I disagree. I think half of the problem with Steve Blake is that he doesn't limit himself to being a Steve Kerr like player. He tries to do too much, and the other stuff he tries to do, he doensn't do well. He tries to handle the ball and lead the break, but makes poor decisions doing it. He tries to penetrate the paint but is not a good finisher. Several times in crunch time he has tried to make decision (like jacking up the 30 footer against Houston when there were still 13 seconds on the clock when we only needed a 2), instead of just being a catch and shoot guy, where he has excelled at the end of games. The best role players know their limits. Steve does not know his.
This year? I agree. He is pressing. Last year or for his career? Not at all. He had one of the lowest TOV% for any starting PG in the league last year and his career TOV% of 16.6 is very good - showing you he did not try to do too much. He did just what he needed to. Again, if we are talking about this year - I think it's not that he does not know his limits, but that he is feeling the pressure from Miller and is having problems adjusting. It will come, I suspect. But, the sample size is small, so.... Going back to the Blake vs. Kerr argument - in the grand scheme of things - it still makes no sense. Kerr was a shooter that was played as a PG because of his size/athletic ability - just as Kapono is a shooter played as a SG/SF because of his size/athletic ability. Blake is a PG, not an elite PG or even a very good one - but he is a real, honest PG in this league and the historical evidence shows that he plays much differently than Kerr. He is a PG whose best attributes are that he is a low-mistake one and can shoot pretty well.
He's been rippin' down the boards for sure this season. He'd look good shutting down Carmelo and Ariza right now... in Blazer red and black.
Wallace was available for practically nothing. Pritchard did screw it up by being above it all and thinking we are too good for Wallace. Pritchard's performance at the last mid-season trade deadline was horrendous. He held an Ace of Spades with the LaFrentz contract and did nothing.
Even Luol Deng is tearing up lately. The guy had 24 points and 20 board last night -- same stats as Wallace. And he's been a name tossed around here too.
Gerald Wallace is the closest thing to a franchise player the Bobcats have, i don't think they would give him up for crap, i remember seeing somewhere they wanted Batum along with some package of players last year.
