anyone looking at the Hornets going into the tank?

Combo guard teams don't work, Period, unless you've got a supporting cast w/ Laimbeer, Rodman, etc.

 

If you feel the need to bash Steve, you can go ahead and do it in the main forum...there's really no need to use Baron Davis as a cover up...

 

having an adequate coach is important.

case 1: Hornets now
case 2: improvement in the Cavaliers under Silas
case 3: Pacers now vs. Pacers last year

 

So glad to see a real coach in Indy now, albeit three years too late.

Imagine Carlisle and Miller ... sigh.

 

my thoughts exactly.

 

I don't understand your point, the Hornets play in the East. They're tanking this year so why are you criticizing combo guards in the West.

 

I don't know if you've read too many of Charvo's posts, but I'd say he's got a 75% steve bash ratio in there.


This is one of my favorites:
http://bbs2.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73536

 

It's OK, Charvo. Steve bashing is not only accepted these days, it's actually encouraged. You've been putting up that same exact post in GARM repeatedly for weeks now.

So, what exactly is a "combo guard" and why do you dislike them so much? Is it a point guard that scores a lot of points? Stockton averaged 17 points a game over a three year stretch when he was younger. Gary Payton has averaged 20 points/game for the past decade now. Sam Cassell is averaging 20 per game and the T-Wolves seem to be doing all right. Mike Bibby is averaging 18 per game this season. Is he a "combo guard"?

 

You know, I have asked the combo guard question a bunch but nobody ever answers. Just in case Charvo answers, I'd also like opinions on the following players as to whether or not they are combo guards:

1. Kenny Smith
2. Isiah Thomas
3. Magic Johnson
4. Michael Jordan
5. Vinnie Johnson
6. Ron Harper
7. Hal Greer
8. Nate Archibald
9. Calvin Murphy
10. Nick Van Exel
11. Michael Adams
12. Kevin Johnson
13. Lafayette Lever.


and why or why not?

 

Also, Steve totally kicked Davis' ass in that RBK commercial!

He was all like, "That ain't NUTHIN'!"

BOOOOOOM! Wrecked the whole court!

 

Damn straight.

 

The Hornets implosion is the result of several factors the two greatest being Floyd's lack of coaching experience/ inabality to take control of the team and Jamal Mashburn becoming somewhat of a malcontent/cancer this season. Let me explain from the begenning.

First: the Hornets choose to hire Floyd (bad choice). From that moment forward Mashburn made no real secert of his dislike of the hire and the fact that he would not buy into Floyd's "system"

Second: Mashburn goes out injured for the first 44 games and chooses to rehab in exclusively Flordia, thus cutting all contact with the team. He never attended any team meetings, pratices, or games during this time. In fact he went so far as to not attend the game the Hornets played in Miami, during his rehab period. This caused quite a bit of harsh feelings amongst the Hornets players toward Mashburn. In fact several of the players (most notably Armstrong) even went so far as to call out Mashburn in the media and question his dedication to the team. By the time Mash did finally come back he the situation had become so bad he (Mash) refused to play anything that resembled team ball or attempt to make amends with the upset members of the team. Floyd sees this and does not have enough nuts to step in and rectify the problem, thus he looses what little respect any of the players ever had for him as a coach.

Third: This lack of respect for Floyd as a coach culminates in company man Baron Davis blowing off a meeting and getting benched. Following the same game it is announced that Mashburn has ( I believe lied) re-injured his knee and will be out for another three weeks.

So that brings us to a point where we have

A team with no respect for their coach (and rightfully so)

A player (Mashburn) who is not only at odds with the coach but most of the team (Baron Davis included) and looking to force a trade in the off season.

Another player (Baron Davis) who is the team captain but at odds with and has no respect for the coach.

Add it all up and you have one hell of a problem, which is what you see now. The only way to solve this is fire Floyd and trade Mashburn, neither of which will happen before the offseason (if then).

 

Just to sum it up ( I tried to edit the last message to no avail)

Mashburn has been disrupting the team all year by trying to force a trade. When he did not get what he wanted things got even worse. Floyd then lost all respect of the team when he could/would not step in and attempt to rectify the problem. In the process Floyd lost the ear of the team captain (Davis) thus the team as a whole. Now you have a team where the two best players are at odds with the head coach and each other. This equates to automatic implosion.

By the way if the Rockets were/are ever intrested in Mashburn i bet they could get him cheap in the off season, however I dobut VanGundy is that stupid.

 

I like it when people do their homework instead of just pulling crap out of their butts and posting it here.

 

I think the point is combo guards as franchise players don't lead teams to championships. As secondary players to a big man, or with an excellent supporting cast, they can, however.

I like Mashburn's game alot. Didn't know that was going on in NO. I think he'd be a good pick-up as a SF with some post-up skills. Don't really remember his rebounding being anything special.