The two plays weren't memorable because Tony Allen was contributing off the bench. If you look at his performance over the last five games, he's contributed more often than not. The plays weren't memorable even because it looked like the on-again-off-again player was setting himself up for an on-again game.
No, the reason the two plays were memorable was that when the camera closed in on him running down the court after the made baskets, you saw focus in his eyes. You saw Tony Allen alert and into the game as he was transitioning back to D.
How often have we seen this? Not often enough. That's for sure. What we usually see is Tony Allen making a basket and then running down the court in some kind of dream state, head in the clouds, or that place where no one else can find him. You know the one. It's the one that prompted KG to give TA a couple of love taps on the head after the infamous they-don't-want-no-pick-and-roll-speech on the bench.
I remain convinced that Tony Allen could be a very effective sixth man in this league. Someone that makes a difference at least six games out of ten. But right now he's not even as good as Stacey Augmon or Rick Fox.
Or maybe he is.
You tell me.
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2 comments:
I think you hit the nail on the head with Tony. He does have the abilities to become a very good player but his problem has always been focus. He just has no consistency at all. Unless you can consider one good game and then a bad one as being consistent. If he can find a way to focus every game and every possession, he would be very valuable.
one good game, one bad game.
Very consistent!!!
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