So it seems recently that a lot of our attention has been focused on the front office saga, Anthony, and Monta. I'm a little surprised that I haven't seen more people talking about Jamal. I think it's clear that he's a very talented, quick scoring guard who still has some pretty serious deficiencies in his game. I was just wondering what you guys think about Jamal's play so far this year. Here are some of my thoughts:

*He's shooting 28% on threes for us this year. That, frankly, is unacceptable. What makes it worse is that he is really, really effective when going to the basket or pulling up for midrange. I think that he really bails out defenses when he settles for threes. I've been hoping for a while that Nellie would treat him like he treated Monte earlier, namely telling him to cut the threes out of his game. It did wonders for Monta and Tony Parker, and I think Jamal would benefit tremendously from it.

*His ball handling is really iffy. While he does execute some ridiculous moves (he shook Fisher in the Laker game), he also loses his handle a few times per game. I'd love to see him be a little more conservative with the dribble, because the last thing our team needs is more turnovers.

*He distributes the ball reasonably wel. He's a pretty high risk player, but he's averaging almost 5 assists a game. Considering he shares the ball handling duties with Jack, CJ, and occassionally other players, that's a pretty solid number.

I think Jamal has a lot of "potential" (in quotes because he is an 8 year vet, so it's unlikely that he'll fundamentally change) to really improve his game. I think that if he simply cut out the 3's from his game, he could average 4-6 more points a game.

What do you guys think?