Juwan Howard is a better shooter than either one. Pritchard could replace them and Bayless with 3 mini-Howard old FAs and we'd be a lot better. The secret is, don't go onto the floor thinking, "I'm a shooter." Think of all your other roles and accept a tiny number of open shots as gravy.
With what? Him getting dealt? (seems likely).... or with him showing he is a much better player than what he was limited to here? (also...very likely).... How is Channnig Frye looking these days? If only Gentry would force him to get in the post like Nate did..... BTW, I think Martell would be amuch better player on another team as well...You know a team that didn't ask him to sit out on the three point line 90% of the time....
Wait, I am confused. Are you saying that Channing belongs on the perimeter hoisting 3's, and he would have been successful here if we'd let him do that, but Martell should be allowed to leave the perimeter, instead of being forced to hoist nothing but 3's?
He was limited partially by the system, but largely by his own innate flaws Mediocre when not lofting three point shots ... You mean to say you want to see Martell handling the ball or attempting to drive more? If he he were better at either than he is, that would be fine, but isn't so I'd rather he mostly focus on the one thing he seems half-way decent at.
Channing Frye is a mediocre player, but he is in a system (PHX) that utilizes him to the best of his abilities, and those abilities hurt POR during the playoff series... In POR he couldn't get off the bench, in PHX he put up 29? on POR in a playoff game...but hey, keep telling yourself it has nothing to do with the coach or offensive philosophy here..... Rudy's situation is no different IMO, and like I said, we can revisit this conversation when he is playing for another team next year.... As for Martell, I think he has developed a lot of areas of hs game, his defense has gotten better, needs to be more consistent, he has done a much better job putting the ball on the floor and driving to the rim, he rebounds and hustles....I think for him, a lot of it is a confidence issue, if he were on another team playing 25-30min a night and not worrying about being yanked out of the game for one bad play, then you might see a different\better player than you do on this team, under this offense....
I keep bringing up Rudy's tiny weight. That's why he can't get inside in the NBA, but he can in Europe. At his age it's late, but he could at least hit the weight room and try.
