Author Topic: Charlie Villanueva  (Read 7075 times)

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Re: Charlie Villanueva
« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2008, 05:04:36 PM »

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He's got talent but he's a bad player. There's no getting around that. He needs to figure this league out and to do that he needs lots of minutes. No way should a Championship squad be considering Villaneuva.

He's soft. Plays no defense. Is dumb. Can't figure what makes him a good offensive player so he's worthwhile having on the court 1 in 5 games. He can't pass.

Let him be


Talk about a complete 180 by Who. He considered Gerald Green a bad signing by the Mavs because Green needs to learn the game by not getting any playing time and observing from the bench.

Yet in the case of Charlie Villanueva...


He's soft. Plays no defense. Is dumb. Can't figure what makes him a good offensive player so he's worthwhile having on the court 1 in 5 games. He can't pass.


This is the exact same description of Gerald Green. Yet, Villanueva "needs to figure this league out and to do that he needs lots of minutes," while Gerald, with the same deficiencies, has to be off the court. What gives? You can't have it both ways. What can Villanueva learn on the court that Green can't?

Two different players and two different types of dumb. Gerald is raw and completely lacking in areas of skill and understanding. Villaneuva is inefficient and inconsistent in using his skills but the skills are there. Very different. The capabilities for succeeding are there for Charlie, they're not there for Gerald.

The only way Charlie figures this out is by playing many minutes and playing next to quality players and playing under quality coaching. There's no benefit gained for Charlie by sitting down. He took steps backward this past season when his starting job was taken away from him because it took him away from where he needed to be to learn.

The only thing Gerald is doing on a basketball court is learning, repeating and cementing bad habits. He can't function in this league the way he is. He's not going to learn by getting more minutes because he can't succeed, he's just going to keep on running into that brick wall.

Gerald needs to slow down. There's a future in this league for him if he just slows down and let's somebody teach him. If he doesn't, he'll be out in a year or two and he likely will never get back.