Nate Can't Play Defense? Are You Kidding?

[PosImpos]

You're forgetting that the dude's 5'8'' in shoes.  Even if he's playing tenacious D, anybody over 6'1'' can shoot over him easily.

 Your forgetting that nate has a 45 or so inch vertical. and eddie's is about 30. so while he's four inches shorter than eddie. He can also jump a lot higher, He's blocked Shaq and yao ming before. If he wants to try, He sure has the ability.

He can get some of those running from behind blocks now and then, but that doesn't mean he won't get burned 1 on 1 pretty easily

[Greenbean]

I will reserve ultimate judgement on Nate's defensive ability until I see him play night in and night out but I am hopeful that he will put out a good effort and that our size and quickness in the 2nd unit backcourt (TA and Quis) can offset his height defficiency. We'll see...

[Manzana]

What do you mean he can't play defense, he will anchor our back line! haha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svsHlH-IvbY

[LarBrd33]

i couldn't be more underwhelmed by bringing in Nate Robinson.  Does nothin for me.  We aren't winning a championship as a result of trading Eddie House for Nate Robinson.  It's irrelevant.  Guys under 5'10 aren't real basketball players.  Earl Boykins and Nate Robinson are sideshows.

[BudweiserCeltic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VRqmqGfZY

Me want some blocks.

[Tai]

i couldn't be more underwhelmed by bringing in Nate Robinson.  Does nothin for me.  We aren't winning a championship as a result of trading Eddie House for Nate Robinson.  It's irrelevant.  Guys under 5'10 aren't real basketball players.  Earl Boykins and Nate Robinson are sideshows.

Your posts are no less underwhelming, with all due respect. A lot of bashing, not a lot of reasoning.

Only that he's not six feet tall. Oh, and supposedly that he's a Knick and a dead body smells better than that organization, right? 

No one's saying Nate will solve all our problems, but is this really all you got?

[wdleehi]

i couldn't be more underwhelmed by bringing in Nate Robinson.  Does nothin for me.  We aren't winning a championship as a result of trading Eddie House for Nate Robinson.  It's irrelevant.  Guys under 5'10 aren't real basketball players.  Earl Boykins and Nate Robinson are sideshows.

Your posts are no less underwhelming, with all due respect. A lot of bashing, not a lot of reasoning.

Only that he's not six feet tall. Oh, and supposedly that he's a Knick and a dead body smells better than that organization, right? 

No one's saying Nate will solve all our problems, but is this really all you got?

Actually, the Knicks record smells much better when Nate isn't playing. 

[crownsy]

You're forgetting that the dude's 5'8'' in shoes.  Even if he's playing tenacious D, anybody over 6'1'' can shoot over him easily.

Doesn't Eddie House have the same problem?  I doubt the other teams point guard is going to be looking to post up.

uh...yea they do. Eddie get's abused all the time because of his lack of size. despite all the effort he gives.

Nate will be no different.

[wdleehi]

House was bad on defense.



Nate has not put effort into defense.


And even when he does, no 5'8 player has really ever been that good of a defender in the modern NBA. 

[Fafnir]

House was bad on defense.



Nate has not put effort into defense.


And even when he does, no 5'8 player has really ever been that good of a defender in the modern NBA. 

Yup, Nate will be better if and only if he's better on the offensive end.

He should be able to do that, I don't think it'll help that much. But then again I didn't think Crawford would help the Hawks as much as he has.

[Onslaught]

All I know is all my NYK fan friends are all happy that he's getting out of town. Not giving me the warm fuzzies.

[sk7326]

All I know is all my NYK fan friends are all happy that he's getting out of town. Not giving me the warm fuzzies.

New Yorkers bashing players - shocking ...

[Greenbean]

i couldn't be more underwhelmed by bringing in Nate Robinson.  Does nothin for me.  We aren't winning a championship as a result of trading Eddie House for Nate Robinson.  It's irrelevant.  Guys under 5'10 aren't real basketball players.  Earl Boykins and Nate Robinson are sideshows.

Your posts are no less underwhelming, with all due respect. A lot of bashing, not a lot of reasoning.

Only that he's not six feet tall. Oh, and supposedly that he's a Knick and a dead body smells better than that organization, right? 

No one's saying Nate will solve all our problems, but is this really all you got?

Actually, the Knicks record smells much better when Nate isn't playing. 

People also tried to make the argument that the Thunder played better without Kevin Durant last season.

He was a malcontent in NY and he fueded with the coach. Hopefully he doesnt do that here. If he behaves he is an upgrade plain and simple.

[csfansince60s]

uh...yea they do. Eddie get's abused all the time because of his lack of size. despite all the effort he gives.

Nate will be no different.

Eddie gets abused far more for his lack of speed than lack of size. (Talk about a double whammy for a player in the NBA: no height, no athleticism/quickness, no wonder EH has no chance on the ball, his help wasn't as bad, but still not great for lack of foot speed to rotate).

Lack of speed and quickness are not issues for Nate. In this defensive culture, his on the ball and team defense will be fine. He's more than quick enough to stay in front of his man and also be able to rotate when needed. AS long as the effort is there (and I know many will say that's a big if because of his Knick "poisoning") many will be surprised that his D can be far superior to Eddie.