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I agree, i think he sees the floor well and most of where he messes up has more to do with youth than talent. If he keeps shooting and making his jumper, he'll get more accomplished offensively overall. I also think he'll be a top ten theft artist in a season or two and as long as Hunter is around to help his on the ball defense will improve(he already moves his feet very well and has the speed to stay in front of alot of PG's in this league).Quote:
Originally Posted by WTFchris
He also has good size and would benifit from some post up tips from Billups.
The FG% is the only disturbing part IMO. But, he's shot the ball well lately in all the game I've seen. He's shot %49 in March.
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Shoulda drafted Carmelo
im thrilled with stuckey. big, strong, and fast. i can work with that.
so what if his shooting is fairly lousy so far? that will come. he doesnt run the offense too well either, but then again he occassionally makes some real nice passes. defense some times he gets picked on, other times he makes the play.
these are growing pains rookies go through, made more noticeable because we play allstar calibre players on the court about 70% of the time, or more, for the last 4 years or so.
ill take the physical specimen any day of the week. he doesnt have one flaw that he isnt capable of improving upon, and thats what matters.
He's the man.
He's been very solid considering all of the factors.
1. He's a rookie on a veteran team that historically doesn't play rookies.
2. He's learning a new position (The toughest in the game).
3. He's coming off the injury.
You have to realize that he's not going to put up the numbers that he would otherwise (on a shitty team) with this group. The ball just isn't in his hands enough. He may be our PG, but his assist numbers will automatically be knocked down due to the fact that almost all of Flip's sets with a rook running the point call for the "stand-in" PG to bring the ball up and hand it off to Rip or Tayshaun. Flip has an inherent lack of trust that maybe a rook could get us some better scoring opportunities on occasion than Rip and Tayshaun going one-on-one on the wings for 20 footers.
We won't see the real Rodney until Joe blows this team up I'm afraid. Until then, this version is a solid backup.
I haven't seen one thing besides his ability to rebound his own misses that I would say sets him apart. Those PHO jumpers were wide open. Wide. I mean, hey, great, gotta get those, but I would expect Drew Gooden to hit those, let alone my scoring combo guard. That teams are laying off him, inviting him to shoot, is not a good thing.
I don't know who was hyping him to be a superstar, by the way.
The Frenchman?