Tituzzz schrieb:
*UNTERSCHREIB*
Wieso lassen wir einen Typen starten der 10 Jahre älter und schlechter ist, in allen Bereichen, als sein Back-Up!?
Ehrlich gesagt ich habe das Gefühl, Avery hat was gg Daniels und deswegen wird er mir immer unsympathicher...
Cuban tun was!
Aber erstmal will ich das Interview sehen.
Was labert ihr hier eigentlich alle für einen Dreck raus!?
Doug Christie ist ein besserer Defender, Shooter und Assist-Geber als Marquis Daniels. Marquis daniels wird trotzdem viel spielen, was Avery auch gerade erst betont hat, als er sagte:
"Everybody seems to think that Marquis is not an Avery guy," Johnson said. "He's an Avery guy, or otherwise he wouldn't be here."
Daniels ist extrem schnell in den Passwegen, ein super Stealer, der auch extrem gut aus der näheren Halbdistanz abschließen kann, aber Playoff-Erfahrung und Basketball-IQ bringt er noch nicht.
Zu oft musste man mit ansehen, wie er seinen Gegner aufpostet und dann gegen das kommende Double Team versucht abzuschließen, anstatt den Outlet-Pass zu spielen.
Daniels hat viel, viel Potenzial und er und Stackhouse werden sicherlich viel Zeit von der Bank sehen, aber Doug Christie ist wegen seiner Defense und seinen extrem guten Point-Guard-Skills wichtiger als Starter, um in einen gewissen Flow zu kommen.
Man sollte nicht vergessen, dass Christie amtierender All NBA Second Team Defender war, bevor er sich verletzt hatte. Die Mavericks sogar erstmal ein Video von seiner OP bestellt, bevor sie ihn gesignt haben. Er sollte also fit sein und seine Kommentare lassen auf extremen Einsatz hoffen, davon sind sogar die größten Pessimisten auf den Dallas-Boards mittlerweile teilweise schon überzeugt!
Daniels und Stackhouse werden aber auch genügend Spielzeit sehen, davon ist wirklich auszugehen, da sie die 2 und die 3 von der Bank aus unterstützen müssen.
Hier eine kleine Einstimmung auf Christie:
"Doug Christie:
Hello everybody. I don’t know where to start. We’re so excited to be here we couldn’t sleep last night or in the last few days. First of all I obviously want to thank God, my family. This is a class organization., and being a free agent—this is my first time I have been a free agent, I didn’t know the process and how it went but once we got the call from Mark, Avery and Donnie came up and saw us. Right when they came to our home I think we knew that this was a situation that we wanted to be in. They’ve showed class and spoken the truth, and that’s something that when you are a free agent in the NBA that’s difficult to get in this day in age. Looking them in the eyes and talking to them gave me the reassurance, and my wife and my family, that this is the type of place we want to be. We had some other offers, and different places that we could have went, but this is the perfect fit for us. Obviously winning is big, obviously the chance for a championship is big, and when you take all of that into consideration with where I’m at in my career this is a great fit. Mark supports the team like no other owner you see in the NBA and in professional sports for that matter. I have long respected Avery and what he’s done in the NBA. As a coach, I told him the story about the time he came to Seattle and kind of went off on the press last year. I was sitting at home watching and saying “yeah baby, do it, do it!!” When you get behind your players like that it’s something special. He’s the general and we are soldiers, you go out there and want to lay it all on the line…that’s the type of situation I wanted to be in. Obviously we have had battles here in the past. We know that the fans are fantastic. For these fans to be on our side now is going to be an incredible experience. I’m very happy, I’m excited and I’m not usually at a loss for a lot of words, but right now I am a little bit. I want to get started and give these guys everything that I possibly have."
How much do you feel like you have lost from your prime and how much do you have left that you can bring here?
"I train my whole body, something I didn’t do when I was 18, 20, 25 years old. I’m probably in better shape than I used to be, maybe not as athletic as I once was, but as you get older you have to understand how much pain you are willing to go through, and I’m willing to go through whatever type of pain I need to go through to get where I want to go. I’m still something, a championship. Whether or not I ever win one is a story that’s untold, but doing the work to get there, I’m willing to do whatever that’s going to take. "
In your mind, what makes a good defensive player?
"Team effort. Everybody playing together. People always talk about one person playing defense. I think it’s kind of a misnomer. If everyone trusts each other, everyone automatically becomes a better defender. I know that I can get up on my man and press him while having faith that people are going to be behind me to help me out. You’re not going to get up on Kobe Bryant and stay there, it’s just not possible, but if you know that a big man is behind you, you can do that. If we as a team come together and support each other, I think that we will improve immensely."
Does it matter to you if you come in and start or if you come off the bench?
"No, I just want to come here and contribute all that I can. Obviously the coaches are going to dictate what happens with that, but if my play and my hard work dictate that I’m out there then that’s what you will see."
You know how long Michael Finley was here, have you thought at all about how what people will think about you filling his shoes?
"I don't look at it that way because I am a professional athlete and I realize that this is a business. You have to make decisions that are best for your organization at that particular time. I'm not trying to fill Fin's shoes because I don't think that anyone can do that. He's a man of his own right who still works hard and who's a heck of a competitor. I loved playing against him and hopefully that by the end of my time here you will be speaking the same about me."