because he’s not likely to influence the teams that already like him. he was willing to even share his view that curry is more a lead guard than 2-guard, but again that perception is shared by others. if curry can play nba-level ball, he’ll be fine in the same line up with ellis, maybe not against every match up or for most of the game, but offensively they’re quite complementary. two of the principal requirements for the ‘other’ guard with ellis are playing intelligently and playing good d.

and atma, would you mind making the link to the article itself, and not the comments?

Good call. Thanks for pointing that out.

in reference to ellis, ‘I don’t think he could be a full-time point guard…the approach is more than just to score the ball.
        ’You’ve got to take care of you teammates a little bit more and have a feel for that as a player.’ this is nelson’s diplomatic way of saying, ‘me’ tends to freeze the other guys out.

back to riley, he emphasized the priorities on offense to improving the running game and reducing turnovers, and that he projected that curry would grow into a ‘low-turnover player…he has a savvy, a certain understanding about the game.’