over at 48minutes.net Coach Nelson mentions he's finally gonna give B Wright more playing time to allow him to develop more. Heres what he had to say about the other players...
On Rob Kurz & Anthony Randolph: “(Kurz) is not as talented as Randolph,” Nelson acknowledged. “I’m not talking talent here. I’m talking about if you put a guy in a game right now, where he’s not going to make an error, he knows what he’s doing. He knows his game and he’s able to play in the system without error. (Randolph) is loaded with talent, but doesn’t have those other things.”
On Marco Belinelli & Anthony Randolph: they won’t see significant playing time until their work improves in practice. “We’re trying like heck to win games early to see where we are,” Nelson said. “Let’s look and see where we are in 30 games. If things aren’t looking so well, maybe I’ll give some gifts to the younger guys. But right now, they have to earn their minutes.”
On Stephen Jackson & Corey Maggette: “For us to win, (Jackson) has to play in the 40s,” Nelson said. “I don’t know how else to do it at this point. And really, (Corey) Maggette is the same. Our team isn’t that strong without two really good players. That’s just the way it’s been, all the way through training camp.”
On Marcus Williams: Is he completely out of the picture with regards to playing time? “He is right now,” Nelson said. “But that doesn’t mean that it’s going to be forever. I don’t know; we’d like to see him, again, play better in the practice sets, play better than the people playing ahead of him right now, and if he does, he’ll move up, and if he doesn’t, why, he’ll be right where he is. These other guys are playing better, they deserve to play ahead of him and are playing ahead of him. I think he’s a little too heavy to consistently get in the paint, where we would expect that he’d be able to make plays, find open people and things like that.”
On Brandan Wright: “Brandan is ready. I’ve held him back a few games where he probably should have played. But I think it’s to the point now where he needs to grow into his position and he’s going to be a member of our team and Al isn’t. And so we have to face reality and go from there.”