Just came back from practice and the media spoke with both Nate and Coach D’Antoni. From the sounds of it Nate is back in the rotation at the expense of Larry Hughes‘ minutes who has struggled since returning from injury.
Here’s a video of Nate meeting with the media after today’s practice.
And here’s Nate’s 4th quarter and OT.
The first video isn’t working.
never mind,.
Nice clips TD..
IM still shaking my head that adding Nate to the Rotation has to be at the “expense” of anyone else..
I know Hughes is a bit hurt right now but I hope the coach doesnt stay with this ridiculously short rotation..
Id like to see Duhon, Nate, Hughes and TD ALL get minutes in the back court.. I dont think that is too much to ask.,
This short rotation is going to hurt us in the long run.
what will happen when duhon gets gassed????? He is going to be forced to put someone in there that has not seen minutes all year therefore the offense is going to be out of sync.
what about an injury????? Man like I said before this is just not smart from this coach who I don’t like.
My thoughts on Nate’s 41 Special: http://tinyurl.com/ycf36vm
@BiggieSmalls: I’ve been reading Tommy’s blog for a long time and I rarely write in, but I’ve just got to say, you might be a bright guy who played a lot of high-level, organized basketball. But fwiw, you come off like such an arrogant and ignorant person. You’ve got strong opinions and show very little respect for anyone. Mike D’Antoni was a professional player and coach in two different leagues, and has been one of the more successful coaches in the NBA for years now. But you, BiggieSmalls, know better. And you know so much better that you don’t have an ounce of humility in any of your opinions. Do you honestly think you know more about basketball that D’Antoni does? What have you accomplished in your life that you can sit back and type your anonymous criticism of others who have succeeded beyond anything you could ever imagine for yourself? Where have you coached? Where have you played? Under which nationally known coaches did you study? Don’t you have any self-awareness at all?
this is a blog man! Biggie is entitled to write whatever he thinks.He may have strong opinions,but ive never seen him be rude or disrespectful to anyone.We have vehemently diagreed with each other on D’antonis benching of Nate Robinson and never have i felt disrespected by any of his posts.but what you are saying in your post is extremely disrespectful.Again,this is a blog….a place for everyones opinion…on basketball that is
LOL! DGB09 is as anonymous as it gets. What cyber factory were you assembled in?
Dave (my real name)
you got me.. My real name isnt Biggie Smalls..
Its Bill Simmons. I just wrote a 700 page Book on Basketball and also write a sports column for ESPN
thanks for reading.
SMH
Hahn has reported that Donnie had a deal for Nate to go to Memphis for Marcus Williams and a draft pick..
Nate used his no trade to reject the deal in Mid December…
Marcus Williams signed for the Vet minimum in Memphis this off season.
Awful deal unless it includes an unprotected number one.. Then it affects the 2010 cap space by about 4 mil (the cost to sign the pick)