Nene Much?
by sn on Dec 4, 2009 11:47 AM MST
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PrintI'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed this, but it seems like not much has been said about the recent play of Nene. He has been playing out of his mind in the last few games. Even in the terrible loss to Minnesota, Nene seemed like the only guy who wanted to play defense. Last night he was all over the place playing aggressive defense, dishing the ball, and taking it to the rim. Ahhh, what a refreshing site! Anyways, just thought I would point that out.
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I don't know of another guy in the league
who has the bulk to defend the Tim Duncans and Shaqs of the NBA and is quick and skilled enough to handle the ball a little and start the break, hustle and come up with big steals, get in position to take charges, and make the right pass – sometimes with guard-like style and flare.
I think having him at the 5 brings the same kind change to the game that Shawn Marion brought to the suns while in his prime playing the 4.
Agreed
Nene is SO underrated, mostly just because he doesn’t average that many points. I think if Nene just averaged 3 or 4 more points a game, to put his average up to about 17 or 18, he would be a sure thing to make the All-Star team. But he should anyways.
yup
all star is too much about stats, always has been. At least for players on teams that don’t get quite as much national exposure.
But Nene is having a better season than David West had when he was (unjustly) an All-Star, I think 2 years back.
eh
To me this is how Nene should have been playing for the last 6 years. Hopefully it keeps up and we don’t see the weak Nene creep back
couldn't agree more
It’s about time he plays hard with consistency. I would still like to see more dunks and fewer finger rolls. He is one our highest paid players and the Nugs need his production to compete on the elite level. He’s got the skills, but often takes on the ‘kicked puppy’ persona and goes soft.
to be fair
He is second in the league in dunks right now, to Dwight Howard. And he has a sizable lead on #3 (Josh Smith).
by murdertron3000 on Dec 7, 2009 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
Stats
I use these right now:
http://www.nba.com/statistics/
http://www.basketball-reference.com/
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/statistics
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/stats
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/stats
Nice find on the dunks stat, mudertron. I love watching Nene play. I’d love to see him become more aggressive on scoring and a little more on rebounds as well, but the Nuggets are playing extremely well now as it is. Like most folks here seem to feel, I’d love to see another big man but the play that we get from the guys that we have is as good as anything in many years.
Moreno/Buckhalter in '09
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