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his A/T is below 1.
Here is the list of big man with better A/T last season and at least 2 assists:
Griffin, Lee, Horford, Aldridge, Diaw, Boozer, Scola, Jefferson, Gasol M., Monroe, Hawes, P Gasol, Noah, Varejao, Nene, Duncan, Love, Garnett, McRoberts, Glen Davis, Bogut
Here is the list of big man with worst A/T last season and at least 2 assists:
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He has good hands, but has a long way to learn how to pass efficently.
Here is the list of big man with better A/T last season and at least 2 assists:
Griffin, Lee, Horford, Aldridge, Diaw, Boozer, Scola, Jefferson, Gasol M., Monroe, Hawes, P Gasol, Noah, Varejao, Nene, Duncan, Love, Garnett, McRoberts, Glen Davis, Bogut
Here is the list of big man with worst A/T last season and at least 2 assists:
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He has good hands, but has a long way to learn how to pass efficently.
Something like this. I'm thinking that Ellis regrets not taking that offer from the Bucks unless he just wanted out of there....which is funny now that Brandon Jennings might also be gone. If they can get rid of some contracts and get Monta for 8-10 million, that is a good move irregardless of our logjam.....getting talent is not a bad thing. Dumping some of these contracts is not a bad thing. Eventually getting our SF would be a good thing but what we going to get for Jimmer or Hayes or Thornton?
There is a big range between bad and excellent.
I do not think he is worse than some folks listed above due to his different style, but he is far from excellent even if we narrow it down just to big man.
Things are getting out of the context little bit. My statement was "Cus is bad at passing, but he is a center and not an option of not being on the team." in context that having top TO's on a team (regardless position) is not something to complain about. So many other things are though.
I think that for a big man he is at least ok, with potential to be very good, again for a big man.
I do not think he is worse than some folks listed above due to his different style, but he is far from excellent even if we narrow it down just to big man.
Things are getting out of the context little bit. My statement was "Cus is bad at passing, but he is a center and not an option of not being on the team." in context that having top TO's on a team (regardless position) is not something to complain about. So many other things are though.
I think that for a big man he is at least ok, with potential to be very good, again for a big man.
my theory is that they told PDA they needed Iggy in order to make a play for Howard and that said they might make Barnes and Bogut available for us had they succeeded. pretty sure Iggy wasn't coming here anyway. just not buying the "he only used us for leverage" argument, when his preference apparently always was to play for a contender.
No, he's one of the best big man passers. Not even close.
As with most things Cuz, people focused on what he can't do or the inefficiencies of youth...well let's just say you would miss out on a large percentage of today's great players who come into the league so young.
A/T is a poor way to assess big man passing, especially when you are comparing players who are primary offensive weapons. Similar to the mistake made with Reke -- aggressive offensive weapons, and especially aggressive offensive weapons with to the hoops games, make a number of turnovers that have nothing to do with passing. Now Cuz also makes numerous passing turnovers, but the fact of the matter is he also makes passes that only a handful of NBA bigs can make.
Early in his career Vlade had a negative A/T ratio too. Through the first 3 years of Vlade's career he notched 227 assists to 344 turnovers. Had nothing to do with his passing ability. Just young.
As with most things Cuz, people focused on what he can't do or the inefficiencies of youth...well let's just say you would miss out on a large percentage of today's great players who come into the league so young.
A/T is a poor way to assess big man passing, especially when you are comparing players who are primary offensive weapons. Similar to the mistake made with Reke -- aggressive offensive weapons, and especially aggressive offensive weapons with to the hoops games, make a number of turnovers that have nothing to do with passing. Now Cuz also makes numerous passing turnovers, but the fact of the matter is he also makes passes that only a handful of NBA bigs can make.
Early in his career Vlade had a negative A/T ratio too. Through the first 3 years of Vlade's career he notched 227 assists to 344 turnovers. Had nothing to do with his passing ability. Just young.
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Monta and Vasquez are not Kobe, Harden , Holiday or Durant.... not even close. Sure if we had two superstars in the backcourt it woudnt be such a big deal, but we dont with those two guys..
I understand Vasquez had the ball in his hands for 90 % of the time last year, trying too make plays.. So Im going too cut him the most slack on the TO's. He will actually have a PG too back him up in Sac in IT so I could see his TO's go down.
But Monta is just baddddd, man. his stats and my Eye test prove it, to me at least. He dosent value the ball carefully. And despite what you say, I think turnover control will be a key part too our success.
Im not saying Cousins is a bad passer either.. I think he could be great in that area. Especially With Shaq helping him, who I think is one of the alltime great bigman passers. But as of right now Cousins turns it over wayyy too much.
I understand Vasquez had the ball in his hands for 90 % of the time last year, trying too make plays.. So Im going too cut him the most slack on the TO's. He will actually have a PG too back him up in Sac in IT so I could see his TO's go down.
But Monta is just baddddd, man. his stats and my Eye test prove it, to me at least. He dosent value the ball carefully. And despite what you say, I think turnover control will be a key part too our success.
Im not saying Cousins is a bad passer either.. I think he could be great in that area. Especially With Shaq helping him, who I think is one of the alltime great bigman passers. But as of right now Cousins turns it over wayyy too much.
Moving forward, Kings do need another scorer in the starting lineup, and IF Pete'D views Monta as a scoring PG (like Westbrook, Parker) then this sorta' makes a little sense. It's a little harder to swallow if I look at it like the Kings are choosing Monta over Tyreke, but this is where the team is at. I'm not a huge fan of either guy, but Monta + MLM could be a decent backcourt. Vazquez off the bench.
Now, overall Monta has had two major off the court red flags; the "moped" incident, and the sexual harassment suit at GSW. Not sure how this new management team overlooks that since they were front and center to both. Well, we'll see soon enough...
Now, overall Monta has had two major off the court red flags; the "moped" incident, and the sexual harassment suit at GSW. Not sure how this new management team overlooks that since they were front and center to both. Well, we'll see soon enough...
Chris Broussard @Chris_Broussard about 25 minutes ago
Sources: Monta Ellis hoping to choose btwn ATL, Sacramento, Charlotte and Dallas within next 36-48 hours
Read more: http://hoopshype.com/twitter/media.html#ixzz2YZoBdx4n
I pray he DOES NOT pick Sac.
Sources: Monta Ellis hoping to choose btwn ATL, Sacramento, Charlotte and Dallas within next 36-48 hours
Read more: http://hoopshype.com/twitter/media.html#ixzz2YZoBdx4n
I pray he DOES NOT pick Sac.
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