AFM wrote:The problem is, at every court in the world, whether an NBA court or your local YMCA the ball handler is D'ed up at the 3 point line. I remember in the Denver game Andre Miller was all the way back at the free throw line. Because he can't shoot the 3, defender can back up 7 or so feet.
Way to simplistic. He's had big scoring nights and defenders have always played him the same way. The problem with him is that in some cases he's too passive to start and then begins to force the issue if things aren't going well. That leads to his turnovers and forced 1 on 3 fast breaks....by that same token, when he doesn't shoot the mid range jumper early, he becomes hesitant and is more likely to hesitate on those shots when they present themselves later on. What he has to do is take a hold of the starting 5, just like he did when he was running with the second unit. He didn't worry about getting everyone touches...he worried about attacking, and then used the attn he was getting to create shots for others. He needs to be the focal point and he needs to understand that him coming out aggressive will create for himself and his teammates. His lack of consistent aggression is his biggest fault, moreso than his J.
He also needs to stop worry about TOs. When Linsanity was at its peak, he was turning it over 6 times a game. Turnover when you're putting that much pressure on a D are ok. Go back to Walls first home game of his career. He had 9 turnovers but he filled the stat sheet and dominated the game...all without a 3 pt shot. I don't know who got I. His head about the TOs but it has him thinking versus playing. That's why seeing him with the second unit was refreshing. He was aggressive & his mistakes were aggressive. He needs to learn to carry that over to his play with the starters and Randy has to help him....that's their joint responsibility.
In regards to the team around him...they've obviously done a poor job. It's not bs..it is what it is. Everyone who isn't t acknowledging it also wants Ernie fired so go figure
I'm not saying he needs all stars but in my opinion if you had a starting 5 of Wall. Beal, Webster, Ryan Anderson, and Okafor, he could average 19 & 10 and get that team to the playoffs....