Hey look... Russell's sweaty again. (Off season workout thread)
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Zubac is extremely well-coordinated for a big, strong, young kid like that. He's gonna be a beast. He has the fundamentals and size, just needs the reps.
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TyCobb wrote:Zubac is extremely well-coordinated for a big, strong, young kid like that. He's gonna be a beast. He has the fundamentals and size, just needs the reps.
The similarities to our drafting of Marc Gasol are striking, but I feel like Zubac's ahead of him at this stage.
Not sure who to compare him to from a career tragectory standpoint... Marc? Bogut? JOneal?
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TyCobb wrote:Zubac is extremely well-coordinated for a big, strong, young kid like that. He's gonna be a beast. He has the fundamentals and size, just needs the reps.
With a lot of bigs you can tell someone shoved a basketball in their hands at a certain age. With Zubac you can tell he's a baller.
The fact that he gave up guaranteed money because he wanted to go to the states, then gave up guaranteed money by telling teams he didn't want to be stashed just goes to show he's confident in what he can do.
Confidence and a natural draw to the game, two huge pluses for a young big.
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I could get really excited about a Russell, Clarkson, Ingram, Randle, Zubac starting lineup in a couple years... If these guys believe in it, that could be a massive pain in the ass for the rest of the league.
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crazyeights wrote:TyCobb wrote:Zubac is extremely well-coordinated for a big, strong, young kid like that. He's gonna be a beast. He has the fundamentals and size, just needs the reps.
With a lot of bigs you can tell someone shoved a basketball in their hands at a certain age. With Zubac you can tell he's a baller.
The fact that he gave up guaranteed money because he wanted to go to the states, then gave up guaranteed money by telling teams he didn't want to be stashed just goes to show he's confident in what he can do.
Confidence and a natural draw to the game, two huge pluses for a young big.
Zubac, for me, always goes back to his post draft interview alongside Ingram. It was when Ingram was getting all the attention and every question was directed at him and Zuby was just sitting there confident and quiet. Finally a reporter points this out and shoots him a question and Zuby's response was like 'its okay--he can have all the pressure. Nobody expects anything from me. I will just come in to work.' Or something like thst. Then his summer league composure and performance. Everything I see positive from him now on I always go back to that interview and try to remember his thought process and how he projects his own game.
Its unbelievable this regimes draft success.
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TyCobb wrote:crazyeights wrote:TyCobb wrote:Zubac is extremely well-coordinated for a big, strong, young kid like that. He's gonna be a beast. He has the fundamentals and size, just needs the reps.
With a lot of bigs you can tell someone shoved a basketball in their hands at a certain age. With Zubac you can tell he's a baller.
The fact that he gave up guaranteed money because he wanted to go to the states, then gave up guaranteed money by telling teams he didn't want to be stashed just goes to show he's confident in what he can do.
Confidence and a natural draw to the game, two huge pluses for a young big.
Zubac, for me, always goes back to his post draft interview alongside Ingram. It was when Ingram was getting all the attention and every question was directed at him and Zuby was just sitting there confident and quiet. Finally a reporter points this out and shoots him a question and Zuby's response was like 'its okay--he can have all the pressure. Nobody expects anything from me. I will just come in to work.' Or something like thst. Then his summer league composure and performance. Everything I see positive from him now on I always go back to that interview and try to remember his thought process and how he projects his own game.
Its unbelievable this regimes draft success.
Randle ahead of Lavine still stings.
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Better than Stauskas and Vonleh. Lol
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Stealing Clarkson minimized the need for LaVine for me. Personally, I wanted a big in that draft anyway.
Having said that, Julius has a huge year ahead of him. He has a lot to prove. I'm hoping all the work he's been putting in, plus a coaching staff with vision will allow him to play to his strengths and weed out some of his bad habits.
Having said that, Julius has a huge year ahead of him. He has a lot to prove. I'm hoping all the work he's been putting in, plus a coaching staff with vision will allow him to play to his strengths and weed out some of his bad habits.
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Slava wrote:TyCobb wrote:crazyeights wrote:
With a lot of bigs you can tell someone shoved a basketball in their hands at a certain age. With Zubac you can tell he's a baller.
The fact that he gave up guaranteed money because he wanted to go to the states, then gave up guaranteed money by telling teams he didn't want to be stashed just goes to show he's confident in what he can do.
Confidence and a natural draw to the game, two huge pluses for a young big.
