I would like see Shane in this team. Don't blame him at this point. He is not at 100% because of the injury.
Zero points from Battier tonight with almost 35 mins of playing time. I watched him on almost every offensive posession to see what he would do. 99.9% he ran to the corner and camped out and/or would ocassionaly hover around the 3 pt line in other spots. If Battier gives you even below average production for his position the Rockets would've won the last game and this contest would've been a blowout much earlier on. Offensively at times he looked lost and even looked like somebody who's never played basketball before. Basically, he's a spectator on the offensive end. Wafer and even 37 yr old Barry need to get more of Battier's mins. Yes, the Rockets won and I'll take the victory, but GS is not a good team. We need to look at the big picture.
But he play defense like crazy. He was all over Maggette and should been cresit for two block if Refs don't bail out the offensive player with a foul.
So if Battier scores zero points while playing 35 mpg with his man playing no D on him and instead sitting in Yao's lap, the Rockets are going to win in the playoffs? I'm sure there's some statistic out there that will say yes. I have a copy of SPSS if you think that'll help find it.
Shane made the jazz paid for having no D on him in a playoff game by making 5 of his 7 three pointers attempts. Stop hating. Name another starter in this league who can still concentrate to do the right thing for the team instead of getting mad for zero points. And Shane will be even better recovering from injuries game after game.
this dude sucks.. how r u gonna play 35 minutes and not score a point and i think this is the second scoreless game hes had this week.. if we could get some decent play outta someone playin that position we woulda won those last 2 games we lost.. i would trade battier for cash considerations or 4 my 10 year old brother
but yet chuck hayes gets bashed for doing the same things sometimes his defense has been much better than shane this year. u see him getting shane's minutes though? it isn't like shane is doing much better than hayes offensively this year.
When Artest and Tracy were starting, the rox were giving up 90ppg and allowing 43% shooting for the 1st 15 games when Battier wasn't playing. Go and see the last time that has happened with the lockdown defender was in the game.
it's always good if shane and chuck can be star offensive players like yao and tmac but that's not going to happen. But offensively, shane does have a better offensive talent than chuck. Mid range jumper, 3 pointers, freethrow, better passer, posting up etc. But of course, shane doesn't look like the old shane in recent games but considering he has missed so many games this season. To me, his effort is satisfactory. I can see him getting better later this season but some of us here have no faith though. Not to mention shane just makes our offense better with his existence(passing to the right guy at the right time with good passing skills). We lost so many games without him. You guys never realize that.
the thing is shane has been playing for a while. and he did take time off to get better like tracy and ron did. and yet he looks WORSE as we play more games. if shane slowly gets better, i don't mind. but he's getting WORSE every game. but i hope i'm wrong. i don't foresee shane losing his minutes or starting job. so i pray he regains his offense real soon.
how does he make our offense better when he goes scoreless today, 5 in philly and 3 in new york.. he makes our offense better in no way shape or form, wafer and 50 year barry make our offense better not this loser who is overrated cuz he went to duke and hustles
hopefully when tracy and ron get closer to full health, shane's minutes will go down. the reason we can use chuck as a "luxury" as a defensive specialist b/c we have 2 other capable PF who can score. i think when ron and tracy can consistently play big minutes without getting fatigued, shane's minutes will drop.
Unfortunately, you can make a team's offense better even if you are scoreless. That's why you ain't a coach and every coach likes putting shane on the court
ok but im an athlete and 4 someone who is playin 35 minutes i want u 2 score at least 1 point or sit ur sorry ass on the bench.. thats the mentality and athlete has so i can obviously tell ur not an athlete
gotta agree with you on that. I always imagine what would shane be if he is ambitious. He just doesn't care about how many points he scores. But still, i'm glad to have a player with a coach's mind on the court and I'm proud of having him in the rockets.
And i know that's enough for others to say he's a loser. But at least to me, that doesn't really matter. He's just disciplined.
For a guy who supposedly has such a high bball iq, why does Battier do nothing but stand in the corner on offense? Is he on punishment or are you one of those people that actually believe Adelman has told him to just camp out for the corner 3 and do nothing else? To me it seems like he just doesn't understand how to play basketball.
