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Originally Posted by alphadog
but LB does NOT trust Marbury either, else he would not have had his butt nailed to the bench vs Denver. If you watch with open eyes(not meant as an insult) you can clearly see that Marbury does not want to be a supporting player....he wants the limelight. That's why he was so dejected after the LA loss. He saw Kobe run amok and figured it looked like a good gig. Trouble is, SM is not Kobe...not even close. Marbury is a great penetrating and finishing guard but only a mediocre perimter shooter. Despite his current numbers, if you have him play off the ball (which a 2 guard does), his % will drop as he will feel like he has to shoot more and has little judgement as to when.
Just a serious question.....as a 2, who do you think he will resemble? Francis? Thats about as close as I can come and I'll pass on that one.
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LB choose to go another direction in the denver game , marbury isn't a kobe or a t-mac where you have to play him or they question you and your common sense especially when the backup have shown such an ability in this young season affect the game on occasion.
as i said to Son of oak i dont see it as selfishness issue i see this as impatience issue, steph was sold on a plan and now Brown is basically stalling on the implimentation of it , for good reason imo , but steph is having a problem nontheless.
right now he is the vet force with the ball, and he is guiding younger players along , and that is not ideal for him, and its showing, but he is still well liked you can see it in the games , he is not the albatross you and son of oak are making him out to be , in fact on that west coast trip there have only been statements of team harmony despite the losing, how its actually helped the team get closer.
as a 2 i think a lower level AI/wade mix is what marbury would be , i think marbury would take out the lower level if he were to answer honestly what he thought, marbury is a guy who seems to desperately wants to be thought more of and he seems to think 2 guard is a way to do that because his team may win more taking advantage of his scoring ability and leaving the distribution primarily to others .
francis is a bad comparison , steve was a 2 guard for his whole life and as a pro he was force fed the 1 spot he never played it before even in college, the lithuaniun guy who is tinsley's backup with the pacers was the pg in maryland.
marbury will play the 2 just like he played pg (pick and roll , isolate and bull rush smaller pg's), except those pass modes he went through will come along less frequently its not like teams will have an easier time putting true 2 guards on him , he is too quick, especially if they set picks for him. and with frye he will be even more deadly , teams are letting him shoot now but they way he is hitting they will have to rethink that, which means marbury will have things open up for him more, making him a better player and more effective scorer. he isn't like crawford who still makes mistakes in driving into places there is no way he can be bailed out of , if there is one thing marbury knows how to do its score.