NBA Rumors: Nate Robinson Not Returning to the Thunder
by J.A. Sherman on Dec 9, 2011 1:10 PM CST
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PrintNate Robinson, brought to the Thunder as part of the Kendrick Perkins deal, looks to be moving on, as Darnell Mayberry reports:
Nate Robinson Not Returning to the Thunder | NewsOK
At the end of the day, the reality is hard to evade - there simply aren't enough quality minutes to go around in order for Robinson to make an honest contribution to the team's effort. He has tried to do his best in a limited role, cheered his team on, and even celebrated when fans hit big money shots during time outs. Unfortunately for Nate, the Thunder are loaded at every position and he was all to often the odd man out.
In a different situation and on a different team, Robinson can still have an impact. Hopefully in the flurry of this free agency season Robinson will find a home.
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the thunder definitely could use his scoring talents especially off the bench….the dudes put up 40 off the bench multiple times in his career…hes raw…the first time doc rivers gave him extended minutes in a playoff game was the game when scored like 12 points in like 6 mins to send the celtics to the nba finals and turned the game into the blowout…no big deal…hes also scored 41 off the bench after sitting for 14 games straight in the doghosue, put the team on his back in the 4th quarter and OT….no seriously ive watched postgames with people saying nate rob literally had a jordan like performance, no one could stop him….but dont worry, lets just think hes this overrated dunk guy and hate for literally no reason….the dude is not even that incosistent when he got minutes in new york he was literally dirty averaging 17 a game…that year the knicks had 30 something wins and nate rob had a plus minus when he was on the court that was in the positive…the only one on the team and had the best plus minus by far….how can he see minutes of anysort behind ray allen and rondo, he could hit 5 shots and theyd still gotta put rondo back in cuz its rondo, but yet he was a major contributor in the playoffs…say what you want about his incosistency and at times poor decision making but its just microscoped cuz hes small…dude can go off hes by far the second most talented scorer on this team…and clutch as fuck….and if he could win boston a game actually 2 (one against the lakers, the shrek donkey game) i think he could have won us a game…but wait….eric maynor? is that a joke and cook and shefalashofa? ppl late hate get into the way of seeing basketball and recognizing talent….its unreal
I think your the one letting feelings get in the way
I fell in love with Nate Robinson during his time here, but the facts are what they are he will get no playing time in OKC and he deserves a chance to go somewhere and play because as youve pointed out hes to good to be getting 10 minutes playtime all season total which is what he would get here
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“eric maynor? is that a joke and cook and shefalashofa?”
Eric Maynor is getting paid a 1/4 of what Robinson is and is playing just as well off the bench as Robinson has reliably played. Daequan Cook was one of the top 3 pt. specialists off of the bench in the NBA last year, and is getting paid less than Robinson. Sefolosha doesn’t really have anything to do with the retention of Robinson because this year he’s going to play more of a backup to Durant.
I’m not saying that Robinson is a bad player and I’m not saying that I wouldn’t love having Robinson on the Thunder but he’s just not the right fit for the money for a team that is already going to have a hard time keeping our young core players in town. Everyone loves Nate Robinson but sometimes you just can’t afford that kind of talent on your bench when you can pay a better fit less money.
by belt on Dec 10, 2011 7:44 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
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