Comments on: Friday Bolts – 3.13.09

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:06:44 +0000

I’m right there with you Crow. I’ve always wondered if we would pass on a guy like Rubio because we have RW. I hope we wouldn’t. Even young guys who look like assist first guys, like TJ Ford or DJ Augustin (what is it with the longhorns…) could really come alongside and help out.

If RW is to follow in DWade’s footprints and be a combo guard, then a guy like Rubio would be great to come in and take over the dish-first duties.

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:40:12 +0000

“Russell is never going to be a Mo Cheeks, set-’em-up-type point guard,” says Brooks. “He’s going to score and get others involved when he attacks the basket.”

Ok, that is a pretty big strategic choice then.

Westbrook ranked last among point guards in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.55), and only Dwyane Wade has more total turnovers. This leads some to wonder whether he can succeed at the position. “I don’t see him as a one,” says a Western Conference scout. “Scoring and athleticism are great, but you need to have more of a playmaker’s mentality to be a point guard. I haven’t seen that yet.”

Westbrook is and will be somewhere between these two descriptions but ultimately you have to guess right which will work with the rest of what you have and are doing. It is not about maxing Westbrook as a player. It should be about maxing a 5 man lineup and rotation. Which fits well- or best- when you have Thabo-Durant-Green-Krstic? Time will tell.

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:27:26 +0000

Kevin Durant; “Hopefully I can be more of a 4-3 than a 3-4 – more a guy who starts in the post and then later moves outside. I want to play like Kevin Garnett, who can use his long arms to control both ends of the court, blocking shots and getting into the passing lanes.”

Right now it looks even.

PF was more what he was on Texas on defense. Maybe more that way on offense too compared to how he has played in NBA.