Comments on: What I Saw …

By: drubin

drubin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:31:59 +0000

Morrow reminds me of Gilbert Arenas. Size wise, undrafted, talented, can shoot and, athletic. I hope the Warriors hang on to this guy and not let him get away like they did Agent 0.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:57 +0000

Maybe your best blog yet Marcus….Nail/head.

By: Rizzo

Rizzo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:30:03 +0000

Manhattanproj what are you talking about? Did you see D Nelson finish two layups at the rim ??? Who says he doesn’t have the speed? He gets inside much better than CJ does.

By: petaluman

petaluman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:34:23 +0000

Marcus,
Actually, I think Nelson said the PG starter might change game to game, depending on match-ups. However, in the short term, I think CJ’s injury (that’s why he’s wearing the arm brace) has more to do with his minutes. As he becomes more used to the brace and physically recovers, he will become more effective.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:37:49 +0000

Great analysis, Marcus. One other reason to limit Azubuike’s minutes is that his knees have a better shot at lasting the season if he isn’t overused – and Nelson tends to grossly overuse his favorites.

Personally I’d make CJ Watson the starter. He’s a good defender and a much better scorer and his only deficiency is a low assist total. If DeMarcus ever becomes a decent shooter, he could be a long time pro, but his free throw percentage in summer league, training camp, and the regular season is horrifying and unless it improves, you can’t use him at crunch time.

By: manhattanproj

manhattanproj — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:41:10 +0000

the advantage watson has over nelson is he can shoot. there were several shots and runners that watson took looked pretty impressive. nelson also doesn’t seem to have the speed and quickness to get to the rim like rondo and that really hurts his and w’s offense.

belinelli looks good playing 1-on-1 defense. he stayed in front of dantay jones or j.r smith on one drive. it’s just that he gets or looks lost after he gets screened. we haven’t really seen him play. i want to see him play in extended minutes and let him play through mistakes. his confidence isn’t there because he’s afraid of making mistakes.

By: nah

nah — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 03:43:17 +0000

the key was that the nuggets play no defense.

By: ACC

ACC — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:26:59 +0000

I totally agree that W’s reserves were key to last night’s win. Its what the W’s need, fresh legs to finish off a game.

Here are my observations from last night and past games:

1. W’s freethrows need to improve a lot. Last night’s clip of 69% is not good. They should jack it up to at least 72%…mathematically speaking shooting 3 to 4 more shots does make a lot of difference than missing them all. It would have accounted for a win against Toronto in regulation had they may 3 or 4 more shots.

2. Last year’s problem…rebounding, I think has been solved. W’s at this point has a 1.2+/- advantage against opponents in the rebounding department. A very big improvement from last years -3 to -4 deficit (correct me if I am wrong). The addition of Turiaf and the emergence of Andris did wonders. If Don Nelson can give BW and AR more playing time, rebounding problems will be a forgotten issue.

3. As with the past games, opposing teams seem to have an upper hand in terms of assist. Last night the W’s were at -5 assist.

4. Al harrington seems disinterested to play and should be a signal for him to be traded. To answer No. 3 observation, a deal that will send Al and maybe MW and throw in MB for an above average PG should be in the works by now. The W’s despite having a lot of youngsters, are more or less complete in their front court and wings. Its the PG that’s missing right now. As with my past blogs, several players come to mind. Acie Law from Atlanta, Kyle Lowry from Memphis, maybe John Lucas III who was recently waived by the OKC, maybe even Steve Blake of Portland, etc.