[grndmstr_c]

dude being dude, griping about Booby last night...he wasn't a world-beater or anything, but he played fine. Solid defense, took care of the ball, got into the lane even though he missed some chippies, and had some stretches where he played a very solid floor game at the point. I don't understand this notion that everything should function like it does with Kidd when Kidd's not in there. Booby's game is nothing like Kidd's, and it's a waste of time and talent to try to get him to play like Kidd.

I'm starting to get the impression that some (maybe just one?) of you have been watching Jason run the team for so long now that you've sort of forgotten what an incredibly unique player he is. Think back to his first partial year in Dallas. People had been pining for a true point guard for a while by that point, but the fact of the matter is that Avery had almost no idea what to do with him when he got him, and a lot of fans and media members were convinced he was past the point of being an impact player based on those early returns. It took a new coach and a completely new system to really take advantage of his talents. And now all of a sudden you think that system is going to continue to be effective when Kidd's on the bench and somebody else is running the show? Even last year, in which we witnessed the best backup point guard play of the Kidd/Dirk era, the success that Dallas ended up enjoying with JJB running the show depended on the team embracing and exploiting the fact that JJB - who, by the way, benefited tremendously from years of trust on his way toward developing into a rotation-caliber point guard - is nothing at all like Kidd.