I'm not concerned about Nate. He's in a funk, but he'll be fine. I'm glad he's here.
He was 3-6 this game. Not bad at all. Tomorrow's another day.
TP for this.
Agreed.
We as a fan-base in general have become spoiled by our abundance of talent in the starting rotation. Essentially, we want our subs to be as good as our starting lineup, which consists of 4 first ballot Hall of Famers and Rajon Rondo.
Is Nate Robinson perfect? Absolutely not. Can he distribute like Rondo? Of course not, but nearly every point guard in the league would do a less effective job of running our offense than Rondo does.
Moreover, it's not exactly like vets like Billups and Nash are going to leap at the opportunity to backup Rondo for less than 10 mpg in the playoffs.
Nate is what he is, a flawed player. However, he can light it up and be a game changer, which is more than most backup PGs can say in this league.
Finally, let's drop the House comparisons. House had the advantage of playing behind an unrefined Rondo. There were MANY games in the 2008 playoffs that Doc would finish with a lineup of House, Allen, Pierce, Posey, and Garnett.
Doc wouldn't dream of that now. And that's not because of Nate, that's because Rondo is twice the player he was 3 years ago.