Nasty Nate

[CbrewEra]

If anyone caught the Hawks Knicks game on NBA Tv, Wow.  Nate put on a show in the Hawks home court.  He went off for 41, scoring 25 in the 4th quarter and overtime.  18/24, with 8 assists.  Thats crazy efficient.  If theres someway Danny can still swindle a deal for this guy, come on.  Could it hurt?? I think its safe to say hes much more of a complete player than Eddie, and is that pushy point guard the second unit may need to keep the intensity up.  I think he could be had for close to nothing still.

[Atzar]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

[jdub1660]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

I dunno bout that. One game isn't worth a big contract, but his one game back proves 2 things: A. He can play. B. With his heart into the game, he can be efficient.
Being in NY in that nuthouse could lead any young talent astray. He's worth trading House for. Both can hit the 3, but Nate can dunk and create his own shot.

[CelticG1]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

It's better than no good games. It's not like we would be trading him for Ray or Pierce. He clearly would be by far our best bench player and he fulfills a need: Back up PG.

[CelticG1]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

I dunno bout that. One game isn't worth a big contract, but his one game back proves 2 things: A. He can play. B. With his heart into the game, he can be efficient.
Being in NY in that nuthouse could lead any young talent astray. He's worth trading House for. Both can hit the 3, but Nate can dunk and create his own shot.

And Nate is a much better ball handler. He actually would be  a back up point guard where Eddie  IMO just doesn't have the skills. Man I love Eddie House though

[BballTim]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

I dunno bout that. One game isn't worth a big contract, but his one game back proves 2 things: A. He can play. B. With his heart into the game, he can be efficient.

  Acie Earl says hello.

[Change]

He plays for mike d'antoni. Jonathan Bender scored double figures days after he signed. Lets not get carried away. We have one great PG, and an adequate backup. Lakers won with dinosaur starting PG. We have a great one. What more do we need?

[CelticG1]

He plays for mike d'antoni. Jonathan Bender scored double figures days after he signed. Lets not get carried away. We have one great PG, and an adequate backup.

Yeah I'm sure Eddie House could have done the same thing and led his team to a victory against the Hawks ........ Who's getting carried away? If he scored 2 points the fact remains that he is better than Eddie House. And who is our adequate back up? Quis, House, Tony, Ray, Pierce?? I really don't know who our adequate back up is because it seems like all of these guys have to take turns in bringing the ball up the court when Rondo is not on the floor

[Rondo_is_better]

If we can get him, I would take him. He was my favorite college player for a while. I think its the cesspool effect, and that if he came to Boston, he'd stop being such a tool.

[Redz]

Knee-jerk post.  One good game doesn't make a good player.

Perhaps, but that's a pretty impressive statement by the guy in his first game back after being benched for as long as he was.

[Bahku]

If we can get him, I would take him. He was my favorite college player for a while. I think its the cesspool effect, and that if he came to Boston, he'd stop being such a tool.

Too much of a blanket statement for me ... it would depend on what we would have to lose to get him ... if we're talking Scal or TA-type players, OK, but I wouldn't go much higher into the lineup for Nate, who is talented but a bit of a question mark when it comes to consistent production. 

[WeMadeIt17]

What have i been saying lately! NATE THE GREAT!

[Rtpas11]

Hopefully danny is trying to make this trade work....

http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=5358952
i'll do it. We're only giving up Scal, Tony, Lester and J.R.

Houston and Ny will do it, because all contracts are expiring except for Jordan Hill whom the Rockets could use (a rookie).

[dasandruler]

Its funny how nate busted out after getting dumped on like he's a scrub<tough crowds>.  Lotta upside for the kid--and multidimensional player, whether he comes to boston or goes elsewhere.....but house better than nate?--no flanking way. thats fanlove talking.  And I wouldnt give up Lester Hudson in any deal for just a role player either....IMO, Hudson<super potential> plays like he belongs and confident in his game,  he looks like he just needs more run time...lil game oil.  Did I mention: Scal is still AWFul...on this team.  I think he might flourish with the knicks jackin up 3s in rhythm.  He might be like the  Dudley reclamation project in phoenix--

[ChainSmokingLikeDino]

Hopefully danny is trying to make this trade work....

http://www.realgm.com/src_checktrade.php?tradeid=5358952
i'll do it. We're only giving up Scal, Tony, Lester and J.R.

Houston and Ny will do it, because all contracts are expiring except for Jordan Hill whom the Rockets could use (a rookie).

If it were a trade in which the Celtics gave up nothing of substance I would be on board, with reservations, and as The Knicks may just want to unload him for an expiring that could happen (and how much of that 41 point performance was a green-light, we need you to light it up so we can build interest in a trade?). But, as someone who has lived in NYC for the last 12 years or so and as such has watched 50+ Knicks games a year for that long (and has thus seen hundreds of AMAZING Clyde Frazier outfits) I would hold off on praise of Nate. He is a wildly inconsistent player and is not a player I see as being a particularly good fit on this Celtics team. He can obviously put the basket in the hoop amazingly at times but he is a shady defender on his best day and not the best distributor of the ball and seems to have a hard time grasping how to run a team offensivly, as a point-guard should, and gets lost in defensive schemes. So, unless its pennies on the dollar I don't think he is the backup PG this team needs.