The point of my entire thread was to find opinions on what needs to change for Greg to get him going the way we all KNOW he can be! Clearly we have seen him quiet, dejected, and lost when out on the court and on the sidelines. We've seen him call for the ball and not be fed many,many, times. We've seen him get in foul trouble early cleaning up poor team defense, more often than not! I know he's off of surgery and he's very young, that's a given!
At the same time we've seen him have spurts of the Greg we all want him to be. Double/ doubles and imposing his will that changes the dynamic of other teams complete defenses. I find that when Greg is in a good groove Nate yanks him cause the substitution clock has rung. I think it's a coaching mistake but that's me.
If he and Roy are our franchise players and I assume we can all agree they are, getting Greg going physically and mentally in every game early is a really good thing!
My "CRYING" has been I don't in most games see Nate letting Greg get into a rythem, or giving him enough touches to establish himself early which when he does play great games, that's how it begins!
My other point was getting a great big man coach for Greg, and Maurice was gone for most of the first part of this season. Greg is being called for steps almost every game, his dribble is to high and he's being stripped regularly. That's coaching and getting him ready for NBA play. I aslo feel the team as a whole needs to really work on getting Greg involved early every game, and focused practice would really aid in that. I'm not saying Nate isn't doing it, but come game time it doesn't seem to be there most nights.
The last point is Nate... can he lead a young explosive team to success with an overly disciplined half court approach to the game? Outside of Roy I don't think the rest of the team works to their strenghts with a slow down, grind it out approach. Nate would be a great coach for a seasoned vet team like the Spurs, Jazz and now maybe the Suns.
As for Greg as I said in the very first post. I think he's loaded with talent, getting to it may take a different approach from top down, but I think he's worth it. That's why I made this thread!
