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Originally Posted by alphaorange
Although I don't think he is selfish, he just doesn't run a team well. He has less than 2 assists per TO and tends to dribble too much. He also does not play defense at all EXCEPT to go after off the ball blocks, most of which he gets fouls called on him, clean or not. IMO, he is better suited as a spark off the bench for scoring when playing with a PG. He has a value, but I would rather see Collins start with Marbury and bring JC off the bench with either Nichols or Jones, so there is always a defender in the back court. Nate is not going to make this team a winner. His emotions are still out of control and his Bball IQ seems to be quite low. He IS exciting though. When he's on the floor, things happen. Unfortunately, a lot of them are bad.
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I can say the samething about Jason Kidd when Thorn traded K-Mart, Kerry Kittles, and RJ got clothe-line by Detroit, and Kidd had to play with alot of players that had no running game in their skillz that season.
President Thorn went out of his way and got Jason Kidd the amazing Vince Carter quick.
Playing Nate Robinson alongside of teammates that dont run back on defense or run ahead of him on offense, you could call it imaturity or whatever but watching Nate Robinson in Wasington College take off up the court and get an assist or score showed no imaturity at all.
Watching Nate Robinson and David Lee sit on the Bench in their first Rookie Knick Summer League Games while the Knicks are down by 10 to 20 points and Coach Mark Aquire put both David Lee & Robinson in the game at the same time and the Knicks WIN that game. And Coach Mark Aquire did this in several games and the outcome was the same, you did not see any imaturity in Nate then. And Nate had alot of PG-Competition to beat in that Summer Game on the Knicks.
All of a Sudden here comes Mr. Media himself Coach Larry Brown who talked bad about David Robinson while coaching the Spurs, talk bad about Reggie Miller & Mark Jackson while coaching the Pacers, Talk bad about Iverson while coaching the 76ers, Talk bad about Billups while coaching the Pistons, talk bad about Marbury & Nate while coaching the Knicks.
And what do Isiah Thomas do when he Coach the Knicks he bench Nate Robinson for more than half a season for the Marbury, Francis, and Crawford show.
Isiah is not to bright to give up Penny expiring contract for Francis when he seen a Starting Lineup of Marbury, Nate, Lee, Davis, and Curry WIN Six straight games after Owner Dolan had a One on One with Larry Brown.