<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">During the off season, and with the Keyon Dooling signing immenent, Jameer Nelson had openly said he wanted to start if Steve Francis was going to slide over to play the 2 spot. Keyon was brought in with promise that he had a chance to start for the team. Some, myself included, thought that this might lead to sour grapes from Nelson. After all, he came into to the league with a chip on his shoulder and the need to prove himself. Jameer certainly has proven something to all of us in the early going of this his 2nd season - he's clutch in the 4th quarter. So for this installment of By The Numbers, I'm going to focus on the little guy who has come up big for us. The majority of his minutes come in the 2nd and 4th quarters and that is reflected in the numbers. The most remarkable part of his performance this season has been his shooting. Despite taking more 3 point attempts, compared to the previous 3 quarters combined, his shooting percentage hasn't really dropped off much in the 4th. Plus, he has been able to step up and hit some big 3s for us. </div> Link
He's been sorta like how Ben Gordan was last year. Great off the bench in the 4th quarter and seems to be our go to guy down the stretch. He's just got ice in his veins and I wish that we would let him handle it down the stretch rather than Francis, since Francis has a tendency to try to force things. (btw I'm not saying bench Francis or don't give him the ball-just to let Jameer control the offense, get some ball movement)
Francis does nothing but force shots, if they actually called him every time he traveled we'd be in deep trouble. I think Jameer is gonna be great sooner than most thought.
I am a huge jameer fan, but as we have seen its very hard to lead a NBA team. Jameer is going to be great in a couple of years but right now he has to just get as many mins as he can behind steve. Jameer off the bench is going to be key if the magic are to make the playoffs. When we get Hill back we will have more scoring on the starting line up and that will help our bench be even stronger with Hedo and Jameer. I think Jameer can be that Ben Gordon type of player for us as long as he is comfortable with that.
