i believe marcus was terribly hampered in his rookie season with first step and elevating
-along with revolving door of players
-look how a slight high ankle sprain hindered and effected chrowders shot
-then you had 2nd season two dislocated fingers not good for your shooting touch and then a dislocated knee how about that altering stats
-its not just time off but recovery time on the court
-a severe high ankle sprain,dislocated fingers and knee those are serious injurys for a rookie and 2nd year player
-even averys jumper betrays him after playing tough d all game -and marcus when chrowder went out had a run og great quards and even durant-hardi,derozan lliiard,westbrook,chris paul rose-
marcus gets all the clock running down shots that kelly or jerebko don't take-
no wonder his three point shooting suffered-
stat wise we have not seen marcus--but the playoffs did
I have, and always will, greatly value your insight, rollie, but I must ask why you keep sticking to these points and making all of these excuses for the guy. I understand that he's had some bad injuries over the course of his short career, some of which came as a result of not having his ankles taped during his rookie year, iirc, as well as his shall we say 'style of play'
, but it's not like he was ever a good offensive player to begin with with any kind of explosiveness that could help him get to the basket, and this goes back to his college, and probably high school, days, as well. He was never a high percentage shooter, he always had terrible shot selection, he never had more than average ball handling skills, his decision making was, at best, questionable, and he developed a reputation for baiting the officials into calling fouls by flopping, so, looking back, it's not really a surprise to me that he's struggled so mightily, offensively, even when he hasn't been injured, in the NBA. He's like the Charles Oakley of point guards, in terms of offense, imo, a guy who beats the crap out of the opposition, blatantly flops, and gets frustrated because he doesn't have the ability to finish inside despite his size. I'd also argue that one of the reasons why he shoots so many 3s despite his poor percentages, going back to college, is because he doesn't know what his strengths, are, offensively, and after two years of watching nearly every game of his, I seriously wonder if he has any. I'll give you that he had some great moments in the playoffs, mostly coming at home, but have you forgotten his 1-11 performance in game 2 of the series against the Hawks when he was inserted into the starting lineup due to Bradley's injury? I don't know, maybe it's me, but I just don't think he has the skills that would lend me to believe that he's capable of being anything more than what he is right now, and for a 6th pick in the draft, that's pretty disturbing, imo.