rcklsscognition wrote:I don't know what to make of the interview where he is talking about everyone he brought in becoming a 3pt shooter other than it's a shot at Stan. He makes it very clear that he means everyone, not just a handful of guys. Which is a very accurate view of things.
That's an interesting dichotomy because if you look at the players that we have brought in....Rashard lewis....Before we got him he wasn't strictly a 3pt shooter...At that point in his career he was still somewhat versatile especially in the post game which we didn't explore until his 2nd or 3rd year here....Vince Carter...I believe he was averaging 20/5/5 before he came to our team obviously those numbers are going to go down with Dwight here but it was his style of play that changed...In New Jersey Vince was still able to score in 1on1 situations and iso's...He comes here and more or less he's a spot up shooter...
Bad Example but you can look at Gil....A year before he came year not even...it was the same calender year wasn't he averaging like 18 and 7? playing next to wall? I know he had knee problems but it was the same knee he was playing with when he averaged 18 and 7....You don't just forget how to play your game in less than a year....He gets here and all of a sudden he looks like a run of the mill system PG.....Robotic and only there to fill the distributor role and not actually be GILBERT ARENAS...
I think stan is a great coach but a saying to mind whenever this issue comes up...Too much smoke not to be fire....How many players come here and have their styles of play COMPLETELY change from what made them stars and what got them their huge contracts....It happens too much to say it's coincidence...IDK i may be wrong
