Postgame thread - Mavs out-D'antoni Dan Tony

[Axilla]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

To those who haven't seen in Booby the tools that a point guard needs, all I can say is that I don't know how you've missed them. But jthig hits it, and mavs777 somehow does as well even through his confused jumbling of arguments: what we haven't seen from Booby is him being a floor general; a methodical and patient facilitator of the offense. Maybe it's lack of experience that's keeping him from it. Maybe he just doesn't have it. But I guarantee you the Mavs haven't given up on trying to develop it. And here's the thing. Eventually - maybe not this season, but eventually - they're going to have put him out there and let him make his mistakes. Prioritizing a point guard acquisition in the offseason would only set that back, so unless they've decided by the summer that he's not up to it, I wouldn't look for them to go hard after a PG in the free agent market.

so are you the only one that calls him that or what? i don't think it caught on

oh and sorry, but Roddy is nowhere near a PG at this juncture. the only thing that puts him in the category is the fact that he's smaller than 6'6".

undersized 2/tweener at best. the heir to JET

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

I will never understand this 'reliable' thing. I consider it to be a mischaracterization of the fluctuations in the games of guys like JJB and JET, and I find it utterly baffling when it's applied to guys like Marion, who makes a large portion of his salary on the defensive end, and Kidd, whose brain and on-court savvy is the basketball equivalent of Old Faithful.

None of those guys can reliably play like players who are better than them. That's about the extent of their unreliability.

I've been saying this on here for years.

[SMC0007]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

To those who haven't seen in Booby the tools that a point guard needs, all I can say is that I don't know how you've missed them. But jthig hits it, and mavs777 somehow does as well even through his confused jumbling of arguments: what we haven't seen from Booby is him being a floor general; a methodical and patient facilitator of the offense. Maybe it's lack of experience that's keeping him from it. Maybe he just doesn't have it. But I guarantee you the Mavs haven't given up on trying to develop it. And here's the thing. Eventually - maybe not this season, but eventually - they're going to have put him out there and let him make his mistakes. Prioritizing a point guard acquisition in the offseason would only set that back, so unless they've decided by the summer that he's not up to it, I wouldn't look for them to go hard after a PG in the free agent market.

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[grndmstr_c]

Originally Posted by Axilla

so are you the only one that calls him that or what? i don't think it caught on

oh and sorry, but Roddy is nowhere near a PG at this juncture. the only thing that puts him in the category is the fact that he's smaller than 6'6".

undersized 2/tweener at best. the heir to JET

I am appalled, both by the apparent shortcomings in your reading comprehension, and by your flaccid and underdeveloped sense of metaphorical aesthetics.

[Male30Dan]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

I am appalled, both by the apparent shortcomings in your reading comprehension, and by your flaccid and underdeveloped sense of metaphorical aesthetics.

*snickers* - he said flaccid.

[grndmstr_c]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

I've been saying this on here for years.

So what you're saying is, nobody's going to listen to me either.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

So what you're saying is, nobody's going to listen to me either.

Wow, the rare grndmstr_c post - I'm pretty sure I haven't read anything from you in months...

You should try posting more often, maybe even in this thread - I'd love to hear your opinions about Roddy's future in this league. Do you think he possesses the right skillset to be a PG in the NBA?

Don't be afraid to share your thoughts - I swear I'll read (and remember) them!

[mavs777]

so i missed something that hasn't occured?

[BGMaverick9]

The biggest thing I took from the game was the fact Dirk made a solid attempt to run down Tony Douglas and tried to block his layup.

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by grndmstr_c

So what you're saying is, nobody's going to listen to me either.

You might have a better shot. I talk a lot so people are naturally inclined to ignore most of what I say.

[BGMaverick9]

Sasha found a home

http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss...to_sign_f.html

[fluid.forty.one]

Good for him!

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

Good for him!

Hey Sasha, hook a brother up. Do some work against the Lakers on Saturday.

[Kidd Karma]

Boobs has the skill set to be a point guard in the league, it's getting him the experience to do it. Barring a broken foot, I could have seen us giving him upwards of 14-16 a night when we were at full strength, with Caron etc, to gain that experience. Right now winning games is the goal, lack of depth, and missed time, can't see the PG experiment getting to far off the ground. Been reading up on the scouting reports, seemed experience led to offensive fouls. Even defense was an issue in pre draft reports, lacks awareness, reaches, gambles, worries too much, interesting read, we've pretty much covered it here:

http://www.nbadraft.net/players/rodrigue-beaubois

[Kidd Karma]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

Sasha found a home

http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss...to_sign_f.html

Good for him, showed something in his 20 days with the Mavs, hopefully it'll lead to a guaranteed deal somewhere. Mavs still evaluating and a final conclusion is still 2 weeks away.