GAME 69: Washington Wizards @ Phoenix Suns

[JohnVancouver]

He would have scored more if he made more of his shots.[/quote]


--- Hard to argue with that. Have you considered a career in broadcasting?

[Biff]

I was joking, forgot to put that in green font.

Oh ok. Was going to suggest that you get your head examined. lol

[rsavaj]

Who are the idiots that say JRich needs to be traded?

I'll quote GMATCallahan from the ESPN boards

For all of Richardson's scoring pyrotechnics, he has also been a problem with his porous defense, his penchant for poor decisions (such as attempting that 360-dunk versus Cleveland), and his recklessness on the road. Regarding the New York Times Magazine article that I've quoted in other threads, Richardson is probably the anti-Shane Battier. Battier doesn't put on a show, but he's more valuable than he looks. Richardson, conversely, can stage fireworks with his shooting, running, leaping, and dunking, but he's probably not as valuable as his glitz would suggest, especially against contending teams that play better defense and force you into more half-court execution. Versus clubs such as Golden State and Washington, conversely, Richardson will prove more productive, but he has played a total of 11 games in a Phoenix uniform against the Celtics (twice), the Lakers (twice), the Cavaliers (twice) the Spurs (thrice), the Rockets (once), and the Mavericks (once). Those teams cover the top two seeds in each conference and the other two Texas clubs that will likely make the playoffs, and in those 11 games, Richardson only averaged 12.4 points as the Suns went a dreadful 1-10 (.091). But in 14 games versus the Warriors (thrice), Clippers (thrice), Thunder (thrice), Raptors (twice), Wizards (twice), and Kings (once), Richardson averaged 20.6 points as Phoenix went 13-1 (.929) in those games! In other words, he has helped the Suns win games that they were probably going to win anyway, before the deal, without doing much to help them against the clubs that they were coming up short against. After all, the Suns showed that they could score 140 points versus the Clippers with Richardson or without him.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/box ... 80LAC.html

http://www.basketball-reference.com/box ... 70PHO.html

http://boards.espn.go.com/boards/mb/mb? ... nba&id=pho

[rag-time4]

He would have scored more if he made more of his shots.

--- Hard to argue with that. Have you considered a career in broadcasting?

Well some of the guys were excited about his numbers, but I'm just saying that it wasn't a great game for him. If he was in a better rhythm his already excellent numbers would have been even better.

He also wasn't getting to the line. Did you see him throw the ball at the ref in the fourth quarter after a no-call? I've never seen him do that, so it's great to see him energized! There was also a play where he tried to make a dive cut against Pecherov, I believe it was, and Pecherov blatantly grabbed his jersey, with no call. And also the aggressive move where he ended up forcing a shot and not getting a call.