Giving Maggs a 2nd chance...

I hear Shawn Marion, and Gerald Wallace may be traded, we should go for one of them. I don’t know how contracts work out, and I don’t think neither Miami or Charlotte will want to pick up Maggette’s contract, but who does? lol

he plays at a position of depth… trade him. we cant start 5 sgs or have 45 mil tied up to 4

but all signs so far point to the opposite. He playing style is like the antisocial guy at the office – keeping to himself, doing things on his own, not wanting to interact with anyone. It would take a MASSIVE amount of effort to bring Maggette “out of his shell” and connect with his teammates on the court. Unless he has shown signs of supporting his teammates in practice that we don’t get to see, I’d say forget wasting energy on him and ship him out.

However, to answer your big IF, if Maggette balances out his driving and foul magnet ability with some slick passing (or even some basic passing), I do think we’ll see more success. It would make him a multiple threat, make him harder to guard, and make our teammates better when they get wide open looks.

If he gets that far, then he’ll also have to work on his defense. I haven’t watched him defensively that much, but based on other observers around here, he seems to not put that much effort into playing defense, not even trying to stick his hand up in a shooter. Of course, the question comes down to is, does he WANT to improve?

but he needs to drive to the hoop and NEVER shoot a jumper ever again. but I guess he has to keep the defense honest…

i also agree that maggs says the right things, but seems to be just “saying” them instead of acting on them. we’ll see.

Passing to the open man isn’t some new way of playing basketball. I find it funny that Nelson calling our new style of play “European”. What! Passing the ball to the open man, I teach that to my 6th grade boys team at St. Andrews. Maggs is who he is. He has never ever, passed to get others invovled in the game. Not at Duke, ( where he came off the bench cause he was not a team player) the Magic, ( that traded him after 2 seasons) or the Clippers, ( who didn’t even give him an offer this off season) He is a loser who has played on losing teams. 50 mil well spent!

The key for Maggette isn’t trying to become a passer all of a sudden… it’s getting healthy enough to do his thing, at his natural position.

Maggette is a solidly good small forward. He scores unusually well and rebounds fairly well… passes and defends poorly, yeah, but you still come out solidly ahead with that package. He’s a horrible power forward for obvious reasons, but I for one can’t hold that against him. And he’s played a bit below his normal level thus far, thanks to his extended time at the four, an iffy hamstring, the disappearance of his schizo three-point touch (he was very, very good at hitting them last year, lest we forget).

W’s fans like to label Maggette a loser. It’s an understandable impulse, as he’s generally played on bad teams, and his game looks selfish. But his game is effective… when he’s healthy, it helps you win games. I’d rather see the Corey Maggette of last season than some new passing version. Jack’s feeble imitations of pointguarddom are hurting us enough as it is… the last thing we need is another guy trying to be something he’s not.

. . . but once Maggette returns from his injury I’d like to see him come off of the bench as a leader for the second squad. This will help limit his minutes, ease him back into things, and hopefully reduce Jackson’s minutes (40/game! It would be nice if Jackson got his first break with 1 or 2 minutes left in the 1st quarter rather than 4 minutes left in the 2nd). Plus, I think that Maggette would go off and really be able to exploit the subs on other teams.

If Maggs was playing small forward and was sandwiched between two better defenders yes. In the starting line-up if Jacks at the 2 and Wright/R.T. at the 4. Or off the bench, but we all know that won’t happen so trade him. For a PF. How good is Millsap looking? Wish we could swing a deal for him.

Azubukie is becoming like that too

There is no PG out there to run plays ( thanks Monta ). Look at Denver and how much better they got with Billups. Thats what we need someone who is a legit threat at the point running the show.

Thanks Monta!

Errrrrrrrrrr Excuse me

FIRE DON NELSON, ROWELL IS THE DEVIL OMG

There we go.