I just heard the Bull's commentators say about Steve: "Steve has been to the line almost a hundred more times than our free-throw leader, Jalen Rose." "Steve has some awesome moves" "I think he has better moves than Iverson" "He's stronger, too. He is probably the strongest point guard in the league" Looks like if Stevie isn't impressing alot of people on Clutchcity.net, he sure is raising more eyebrows in Chicago!
and what does that get us if we cant play efficient, team basketball? what does that get us if we can't hit layups or freethrows? another loss.
Francis was not the reason that we lost. He had a good overal game. Rudy just needs to learn how to run effective plays for this team.
more turnovers than assists (again) from our "point guard." I'm completely sick of it. Even without a coach, a natural point guard dishes. Move him to the two. Yesterday.
Umm...the reason he did not have any assists was because all of the other players missed their shots. We have to make our shots. The only thing Steve did wrong today was miss those two free throws and foul Jalen Rose. That's all. He's a good player. Even Chicago knows that. Jalen Rose shot what? 33%???? He had about 30 points...and took about 30 shots. There were a few bad calls... ANYWAYS...if we move him to the two. It won't help. Because Steve can't shoot consistently. He can't catch and shoot. And he absolutely cannot defend bigger players like Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady and Jalen Rose and Eddie Jones.
Francis didn't take Yao and JP out of the game. Rudy did. On all of the plays Yao just set picks. We never ran post up plays for him.
Steve passed to Yao whenever he was open. He did screw up on the entry pass... There are no plays called for Yao!!! Jesus! Maybe because he can't get position. We should run a play for Yao every single time. And Yao should look to find open people. We are in dire need of a shooter right now.
Okay, did Rudy call the "turnover" play for Francis 7 times? Did Rudy's poor coaching lead to a 9 for 26 shooting performance. I guess so. Face it. Face it. Face it. I love Stevie, but he is not a point.
I just don't get it. Every time we ran a play for Yao he got good position and a good shot. It was Rudy's fault that he only got a few shots. Not Steve's.
We know what Steve is good at. The thing is he is really bad at some other things, and he's not improving much. He doesn't run the point all that well and he can't finish fast breaks and he can't play defense. We're not criticizing his offensive ability.
He can't play defense? Let's see how well the opposing point guards did today......OUR DEFENSE WAS GREAT TODAY. Sometimes our whole team just breaks down together. Let's just hope we can beat the Grizzlies...
Did you hear what the Bull annoucer had on Yao? Actually many times from other team announcers: " This guy is unstoppable and they won't throw him the ball!" "The Bulls haven't neutralized Yao, the Rockets have"
I am really sick of seeing Francis at Point Guard position. He just doesn't have enough Basketball IQ doin that. Go back to SG!
Plain and simple... Steve Francis is NOT A PLAYMAKER.The Houston Rockets must within three years become a Center oriented Team.Francis will do everything to foul this up and prevent it from ever happening. He is the leader and decission maker on the Rockets. Its never going to be Francis and Yao Mings Team. Steve is the Franchise and he has a firm hold on the control of the Rockets. One day Les/ Rudy are going to wake up and realise that they must take back what is theirs!
If you want to see a playmaker, I suggest you watch Texas play Kansas on Monday at 8PM on ESPN. TJ Ford is your textbook playmaker.
He does miss alot of layups, though I think the refs should call more fouls. He gets mugged in there.
mobely and Francis are couples, they don't want a new guy come in and ruin their chemestry. especially when the new guy is better than them
Well he is suppose to be the Franchise. Leader, play-maker, the guy who was suppose to be the heart and soul of this team...If he can't handle it then he better let other people take a shot at being so... If I was Les, I'd take a long hard look at my money invested in SF. It might be bettter spent on Tim Duncan. Twin towers II. Duncan Griffin Ming Posey Role player 1 who can hit a jumpshot and distribute the ball
