That's good to hear, We're Back. I was serious about my being an idiot, not sarcastic. I've got a HUGE passion for the Rox, but I don't know all the intricacies of the point guard position. I have not been regularly perusing this site for some time (years). Is there any reason to believe the Rockets are making a move at this position in the near future? If not, are Rudy or the posters incompetent.
That's an unfair question. How many teams over that same time have there been with a "non playmaking" point guard, whatever that may mean, as their primary player, as compared to the rest of the league? Maybe one or two teams in a given year? Using the "so and so never won a title" approach for statistical purposes doesn't have all that much value when the sample size is so small. Perhaps if the Rockets surrounded Steve with Championship level talent, that would be one thing, but we aren't near that at all.
The team is not going to go very far when you have a terrible decision maker making all the decisions on the court. The point guards listed in this thread (Billups, Fisher, Parker) may not be playmaking distrbutors like Kidd or Stockton, but all make smart decisions with the ball and are more efficient than Steve.
Jason Williams used to make a lot of dumb decisions. He has not gotten any smarter (doing more smart things). Hubie Brown somehow got him to do less dumb things. If a dumb guy can do less dumb things, he gets smarter without getting smarter, if you know what I mean. We still have hope with Steve.
i agree, steve is a good scorer, but a crappy point guard. assist to turnover ratio is probably the single most important stat for his position and he has one of the worst. id take most any PG of a winning team over steve, who cannot play his position.
YR TM G GS MIN FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% STL BLK TO PF DQ OFF DEF TOT AST PTS 93-94 Lal 81 80 33.3 5.1-13.0 .394 1.5-4.5 .338 1.9-2.4 .781 1.0 0.1 1.8 1.9 0.0 0.6 2.4 3.0 5.8 13.6 94-95 Lal 80 80 36.8 5.8-13.8 .420 2.3-6.4 .358 2.9-3.8 .783 1.2 0.1 2.8 2.0 0.0 0.3 2.5 2.8 8.3 16.9 95-96 Lal 74 74 34.0 5.4-12.8 .417 1.9-5.4 .357 2.2-2.8 .799 0.9 0.1 2.1 1.6 0.0 0.4 2.1 2.5 6.9 14.9 96-97 Lal 79 79 37.2 5.5-13.6 .402 2.2-5.9 .378 2.1-2.5 .825 0.9 0.1 2.7 1.4 0.0 0.6 2.3 2.9 8.5 15.3 97-98 Lal 64 46 32.1 4.9-11.6 .419 1.9-4.9 .389 2.1-2.7 .791 1.0 0.1 1.6 1.9 0.0 0.5 2.5 3.0 6.9 13.8 98-99 Den 50 50 36.0 6.1-15.4 .398 1.4-4.7 .308 2.8-3.5 .811 0.8 0.1 2.4 1.8 0.0 0.3 2.0 2.3 7.4 16.5 99-00 Den 79 79 37.3 6.0-15.4 .390 1.7-5.1 .332 2.5-3.0 .817 0.9 0.1 2.8 1.9 0.0 0.4 3.5 3.9 9.0 16.1 00-01 Den 71 70 37.9 6.5-15.7 .414 1.9-5.0 .377 2.9-3.5 .819 0.9 0.3 2.3 1.5 0.0 0.6 2.8 3.4 8.5 17.7 The point about him looking good because of Nash is bs. NVE, although many people question his attitude, has the best ass to to ratio in the history of the nba. Notice on the 2nd line the 3rd category is to's, the last category next to scoring is asst. Look how high his asst to to's are. His last yr in Denver, he threw 8.5 asst vs 2.3 to.Thats more than 3:1. In a big game and a big shot, there aren't many pg who you would want taking the shot. The lakers traded NVE because he doesn't fit the triangle, but if you give him the ball, not only does he take care of it, he'll dish it also. From a playmakers point of view, he's light yr ahead of francis.
Most of the time in Rudy's offense, Steve decision making goes like this: Dribble ball up, Pass Ball to Yao or Mo Tay Cut through lane Wait for pass back out. Like I said before guys. This isn't 1983 when your point guard is the only player on the team that can dribble and pass. The decision making of every player on the court is just as important these days. No one except the Nets runsan offense where the PG gets the ball and then calls the play and determines who gets the ball and in what spot anymore. What you need in this man's NBA is great execution and good shooting.
That's because Stevie doesn't truly understand what the hell he is doing. If he has the mentality of "this time I will dribble down and pass to Yao, next time I will dribble down and shoot" then he needs to buy a clue.
I would also like to comment that the magic/Isaiah era was and aberration insofar as point-guard led teams dominating the league. It is also worth noting that Magic had a guy named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the middle, and that Zeke won a championship against the Lakers with Magic and Byron Scott injured. This is a big man's game, and it is foolish to think otherwise. Also, it is not exactly rocket science to see that Magic was 6'9'' and far from your average point guard.
