I can see him being a good fit for the Nuggets. If any of their players start to get lazy, (read: if Carmelo gets lazy) he can come in and light a fire under the team. Unfortuately I never thought he did that well for the W's, as he was always trying to do a little bit too much.
It seemed from the day the Warriors got him that he was not really happy about coming here. I mean he came from the Mavericks who were always on the cusp of a championship to the Warriors. I mean he tried to talk diplomatically but he never sounded really happy. He sounds more happy to be a Nugget than a Warrior now...
Sigh... if only he played like this for us. Pretty soon we will be mad at ourselves for trading Najera........
Najera never looked like he was having fun playing for the W's. I think he was use to getting more PT. When he started those few games a month or so ago, he looked energetic and ready to battle. But then he sort of just disappeared a game or so later and never got off the bench again. I think the Nugs is a good fit for him. The team needed a hard worker to show them how to operate, they were a bit too soft.
Well all I can say about Najera is that he was sure fun to watch dunking the ball and scrambling like a mad man for an extra posession. He's like Chris Andersen with Brian Cardinal mentality. That's what makes him a fan favorite. A winning team will appreciate him, though... he just wasn't what we needed. Plus, you have to admire the fact he's got soccer moves and he's really tough, but knows to restrain himself against players he could totally wale on. Lue would have gotten the tailbone stomped out of him from behind.
I like the Najara,Cardinal overachievers and it will be wise to add such players when the core talent is assembled. They figure Tshitskavili and White,high picks who so far,have only small sucesses,might yet emerge and if not,become cap slots to combine with the 5-mil trade exemption. There are a lot of hard working college players,solid D,hustle,but not flashy,big scorers,some get picked late,some find opportunity as walk ons or after some CBA time and some get missed. Arizona's Hassan Adams may not enter this year,and he's no pure shooter,but he's a guy I'd want,based on 110% effort
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting REREM:</div><div class="quote_post">I like the Najara,Cardinal overachievers and it will be wise to add such players when the core talent is assembled. They figure Tshitskavili and White,high picks who so far,have only small sucesses,might yet emerge and if not,become cap slots to combine with the 5-mil trade exemption. There are a lot of hard working college players,solid D,hustle,but not flashy,big scorers,some get picked late,some find opportunity as walk ons or after some CBA time and some get missed. Arizona's Hassan Adams may not enter this year,and he's no pure shooter,but he's a guy I'd want,based on 110% effort</div> Fundamentals are definitely important for the hustle player so I don't know how all-around Hassan Adams is. If he can't shoot, that might not be good enough for perimeter players. If you look at Cardinal and Najera, they had a lot of good aspects to their game and shooting was one of them. Najera could shoot from 20 feet, post up and score inside a little and handle the ball and get position on most big men. Cardinal could shoot from as far as 25 feet and pass and go right, pump fake, bank off glass and get fouled. Both played defense and prided themselves on earning another posession or stealing the ball back. I definitely love the undersized, all around players that work their tails off even though they're slow. They make up for it with aggressiveness and using their body and strength to their advantage. Any player that dives on the floor should get props!
Check this out (from the Yahoo Fantasy Sports section) <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Brian Cardinal, PF, Mem ? America's favorite mop-and-bucket forward is averaging 17 points, 5.6 rebounds and a couple steals in three games as a starter. No timetable has been set for Stromile Swift's return from a severely sprained ankle. </div> I love that description That guy's an underdog. Always getting buried as a 3rd string forward on other people's teams and ends up taking advantage of injuries that go two depths deep. With Pau and Stro out, he's come alive again.
I agree,though Hassan Adams is very quick,while he is not a 3 pt type like his teammate Stoudamire, his D, his knack for the big play,his transition game reminds me of Artest....though without Artest's tendecy to be a loose cannon. I don't know he'd be in the 05 draft but He is a player I see who while not fitting the mold will help a team win
