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Originally posted by: Captain Disaster
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Originally posted by: Bookit
Yes, we should unload Finley: 9-30 is a horrendous performance, especially if you consider that for at least 75% of his misses, they were UNCONTESTED. THREE REBOUNDS in FORTY THREE MINUTES! WTF! He is not in the game mentally. After he was 0 for 9, maybe he should've gone to the hole; maybe he should've focused on rebounding. This guy makes 13 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR!
With Finley it all goes back to his lack of ball handling skills. He just can't drive to the hoop and make a tough shot or draw the foul. Now he can drive ok againt a bad team with an average center but he NEVER does it if there is any chance of his shot getting blocked. Finley is a good complimentary player who can get hot and hit a ton of tough fall away jumpers. He is not a guy who will keep you in the game with drives to the basket. Having said all of that, he is still a very good player who has WAY more competitive fire than Jamison who has much more talent.
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Then, this is the type of player we need to get for Finley; Wells would've been ideal if he wasn't a mental case. Either trade him if he does not improve or make the whole team practice shooting until their hands bleed! This ridiculous missing of uncontested shots right under the basket or uncontested 10 - 15 foot jumpers needs to end immediately! This is the freaking NBA. These players (especially Fin & Walker) should be finishing uncontested shots about 60-70% of the time! I'm so tired of everyone making excuses for them. I watch games around the league around the clock, & I see ROOKIES who shoot better than these two. This nonsense reminds me of when the ridiculous "Three J's" were so turnover prone. Watch the Kings and the Fakers. This is what is separating us from them. Forget about all this "sack Nellie" BS; sack Finley & Walker. If they make their freaking shots, we beat the pussy Lakers. They may be talented, but they CAN be beaten. It's like they were waiting for some competition from the Mavs that never came. No wonder Shaq was laughing. The Mavs are so messed up in their heads, they can't even hit shots that the average high school player could make. Somebody needs to really push the Fab Four; then we'll see how Malone, Payton, & Shaq hold up. How about playing our Fab Five 40 minutes each, together. Give them 2 minutes rest a quarter. Why not, Nellie's willing to try every other lame-brained strategy. Why doesn't he get Fortson to break Malone's leg; he ought to at least "earn" a suspension, & then maybe Malone can get paid back for all his cheap shots he's taken at Nowitzski & Nash. Maybe Fortson should practice "chinning" at Malone's head.
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Walker's Line : 24 pts (9-18 shooting), 12 boards....(yeah I know he was 3-8 from downtown but the threes became inconsequential because Walker was trying to shoot the team back into the game when no one else could buy one)
Bottom line : Walker pretty much MADE his shots.....It was Finley who Didn't.
But let's not start the Blame game again....The fact remains that we lost when we could've won. Duh...