FAH1223 wrote:Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:
Nene is owed $39 million and his game is in rapid decline due to a chronic physical impairment which causes him to miss games at times. Also, he is on the wrong side of 30. He is flat better than Javale when healthy, but how often is that?
McGee is young, healthy, and indeed has a better, more moveable contract than Nene's.
All I posted was McGee's skills off the bench would be better than Kevin's, but since you guys want to go there deal with Nene's worth and health every time you hate on McGee.
Nene lost his athleticism a while ago... before he even got here he wasn't the same guy in his youth but he was insanely efficient his last few years in Denver and even with us at the end of 2011-2012 and the beginning of this season.
I don't think its Nene's game that is in decline, he just is injury prone as hell. But his game is light years ahead of JaVale's even with Nene on one leg and one arm as he was playing all season. The basketball IQ of the team rises with his precense on the court and it helps the team.
JaVale hustles and he plays with a lot of energy and heart. He also finishes at the rim and has developed some moves down low but his IQ is still low and his defensive abilities are very suspect even still. I'm not surprised Koufos got PT ahead of him.
Denver lost this series because of George Karl's coaching. Dumb, dumb lineups with Wilson Chandler at the 5 vs. Bogut early in this series. I thought last night he finally went big and had JaVale and Faried out together which was great because they got tons of offensive rebounds. They just couldn't get the layups to fall.
Nice post, FAH1223.
You're right. I was wrong to say Nene is in decline--it's his health that just won't allow him to do what he knows how to do. Fine line of difference, but I see your point.
Javale is all heart and hustle but quite unsound on adhering to knowledge and principles needed to be good defensively. Just like you can't coach height or athleticism, neither can you coach intellectual capacity. If you try to pour a gallon if milk into a drinking glass, that glass is only going to hold its 12 or so ounces. McGee has some intellectual barriers that impact him at both ends of the court.
Karl seems like a great guy and he's a warrior for being a cancer survivor. However, he was in over his coaching depth against Mark Jackson. There is a reason Denver has lost in the first round 9 of the last 10 times. Flip Saunders had a similar stat with Minnesota. When it keeps happening, the coach bears some responsibility. Karl was slow to switch and totally out-coached IMO.
