Give Jonny Flynn a break

Flynn needs to stop driving to the basket and taking shots form behind the backboard…

Seriously though, I kinda agree that we maybe should not be too harsh on his play during a year of poor basketball that the coaching staff has taken full blame for.

I seem to be in the minority on this site with that opinion. He looked lost on the court this year but I hope he studies and practices hard during the summer and we see a nice jump in his game next year. This year’s draft and FA will help him more than anything – getting some better talent around him.

I saw some glimpses this year and I agree with the author of the post that a Rubio/Flynn PG depth chart might work well. I also agree that the criticism of Flynn this season, especially on this site, was more than over the top.

That said, if it looks better to trade him at any point that should be done, of course, like with any player on the roster.

I’ll be the first to admit he didn’t look like a starter on the floor most nights, i’m just saying one year isn’t enough time to say what a guy IS. None of our guys really knew how to play the offense this year. He got more blame cause he’s at the point.

But, I agree with the sentiment that he needs at least one more season before any realistic judgement can be made. He’s the 6th pick. The last 12 6th picks:
Ron Mercer
Tractor Traylor
Wally
DeMarr Johnson
Battier
Dejuan Wagner
Kaman
Childress
Martell Webster
Foye (effectively)
Yi
Gallinari

Not exactly an All-Star team. Other than He Who Shall Not Be Named about half of them are solid contributors or better. Several took/are taking a long time to develop. I can’t be convinced that Flynn doesn’t have it in him to be significantly better than Yi, Webster, Foye, Wagner, Johnson, Tractor, and Mercer if he isn’t already.

Really puts it into perspective. Flynn certainly has the potential to be better than any on that list. Battier, Childress, and Kaman probably don’t get enough credit though. I am really hoping Flynn gets moved (there won’t be enough minutes when Rubio shows up) but if Flynn doesn’t get moved, he’ll certainly be a nice piece to have on this team. And even though we kinda mock the fact on this site, he really does have a great personality—someone you want to cheer for. I’d certainly rather root for him for the next ten years than Michael Beasley, that’s for sure.

I’d still take him over the #4 selection in 07’ Mike Conley. There are a lot of so called experts out there who claim Curry could quite possibly be a #1 option, that stings, honestly, if Kahn doesn’t improve this team by next season there will be no fans, apathy is right around the corner.

That’s what I say. He is young and has a raw skill set. I wanted to see him attack the basket more like he did in summer league. Maybe Rambis wouldn’t let him or maybe the competition was too much for him. His D has to improve though, that was terrible. I always wanted Curry but I thought he would be a good consolation when we didn’t get him. I’m not comparing him to Evans because he was drafted ahead of him. Curry would have for sure fit our system better this year but maybe we can adjust it to Flynn or Flynn figures it out. It is way to early to tell.

And once again talked about how he thinks Jonny will have a long and productive career, despite a disappointing season. He did make a point of bringing up (without being asked, by the way) how much he liked Tyreke Evans and said that Evans was going to be a special, special player. It implied that he doesn’t think Jonny will ever be that type of a player, which I guess is good from a standpoint that Kahn is at least realistic about that.

He could have traded the 6th pick for assets and still picked up Flynn or Lawson or Collison or just about anybody he wanted. Vitually no one had Flynn going that high.

is quietly Sh&%ting bricks in his office. He needs to get lucky this off season and he knows it. I think we all know they thought they would get Evans/Flynn last year and got screwed on that. If we get screwed on the lottery pick and can’t sign a star free agent Khan is gonna be on the hot seat. Whoever our first draft pick is this year, they need to be a legit star in the making.