Darren Collson does not know how to run the offense, especially in closing out games. And I would love someone to do a study on his offense. I bet if you exclude the one man fast breaks that he does during a game, how much offense does he generate for the team? And not every offense is created equal. Just like not every point or assists, rebound, etc. How you get them matters. And Darren Collison RARELY gets others involved in the offense in the half court. And if a PG cannot call a play, have enough patience to run the play, not commit turnovers during that play, and finally excecute the play... then he has no business being the PG. And Collison does NONE of that in the last 6 minutes of a game.
Mike James isn't great. But he runs the offense. Doesn't commit stupid turnovers and generally speaking gets the Mavs a good shot in the set. Collison is 25 years old, played 4 years of college and is in his 4th year in the league. If he can't figure out how to run the offense by now.... he is a lost cause. And Roddy is in the same boat, although Roddy has the excuse of not playing in one of the most prestigious programs in the country for 4 years and also being hurt for half his NBA time.
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