Watching Eliot get up makes me wonder what it would have been like if Travis Outlaw had possessed an ounce of basketball IQ.
After the AS break, I wish Nate would just bench Felton for 10 games and let Williams and Smith play. If they fall on their faces, so be it....but at least give them a fair shot. Felton has been given ample opportunity to prove he is part of the team's future - and he blew it. Time to give somebody else a chance.
am i the only one who thinks having Mark Masons "elliot williams!" call repeated during the replay is gawd awful annoying?
Mags- Ewill doesnt play meaningful minutes. EWill isn't being asked run the team and produce wins on a nightly basis. So it's easier to love Ewill and bash Crawford and Felton who have actually helped us win games.
Felton has lost more games for us than won them. Crawford has helped in some games; but you'd be surprised how our record would be without him. I suspect it would be close to the same. Why? Well Nate wouldn't have that ISO guy that suffocates the offense and actually find plays to fit player movement, etc. E. Will doesn't have enough burn to really know how good he will or could be. But giving him no burn will always leave this question up in the air. Same "no burn" Batum got during his first 3 years, IMO.
Mags while I agree with U on Ewill you need to do a little thinking before you blurt out that Nic "got no burn" during his first 3 years. As a 19-20 yr old rook he got 18.4 minutes per game so WTF are you talking about? He got more the next year.
Ugg sorry, I miswrote. I meant utilize Batum. He was just a spot up shooter for most his career in Portland; which I believe wasn't developing his game. But whatevs... My mistake.
Nico is much more graceful and coordinated than Travis could ever hope to be -- Travis seemed to have two giant left feet. And Nico's bbiq, floor vision and anticipation is off the charts compared to Travis. I liked having Travis around, though, and he could hit a clutch shot if you unleashed him and pointed him at the basket. One thing was certain, he wouldn't over think it like Nico sometimes does.
