Nader is coached to execute in this fashion. His employers want him to exploit scoring opportunities at a high rate.
This is absurd. You mean to tell me that the coaches are basically trashing our system so when Nader comes in. All the plays stop and it is green light Nader time? That is a good one, thanks for the laugh.
He is playing that way to ensure he makes the team to impress people. Funny though, you rarely here Ainge or CBS dote on his preseason play.
Nader isn't some "rogue ball hog" he is playing his hand with the blessings of the coaching staff.
Let's see how much he plays in the regular season. The addition is over.
I think Bird was better than him as times in Summer League. His problem right now is he is forcing it.
This constant Nader hype is like we're trapped in the twilight zone. It's almost as if he didn't just shoot 36% from the field, 23% from 3pt line, and averaged more turnovers (1.6) than assists (1.2) during the preseason. His hype man is going to be sure to disagree with that and spew some nonsense, perhaps even comparing him to an Egyptian based weapon.
You might want to correct your inaccurate statistics. You can find the official ones here:
https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Abdel-Nader/Summary/31320Making sweeping judgments from exceptionally limited play time in preseason (a whopping 56 minutes) seems rather hasty, doesn't it? Nader had one absolutely dreadful game at Philly. He was AWFUL. 1-8, 3 TOs. The other 3 games were much better.
4-6, 4 rebounds, 10 points in 11 minutes.
5-11, 2 rebounds, 15 points in 21 minutes.
2-3, 1 rebounds, 5 points in 8 minutes.
If much of anything can be gleaned from this, it's that he contributed well in 3 of 4 games. Would anyone expect perfect consistency from a D-Leaguer with no NBA games under his belt?
The sample size is far too small to make much of an impression. But I'm not about to dump all over someone's enthusiasm because of one bad game. Nader is longest of longshots. A transfer to an unexciting Iowa State team who was only 3rd on his team in scoring. A guy who was so obscure that no one had any film on him when he was drafted with the 3rd to last pick in the 2nd round. A guy who, despite the odds, somehow beats out guys drafted much higher than he was to warrant consideration of a roster spot. A guy who goes to the D-League with no great expectations and somehow winds up the MVP of that league. And finally a guy who comes back and makes a NBA Championship contending team.
Nader has far surpassed any reasonable expectations. Given that track record, I'm not about to say what he can or cannot accomplish. I don't think it's wise for anyone else to think they can do so either.