KiwiMatt wrote:Kendall Marshall intrigues me. Still only 23 years old.
Good passer, respectable shooter and adequate defender.
Yes!!!! This fits my young player with upside criteria and let the kids duke it out and see who rises to the top.
I couldn't agree with you guys any more strongly...Marshall is exactly the kind of guy I like as a backup PG. His Assist to TO ratio has been amazingly good every year. I didn't have him on my radar because I assumed he was still far from being recovered from his ACL, but he says he will be ready by October. I like him better than Brown, and maybe even better than Jones. I would love it if Flip was able to bring him to camp.
I was thinking about Marshall too before he was brought up in this thread. For some reason, the Lakers gave up on him. He's a very accomplished passer but not much of a scorer. I think he's a fit.
KM is an odd case. He has some good numbers, and always seems to play decent in an emergency role for teams, but he can't stick. I don't get it, but I've always liked him.
I don't get why Marshall doesn't get more love around the league either. He seems like he could at least become a top backup passing PG and he has hit his 3 pointers the last 2 years. It just seems weird. I would take him over Brown if healthy even if I think Marshall might not be a good defender.