Cashville_333
01-29-2008, 08:00 PM
Lurking quite a bit on the board I noticed that the play of Felton is discussed alot.
Felton's three year here have been up and down. He's been inconsistent. Has games where he looks brilliant, one's where you dont know what the hell he's doing. Now he should be criticized for not producing at a consistent rate, but does he deserve most of the blame?
Ray ended his rookie campaign on a high note, showed flashes of brilliance. The start of his second year, Brevin Knight remained the starter. One may say that Knight should have started due to the fact that he was the more experienced PG, but we were not really expecting to make any sort of playoff run, why not give your second year PG all the PT he could get, inorder to learn? Whatever, Felton was later moved to the two spot, so that he could get PT. You see here is where I just cannot understand what the coaching staff was thinking. You dont put an inexperienced young PG at a different position, that just screws things up because each position has a different role, different mentality. Later in the year, Knight gets hurt, Rays starts at PG. He had a great run before and after the AS break. He tailed off towards the end of the season. Knight comes back, Ray goes back to the two spot.
This year he was named the starting PG, but was he really the teams PG? Even before Jeff got the starting spot Jeff was playing more PG minutes. Ray would start the first 6min of every half at PG, but Jeff would finish games. You cant flip flop, ask the man to do one thing, what do you want him to be? Guys point to his flaws, but imo some of those flaws can be linked to his time at SG.
1. Aggressiveness: There are moments in the game when you dont even know he is on the floor. Then there's times when he is dominating. That's mental. Now, that could be something he came into the league with, but seeing as how the position(s) he has been playing flip flop on a constant basis, it would be foolish to not factor it in into what is a lack of balance in his aggression.
2. Lack of progression/Inconsistency: Inorder for a player to progress, they must feel comfortable. The game should get slower. This is Felton's third year and a guy like Rajon Rondo who was in the 06 draft has played more minutes (at PG). Some of Felton's issues like decision making improve with experience because the player is learning, with Felton it's been on and off, not much time for him learn from his errors and 'get it'. Inconsistent minutes at a position = inconsistent production
There are people who are writing off Felton (not just here) as an nba PG. To those people I will ask, has he gotten the opportunity to prove what he can do? I believe Felton is a very good passer, but his inconsistent behavior has me concerned. THIS is the year to find out whether or not he is the guy. We must play him at the PG spot. Why? We need to find out whether or not he is the guy. This will effect our moves in the offseason. Can we really make personnel moves at the PG spot, and feel comfortable about them right now? For example the Magic have played Nelson at PG, given him tons of opportunities to prove himself, he has failed, and now they can make moves to address that position. Can we say the same thing about Felton?
I dont want Felton to leave, get to play PG on another squad, and blow up (the kid has the talent to be great). Judging from Vincent's comments I believe he doesn't really like Felton (as a player). All in all, we used the number 5 pick on this guy, it's just crazy how he has yet to have ONE year where he was the the team's starting PG. I just want this team to succeed, we would be a playoff team right now if Jeff wasn't killing us.
oh yea....
FIRE VINCENT!!!
Felton's three year here have been up and down. He's been inconsistent. Has games where he looks brilliant, one's where you dont know what the hell he's doing. Now he should be criticized for not producing at a consistent rate, but does he deserve most of the blame?
Ray ended his rookie campaign on a high note, showed flashes of brilliance. The start of his second year, Brevin Knight remained the starter. One may say that Knight should have started due to the fact that he was the more experienced PG, but we were not really expecting to make any sort of playoff run, why not give your second year PG all the PT he could get, inorder to learn? Whatever, Felton was later moved to the two spot, so that he could get PT. You see here is where I just cannot understand what the coaching staff was thinking. You dont put an inexperienced young PG at a different position, that just screws things up because each position has a different role, different mentality. Later in the year, Knight gets hurt, Rays starts at PG. He had a great run before and after the AS break. He tailed off towards the end of the season. Knight comes back, Ray goes back to the two spot.
This year he was named the starting PG, but was he really the teams PG? Even before Jeff got the starting spot Jeff was playing more PG minutes. Ray would start the first 6min of every half at PG, but Jeff would finish games. You cant flip flop, ask the man to do one thing, what do you want him to be? Guys point to his flaws, but imo some of those flaws can be linked to his time at SG.
1. Aggressiveness: There are moments in the game when you dont even know he is on the floor. Then there's times when he is dominating. That's mental. Now, that could be something he came into the league with, but seeing as how the position(s) he has been playing flip flop on a constant basis, it would be foolish to not factor it in into what is a lack of balance in his aggression.
2. Lack of progression/Inconsistency: Inorder for a player to progress, they must feel comfortable. The game should get slower. This is Felton's third year and a guy like Rajon Rondo who was in the 06 draft has played more minutes (at PG). Some of Felton's issues like decision making improve with experience because the player is learning, with Felton it's been on and off, not much time for him learn from his errors and 'get it'. Inconsistent minutes at a position = inconsistent production
There are people who are writing off Felton (not just here) as an nba PG. To those people I will ask, has he gotten the opportunity to prove what he can do? I believe Felton is a very good passer, but his inconsistent behavior has me concerned. THIS is the year to find out whether or not he is the guy. We must play him at the PG spot. Why? We need to find out whether or not he is the guy. This will effect our moves in the offseason. Can we really make personnel moves at the PG spot, and feel comfortable about them right now? For example the Magic have played Nelson at PG, given him tons of opportunities to prove himself, he has failed, and now they can make moves to address that position. Can we say the same thing about Felton?
I dont want Felton to leave, get to play PG on another squad, and blow up (the kid has the talent to be great). Judging from Vincent's comments I believe he doesn't really like Felton (as a player). All in all, we used the number 5 pick on this guy, it's just crazy how he has yet to have ONE year where he was the the team's starting PG. I just want this team to succeed, we would be a playoff team right now if Jeff wasn't killing us.
oh yea....
FIRE VINCENT!!!