Marcus Banks Is Gunnin'?

by Steve Weinman on Jan 8, 2008 12:15 AM EST in NBA Articles

Suns 137, Nuggets 115.

Marcus Banks: 7-for-8 from the field, 7-for-8 from deep, 2-for-2 from the line, 23 points.

Seriously, dude?

Last I remember in Boston, this was the kid with the great speed, beautiful penetration abilities and defensive potential, but this was also the kid who wasn't going to succeed because he had rocks in his head and couldn't shoot a lick.

The jury is still out on the rocks. But as of late, it hasn't been on the shooting.

Banks came into last night's game against the Nugs shooting 43.8 percent (14-of-32) from behind the arc. The 7-of-8 performance pushed him to an even sweeter 52.5 percent from downtown. Unreal.

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Marcus has been very disappointing this season. His first season in Phoenix was always going to be rocky and more down than up. Especially under D’Antoni. After all Barbosa went the same way. But I was expecting to make the rotation this season and he hasn’t. Terrible.

by Who on Jan 8, 2008 1:33 AM EST reply actions

Who,

Agreed in general. I wrote a column way back before the season about how he had been projected to take big steps up mentally and physically with the Phoenix system this year, and suffice it to say that, overall he hasn’t.

The “keep up the good work” referred to last night’s work. Which was indeed very good. Hard to argue with the 3-pt percentage. But, yes, everything leaves a lot to be desired.

-sw

by Steve Weinman on Jan 8, 2008 1:40 AM EST reply actions

I didn’t mean anything in reference to the ‘keep up the work’. I’d almost forgotten about Marcus (so has been his impact on the league over the last 18 months) until your column about his performance …. just reminded me how poor he’s been throughout the season. A forgotten and lost talent.

I think Charley Rosen described him as potential all-star if he could just get his act together … not just in the past but in the last two weeks. That came out of the dark too.

D’Antoni clearly has no confidence in him.

Just disappointing. Like I said, it was my expectation that his first year in Phoenix would go like it did the minute he signed that contract, but I expected him to come good this season. Hasn’t happened.

by Who on Jan 8, 2008 2:36 AM EST reply actions