I don't think against pressured defense - he can get it up the floor like Rafer or Tracy. However I do think he's better than Luther Head, but that's not saying much. He should get some minutes at PG, but he might be too big and slow for some really quick PG. Example: Deron William, Steve Nash, CP3 and Allen Iverson.
As much as I love Luther, he couldn't run the point to save his life. McGrady is much better at it, but I think the team is at its best with Rafer getting them into their offense. If he could only shoot, he would be an awesome PG.
Alston HAS to start. First of all... take away the shooting, he contributes to the team in other ways that you dont see. When he's in the game we score more, get less turnovers and move the ball more. I'm not worried about the percentage considering his entire game is spot up shooting at the 3 point line, and 37% from the 3 is respectable. Also, say we bring Alston off the bench. Hmmm... bring Alston off the bench... anything about that sound wrong to you? You bring people off the bench to change things up. Deke brings interior defense and rebounding, Bonzi brings a low post threat. Howard and Head give you offense. What would Alston bring other than intangible stuff like keeping the turnovers low and controlling the offense? Nothing.
I was in favor of trying to start Luther at PG, just to see what he could do, but I have seen enough of that trainwreck now to realize that Luther can not play the PG position. Can Snyder play the point? DD
Luther at PG? Are you all right? Actually I think it's time to bench Luther for a while. He lost his mind recently.
Rafer is no Ben Gordon my friend, it does not matter how tired the defense is, Rafer's game is garbage, even when T-mac busts his *** to create open shots for him he blows. As far as kirk at the 1, I don't know it just seems odd, I wish we could put Shane at the 4 and kirk at 3 or at 2 and tracy at 2 or at 3.
We will never get in our offense with Head at the point. The dude is a turnover waiting happen. He still throws cross court passes in the L. I stopped doing this in the 4th grade or was sat on the bench or he throws the rock out of bounds. No head for the point. I wouldn't put Tmac there, because it takes a lot of energy and makes Tmac passive like a lamb.
I haven't watched the Rox enough this season but has Snyder played any PG this season? If Snyder can play decent PG why not platoon him with Alston and have them split time. For that matter we've got several guards who all bring different skills. It would make sense to me to bring them in situationally or keep a rotation of them. One thing this would do is keep them fresh and raise the overall energy level of the Rox. Of course the draw back is what it does to the chemistry but now might be time to make some tweaks with the recent slump. [EDIT]As far as playing T-Mac at point I agree he's our best ball handler but he's also our best scorer and I don't want to overtax him being the main ball handler. I could see T-Mac playing more point when Yao is back at full strength so we're not so dependent on T-Mac's scoring.[/edit]
Snyder looks to be a better passer off the dribble to me than Luther Head, but that's not saying much.
We need Snyder to cut in and get those layups/fouls. Putting him at point pretty much defeats that purpose.
Exactlty....Luther Head has to be teh stupidest player handling the ball I have ever seen....he can't do anythign with the ball besides shoot it...if you think he can play point for even 5 minutes a game for this team, you are sadly mistaken
head at the point is a travesty to mankind. if snyder can handle the rock relatively well, why not throw a handful of minutes at him there? we need a backup in the worst way, and head clearly isn't the answer. maybe some jl3... who knows. but NOT head.
