Lakers: Ramon Sessions/Steve Nash watch

[purplengold]

sessions been playin like horse , not sure if he even better that morris

[pass1st]

Sessions had a few good games and became , just like last season. Not much to watch

[LkrFan]

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Nash played like in MB's system (for the record, MB is the only significant NBA HC that was groomed under Pop, but that's a different thread). He missed about 24 games with a fractured wheel. Since returning from injury and playing in his system, here is his body of work:

14.3 ppg on 64.2% shooting; 80% shooting from downtown; 100% from the charity stripe. This is staying true to his 50/40/90 form he has displayed for years.
9.3 apg


Nash's season statline will say 10/7, but again, this was playing in MB's system that make his numbers ty. MB tried to turn him into Fisher.

Now contrast that to Sessions, a player 8 years his junior:

14.7 ppg on 40.8% shooting; 32.7% shooting from downtown; 79.2% from the charity stripe
4.1 apg

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[Dallas]

Steve Nash is one of the great basketball point guards in NBA® history. Although the Dallas Mavericks accept all compliments for having developed the 6'3 170 pounder into the player he is today, we will not accept the notion that Steve Nash is, in practicality, a decent defensive basketball player.

[midnightpulp]

*** BUMP ***

Nash played like in MB's system (for the record, MB is the only significant NBA HC that was groomed under Pop, but that's a different thread). He missed about 24 games with a fractured wheel. Since returning from injury and playing in his system, here is his body of work:

14.3 ppg on 64.2% shooting; 80% shooting from downtown; 100% from the charity stripe. This is staying true to his 50/40/90 form he has displayed for years.
9.3 apg


Nash's season statline will say 10/7, but again, this was playing in MB's system that make his numbers ty. MB tried to turn him into Fisher.

Now contrast that to Sessions, a player 8 years his junior:

14.7 ppg on 40.8% shooting; 32.7% shooting from downtown; 79.2% from the charity stripe
4.1 apg

LINK

Won't last.

[LkrFan]

Won't last.

You're right, he won't shoot lights out like this all year. I expect those numbers to go down somewhat as the season progresses.

He is still a massive upgrade over Sessions. I fully expect him to shoot at an efficient clip all year. I also expect him to average 8-10 dimes the rest of the year. Offense isn't the Lakers' problem so he'll keep producing. He avg 12.5/10.7 last year with ty teammates. Why wouldn't at least maintain that with a better supporting cast? We'll just agree to disagree.

[Norris Cole]

You're right, he won't shoot lights out like this all year. I expect those numbers to go down somewhat as the season progresses.

He is still a massive upgrade over Sessions. I fully expect him to shoot at an efficient clip all year. I also expect him to average 8-10 dimes the rest of the year. Offense isn't the Lakers' problem so he'll keep producing. He avg 12.5/10.7 last year with ty teammates. Why wouldn't at least maintain that with a better supporting cast? We'll just agree to disagree.

Awesome numbers in Denver...

[Michael Jordan.]

Why not? PNR is available to them all game every game. But it's predictable and doesn't work in the playoffs. I read somewhere that the Lakers are running it a league low 6% of the time.

For as much as you guys talk about the Princeton, Kobe, Howard and Pau are thriving in it. I think this is by design. We expect these three to carry us offensively. When we start running PNR, Nash will resurface as well as get the scrubs better involved.

Kobe, Pau, Howard, and a trimmed down Artest all can run. Sure, fun and gun would win games on pure talent alone (see how the Lakers were like 21-3 to start the 2004 season just like that), but it would be fool's gold. Once they get the Princeton down, to make us less even less predictable and harder to prepare for, then you will see more PNR - especially during crucial times (i.e. end of quarters/games).

Howard is still not 100%. They have played 4 total games together with our big 4 (2 in preseason). This is hardly a finished Laker product. Jackasses like you are playing checkers with your premie celebration threads like this. The Lakers are playing chess. It's a marathon, not a sprint.

Gonna have to talk to da ole ball coach after det one.

[Venti Quattro]