You could make the argument Monta is our most talented player, our most dangerous player, and has potential to be our best player… if he ever figures it all out.

That said, we should trade him (or Lee, depending who can get us more) right after we dump Biedrins. We need a new direction, and this core is guaranteed to keep us between 32-44 wins

I don’t think his dribbling is that bad. It looks bad and ineffective, but I don’t remember enough instances off the top of my head where his dribbling has negatively affected his game.

well when he keeps his head up, he loses handle of the ball a lot, and when he puts his head down, he can’t find the open player. pretty sure both of those negatively affect his game.

would not have even been in the position to get the ball “intentionally kicked” last night.

It’s been REALLY bad.

It looks bad and ineffective

Well yeah, because it is. ;)

but I don’t remember enough instances off the top of my head where his dribbling has negatively affected his game.

Well, here’s the thing. Monta’s explosive as heck, so he generally doesn’t need nice ballhandling to go by guys. His athleticism helps make up for his lack of ballhandling and mask it’s ineffectiveness. That said, you’re only looking at one part of the equation here. You’re only looking for the times it results in something bad, but forgetting about all the good things that could have happened that didn’t. Granted, those are much more difficult to see – sometimes it’s hard to picture the pass he didn’t see, or how he’d get a cleaner look being under more control….but there are frequently better options if he could keep his dribble lower, stay under better control, and had his head up.