Marbury Experiment

[gar]

Love the chemistry with Eddie House; but with both struggling is it time to give Pruitt a chance. He has the size and the defense to bother the Bulls. He is not as strong as Rose; but is also more of a scoring threat at this stage. Time to pull the plug!?

[wdleehi]

Pruitt has done nothing in his career to warrant play in the playoffs.


He can stay where he is.  (unless the Celtics could get back Scali or KG)

[Change]

House should def keep his minutes, but screw Marbury he doesn't offer anything. Maybe Gabe can work his way back with a more mature mindset.

[johnnyrondo]

I think you stick with Marbury. People complained Cassell was too much of a shoot first pg last yr and it stagnated our offense. While I'd like for Marbury to be more aggressive with his offense, I have had no problems with how he has run the team while on the court. He pushes the ball and finds the open man. Rondo is going to play major minutes anyways, so as a backup I think Marbury is doing his job. Pruitt doesn't see the court like Marbury does. Again, it would be a nice bonus to get more offense from Steph, but I think he should continue to be the backup pg. Our bench was poor offensively today, but that probably more to do with House being off, Powe getting hurt and BBD already in the starting lineup. MikkiMooreFoul is awful and shouldn't be playing palyoff mins, but KG, Scal, and Powe were all hurt.

[cdif911]

I think you stick with Marbury. People complained Cassell was too much of a shoot first pg last yr and it stagnated our offense. While I'd like for Marbury to be more aggressive with his offense, I have had no problems with how he has run the team while on the court. He pushes the ball and finds the open man. Rondo is going to play major minutes anyways, so as a backup I think Marbury is doing his job. Pruitt doesn't see the court like Marbury does. Again, it would be a nice bonus to get more offense from Steph, but I think he should continue to be the backup pg. Our bench was poor offensively today, but that probably more to do with House being off, Powe getting hurt and BBD already in the starting lineup. MikkiMooreFoul is awful and shouldn't be playing palyoff mins, but KG, Scal, and Powe were all hurt.

I agree - Starbury isn't the ballhog scorer we're used to from ny, but he doesn't hurt the team in backup minutes - his defense is passable in the team concept, not great, but again ok - he doesn't look for his shot honestly as much as I'd like him to, but he sets up the offense and doesn't detract

[Fafnir]

I think you stick with Marbury. People complained Cassell was too much of a shoot first pg last yr and it stagnated our offense. While I'd like for Marbury to be more aggressive with his offense, I have had no problems with how he has run the team while on the court. He pushes the ball and finds the open man. Rondo is going to play major minutes anyways, so as a backup I think Marbury is doing his job. Pruitt doesn't see the court like Marbury does. Again, it would be a nice bonus to get more offense from Steph, but I think he should continue to be the backup pg. Our bench was poor offensively today, but that probably more to do with House being off, Powe getting hurt and BBD already in the starting lineup. MikkiMooreFoul is awful and shouldn't be playing palyoff mins, but KG, Scal, and Powe were all hurt.

I agree - Starbury isn't the ballhog scorer we're used to from ny, but he doesn't hurt the team in backup minutes - his defense is passable in the team concept, not great, but again ok - he doesn't look for his shot honestly as much as I'd like him to, but he sets up the offense and doesn't detract

I want Marbury on the bench with Eddie at the point and Tony at the two. Penetration and defense are completely lacking in the second unit, and Marbury isn't doing enough at either end to keep him in.

[CoachBo]

Pruitt has done nothing in his career to warrant play in the playoffs.


He can stay where he is.  (unless the Celtics could get back Scali or KG)

Quoted for truth. I don't want to see Pruitt on the floor at all in the playoffs unless it's a garbage time situation.

I think you saw tonight that Doc feels the same way about Marbury.

[MBz]

Leave him in there, theres going to be times when House's shot isn't falling, it happens, but those two give as the 1 and 2 off the bench gives us the best chance to win.  

[Jon]

The trauma of our 22 year championship drought strikes again in the form of more youth obsession.  Pruitt has yet to prove he belongs in regular season games, let alone a playoff game.  He stays on the bench. 

[RebusRankin]

I'd rather see TA than Marbury.

[illestmcsgt]

Everybody has to get over the fact Marbury isn't playing great. He's playing in his role, I think that's all Doc wants. Maybe him to shoot more and attack the basket. But, I rather keep him in there to run the offense then give TA or Pruitt the chance. Because right now he doing a better job then both of them could do.

[kenmaine]

Please stop with the Pruitt posts. Almost every time he's played in his short career, he's either been a non-factor or he's just plain sucked. Good luck to the guy in the future, but he's shown nothing.
As for Marbury, you could say he's the best of a bad lot right now at backup pg. At least you feel when he's in the game that he's competent, and won't hurt you.

[bostonfan23]

House at the pointguard is a terrible idea. Just horrible. Pruitt is even worse. Keep the Marb/House backcourt.. we almost won Game 1 and pulled out Game 2 with zero production from either of them - they'll only get better

[Celtic]

Pruitt would get eaten alive out there, Rose-Hinrich-Hunter, whoever is in is going to burn him. At the very least I have 100% confidence in Marbury getting the ball up court, something I do not have when House-Pruitt-TA are bringing the ball up.

[JSD]

I want Marbury on the bench with Eddie at the point and Tony at the two. Penetration and defense are completely lacking in the second unit, and Marbury isn't doing enough at either end to keep him in.

After this experiment failed miserably earlier this season, I can't believe I'm reading this. Eddie House is much much better off the ball, coming off a screen, and more importantly not dribbling more than 3 times in any given possession.