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Originally Posted by Blazer Bert
I had to laugh in the first quarter, remembering the shoot-first vs. pass-first arguments here, when our "Pass First" point guard, Blake, took 7 or 8 shots in what, about 8 or 9 minutes? And these weren't just gifts where he was left open, he was working for his shot.
He was hitting them though, I'll give him that.
Sebastian made some incredible passes tonight, the likes of which we haven't seen from him since last year. Too bad on most of them the other guy chumped the layup.
Sure he's going to make some bad ones. That's part of the learning process. If the coach doesn't give him the freedom to make a few mistakes he'll never learn which passes to make and which to hold off on.
I hope Nate will pull a Pritchard and use what's left of this season developing the players (Telfair, Webster, Outlaw) for next season. Heck, why not give Ha some occassional burn while we're at it?
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I've noticed that the good games Blake has had (scoring wise) are when he plays kind of the opposite of what we fans hear from him and some fans, as to what is his "preference". A pass first PG.
I want a PG who looks to score as much as he looks to pass. And I think thats more of what Telfair is, and a little more of what Blake needs to be. Them being threats opens up the court more. Otherwise, you have defenders who can slack off of Darius when he's open outside, and double Zach. And you have defenders who can slack off on Telfair and Blake when they play a 2 man game with Zach.
It just makes a difference in the flow of the game.