Big Al's Paint: The Al Jefferson Thread

-Ian- · Post #1541 » by **-Ian-** » Wed Jun 4, 2014 5:01 pm

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Ahhh. Somebody recognizes that Big Al is deserving to be an All-NBA First Team!

ARHornet · Post #1542 » by **ARHornet** » Wed Jun 4, 2014 5:30 pm

Congrats to Al. He's very much deserving of this.

TheKingofSting2 · Post #1543 » by **TheKingofSting2** » Wed Jun 4, 2014 9:41 pm

I thought he should have made the second team at worst but Congrats for getting the recognition, we as a franchise have come a long way.

SlicedBread · Post #1544 » by **SlicedBread** » Wed Jun 4, 2014 10:55 pm

Nicely Done Al!! All-NBA All the time!

Elden Payton · Post #1545 » by **Elden Payton** » Thu Jun 5, 2014 12:05 am

Well desrved and great recognition.

It's one thing to be underrated but it's another thing to be underrated for a decade.

mrknowitall215 · Post #1546 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Jun 5, 2014 12:38 am

“When we stay on the same page and do things right at the defensive end, we can be a great team. We lost a lot of games last year I think we should have won,” Jefferson said after the NBA announced he was third-team all-league.

“We can get better. You can’t be satisfied.”

“When I signed here, I had a feeling we’d fit into coach’s system,” Jefferson said at a news conference. “I was dedicated to improving myself at the defensive end. We’ve come a long way.

“For me, it’s important I’m not happy with just what I have done. In my meeting (with the front office after the season) I told them I don’t want to go backward.”

To that point, Jefferson says he’s begun doing this off-season what point guard Kemba Walker did with him a year ago: Recruiting players to consider the Hornets’ pitch once free agency begins in July.

Long before the Bobcats could meet with Jefferson, Walker was lobbying him to sign in Charlotte. The two share the same agent, Jeff Schwartz, and Walker laid the groundwork last spring for Jefferson to visit Charlotte.

When Jefferson was asked Wednesday if he’s open to a similar role, Jefferson suggested he already has accepted it.

“I had guys last year come to me and say they could see themselves (signing) here,” Jefferson said. “I have guys calling me about how the coach is, (looking to) confirm how great Coach Clifford is.”

Jefferson said he left his post-season meeting with management confident the Hornets are committed to improvement.

“They made it very clear we’re all on the same page – to get a lot better,” Jefferson said.

Jefferson said he was happy to see four or five of his teammates already working out at Time Warner Cable Arena on a regular basis. He had to take three weeks off after the season to rest the torn plantar fascia along his left foot.

Jefferson said he’s now pain-free and can start running on the treadmill this week. He could start some light basketball workouts next week.

Jefferson said attendance at these voluntary workouts is representative of the work culture Clifford has invoked.

“(Clifford) kind of reminds me of my grandmother (who) believed in tough love,” Jefferson said. “(He) believes in letting me know what I’m not doing but at the end of the day he’ll praise me …

“He has a way of motivating you, not just for you but the team and him, too.”

That ultimately led to the validation of being chosen All-NBA.

“I can sit here and say it doesn’t matter, but it does,” Jefferson said. “To get that kind of recognition at this time in my career, it means a lot.”

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HornetJail · Post #1547 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Jun 5, 2014 12:41 am

-Ian- wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/474231519868112896[/tweet]

Ahhh. Somebody recognizes that Big Al is deserving to be an All-NBA First Team!

Noah had a better season than him. Howard probably did too, but I'm glad that Al got recognition all the same.

Winglish · Post #1548 » by **Winglish** » Thu Jun 5, 2014 2:56 pm

Big shout out from Utah to congratulate Al Jefferson on being All-NBA! My little girl wore her Al Jefferson jersey to get her photograph taken with Enes Kanter and Derrick Favors. She's still wearing the Jefferson jersey to Jazz games, too. Well deserved, big guy!

Liver_Pooty · Post #1549 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 1:16 am

Jordan took out a full page ad in the Observer thanking Big Al.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11052 ... ertisement

Elden Payton · Post #1550 » by **Elden Payton** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 6:21 am

Awesome owner

TheKingofSting2 · Post #1551 » by **TheKingofSting2** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 7:00 am

Good move by MJ to get the positive publicity.

-Ian- · Post #1552 » by **-Ian-** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 7:55 am

Elden Payton · Post #1553 » by **Elden Payton** » Mon Jun 9, 2014 11:56 pm

MJ sounds like he was rubbing himself while writing that..

TheKingofSting2 · Post #1554 » by **TheKingofSting2** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:08 am

I cant wait to see what Big Al can do once we get some more talent around him.

countryboi · Post #1555 » by **countryboi** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:25 pm

So Andre Durmmond was doing an AMA on reddit and some asked who was the toughest player to defend this was his answer

"My toughest match-up, has to be against Al Jefferson. He is by far the most skilled big I’ve ever played against. He dropped 30 points and double figure rebounds on me 3 times in a row."

Elden Payton · Post #1556 » by **Elden Payton** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:33 pm

Yeah Al feasted on Drummond last season.

I can't wait to see their matchups next season, great way to track Drummond's progress.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1557 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:04 am

Drummond is actually not that good defensively. He is a beast rebounder though.

catch20two · Post #1558 » by **catch20two** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:08 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:Drummond is actually not that good defensively. He is a beast rebounder though.

Watch SVG make him a DPOY candidate within 3 years.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1559 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 12:09 am

catch20two wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Drummond is actually not that good defensively. He is a beast rebounder though.

Watch SVG make him a DPOY candidate within 3 years.

Maybe, but he has a long, long way to go.

catch20two · Post #1560 » by **catch20two** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 7:10 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
catch20two wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:Drummond is actually not that good defensively. He is a beast rebounder though.

Watch SVG make him a DPOY candidate within 3 years.

Maybe, but he has a long, long way to go.

It might be this upcoming year. The guy already be posting 20-20 games like it ain't nothing with at least 1 steal and 2 blocks. Give him SVG's system which is basically a advanced version of Clifford's system and I think he'll make All-NBA Defensive 2nd team next year at the least.