Whats wrong with Lue?

He played poor defense last year.

 

Im pretty sure Lue will play better defense under JVG. He has the ability to play great defense, but probably didnt in orlando because nobody else did.

 

I could live with Lue, but everyone seems like they want all these other guys. I think cd will wait and see. Him and Jones splitting time would be ok with me. neither to's the ball and shoots decent from 3pt range.

 

I think what people often miss is that Derek Fisher is a slower, older version of Lue with more playoff experience. I would be extremely disappointed if we sign Fisher to a 5-6 year deal for the MLE as has been the trend.

 

I'd rather start Lue over Fisher

 

Actually Lue shoots better than Jones from the 3, infact a better overall shooter than D. Jones. From an offensive standpoint and effeciency, Lue's already a pretty damn good improvement over Steve at the point. So, if we were to get Jones, I'd definitely start Lue and have Jones be the backup.

 

1) Lue has lost a step or so since he guarded Iverson in the Finals a few years back.

2) Lue is a best 6' tall and offers little resistance to low post entry passes. And a stop and pop PG has little trouble rising up over him.

3) Lue is slight of build and stronger WC PG's like Cassell, Nash, Payton and Fisher will take him into the low blocks and abuse him.

4) On a mediocre ORL team, the Magic were -8.7 with Lue on the court and -4.7 with him off the court (adjusted to 48 mpg).

 

plain and simple Lue is and always will be back-up material. He's a solid guard of the bench a step up from moochie and ounger than m. Jackson

 

I agree with both Gater and sydmill, but considering that D. Jones could very well be the one and only PG we aquire this offseason, what else can be done? Neither is a good defender, but one is a better shooter, so how do you start Jones over Lue if those two are our only options next season?

 

Fatman510, thanks for considering me. I am a quick/slashing point guard with the ability to dish the ball like crazy. I can work well with T-Mac and Yao because of my pass first mentality. Plus, I am good with the fundamentals.

 

Lue is a horrible defender. He is easily posted, seems befuddled by crossovers, and very streaky on the offensive end. He would make a decent backup but I don't think he's the answer as the starting PG. Houston needs to go all out this year, they have a potentially great core of players to win immediately but they must get a true starting PG now.

 

How much do u want buddy?

 

Quick/slashing? No you're not. You're kinda sluggish for my taste actually, though I like your size. You like to sit outside and shoot threes and make safe passes around the perimeter so you don't turn the ball over. If you actually had a post threat to pass to you would have had many more turnovers last season. Plus you're a very average defender. There are worse guys to be had than you, true, but there also are (or at least were) better ones.

 

As you sayat best 6-feet , Lou was listed 5-9 when he was a rookie. I highly doubt he grew 3 inches since his rookie season. I only grew 1 inch after I turned 16.
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jvg hasn't mentioned lue at all since the trade he's only ever talked about gaines and a to be signed veteran point guard.

 

The biggest problem with Lue is that he is a very undersized point guard. It's hard to win big in this league when one of your starters stands below 6 feet or whatever the hell they list Lue as. It just leads to a perpetual match up problem.

That's why guys like Earl Boykins, Dana Barros, Mugsy Bogues, and Spud Webb don't win Big. It's all about winning Big. God I really am sounding like JVG.

 

I can play for the minimum.

 

There's nothing wrong with her!!!!

 

he'll have reece gaines behind him, size shouldn't matter, if they take lue in the post, then put in reece.