I remember right before his rookie season, Tomjanivich was asked about Francis and he said: “He has the physical skills to become one of the best one guards even. You can count on one hand the number of point guards to ever play this game with his physical ability. For Steve it will come down to focus, which he controls and circumstances which he doesn’t control.” Rudy T was a guy that loved to party and regular hit the bars alone or with a coach and the ladies (young ones) loved him. Having said that, he really had a lot of wisdom when it came to talent, the make up of people’s personalities and flaws.
Poor decision maker and small hands. End of the day, those two things doomed him. Reading this interview got me thinking about if on court performance accurately reflects off court "performance."
If you can't understand your coach tactics you probably don't belong in the NBA on a serious team. It isn't Harvard... guys have to learn like 5 plays with 100 variations to every of them. There is a place for players like that and that's being a star on lottery teams. Dennis Smith Jr case is very similiar to Francis Yeah its true... imagine healthy Tmac on that team with Artest. I remember thinking they finally got the missing piece in Artest and then Tmac broke down like house of cards. Very fun teams and league as a whole. Its too easy on offense now
https://ballislife.com/jeff-van-gundy-i-coached-russell-westbrook-his-name-was-steve-francis/ I found this looking threw a recent article where JVG said Francis was explosive like Westbrook. If anyone interested in the read.
Just cuz you prefer somebody doesn’t mean it’s the right situation for you. Lowry was mad Derozan got traded. For Kawhi and wanted the trade rescinded. Chuck said that Rudy was a coach that let you figure it out on your own. He didn’t give you a direction or style to play rather just let the players dictate the personality of the team.
