His numbers have been fine, but sometimes his attitude lets the team down. In that, he's not quite the only one.

Probably overpaid though, if the rumours are right.

@Isaac - Flynn's numbers are inflated, given how his offensive tendencies take away much chance of the Tigers playing as a team.

And his numbers aren't good enough, anyway, if that's his price tag.

I have to wonder if we could should ditch the flashy Flynn and go for someone who's more of a team player and who can just get on with the game instead of being a princess and mouthing off all the time.

Flynn is awesome - some of you have no idea. Or are just bitter/arm chair experts.
You aren't going to win many games when Goulding and Walker are your top scorers....

Cedric Jackson>Johnny Flynn

white boy - it depends on what you're measuring him by.

In terms of flashy dribble moves, yep - he's awesome.

In terms of defense and getting double-figures in assists each game to make his team-mates better, nup.

In terms of his attitude giving a good example and lifting his team-mates, I don't think so.


Maybe it just depends on whether you want to see an entertainer or a basketballer.

"Yes, defensively just horrible. I cannot believe you could play in the NBA with that defensive skill set" Have you seen much NBA anon? Not exactly the defensive full court slog that the NBL is.

I agree that he is pretty lazy defensively, though up until he was injured in the game on the weekend I actually thought he was doing a better/more proactive job sticking with his man on cuts etc. Also, and this is just based on the game against the Hawks, I thought he balanced his shooting with getting others involved quite well up until the injury. 13pts on 45% and 6 assists in 22 mins of play not too bad if you ask me.

Bookmark this post! Flynn will never play in the NBA again. He is the worst defender in the NBL. People on this site question why Patty Mills struggles to get minutes in the NBA. Well people it's because he is a terrible defender. If you cannot defend in the NBA you do not play.

I bet if you attended a Tigers practice you would see Nate Tomlinson day in day out blow by Flynn and get in the paint.

My thought is to continue to develop Tomlinson as a pass first PG because he will be very good in a few seasons and bring in a tough as nails guard who can defend the hell out of it.

Flynn has the ability to be a great import point guard in this league.

However, he has lazy tendencies which translates to poor D.

Would be good to see him under another coach like Lemanis or Bevo or Gordie.

Or Marty??

Not Marty I am afraid.

One can only wonder how Flynn would react when told to pull his head in by the three coaches mentioned. My guess is that he would just throw the towel. The more I watch him the more I thing he is here because he can take it easy and still get the star treatment. The problem is that the guys who defend him don't see it that way and when the acid gets put on him he doesn't like it. In the NBA he would have never been high enough up the offensive danger list to have been scouted and defended by anyone such as Martin.

Glad he came here because the fanbois might start giving some of out home grown stars and imports a little bit of the credit they deserve.

Flynn has been good, probably the second best pg in the league but his attitude has been poor.
Still the right decision to get rid of Braswell for him.
Someone like Eddie Gill would fit the tigers well

"If you cannot defend in the NBA you do not play."

Not true by any means.
If you are a good scorer but can't play D or can play D but don't either because you choose not to or don't have the fitness to go 100% on both ends (Harden for example) your team will hide you in on the defensive end of the court.

Good scorers are simply too valuable and too rare a commodity in the NBA. If you are an average scorer, THEN you have to play D or will receive few minutes.

It is getting better though, and both the teams and the fans are putting a much higher value on D than they used to, as evidenced by the number of great defenders in this years All-Star Game.

Anstey is giving this kid an opportunity to whine & not get it done. Quit bitchin about the refs & get on with it. Ansteys fault!!

Anon u think Mills can't defend? He's a great defender, the reason he struggles for mins is his size & the fact he's behind a guy named Tony Parker!

PlaymakerMo, I was responding to this:

his numbers haven't been that great

I think people start too much from the 'number 6 pick in NBA Draft' standpoint, which really is irrelevant to NBL performance.

He does some amazing things, undoubtedly has made Melbourne better, has definitely improved his application to defence, but also makes some bad plays and certainly isnt the greatest defender.

He is definitely a very good player in the NBL, but definitely not one of the best couple. Could Melbourne do better? Yes, but they could more easily do worse.