But even when he is clanking, more often than not he looks decisive, rather than tentative.
But not creative! There's almost no guile in his game. Few fakes or crossovers, no eurosteppin layups, nothing to ooh and ahh about. I can take losses if they're entertaining. I can't take losing and being boring.
I saw DSJ throw like 5 lobs to Mitch Robinson and then Frank got the message and threw him 1.
He's not offensively minded and SORRY that's your job if you're a PG.
You're no Avery Bradley/Pat Beverley yet and they're not PGs either.
Point taken, and yes, those are attributes that bespeak what the Knicks are expecting out of Dennis Smith.
HOWEVER...that's PART OF YOUR JOB IF YOU'RE A PG.
I believe that you are seriously underestimating what it means to have a steady hand at the rudder, albeit without all of that offensive, Steph Curry/Steve Nash PG offensive aggression that defines the modern PG. Not to mention DEFENSE. HELLO.
While a Kyrie Irving type (when healthy) is certainly a more dynamic, galvanizing presence moving forward, and one that any Knicks fan would lust after...
Two of the more impactful, winning point guards we've had in the past twenty years did not get the job done by being offensive firestorms, Kam.
Admittedly, not very sexy, nor in tune with your idealized conception of guile, but boring-ass Charlie Ward and Pablo Prigioni were winners.
Meanwhile, let's see how much Frank and Dennis's contrasting skill sets rub off on each other in the next month or so, shall we.
PS: Yes, hard to watch bad asses such as Ja Morant, Trae Young and Luka Doncic, and then linger on Frank's considerably more passive, modest skill set. Them's the breaks. But reflect if you might on how Frank competed with the sexier Sexton in our most recent victory and how he contested the prodigious Doncic in two wins. I mean, holding Doncic to a 30-10-10 stat line is akin to a moral victory, but in a bit of irony, despite Luka's MVP/Oscar Robertson-stat line, we won both games with Frank. Celtics used to have this guy, name of KC Jones, who was every bit as boring as Frank, but...well, he has a few rings.
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