Marcus switched and picked up Dirk on more than one occasion and really bodied him and forced Dirk into some bad plays.

Marcus played better D on Dirk than Sully, not that says much.

i'd like to know why jameer gets mins. at all? if marcus is making mistakes out there, then you put jameer in. otherwise there's no point, I think we know what kind of pro jameer will be. let's not run plays for him.

1st half when jameer was out there, it was all about jameer. smart was not moving just standing on the 3 pt. line playing the "maybe someone will forget about me offense". what the hell are we doing with these players?

I think we'll see a month and a half of this to try to get a team in the playoffs to bit on Nelson. After the deadline if no one bits, I wouldn't be surprised if the C's cut him.

When the C's made their run last night I thought that was some of the best ball for smart this year. He just played, made some nice passes and his defense was strong. The last two games have been encouraging. He is solid on the pick n roll, once he is healthy he will attack the hoop.

i'd like to know why jameer gets mins. at all? if marcus is making mistakes out there, then you put jameer in. otherwise there's no point, I think we know what kind of pro jameer will be. let's not run plays for him.

1st half when jameer was out there, it was all about jameer. smart was not moving just standing on the 3 pt. line playing the "maybe someone will forget about me offense". what the hell are we doing with these players?

     I too, have been unable to understand why Nelson gets any minutes at all. I would rather see Lil Press get his minutes. At least you could argue that Pressey has more upside than Nelson. And he probably shoots better than Nelson. I cringe every time I see Nelson throw up another shot. Other interested teams know how well he plays at this point in his career. No "showcasing" needed. Let him sit and give all his minutes to our other guards.

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i'd like to know why jameer gets mins. at all? if marcus is making mistakes out there, then you put jameer in. otherwise there's no point, I think we know what kind of pro jameer will be. let's not run plays for him.

1st half when jameer was out there, it was all about jameer. smart was not moving just standing on the 3 pt. line playing the "maybe someone will forget about me offense". what the hell are we doing with these players?

I think we'll see a month and a half of this to try to get a team in the playoffs to bit on Nelson. After the deadline if no one bits, I wouldn't be surprised if the C's cut him.

I think the only players that need to be showcased are Wright and Crowder...Nelson is a known commodity at this point. all playing him more does is risk getting him injured and then we're stuck having to cut him and get nothing for him.

Same thing could be said about Green and Bass. Why play them, they only help the team and gives them a better chance of injury. GM's want to see what a player is doing now, and not what they could do a month ago. Plus GM's wont want a guy who has been sitting on the bench getting out of basketball shape. Then when GM's ask to see him play a couple weeks before deadline, he's out of shape and gets hurt because of it. Or he stinks because he hasn't played in a couple months and his value goes down anyways.

 Teams that will want Nelson wont have time for him to get into shape while they are trying to get there home court advantage, or even make the playoffs. So They'll play him until a trade can be made. If not that, who knows what they will do, all depends on other trades.

I am in agreement with most that I wish he would attack the rim more.

most rookies take there time learning the speed of the game and I think that is what we are seeing. In the NBA lanes close down much faster.

Much like KO after his shot got blocked a few times it took a while before we saw the confident quick release come back into his game. He didn't want to create negative plays for his team.

In recent games we saw Marcus get into mid range for a couple jumpers and his form looked good. Also saw him come off a screen to draw defenders and give a good pass. he will continue to probe closer to the hoop until he knows for certain he will get there to finish.

Meanwhile, the education of James continues with an assignment to Maine for tonight's game.

I'm actually surprised they didn't just fly him to White Plains for yesterday afternoon's game as well.