Anyone Else Disappointed in George Hill Thus Far?

[lennyalderette]

are you kidding me!!! dissapointed no did you see him in i think the second quarter shut down williams, the kid actually likes to play defense!! when have you seen tony defend someone or actually stop a pg? never. hill is going to be our next really really good defender, he is really young too so im thinking hes going to get really good this year. do you not remember vaughn last year?

[HarlemHeat37]

Hill looks fine, and he's at the bottom of the concerns list at this point..

[CGD]

He's been great. You need to settle down.

[wildbill2u]

I have been. He's made some erratic passes and is just struggling all around.

He's been okay stat-wise, but he really struggled badly last night (1-8 shooting).

It's still early, though, so there's plenty of time for him to recover. We can't judge someone based on the first four games of the season.

Do you have a burning lust for the return of Speedy Claxton, Beno and J. Vaughn? All had their moments--and their bad nights.

George isn't the perfect player and never will be, but he's probably as good a backup as we can get right now.

[mVp]

I hope he doesn't miss too many point blank layups tonight.

[The Truth #6]

Utah, for some reason, is an incredibly intimidating place to play. Everyone sucked last night, except Blair and Tim. Way too soon to give up on him. He's not a bad option and he's better than Mason at PG. He'll get better, not worse, which can't be said for a lot our players. He's the least of our concerns right now.

[DMX7]

He played horrible last game. But that's only because he sucks.

Hill looks fine, and he's at the bottom of the concerns list at this point..

I hope you don't mean last game. He was getting burned on backcuts and every other play. His jumpshot is still one of the worst in basketball.

[Höfner]

Oh absolutely Hill is pissing me off, starting with the fact he's already in his 2nd year and hasn't usurped Parker for the starting PG position.

[wijayas]

I have been. He's made some erratic passes and is just struggling all around.

He's been okay stat-wise, but he really struggled badly last night (1-8 shooting).

It's still early, though, so there's plenty of time for him to recover. We can't judge someone based on the first four games of the season.

There are 78 more games to qualify your statement. Cool it...

[Blackjack]

Trade Parker.

He really is stunting Georgie's growth.


Seriously though, George's game last night had more to do with the particular team he was playing than anything else.

Maybe the biggest issue George has on defense is getting over and through screens without getting hung up, and the Jazz happen to be the best screening team in the league. Combined that with some inexperience that had him expecting some foul calls (that ended up turnovers) and blowing a couple of gimme's at the rim, and it was just a bad night.

[bigdog]

Not at all. George has played well to start the season. Last night just wasn't that good of a game.