Is the Nate Robinson experiment already over?
by Seth on Feb 8, 2010 10:07 AM EST
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PrintThat was quick. Less than a week ago, the ineffective Chris Duhon sat the entire second half as Nate Robinson led the Knicks to a win against the Wizards. Mike D'Antoni soon revealed that Robinson would be starting the Knicks' next game and for the foreseeable future. The foreseeable future ends today. From Marc Berman and his sources:
Mike D'Antoni is ready to reinstall Chris Duhon as the Knicks starting point guard, and also wants to make him a quasi-assistant coach as he seeks more input from the players.
The Post has learned Duhon and D'Antoni held an important meeting in their Cleveland hotel Saturday afternoon as the desperate Knicks coach picked his captain's brain on the Knicks' troubles for 30 minutes.
Coincidence or not, Duhon, with the club 0-2 since he went to the pine, is expected to return as the starting point guard tomorrow vs. Sacramento in their last game before the All-Star break. Nate Robinson will return to a reserve role.
Now, if you read on, there are plenty of interesting and encouraging quotations from Duhon, none of which actually insinuate that he'll be starting. Nonetheless, I guess we'll take Berman's word that Du will, in fact, be back in the driver's seat starting tomorrow (which, as Berman mentions, is the Knicks' last game before the break). Hopefully, part of the Duhon-D'Antoni summit was an agreement that Du assert himself more on the court. Perhaps that's what the role of "quasi-assistant coach" entails. We'll see how this goes, and as in the case of the original lineup change, whose minutes change with any ripple effect.
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this is disgusting
but i knew it was bound to happen. i thought maybe we could get 5 games from nate as a starter. but it’s obvious that nate is unfairly held to a higher standard.
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I can't shake the feeling that Nate did his job just fine
How come no blame is shifted towards Al Harrington and his black hole ways? Why is it assumed that the losses are due to the PG shift and not other guys playing selfish ball or timid ball?
"you're the Rod Thorn in my Chris Bosh side."
by Chris Child's Fist on Feb 9, 2010 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
Quasi-Assistant Coach?
Like Lindsey Hunter for the Bulls or Sam Cassell last year for the Celtics? I would love that. Or just bench him regularly. Either way.
No Matter How You Package It
…Shit is shit.
Start em, sit em. Back and forth. How the hell are you supposed to gain and or maintain any continuity this way. I know this year is a real challenge from a coach’s standpoint – to put together a winning team with many expiring contracts – but this is getting to be too much for me to watch.
Remember during the offseason when NYK were looking for a new starting PG and Duhon kept crying and couldn’t understand why the Knicks would be looking to replace him? Well this is why. In stretches, we have seen Duhon be an effective player. In fact, the story of the Knicks this season has been as Duhon goes, so does NYK. But what I am fearful of is that Duhon is hitting a wall. In his first full year as a starter, we saw this from Duhon. His expanded role and increase in minutes led to a late season burn out and he was inconsistent and downright bad. This year, I see a combination of that and a frustration with the idea of him knowing that in all likelihood, he will not be the Knicks starting PG next year.
In reality, the Knicks are only a handful of games away from the 8th seed in the East. With an effective Duhon, the Knicks may be able to make a late season push. The question is, how realistic is that opportunity and when does the Front Office and Coach D’Antoni decide to showcase our future (ie a Lineup of Douglas, Chandler, Gallo, Lee and Hill)
OMG FINALLY
finally du is back! hes a winner and brings a winners mentality and is the x-factor. guys, nate isnt a winner . he never won a chip in college and he hasnt in the nba so i think its obv he should be on the bench. think about it- when nate sat december 6th against the nets and du started, the knicks won! we saw last game against the cavs (loss, ugh) nate not only played, but started, and du came off the bench!!! my head nearly exploded!!!!! from that moment i knew we were gonna lose :(
duhon has admirably led us out of the marbury era. he will lead us to bigger and better places. nate is just a dunker.
Lol
Your opinion of Chris Duhon is unnaturally too high. To have gotten this far in the season believing that is a winner who will lead the Knicks anywhere is quite impressive. But hey, if you think he can move mountains, it appears I wouldn’t be able to rain on your parade anyways.
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I think it's because
tomorrow is Jewish Heritage Night at MSG and Coach Pringles thinks Duhon is Jewish because he went to Duke and has a big nose.
And he sucks at basketball and his hair would look like Seth’s if he grew it out.
"Dishin' and swishin' in transition"
by Serious Garbage Time on Feb 8, 2010 12:12 PM EST reply actions
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