OKC Youth good, GSW Snark not. January rookie "point" guard review.

Darren Collison recently set the rookie record for assists in a game this season with 18 in a big road win at Memphis in Chris Paul's absence.  Collison will get another shot at leading the Hornets now that Paul will miss 1-2 months (and the All Star game) to have knee surgery.  This probably means the Hornets are about to trade major pieces, too, so Collison's numbers could actually take a dip if the talent around him takes a big hit via cash dumps.  But he was dynamite earlier in the season with Paul out.  Worth paying attention to.

Curry turned in another terrible, terrible game faking point guard last night.  His TOs and dumb fouls are a huge problem, not to mention the complete lack of impact his useless Nellie stats have upon good team play or winning basketball.  CLASSIC 6th man stuff.  Which is fine.  No shame in that.  But the team has to admit the fact in order to proceed reasonably and either cash in on the remains of his hype value or fire Nelson and go bigger and faster while playing far more defense.  In either case, Curry starting next to Ellis is no longterm ideal.  More likely than any rational team building approach: Monta Ellis is traded for terrible return, perhaps as ridiculous as direct cash savings for Cohan via expiring contracts covered by insurance.  You know, like the Harrington-Crawford dumps last year and then the Jackson dump this year.

Coby Karl debuted for the Warriors in OKC last night and was awesome at all the point guard-y things the team lacks when forcing Monta and Curry to co-exist.  6 AST, 0 TO (from a Warriors point guard?!), and 2 STL.  Some fouls but he was a major positive on the floor at all times besides that.  BIG point guard.  The myth will be that he and Curry form a formidable backcourt duo.  Wrong.  Curry does not move well without the ball, is not a slashing threat, and would be relegated to jump shooting duty, period.  It's his best role but he's already an easy one-on-one cover.  He needs B/C squad defense on him in order to put his NellieBall points up.  Karl's Warriors debut was so point guard-rific, it shut the Warriros plants and apologists up good and makes Curry 100% expendable in any deal to improve the team.  On Earth, at least.  In Hype La-La land, Curry is better than Steve Nash.  Uh huh.

Most folks in the Bay Area aren't even paying attention any more but Nellie coaches the stat sheet box score drooling masses like no one else.  It's so worth it.

Nellie benched Curry frequently against OKC, including crunch time as Karl and Monta brought the team back to the brink of victory before NellieBall killed all momentum.  Ellis took and missed the quick clock 3 that probably sealed it, but that's the playbook.  Baron did it.  Jackson did it.  Everyone does it under Nellie's listless heaving.  The team was looking ready last season as Ellis came back to health.  Now they're just lost and the cash dump of Ellis is a sure move in the next two weeks.  Enjoy your Nellie points from the 6th man draft pick, dummies!

AST Ratio (season)
1. Maynor - 31.9
2. Teague - 28.8
3. Lawson - 27.7
4. Holiday - 26.9
5. Collison - 27.4
6. Curry - 23.6
7. Jennings - 22.9
8. Flynn - 20.5
9. Beaubois - 18.6
10. Evans - 18.4

AST/48
1. Jennings - 9.5
2. Collison - 8.7
3. Gaines - 8.3
4. Holiday - 8.0
5. Beaubois - 7.8
6. Maynor - 7.7
7. Flynn - 7.5
8. Lawson - 7.2
9. Teague - 7.0
10. Evans - 6.6

AST/TO
1. Gaines - 4.67
2. Lawson - 3.33
3. Jennings - 3.00
4. Collison - 2.21
5. Evans - 2.15
6. Holiday - 2.11
7. Maynor - 2.11
8. Terrence Williams! - 2.00
9. Curry - 1.88
10. Flynn - 1.83

AST
1. Jennings - 6.6 (33.3 MPG)
2. Evans - 5.1 (36.7)
3. Curry - 5.1 (39.5)
4. Flynn - 4.8 (30.6)
5. Lawson - 3.6 (24.4)
6. Collison - 2.8 (15.5)
7. Holiday - 2.7 (15.9)
8. Maynor - 2.7 (16.5)
9. Price - 2.4 (19.9)
10. Terrence Williams! - 2.0 (15.6)