Jason Richardson

[alldayeveryday]

J-Rich is based off athleticism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7GFBgFuYyU

In my opinion, I think his basketball IQ isn't that great.

[Go7enKs]

Even if they can't trade him this year, he's going to be a big expiring next season

Yup but it's not gonna matter much if we extend Amare for more money that he earns now. Actually (too lazy to do the math) it might not matter even if Amare doesn't opt out and remains with the current salary although in that case we'd have two big expirings...uhmmm...that might be the best case scenario for us. Amare and J Rich expire and we have a lot of salary cap to either extend Amare or replace him with somebody else. Problem is, of course, if Amare opts out, that screws up everything.

[Qwigglez]

Even if they can't trade him this year, he's going to be a big expiring next season

Yup but it's not gonna matter much if we extend Amare for more money that he earns now. Actually (too lazy to do the math) it might not matter even if Amare doesn't opt out and remains with the current salary although in that case we'd have two big expirings...uhmmm...that might be the best case scenario for us. Amare and J Rich expire and we have a lot of salary cap to either extend Amare or replace him with somebody else. Problem is, of course, if Amare opts out, that screws up everything.

I think the best scenario is for Amare to get his extension and then use J-Rich expiring next season to get a steal of a trade (Kevin Martin, Iggy). Much rather prefer K-Mart since his contract is lower, and Iggy just reminds me of a younger J-Rich.

[grumpysaddle]

Just saw this quote from J-rich in an article I was reading on NBA.com

"With Steve, he makes the game so easy that you don't really have to do much," Richardson said. "Going in with the second unit, I'm just being a little bit more aggressive."

I think this explains a lot about why Richardson has been so terrible. He's fallen into the age (36 year) old habit of relying on and standing around doing nothing but watching Nash do everything himself. I like Richardson in the second unit, and I think it may have been just the kick in the ass he needed to get himself out of the recent funk he'd been in.

[rsavaj]

He's still a bonehead. Yeah he had a good game in a blowout win against the worst team in the league. Wait for him to follow that up with a dismal week.

JRich always plays well against crap teams but chokes hard every time we play a good/decent team.

He came up big time with 34 points against Boston before he injured his hand.

[albasuna]

Just saw this quote from J-rich in an article I was reading on NBA.com

"With Steve, he makes the game so easy that you don't really have to do much," Richardson said. "Going in with the second unit, I'm just being a little bit more aggressive."

I think this explains a lot about why Richardson has been so terrible. He's fallen into the age (36 year) old habit of relying on and standing around doing nothing but watching Nash do everything himself. I like Richardson in the second unit, and I think it may have been just the kick in the ass he needed to get himself out of the recent funk he'd been in.

I dunno if you were putting that for lulz, but he just turned 29.

[grumpysaddle]

Nash is 36.

[hunterxaz]

Steve Nash is 35

[grumpysaddle]

whatever dude, he'll be 36 in 2 and a half weeks. closer to 36 than 35.

[lilfishi22]

He's still a bonehead. Yeah he had a good game in a blowout win against the worst team in the league. Wait for him to follow that up with a dismal week.

JRich always plays well against crap teams but chokes hard every time we play a good/decent team.

He came up big time with 34 points against Boston before he injured his hand.

He came up big in a losing effort against one of the games against the Laker as well. But sucking against good teams and playing well against bad teams is a recurring trend.

[dantian]

Just saw this quote from J-rich in an article I was reading on NBA.com

"With Steve, he makes the game so easy that you don't really have to do much," Richardson said. "Going in with the second unit, I'm just being a little bit more aggressive."

I think this explains a lot about why Richardson has been so terrible. He's fallen into the age (36 year) old habit of relying on and standing around doing nothing but watching Nash do everything himself. I like Richardson in the second unit, and I think it may have been just the kick in the ass he needed to get himself out of the recent funk he'd been in.

Well, tell me how one is supposed to play differently alongside Nash, instead of drifting into lethargy sooner or later?
Now people know how to stop Nash, they just make Nash beat them by himself. When the defense formation keeps intact despite Nash dribbling around, what ever are the other players supposed to do when all the instruction from coach is "watch Nash create". The magic has long gone. The Suns with Nash dominating the ball the same old days isn't going nowhere.