Comments on: Is Jameer Nelson An All-Star?

By: truthspeaks01

truthspeaks01 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:16:56 +0000

Celts fan do u like apples???? how about those apples?? Lol jameer an allstar. Who knew? I think I did.

By: BROGDEN

BROGDEN — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:11:26 +0000

ATTA BOY!

By: xavi

xavi — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:22:57 +0000

he can not be an allstar cos he is a guard but can not give good pas,only shot and drive,this performance not enough for allstar

By: Celts Fan

Celts Fan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:58:48 +0000

@Truth – but that doesn’t matter cuz in both cases, neither would get that shot. On your team, it’d be Dwight (oop of an inbounds if possible) or Hedo or Rashard. On ours it’d be Paul or Ray or KG. AND by the way, Rondo dusted Bibby for a game-clinching lay-up the other night, so it’s not like he can’t do it (and I’m sure Jameer’s hit tons of big/late shots for you guys too. Dude’s got ice water in his blood, saw that for 4 years in college…)

and I didn’t want to utilize stats except to point out that Rondo FILLS UP the stat sheet. He’s setting the pace for a dominant team and is pretty amazing on D. Jameer’s a solid point too, but THE GAME’S PLAYED ON 2 ENDS OF THE FLOOR. like I said, I don’t dislike Jameer’s game but Rondo’s better. Jameer may one day be an All Star, but it’s definitely not this year. We can keep saying the same things over and over in different ways, but it again comes down to their #s are about even but Rondo is MUCH BETTER on D and plays for a better team and they both have similar roles (4th option.) Also, remember that Jameer spent 4 years in college, so this is probably as good as it’s gonna get for him. Rondo’s only 22 and has room to grow (not that that means anything at all for right now, cuz it doesn’t, just saying.) This really isn’t a legit debate right now.

That’s all I’m gonna say on this except that I do like Jameer and hope he’s an All Star (w/ Rondo) one day. Seems like a good guy and he is a nice player.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:32:13 +0000

Half of you guys are stupid as hell. Worst starting PG? Can’t shoot? LOL!!! Watch an NBA game. And yes Calderon is good but Jameer is owning him this year, as he did in the playoffs last year. Caldy’s got assists, but ask Toronto fans and he NEVER breaks down defenses.. he stops at the 3 point line and dishes out to Bosh or 3′s.. Jameer actually pushes the ball and gets defenses to collapse or he shoots. If Turkoglu and Bogans weren’t shooting in the 30% Jameer could easily have 6-7 assists.

By: TruthSpeaks01

TruthSpeaks01 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:29:38 +0000

ok here is a question for everyone on the board. game is on the line. everyone is being guarded and you have a choice of jameer and rondo to take the shot. who would you want to take that shot? uMmMmMmmm i know who i would take.

By: BROGDEN

BROGDEN — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:15:33 +0000

Rondo also has 64% free throw percentage compared to 85%. Rondo is less than a tenth of a percentage point ahead of Jameer on FIELD GOAL percentage. With that said, Rondo makes only a quarter of his 3-pointers. Jameer’s a career 40% behind the line. Bottomline is you can’t utilize stats to differentiate the two. They’re pretty similar. Rondo bricks more free throws and 3-pointers than Jameer. Jameer grabs less boards. Seems like a wash. Anyways, more is asked of Jameer than Rondo. Jameer is the leader of the Magic. Ask anyone of their players. Rondo, crosses his legs and sits Indian style when Scalabrine speaks. Jameer’s more deserving for that ASG spot but Rondo makes a pretty darn good case.

By: Celts Fan

Celts Fan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:27:34 +0000

“For starters, Rondo began the night ranked 19th in the league in field goal percentage (.519), the only nonforward or noncenter among the NBA’s top 20. He is second in the NBA in steals and eighth in assists, and he posted his first career triple-double earlier this month.”
source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailydime?page=dime-081222

adding to that, I’d bet you he’s in the top 2 or 3 rebounding point guards in the game too.

and since both are 4th options on successful teams, yes; it does mean Rondo’s better.

By: BROGDEN

BROGDEN — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:19:18 +0000

WHOA! Wrongness. Jameer is not a lock-down defender but he hardly let’s his guard get a free ticket to the rim. Jameer is VERY tough on ball. However, as we all know, he’s undersized, ya know, SMALL, so the bigger perimeter players with just enough speed POSSIBLY get by him at times. Rondo is part of a defensive strategy focused on HELP. He presses and forces the ball handler to go where the defense wants them to go. It’s not so much a testament to his DEFENSIVE prowess but rather how a very good player, with very LONG arms, EXECUTES the defensive strategy. Just because Rondo might go to the ASG and Jameer probably won’t DOES NOT MEAN WHATSOEVER that Rondo is BETTER. It just doesn’t. That’s faulty logic working right there.

By: Celts Fan

Celts Fan — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:55:31 +0000

@Truth – Rondo’s one of the best defensive PGs in the league. Jameer couldn’t guard one of us with handcuffs and a gun. If the #s are close but one guy is an amazing defender and the other one’s awful, it’s pretty clear who’s better.

Deron Williams has weighed in on this too, and he agrees with me…
http://redsarmy.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/dwill-is-voting-rondo/