<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Three games after setting a new career high with 18 points, Keith McLeod matched it against the Spurs, leading the Jazz in scoring, assists (eight) and steals (two). "Keith was super guard," said Andrei Kirilenko, on the receiving end of three of those assists. "He played both ends." He did, and it had a noticeable effect on the game. Utah outscored the Spurs 84-73 when McLeod was running the Jazz's offense, but San Antonio owned a 28-10 advantage in the 10 minutes that the second-year guard sat out. "He tried to do the right thing. Keith seems to be getting better at that as time goes on," said Jazz coach Jerry Sloan. "He's getting some experience now, and he's responded really well for a young guy. That's a tough position for a young guard to play." Practice makes perfect Sloan called a timeout with 1.4 seconds remaining and the Jazz trailing by seven. No, he wasn't diagramming a seven-point play, and no, he wasn't trying to cover the spread. "I'm not in the betting world," he joked. Sloan figured his players don't get many chances to practice last-second shots, so he drew up a play to set a couple of screens and free up Kirk Snyder for a three-pointer at the buzzer.</div> Source
I hope we don't make the same mistake with McLeod that we did with Mo and let him go. I think Keith can make us a good back up point guard for along time, and he will do for a starter til we find us a "starting" point guard. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Sloan called a timeout with 1.4 seconds remaining and the Jazz trailing by seven. No, he wasn't diagramming a seven-point play, and no, he wasn't trying to cover the spread. "I'm not in the betting world," he joked. Sloan figured his players don't get many chances to practice last-second shots, so he drew up a play to set a couple of screens and free up Kirk Snyder for a three-pointer at the buzzer. </div> This what I love about Sloan. It is good to practice these plays and sometimes it is good to do it against players who don't know the play. It is smart things like this that seperates the good coaches from the great ones.
I can envision Keith as a solid backup for a long time on the Jazz. The Jazz should pick up their future starter in this year's draft...until that PG is ready, McLeod should be able to do it. So, I agree with spark22's thoughts.
