I forgot who here used the Batman and Robin analogy, but we definitely have a roster full of Robins and no real Batmans on our team right now. There isn’t anyone who can command a double team right now.

The closest person who can do that would be Monta Ellis, but he has to prove that he has fully regained his quickness and agility to speed around defenders, not to mention his midrange shot. Even then, Monta will have to prove he can consistently pass it to the right man when double teamed. Jackson could command a double team, but that’s usually bad because he dribbles into trouble and turns it over. Biedrins, no. Randolph, not right now. Curry, don’t know, probably not in his 1st season.

Turiaf, no. Wright, maybe if he develops some unblockable hook shots, otheriwse no. Maggette, maybe, but only helps us because he’ll get to the FT line, not because he’ll pass it. Buike, no. Morrow, no. Marco, no. Speedy, doubt it. Law, doubt it. CJ (if he plays for us), no.

… I feel we have gone awfully quiet recently in trade talks and frankly there isn’t much available as far as free agents go. I’m starting to get the feeling that what we have right now might be what we will see on opening night and beyond.

Maybe Riley is waiting to see how Monta comes back from the injury this season to see if he gains some more value. If he does, I think we can’t keep curry and monta because imo they are too similar of players and such a small backcourt won’t be an ideal fit. So i’d be willing to trade monta if the appropriate value is available because I have lost a lot of admiration for how he handled the moped incident.

The only player I see as untouchable is Randolph.

but maybe he’s better on radio than he is on tv. that was a good listen and i agreed with pretty much everything. i especially liked what he said about randolph, finally someone shedding some truth on the hype coming out of the meaningless summer league

First, I paid a lot of money early on just to not listen to the Razor. Now I remember why;

Second, without a coach who creates and supports a team concept and vision without a bunch of gimmicks and who creates a starting rotation with players always knowing their roles and so on, the players will remain rudderless and in troubled waters.

What did make sense is the three for one to clear out the problem of minutes to go around. It would be great if Maggette was one of the three cause Matt just nailed it when he said guys like Maggette and Jackson just aren’t good enough to deserve to play 35 minutes plus a game. The best players on our team just aren’t game changers and at best role players on any really good team, which clearly we aren’t.

We are just so screwed for year to come unless Riley can unravel the mess that Rowell has created.

Everyone keeps talking about the beef and we sure need it. But we also need someone who can make plays, not turnovers. And we aren’t going to be able to count on our guard line for that. That means we need a small forward to run the offense through. And we don’t have one of those either. Randolph someday but not yet. I mention the small forward because the Dubs seem determined to use Monta at the point and that’s not going to lead to a lot of plays. Jax averaged 6.5 assists last year, which is great, but the turnovers were not so hot. This team needs more than beef. It needs a head to run it from some position,

honestly, what did we learn from Steinmetz but that we have an unproven roster? No crap. He doesn’t analyze the game, specific skills for specific players. Every bit of analysis is “good” or “pretty good” or “not bad”. Such a boring listen.

This is so lame.