Mike James should start at PG right now: who agrees?

Yes let him start Right now. Not tomorrow.

 

NOT ME! because mike james will always look for his shot first. this will only work if you plan on benching tmac and making HIM 6th man.

 

Whenever he has the ball, I can almost visualize him saying "I'm Mike James, b****!!!!!!!!"

 

Disagree.
He was exactly what we needed last night--a big spark off the bench. But he's way too much of a scorer first to put him in as the starting PG. If the roles were reversed, I don't think Alston would give us jack off the bench.

I think if SF ever gets in shape than the starter position will have to be between them.

So for now Alston is out best bet (scary, I know).

 

Sorry Stroker, Adelman is smarter than you.

Start Rafer.

 

I was drunk and yelling that last night

 

I will support the coach's decision and whoever is on the floor. I'm even rooting for Bonzi who quit on us last season and got a free pass.

 

Mike James is better suited as a spark off the bench.

For our starters, I wish Scola develops quickly so he can replace Chuck. I like Chuck and all but we can't have two inefficient offensive players in our starting line-up. Alston, Tracy, Shane, Scola (when he's ready), and Yao should eventually be our starting line-up. I think they'll be the most efficient starting 5.

 

I am drunk and yelling that right now.

And I;m at work.

 

I'll have to go back and look but I distinctly remember Tmac being frustrated with James in Q2, Tmac wanting the ball and James overdribbling and waiving him off.

I think James is often a potent offensive player, sometimes he gets to the hole better than Tmac. But you cannot have James dominating the basketball to start a game.

Rather, I think James is a finisher in Q4. I think it's more important who finishes games than starts. Think Kenny Smith/Sam Cassell. Late in games, when you substitute players for offense/defense, here's where i think we'll go:

Offense: James/Tmac/Bonzi/Battier/Yao. Tmac is the trigger man, serious offensive threats at all other positions. James is the assassin from the perimeter.

Defense: James/Tmac/Battier/Hayes/Yao.

 

no, MJ shoots too much, Rafer is better with Yao and t-mac. Rafer runs the offense well and he passes the ball to yao and t-mac

 

No way, he is always looking for his shot, so it's better he comes off the bench.

 

disagree

assist to turnover ratio

 

I disagree. Rafer should start for now


Mike James is important as a spark plug off the bench

 

We need bench points...

 

we need a constant flow of offense. james out there with tmac and yao is just overkill. we need rafer to compliment our megastars. he's the playmaker.

let james get his from the bench. its a 48 minute game. thats the way i see it. i have no problems with how adelman is using rafer and james.

 

Waving off T-Mac said everything to me last night. Waving off one of your top two scoring options and perennial all-star player so you can do your thing is not what I want for a starting pg, initiating the offense and moving without the ball. I think if Steve gets into shape and doesn't whine about not starting in the rotation, he's our starter. As much as Steve is a ball hog, Mike James is worse.

 

i THOUGHTmj was a shooting guard?

 

wrong. mike james waved tmac away so he could move his defender away from the passing space between james and yao. james was trying to get the ball into yao and thats exactly what he did. right after tracy moved to the corner, james passed it into a posted up yao.