Zubac, for me, always goes back to his post draft interview alongside Ingram. It was when Ingram was getting all the attention and every question was directed at him and Zuby was just sitting there confident and quiet. Finally a reporter points this out and shoots him a question and Zuby's response was like 'its okay--he can have all the pressure. Nobody expects anything from me. I will just come in to work.' Or something like thst. Then his summer league composure and performance. Everything I see positive from him now on I always go back to that interview and try to remember his thought process and how he projects his own game.
Its unbelievable this regimes draft success.
Randle ahead of Lavine still stings.
even if Randle proves himself to be a more efficient double/double guy this year? I see a lot of people calling for Gordon to be some sort of star and he hasn't even done much outside of highlight dunks, how come most don't give Randle that possibility?
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It looks like the young guys are playing together before training camp. Good to see, build that chemistry.
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Randle is better than Lavine ever will be. Clarkson is probably the better player than LaVine.
a PF with rare mixture of power and finesse and has top 5 best handle for PF in the L and beast rebounder too. I'll take that over generic scoring sg/pg who can jump. Let me have Clarkson or even Shannon Brown.
a PF with rare mixture of power and finesse and has top 5 best handle for PF in the L and beast rebounder too. I'll take that over generic scoring sg/pg who can jump. Let me have Clarkson or even Shannon Brown.
shawn_hemp wrote: a guy who is far worse than Robert Covington in Brandon Ingram, and a guy who is no better than TJ McConnell or Tony Wroten in D'Angelo Russell.
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not sure why everyone is so high on lavigne
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I would take Lavine over Clarkson or Randle.Mirjalovic wrote:Randle is better than Lavine ever will be. Clarkson is probably the better player than LaVine.
a PF with rare mixture of power and finesse and has top 5 best handle for PF in the L and beast rebounder too. I'll take that over generic scoring sg/pg who can jump. Let me have Clarkson or even Shannon Brown.
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warrenpeace wrote:I would take Lavine over Clarkson or Randle.Mirjalovic wrote:Randle is better than Lavine ever will be. Clarkson is probably the better player than LaVine.
a PF with rare mixture of power and finesse and has top 5 best handle for PF in the L and beast rebounder too. I'll take that over generic scoring sg/pg who can jump. Let me have Clarkson or even Shannon Brown.
The real question is would you take him over both.
The fact is and will become more apparent is we got incredible value with these picks the last 3 drafts.
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I'm a huge fan of Lavine... but he's not a better all around player than Randle. Heck, I'm not even sure he's better than Clarkson. Clarkson can play either the 1 or the 2. I love Lavine's game but his issue is he's not really a 1 or a 2. He's somewhere in between. Not sure how that will play out long term.
And, as for him being better than both... I mean, c'mon Lol
And, as for him being better than both... I mean, c'mon Lol
Talking about how bad Julius Randle is:
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the way you mention Clarkson makes it seem you think he's worse than Randle. Randle, ignoring his potential and likelihood to improve, was pretty damn terrible at everything last year except rebounding. He has a ways to go to even get to the Lavine / Clarkson level, not that he can't.lake_show wrote:I'm a huge fan of Lavine... but he's not a better all around player than Randle. Heck, I'm not even sure he's better than Clarkson. Clarkson can play either the 1 or the 2. I love Lavine's game but his issue is he's not really a 1 or a 2. He's somewhere in between. Not sure how that will play out long term.
And, as for him being better than both... I mean, c'mon Lol
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dockingsched wrote:the way you mention Clarkson makes it seem you think he's worse than Randle. Randle, ignoring his potential and likelihood to improve, was pretty damn terrible at everything last year except rebounding. He has a ways to go to even get to the Lavine / Clarkson level, not that he can't.lake_show wrote:I'm a huge fan of Lavine... but he's not a better all around player than Randle. Heck, I'm not even sure he's better than Clarkson. Clarkson can play either the 1 or the 2. I love Lavine's game but his issue is he's not really a 1 or a 2. He's somewhere in between. Not sure how that will play out long term.
And, as for him being better than both... I mean, c'mon Lol
I honestly think Randle is the best player out of those 3. And... Personally, I think it makes absolutely no sense to rate a player while "ignoring his potential and likelihood to improve". When people do that they're essentially talking about a completley different/hypothetical player, and using that made up player for the sake of making a point.
All these guys are who they are, and at this point, even though he's not my favorite player of the three, he's definitely the better player. At least, I personally see it that way.
Talking about how bad Julius Randle is:
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