Shabazz Napier?

[PtldPlatypus]

Napier and CJ is better than just CJ. Even if both are score-first the combination of both would give us enough quickness, ball handling, ball distribution, etc.
What people don't understand is that AC and ET are SFs. Yes, they can pass, good decision makers but so was Batum and we didn't play him at the 2.
If we play just one of Dame, CJ, Napier, we actually play with just one guard

Why do you so dogmatically claim that Crabbe and Turner are definitively not guards?

 

[Blazer4ever]

Why do you so dogmatically claim that Crabbe and Turner are definitively not guards?
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They're tweeners and my opinion is that tweeners need to play their bigger position. I also think Aminu and Harkless are ideally PFs

 

[Chris Craig]

Napier and CJ is better than just CJ. Even if both are score-first the combination of both would give us enough quickness, ball handling, ball distribution, etc.
What people don't understand is that AC and ET are SFs. Yes, they can pass, good decision makers but so was Batum and we didn't play him at the 2.
If we play just one of Dame, CJ, Napier, we actually play with just one guard

I'm coming around to napier. I think playing him is going to help our bench improve on the fast break. With both Napier and CJ on the floor, either can initiate the offense based on the play.

Isn't Charlotte playing Batum at the 2? Haven't gotten a chance to see much of him there. Is he still standing around the arc waiting to shoot 3's? From what I have heard, it doesn't sound like much is expected of him even though they paid him a shitload.

 

[Chris Craig]

Why do you so dogmatically claim that Crabbe and Turner are definitively not guards?
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You realize it says Turner is a Small Foward first. They play at the 2, but their length and style of play makes them more fit for the 3

 

[PtldPlatypus]

You realize it says Turner is a Small Foward first. They play at the 2, but their length and style of play makes them more fit for the 3

I think you missed the point. @Blazer4ever claimed that when we play either of them at the 2, we only have 1 guard on the floor. They're both guards. They were both guards in college. They both have the ability to play the 3, but I completely disagree with the assertion that their style of play fits better at the 3 than the 2. Turner especially, with his passing and ball-handling skills, is much more a guard than a forward.

 

[Pinwheel1]

Napier and CJ is better than just CJ. Even if both are score-first the combination of both would give us enough quickness, ball handling, ball distribution, etc.
What people don't understand is that AC and ET are SFs. Yes, they can pass, good decision makers but so was Batum and we didn't play him at the 2.
If we play just one of Dame, CJ, Napier, we actually play with just one guard

Well you are right in saying people do not understand that ET is a SF because it has been pointed out numerous times that he played better at SG last year than SF. And he played guard in College where he was the 2010 National Player of the Year.

By finishing first in scoring and second in both rebounds and assists in the conference in the 2009–10 season, he was the first men's basketball player to finish in the top two in each of these categories and the first to finish in the top five in each category in the same season. I point this out only to emphasize that he is not playing out of position when he plays guard. I don't like when that happens either, but in this case he actually played guard in college at a high level, and has also played guard in the NBA.

For the record I have no problem with CJ and Napier playing together against smaller quicker 2nd units. But you still have to find minutes for ET, Crabbe, and Harkless, so I would not expect seeing Nap play in every game. (or most games)

 

[Chris Craig]

I think you missed the point. @Blazer4ever claimed that when we play either of them at the 2, we only have 1 guard on the floor. They're both guards. They were both guards in college. They both have the ability to play the 3, but I completely disagree with the assertion that their style of play fits better at the 3 than the 2. Turner especially, with his passing and ball-handling skills, is much more a guard than a forward.

Oh I thought he was saying that we should only play them at the 2. I guess when I replied I was thinking more about Crabbe. I see him as a Small foward more than a shooting guard. As for Turner I was pointing out that the player bio said he was a Small Foward. Anyway I think Turner will see time at the 2...I had thought maybe even at the point, but I think Napier is going to get more playing time then initially thought.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

He looks decent as a gunner, and he may make me eat crow, but I don't see how he's an upgrade over Tim Frazier.

Bump.

15 ppg | 9 apg | 5 rpg | 36 3pt%