agreed he was also kinda sloppy with his dribbles earlier too now hes back to his smoothness. And while im glad he took this summer off to rest his body. he needs to keep up with at least his basketball skills during summer by keeping his shot good or something
I am hoping now more than ever for a consolidation trade. Problem with having so much talent, is if you are a bench guy and have a bad game, you may not see playing time for a while because there are so many other talented players that deserve a shot. I would rather have a solid 8 that you live and die with and not have 4 other players the coach feels it necessary to get them playing time. Cuningham, Pendergraph, Howard and Mills with 8 players who get almost all the minutes (means a couple have to go)
when you say the "bench needs to pick it up" who exactly is "gonna pick it up" until rudy comes back? lets take a look to see why thats a dumb statement... Howard - Is so bad that when he comes in during any stretch... you can also most gurantee we lose the lead or let the other team add on to their lead. no chance he "picks it up" Bayless - Webster 2.0 and what i mean is... streaky with no consistent jumper that falls. put his head down and hope for the best. For as many Suns games he has... he has about 4 bad ones shooting the ball. Blake - If his 3 pointer isnt falling.. hes fairly useless. Seems like hes out of his slump but he offers nothing. Cunningham - Worse then Howard. Offers zero. out of those 4 names... the only one who has a chance to score more then 10 is Bayless if his shot is falling. If not... we need 25 from both roy and la to have a shot at a win. When Rudy comes back it will be an instant upgrade. We will then have more of a chance vs good teams. He should be back by the 2nd week of Jan i hope. I just wonder where he plays. Im thinking SF till Batum comes back and grabs the backup. Although knowing Nate.... if batum could guard some PF's... i think thats what you will see. A lineup of Blake, Bayless, Rudy, Batum and LA. Which means.. BYE HOWARD aND CUNNIGHAM. Thank god.
I don't mean anyone specifically, really. Just the bench as a whole. If we want to consistently win, we can't expect this from our starters every night. They need help. I think Blake and Bayless can add some scoring, and Howard and Cunningham can get the starters some relief and just try to be solid and play their role. I see what you are saying though. I agree. We have a very limited team right now, but we can't give up just because we only have 9 guys. We need production from the bench. These are NBA quality players. Time to step up. I was very pleased with the win, and our overall performance the last 4 (I think) games.
well they are always being defended by posters on here. If you defend someone then you agree or support them. I dont support them cause they suck. I know with more playing time Tolliver is better then both. And thats sad. Its also a glaring hole in our GMs plans for this season. oden went down the 5th and still no trade has been made to upgrade the PF/C spot. What happens if Joel or LA get hurt? Howard starts? NOW THATS LOL... no that LMFAO
did you watch the games before late december??? all i said there was true. howard stepped up but he was brutal in early season
I sure did and I NEVER had the same feelings as you about ANY of the guys you've listed above. As always you're just MIXUM being MIXUM. Can't knock you for being inconsistent, though.
