Novak finished 5 of 7 last night from 3, he's 4 of 6 tonight AT HALFTIME. Why did we give up on him so early? I know he was limited, but the one thing he's good at he does it very very well, apparently he just needed some PT and/or some more confidence.
He could really only get minutes at the four. Given how Adelman likes our PF's to flash to high post, rebound and play garbageman I have a hard time seeing this work. In Chuck Hayes-type limited minutes, maybe. But that was pretty much his role with us in the first place.
As much as it makes me utterly sick to admit this, I wish we had a player like Korver. Somebody absolutely automatic that can play both wing positions for roughly 15-20 minutes a night.
He's on a crap team. If he played enough minutes to get off seven 3 pointers the odds are he probably gave up just as many points. I know when he played here he was arguably the worst defender in the league and unless he was scoring a bucket a minute he was hurting the team. He did not show any development in 2 seasons. Lottery teams don't have to worry about things like wins or bad match ups at the end of the season when there is no incentive to win.
Daaamn. I just got owned on this thread and the other one where I just posted that the Rockets have not had a closer since Dream. LOL
I think he had to make adjustments to the speed of the NBA, but his shot was too good for him not to be an NBA player. The first year he seemed reluctant to shoot, then the second year he gained confidence, but i think he was down about his defense and that hurt his confidence on offense. The lipper may be a crap team, but it's one thing to score on volume and another to score on 3 pointers and shoot such a high percentage when everyone knows you're just a shooter. I think Yao's help D has improved a lot this year, as well as scola's and landry's, so that Novak could have played some 3 for us. He finished 7 for 11 from 3, with a game winner, and most importantly, in only 23 minutes. Just think about how we can't even come up with sharpshooters we can acquire for this thread. They are becoming rare in the NBA unless they are stars, you don't have a lot of the specialty shooters anymore and we had one and traded him. His value could have even gone up had he played like that for us this year..
Here's a novak mix including some new stuff as a clipper.. I think the best thing about Novak is that no one can deny how great of a shooter he is. The guys here always said he was great, tmac even called him the best shooter he's seen, and by looking at the highlights in LA, even his teammates respect his shot tremendously. They really try hard to get him the ball the moment they see him open, swinging it to him immediately and once his shot is up they have their hands in the air or walk back on D like they knows it's good. Davis had an open 3 tonight and he gave it up to Novak. We could have used that respect on offense. <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2LeXbvYQV8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x2LeXbvYQV8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Wish we could have still kept Novak he was one hell of a shooter just needed some good plays to set him up, atleast now he is in a place where they let him shoot the ball. As for a sharpshooter I would take Joe Johnson, he's one great shooter who can: create shots for himself, play some D, and willing to pass it.
If we could somehow trade Brooks, picks, and a contract for Jason Terry I would be jumping for joy all offseason long. Nash or Terry, we would be nasty. I prefer the shooting comes from the PG, I like our wings as is, especially if McGrady were to actually come back.
What about Maarty Leunen. He shot the ball pretty good during the summer league. Morey should of signed Maarty instead of Joey "plantar fasciitis" Dorsey.
you can'thave a bunch of scorers on the team, no team ever wins in the playoff that way. If you want to replace Yao/tma/ron with that guy then that's another thing, i'm talking about a role guy.
and i think some of you have a different idea of what I meant by sharpshooter. Guys like gordon, terry, joe johnson, etc are all good players and scorers with nice jumpers, but they are not shooting specialists. I think the misunderstanding comes from the fact that there aren't a lot of these guys out there anymore. We need someone who's going to have his shot pretty much every game, sure everyone has an off day, but we need that guy who doesn't miss when he's open and when covered hits about half his shots. All the guys we have now, except for Barry, are streaky to a certain extent and some of them are good if going by their %, but it's up and down sometimes. Like they shoot 25% one game, then 75% the next, so that averages out to 50%. We need the guy who's going to consistently be at 50% from game to game, so defenders never can count the guy out. With Yao and other scorers we have there's always going to be open shots available if the ball is moved, we need someone like this to consistently be a threat.
Terry is the only player on the Mavs team that they will not give up.... At this point I think Cuban is open to trading everyone else... But as you stated Terry on this team would make a world of difference...
this is a really poor idea. Basically, you WANT a guy who shoots well and sucks at everything else. (saying no to Gordon and Joe Johnson) These 2 are great shooters. They don't have great %ages BECAUSE they do things besides shoot. They expend energy creating shots, playing defense, running an offense, coming off screens, etc. No, we don't need someone who sucks on defense and at everything else just so he'll be more consistent at shooting. Give me all the guys you mentioned on this team, first. Geez, give Brooks a chance to show he's not as streaky as you say. I'll go ahead and give Shane the benefit of the doubt and assume his slump is due to his injury since it's unusual
It's only a poor idea because you misunderstood it. I'm not asking for a big change here, just one guy who's be a role player who'd bring us something we lack, but desperately need at times. I think the team as whole is complete and legit when healthy. Suggestions like Johnson and gordon aren't going to be achieved by trading a second round pick for them. They're gonna cost us a significant player or players. Now that may work out, but it may aslo blow up and put us further behind than we were to begin with. That's why I wouldn't suggest them. It doesnt mean i dont think they'd help, but i think we have guys who can take us all the way and just need to plug in some minor holes. And I don't believe Brooks is terribly streaky, like say Rafer, but he IS streaky somewhat and will always be. Perhaps he'll become more consistent overall with time, but his shooting is never going to be spot on every game because he's not a superb shooter and his size will always be an issue and affect his ability to get off clean looks at times. I'm not saying the guy HAS to be just a shooter with no other game, its just that most shooting specialists are like that. If we could get a pure shooter who's also a star, like a Ray Allen mold,then i'm all for that as well, but again, that would require taking out one big piece we already have and may not work out.
