Roy.
I'm NOT saying Roy could ever be Magic Johnson, but I'm thinking of Point Guards who were not small, not quick, but still managed to initiate the offense well and had someone else to guard the smaller quicker point guards on the defensive end. It has been done. Has Roy been a slow-it-down guy because he is trying to reduce the wear on his knees or is it because that is just the way he plays? I suspect the former. He's that smart. If not a PG what else could Roy do? Bulk up and be a smallish small forward? I find myself starting to like the super-sub idea and it's always scary to agree with Rastapopoulous (sp).
