Agreed when you get older you lose some things…however its usually just physical stuff. mentall players get tougher and smarter and more familiar with where their game is. So confidence is a problem that hinrich has had recently, and it will eventually go away. Hinrich also is near his prime, so i dont think he’s lost his speed due to an aging body. I think he tried his hardest to gain muscle so he wasnt bullied around anymore and thats where the loss of speed and quickness came in.

In pistons series hinirch actually started playing better than gordon earlier. The whole thing about that series was that the bulls were waiting for ben gordon to step up his game since he was a big part of the offense. Hinrich displayed his best pg work possibly in that series. It was like the opposite of the wizards series.

The money he is getting paid i think is still fair. It decreases every year, and its only at 9.5 mil at the moment, and he was paid starter money. Dengs contract is worth more, and when bg gets his he will make more money than kirk also, (even bg had accepted the “lo-ball” offers from last season and the season before that one.

I think hinrichs role will be the first guard off the bench. Thats where i think he fits in. To give d. rose some rest, to do the things bg just cannot.

Agreed, hinrich can not be a starting 2 on this team, and indeed, you must ask yourself if we can win a championship with a certain player at a specific position. Likewise i often ask myself , can we win a title with bg at the 2". For all his offensive abilities id have to say no. However i believe bg can turn his game around to be more effective, and i think hinrich can become a more consistant version of what he was in the 05-06 season (the year they played miami, hinrich was probably the best balance between pg and sg, while praised for his defense. Its also when he was offered to play in the olympics.)

oh well, have you checked out the last line in my sig? :)

Kirk is married you do know that right?