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Question?
What Nugget player, in the playoffs is:
* shooting 34% from field
* 23% from 3
* 70% from line
* the most missed shots
* a plus/minus of -33 (pretty sure it leads team)
* an offensive rating of 96% (real bad)
* defensive rating of 116 (even worst)
* and still gets starter minutes -> most minutes played after Ty and Nene
If you're stuck, you're not paying attention
It's my new punching bag, drum roll....
Of course, its...
Ray Felton.
And you know, my issue is not even with RF because, well, he's playing minutes allowed to, playing how he has been given permission to, and he is playing his big heart out.
Hey no one blames me for not doing a tomahawk dunk.
But Felton's continuing to be featured is on Coach, pure and simple. I dont have a dog on the issue of GK but this obvious blindness towards our biggest present negative is just maddening.
GK's continuing to play RF constitutes serious coaching malpractice.
There are many reasons for us trailing the Thunder but there is one player who has been most responsible for our hole and that's Karl's fault.
For this blindness alone, George Karl should be fired.
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They were just talking about that in last night's broadcast..
except they were talking about JR Smith instead of Raymond Felton, and how GK took him off the court because he was -17 in game 2. But what was funny was, that they showed a chart on the plus/minus of the Nuggets team so far in the playoffs, and Raymond Felton was the leader in minus at -34. The second worst was -20 by Kenyon Martin.
It’s just ridiculous that GK keeps playing Raymond Felton when he (along with Wilson Chandler) is jacking up terrible shots that never drop and are basically turnovers. But unlike Wilson Chandler, he doesn’t even play defense.
GK just hates JR Smith. I actually believe that the Nuggets are better off if they don’t play Felton at all, JR Smith is a much suitable backup PG against the Thunder who have a huge size advantage at the PG spot.
Felton has a very tough match-up in this series
OKC has very big, fast guards that present a problem for him. He can do well against some teams but OKC is not one of them.
yep, he does have a tough match up so
dont take shots you cant make, make almost all of your foul shots and dont lead the team in negatives
Also, Felton is coming off the bench as Thunder stars are about to rest so why is his +/- so negative?
Yesterday 2 – 10. 2 – 10.
You’re right that the match-up might be bad. OK, so sit him down until match up is more favorable. ie next series. Thats coaching.
Who has a tougher match up than Gallo, usually up against KD.
Well, Gallo has been uneven but he hasnt been bad. Good 1st and 4th games. He’s 22, 1st time in playoffs, guarding THE best scorer in the NBA. Whats Ray’s excuse?
Thing is, when Gallo or Will are bad, they kind of melt into the background. You could still win with that. When Ray is bad he forces plays and puts Nugs in hole.
From all accounts, a 33 point hole.
I'm ok with Ray playing backup PG minutes
He shouldn’t be closing out games. Also the Al Harrington thing is ridiculous. We have to win in spite of Karl.
Why can’t we switch things up and play Moz over Harrington? That would be nice to see.
Andrew tell your buddy that the fans want a win, please unleash the Moz over Harrington.
Gotta love the haterz. Keep that hate a comin'
by JR15 on Apr 26, 2011 8:56 PM MDT via mobile reply actions
Moz is in street clothes.
I don’t think he is active for the series.
Hey JR, so with you
with BIg Al
Watched him in NY and we just knew that no matter how he many oints he got, the rest of the time he resembles a 10 year old playing full court for the first time. Completely lost.
Anyone else would be an improvement. Forbes has a little AAA in him. Give him some time. And sure Moz offers some nice positives, 7’1, 250, runs, jumps.
Agree with you re Ray. If he played as a backup and was told just “dont lose it” we’d be up 3 – 1
Come to think of it, why DID the Nugs sign Al, and now, why do they insist on letting Felton sabotage us. Both issues make me really pessimistic regarding Karl’s basic judgement about player evaluations.
Admittedly, while I like JR, with JR you can make reasonable arguments either way. But with Felton and Al, there are no real reasonable pro arguments.
Then piss away Ray,
piss away
Look, we are not going to keep 2 point guards on our roster anyway. Someone has to make way.
This is Ty’s team. We’ll need to get a back up point guard, dependable, steady, comfortable with role and cheap.
Good luck to Ray wherever he goes.
*Starting point guards.
I hope we always have at least 2 point guards, but only one starter!
"All you fuckers who think we won't be good anymore, fuck you" - GK
by love4nuggets on Apr 27, 2011 3:27 PM MDT up reply actions
my point exactly
but no army needs two generals with General B always groaning about time and role and respect
If Ray was playing better than TY or was our future, then OK with Ray.
But TY has more upside. Esp. that blinding speed. Speed kills. And he’s younger and I think a better shooter.
Ray needs to be accommodated along with someone else and dont go saying Al because no other self respecting team wants Al .. uh,wait… I have an idea, do the Knicks need Ray back and maybe Big Al for, lets see, more future draft picks and, maybe Landry Fields. I’m not kidding.
Fields played very well with the ex Knicks and has stunk since the trade.
Tell Dolan that they cant KEEP Carmelo without making trade. We are dealing with Dolan. Who knows?

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