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But his lack of development of any other NBA-level skills have so far made it tough for Marshall to succeed. He cannot shoot well, doesn't run fast and doesn't use his large frame (for a PG) to his advantage. Worst of all, he has always seemed sure that he can succeed without significantly improving in any of those areas.

It started in Summer League, then carried over to a lackluster training camp and right into the season, down to the D-League and back to a rebuilding project.

"I wasn't as consistent as I wanted to be last year," Marshall said after his first practice with new coach Jeff Hornacek in preparation for the Summer League that begins on Saturday. "So if I can become more consistent on the defensive end and make my presence felt offensively getting guys in position to score as well as taking advantage of my own possessions, I think I can have a pretty good season."

Marshall is a thinking man, but it still seems like he thinks he just needs to "get by" without those vital skills. He thinks about setting up other teammates, and he thinks about how to facilitate that by doing everything else just well enough to be respectable. Even now, he doesn't sound like he's totally ready to be aggressive in getting his own shots.

"Personally, I just want to get my body where I want it to be," he said of his personal goals this season. "And take advantage of my size. Maybe drop a few pounds and be a threat offensively. That would open up a lot more passing."

To become a threat offensively, he has to be able to shoot better. And with enough repetitions, Marshall could get his percentages up.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2013/ ... oenix-suns

Teaser Pleaser wrote:

But his lack of development of any other NBA-level skills have so far made it tough for Marshall to succeed. He cannot shoot well, doesn't run fast and doesn't use his large frame (for a PG) to his advantage. Worst of all, he has always seemed sure that he can succeed without significantly improving in any of those areas.

It started in Summer League, then carried over to a lackluster training camp and right into the season, down to the D-League and back to a rebuilding project.

"I wasn't as consistent as I wanted to be last year," Marshall said after his first practice with new coach Jeff Hornacek in preparation for the Summer League that begins on Saturday. "So if I can become more consistent on the defensive end and make my presence felt offensively getting guys in position to score as well as taking advantage of my own possessions, I think I can have a pretty good season."

Marshall is a thinking man, but it still seems like he thinks he just needs to "get by" without those vital skills. He thinks about setting up other teammates, and he thinks about how to facilitate that by doing everything else just well enough to be respectable. Even now, he doesn't sound like he's totally ready to be aggressive in getting his own shots.

"Personally, I just want to get my body where I want it to be," he said of his personal goals this season. "And take advantage of my size. Maybe drop a few pounds and be a threat offensively. That would open up a lot more passing."

To become a threat offensively, he has to be able to shoot better. And with enough repetitions, Marshall could get his percentages up.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2013/ ... oenix-suns

I wish I could be optimistic about him but I just can't. I hated the selection when we drafted him and he has done nothing since then to change my opinion. If he were to spend as much time in the gym as he does on Twitter, he would have developed a good shot by now.

Its impossible to develop players who don't really think they need to improve much. At this point, we would be lucky if we can get a 2nd rd pick for him.

"Personally, I just want to get my body where I want it to be," he said of his personal goals this season. "And take advantage of my size. Maybe drop a few pounds and be a threat offensively. That would open up a lot more passing."

Safety Pickle wrote:Sensationalized title is sensationalized

"Personally, I didn't prove that I could be on the court early in the season," Marshall said. "I did get my chance in the second half of the year, but I didn't do as well as I wanted to."

Marshall is ready to get back on that court this weekend in Summer League.

"I'm a lot more confident," he said. "I know what I'm walking into. I know what it takes. It's a total different mindset than what I came in with last year."

Let's hope part of that mindset is to stretch out his shot to get some more height on his release, use his body to muscle into the paint and keep on passing like he knows he can.

"First of all: win. That's my first goal," he said of Summer League. "The second goal is to prove that I can be a contributor on this team."

DRK wrote:Also from the same article.

"Personally, I didn't prove that I could be on the court early in the season," Marshall said. "I did get my chance in the second half of the year, but I didn't do as well as I wanted to."

Marshall is ready to get back on that court this weekend in Summer League.

"I'm a lot more confident," he said. "I know what I'm walking into. I know what it takes. It's a total different mindset than what I came in with last year."

Let's hope part of that mindset is to stretch out his shot to get some more height on his release, use his body to muscle into the paint and keep on passing like he knows he can.

"First of all: win. That's my first goal," he said of Summer League. "The second goal is to prove that I can be a contributor on this team."

