Finally, some people in the national media are seeing the light

by ThermoElectro on Jan 30, 2007 12:58 PM PST

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/kelly_dwyer/01/30/nets.notes/1.html

Kelly Dwyer's NBA observation piece.

* Al Harrington in Indiana? Quite mediocre. In Golden State? A scoring machine, now that he's making his moves quickly and without deliberation. He averaged 25.3 points in 36.5 minutes in his first four games with the Warriors, shooting 55.4 percent from the floor and 64.7 percent from behind the arc. Harrington's rebounding (5.5 a game) still stinks, but we've just about given up on that.

Meanwhile, in Indiana, the participants in a trade that sent Harrington, Stephen Jackson, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Josh Powell to Golden State, aren't faring as well. Troy Murphy is coming through with nearly a double-double in just (just!) under 30 minutes a game, but Mike Dunleavy is shooting 39.3 percent and Ike Diogu is disappointing -- 12 points and 10 rebounds in 33 combined minutes is nice, but he's missed nine of 13 shots, and Rick Carlisle won't play him with the big boys.

I see playing in the east has done wonders for Dunleavy's exposure. 39.3% FG is pretty much what he gave us GSW. But then according to Dunleavy Sr. they're probably just utilizing his son wrong.

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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Dunleavy

Remember, no coach will ever know how to use Dunleavy correctly. It's a fact.

by Yoyo on Jan 30, 2007 2:47 PM PST reply actions

YUP

It is what it is!

by alloveross on Jan 30, 2007 3:15 PM PST reply actions

If i was a coach I'd use Dunleavy the right way

by leaving him on the bench.

by bradyk2 on Jan 30, 2007 4:48 PM PST reply actions

Dunleavy the average.

To hear people post about it, you'd think that Dun was single-handedly responsible for every loss the Warriors had dating back to the Carter administration. Dunleavy is among the most average players in the league. In terms of points per minute and rebounds per minute, he's so close to the league average. He doesn't shoot up to par, but he makes very few glaring mistakes, and is a bit above average in assists and FT%. His +/- hovers around neutral saying that he's neither a benefit nor a hinderance to the team. He's just average. We would have recognized him as such and ignored him as such an average player were it not for things beyond his control, namely where Mullin decided to take him in the draft. He wouldn't be a starter on most teams because he is only average and the average player is a 7th or 8th man, coming off the bench getting about 20 minutes a night. Nailed to the bench? Few teams have 7 or 8 guys better than him to warrant benching him outright, but most teams can do better at their starting 3.

Of course, the Warriors and now the Pacers seem to be giving him minutes as the average NBA player for reasons that still aren't entirely clear.

by jae on Jan 31, 2007 10:37 AM PST up reply actions

I agree wtih this 100%

and can even see him as a starter on a good team with some superstars in other postions (IND not being one of them). Sort of that Walton role on the Lakers

Its funny that everyone hated on him but I have to be honest in saying that JAX, though a little tougher maybe, might be worse. Certianly he shoots the ball like shit and can't rebound as well. As slow as Dunleavy was he did seem to play hard on D

by Zig on Feb 1, 2007 11:19 AM PST up reply actions

might be?

I actually don't think there's much question that Jax is worse if you look at it objectively. While Jax has been lauded for being "more athletic" where it matters most, actual outcome on the court, Jackson has fallen short. He was in negative +/- space in Indy and continues to show that trend here. Whatever his abilities may be, the only thing he consistently did better than Dunleavy was score points, and there the difference was entirely due to taking more shots.

by jae on Feb 1, 2007 2:24 PM PST up reply actions

Is the problem that...

we all expected and still expect Dunleavy to be an All Star? Was he that calibur of player when we drafted him? I kinda thought so but once I saw he lacked a killer instinct, being 6'9" athletic and a good shooter all pretty much went down the drain...he's a good college player probably