Comments on: Nate’s Slow Start http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/ Fri, 25 May 2012 02:58:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carmelia Pead http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/comment-page-1/#comment-129356 Carmelia Pead Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:03:32 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=6671#comment-129356 Exactly what I have been thinking. Your post was unbelievable. To get your lover back is not the hardest of the accomplishments But it sure may take some time Exactly what I have been thinking. Your post was unbelievable. To get your lover back is not the hardest of the accomplishments But it sure may take some time

]]> By: mitch http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/comment-page-1/#comment-31770 mitch Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:43:50 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=6671#comment-31770 nate isn't getting enough minutes...do you really expect him to score 16 points in 14 minutes every game? nate isn’t getting enough minutes…do you really expect him to score 16 points in 14 minutes every game?

]]> By: Jay P http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/comment-page-1/#comment-31722 Jay P Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:23:35 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=6671#comment-31722 Um no KC, no it wasn't. Nate is not a good defender by any stretch. At best he can be considered average. But we weren't losing anything in that department, because Eddie certainly wasn't any better. The move was about making the second unit offense my dynamic, and having a guy who can spark you and score 20+ points off the bench when he's hot. Eddie can do that, but he can't do it on his own. Nate is a guy who can (potentially?) create his own shot, get to the rim and score without any help whatsoever. That's why he's here, and we haven't seen it yet (the entire point of this column) but I still firmly believe that's due to the coaches not giving him the opportunity to do that due to the lineups he's been playing in (i.e. Rondo on the floor.) Um no KC, no it wasn’t. Nate is not a good defender by any stretch. At best he can be considered average. But we weren’t losing anything in that department, because Eddie certainly wasn’t any better.

The move was about making the second unit offense my dynamic, and having a guy who can spark you and score 20+ points off the bench when he’s hot.

Eddie can do that, but he can’t do it on his own. Nate is a guy who can (potentially?) create his own shot, get to the rim and score without any help whatsoever. That’s why he’s here, and we haven’t seen it yet (the entire point of this column) but I still firmly believe that’s due to the coaches not giving him the opportunity to do that due to the lineups he’s been playing in (i.e. Rondo on the floor.)

]]> By: KC http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/comment-page-1/#comment-31715 KC Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:23:51 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=6671#comment-31715 Wasn't getting Nate more about having someone to guard quick, attacking point guards? Wasn’t getting Nate more about having someone to guard quick, attacking point guards?

]]> By: Morning Walkthrough: Rivers might rest KG, Pierce? : Celtics Town http://celticshub.com/2010/03/11/nates-slow-start/comment-page-1/#comment-31708 Morning Walkthrough: Rivers might rest KG, Pierce? : Celtics Town Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:46:24 +0000 http://celticshub.com/?p=6671#comment-31708 [...] Zach Lowe, CelticsHub – “Only about a dozen point guards in the entire league got to the rim as often as Robinson over those two seasons—and all but one of them played significantly more minutes than Robinson. (I went over the numbers in this post, if you’re interested). In nine games with Boston, only 10 of Robinson’s 56 shot attempts (17.8 percent, about one attempt per game) have come at the rim. He has made just three of them. To Nate’s credit, the shot attempts he used to take at the rim are now coming from three-point range—and he’s made 13 of 29 (45 percent) from deep with Boston. If a guard with a decent three-point stroke stops attacking the rim, you generally prefer him to shoot more threes instead of long two-pointers. Robinson has only attempted 11 two-point jumpers beyond 15-feet since joining Boston, and that is in line with the percentage of shots Robinson has taken from that range in each of the last two seasons.” [...] [...] Zach Lowe, CelticsHub – “Only about a dozen point guards in the entire league got to the rim as often as Robinson over those two seasons—and all but one of them played significantly more minutes than Robinson. (I went over the numbers in this post, if you’re interested). In nine games with Boston, only 10 of Robinson’s 56 shot attempts (17.8 percent, about one attempt per game) have come at the rim. He has made just three of them. To Nate’s credit, the shot attempts he used to take at the rim are now coming from three-point range—and he’s made 13 of 29 (45 percent) from deep with Boston. If a guard with a decent three-point stroke stops attacking the rim, you generally prefer him to shoot more threes instead of long two-pointers. Robinson has only attempted 11 two-point jumpers beyond 15-feet since joining Boston, and that is in line with the percentage of shots Robinson has taken from that range in each of the last two seasons.” [...]

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