In order to "prove yourself" hard work and improvement is required, no? He knows he had a bad year, and he knows the work it'll take for him to get to the level that we want him to be at.


I hate to be "that guy," but it seems that most of you guy are just agreeing with whatever our Mod says because he's a "Blue-Fonter".

No disrespect to Kerrsed, as he's entitled to his own opinion, and he's a great guy, but guys it's not against the law of this forum to have a different midset. I get the feeling y'all are just "followers" because well, it's the "Popular" thing to bash on Kendall Marshall, because our moderator does.

And if you do Bash on Marshall, at least provide evidence (anecdotal or not) to show that you actually know what you're talking about, like Kerrsed actually does.




Maybe I'll start the trend of "Let' Give Marshall a Chance." There's lots of room on this bandwagon folks.

MrMiyagi wrote:He never said anything about not improving. He said he needs to become more consistent and to get his body right. I thought he looked a lot quicker against Portland than I've seen him previously. He still needs to fix his jumper, but that doesn't happen over night. I think Hornacek's comment on his jumper to the reporter means that he's spoken to Marshall and that's part of his workouts, becoming a consistent jump shooter. The fact that he's unhappy with his performance last season and has improved is physique gives me some confidence in him occupying a spot on our roster, hopefully long term.

And am I the only one thinking that Archie is going to be a 2 guard? I think him and Marshall could be a good duo. Goodwin looked good taking the ball to the rim, something Marshall isn't as good at, but Marshall is a better passer. Having two pretty good size guards in the backcourt who can handle the ball will keep defenses on their toes would be nice. Especially if both become good outside shooters.

MrMiyagi wrote:And am I the only one thinking that Archie is going to be a 2 guard? I think him and Marshall could be a good duo. Goodwin looked good taking the ball to the rim, something Marshall isn't as good at, but Marshall is a better passer. Having two pretty good size guards in the backcourt who can handle the ball will keep defenses on their toes would be nice. Especially if both become good outside shooters.

Teaser Pleaser wrote: ....Its not like he's gonna suspend or ban us for having a different opinion than him. He ain't like that.

bigfoot wrote:

Teaser Pleaser wrote:

But his lack of development of any other NBA-level skills have so far made it tough for Marshall to succeed. He cannot shoot well, doesn't run fast and doesn't use his large frame (for a PG) to his advantage. Worst of all, he has always seemed sure that he can succeed without significantly improving in any of those areas.

It started in Summer League, then carried over to a lackluster training camp and right into the season, down to the D-League and back to a rebuilding project.

"I wasn't as consistent as I wanted to be last year," Marshall said after his first practice with new coach Jeff Hornacek in preparation for the Summer League that begins on Saturday. "So if I can become more consistent on the defensive end and make my presence felt offensively getting guys in position to score as well as taking advantage of my own possessions, I think I can have a pretty good season."

Marshall is a thinking man, but it still seems like he thinks he just needs to "get by" without those vital skills. He thinks about setting up other teammates, and he thinks about how to facilitate that by doing everything else just well enough to be respectable. Even now, he doesn't sound like he's totally ready to be aggressive in getting his own shots.

"Personally, I just want to get my body where I want it to be," he said of his personal goals this season. "And take advantage of my size. Maybe drop a few pounds and be a threat offensively. That would open up a lot more passing."

To become a threat offensively, he has to be able to shoot better. And with enough repetitions, Marshall could get his percentages up.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2013/ ... oenix-suns

I wish I could be optimistic about him but I just can't. I hated the selection when we drafted him and he has done nothing since then to change my opinion. If he were to spend as much time in the gym as he does on Twitter, he would have developed a good shot by now.

Its impossible to develop players who don't really think they need to improve much. At this point, we would be lucky if we can get a 2nd rd pick for him.

That article was written by a blogger with the IQ of Beasley. Contradicts himself. Crap journalism trying to make a story about nothing. If he was a journalist he would be asking Marshall something along these lines.

1) What have you been working on this summer? Goran put out some nice workout videos last summer. Do you have any plans for those?
2) Can you describe some of your shooting workouts for the fans?
3) Jared Dudley was our resident twitter expert. He used to keep fans informed of his summer workouts with Impact basketball. Do you plan to take over the helm?

Simple, simple questions that expose problems or improvements. Instead it is all spectulation using words like "seems".

As hard a time we (members of the forum) give our players we should be all over these VToS and BToS bloggers who have access to the players and front office. If they can't even ask good questions they shouldn't be formulating digital thoughts.