Scary percentage, isn’t it? But that, like his defense, gets glossed over every time it’s brought up. Why? Because he “brings so much to the table”, is the most common refrain. Here’s the trick: it’s “true”, but it also shows just how bad off we’ve been in the point guard category for the last 5 or so years.

Bibby is what I would call a “substantial shadow” of his former self. He’s still got some substance, and he’s not incapable of playing good ball. But he’s not the player he once was by a good margin.

Funny thing is, all that and he only averaged one point per game less than Mr. Jameer Nelson, who got an all-star nod for nearly identical stats last year. Heh. Truth be told, I’ve used Bibby’s curse of having never made it to the all-star game against silly arguments (you know, the kind where people say that Bibby is so great, he doesn’t need to play passable defense and shooting from the arc on nearly half of all your FG attempts is just fine) , but the fact is….dude was robbed. If Jameer can be named an all-star, surely Bibby should have been named an alternate at least 3 times in his career.

http://dimemag.com/2009/08/whos-better-ray-allen-or-michael-redd/

I wish we could put Mike in a time machine lol. Take him back Six or Seven years…

TARRELL BARRON-I remember Jon “CONTRACT” Koncak well. He actually had an outstanding season after replacing injured PF Kevin Willis. Now that was a situation of forcing a player to play a position he wasn’t best suited for. Even though he was big, and 6′ 11″-7′, he just didn’t have the skills to play center. The one time he was given the opportunity to play PF, he excelled. Once Willis returned, Koncak went back to being the backup center. I think they paid him all that money because they thought there was a very good possibility they’d loseor be forced to get rid of KWillis.

ASTRO JOE-how many GM’s would consider hiring a HC that’s proven he’s willing to challenge the authority of the GM that hired him? If former GM BKnight hadn’t made the trade for Bibby, does anyone really think we would have made the playoffs that yr? If current GM RSund hadn’t resigned Smoove and signed FA’s MEvans and FMurray, do you think we’d have been the 4th seed or even made the playoffs last yr?

Keep trying, man, I know that somewhere Flip appreciates all you’ve done.

vava74,

You said this: “The perception that Woody is not a good player developer is based on the fact that Salim and Acie failed to live up to the their respective expectations, in particular Acie.”

For me, it wasn’t as much about living up to expectations as it was a decent opportunity. When you go for 11 pts., 7 assists and ZERO turnovers (in 15:28 on 2/10) and the very next game get a dnp-cd, well that’s not a fair opportunity is it?

For me it was THAT kind of thing that made me think he was a poor developer.

But you ARE correct that they both were ultimately disappointments.