Case2012 wrote:mojomarc wrote:fishnc wrote:
Everyone benefits from a good passer
EDIT: And this is not me being a douche pointing out the obvious. Just making a point about how much the team would benefit from a player like Marshall.
Like we benefited from having Andre Miller? The same challenges Miller caused would be even worse with Marshall. Miller is a far more credible offensive threat outside of passing than Marshall is.
Everyone says Marshall can't shoot and can't play D, which is bull.
Swishscout: "He’s a limited on ball defender."
DraftExpress: "The defensive end, however, is perhaps the most concerning aspect of Marshall's game projecting to the next level, as his lack of quickness on this end of the floor is concerning in the dribble-drive centric NBA, and already is a problem against high level competition in college."
NBADraft.net: "Average footspeed limits his defensive potential"
ESPN: "The questions for Marshall surround his lack of elite athleticism and his ability to guard the ultra quick point guards at the NBA level."
So you're at least right about the first half of this sentence--everyone is saying he can't play D. Naysaying doesn't help--what makes you think a foot-slow PG who couldn't guard quick guards in college will be able to do so in the NBA?
He shot high 46.7%from the field, and a decent 35% from 3.
On very, very few attempts. All we know is that every scouting report (and my watching of him a few times this last year) indicated he wasn't an effective enough scorer to command respect from the defenses.
He also averaged 1.2 steals. So why are people perpetuating these myths about him.
Once again--what makes you think these are myths?
If Marshall falls to us we have to take him. He's only 20 years old, he can get better. As far as athleticism goes, remember Roy? He wasn't an All star because of his physical abilities, he was an All star because of his BBIQ, which Marshall has in spades.
As has been pointed out, Roy was a tremendous athlete. And aside from his vert, he had a ridiculous crossover and the ability to create separation with his quickness that you rarely see. This often gets thought of as a lack of athleticism (Larry Bird was also called unathletic, but he was quick in a similar way to how Brandon was), but in realitity it's a an athleticism that just goes in a different direction than pure footspeed or vertical. Kendall Marshall, though, doesn't seem to have that at all. He is neither particularly explosive nor particularly quick.
Unfortunately, picking Marshall here would be a reach for need with the hope it worked out, and I think the odds of it working out are very, very low.
