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[catch20two]

Vonleh has been more productive as a DNP player right now than Stauskas has thus far this season. Guy can't guard a dead deer right now. 3 fouls in 2 minutes.

Mclemore is still the worst. Lol

Zeller is looking more and more like a genius pick at 4, other than Noel. And hes playing on a garbage team with inflated stats. Shows inredible defensive potential though.

Not getting Noel hurt my feelings and I liked Olynyk just as much as Zeller. I think the problem was that Cho scouted Zeller all wrong. Zeller isn't a stretch 4, just a athletic PF that can do a lot of things well. Once he stopped shooting so many jumpers he looked like a decent player. It's nice to have that jumper in his arsenal but it's not his bread n butter. Maybe another 3-5 years he'll be a deadly midrange shooter.

[Liver_Pooty]

Mclemore is still the worst. Lol

Zeller is looking more and more like a genius pick at 4, other than Noel. And hes playing on a garbage team with inflated stats. Shows inredible defensive potential though.

Not getting Noel hurt my feelings and I liked Olynyk just as much as Zeller. I think the problem was that Cho scouted Zeller all wrong. Zeller isn't a stretch 4, just a athletic PF that can do a lot of things well. Once he stopped shooting so many jumpers he looked like a decent player. It's nice to have that jumper in his arsenal but it's not his bread n butter. Maybe another 3-5 years he'll be a deadly midrange shooter.

I think he is pretty deadly from that range right now, let alone in 3-5 years. Hes shooting 48% from the field thus far this season and a majority of them are jumpers off a pick and pop. Its actually kind of amazing since at Indiana he took maybe 5 jumpers of 15 or more feet his two seasons there.

[catch20two]

Zeller is looking more and more like a genius pick at 4, other than Noel. And hes playing on a garbage team with inflated stats. Shows inredible defensive potential though.

Not getting Noel hurt my feelings and I liked Olynyk just as much as Zeller. I think the problem was that Cho scouted Zeller all wrong. Zeller isn't a stretch 4, just a athletic PF that can do a lot of things well. Once he stopped shooting so many jumpers he looked like a decent player. It's nice to have that jumper in his arsenal but it's not his bread n butter. Maybe another 3-5 years he'll be a deadly midrange shooter.

I think he is pretty deadly from that range right now, let alone in 3-5 years. Hes shooting 48% from the field thus far this season and a majority of them are jumpers off a pick and pop. Its actually kind of amazing since at Indiana he took maybe 5 jumpers of 15 or more feet his two seasons there.

He should be able to make wide open 15 footers without a hand in his face. I still like him better when he's attacking the rim and getting to the FT stripe. He's carving out a niche tho. I started coming around to him late last season once I started noticing that he was a more than solid defender moving his feet.

[catch20two]

Lol at the 1 minute Stauskas played. Lmao at Mclemore being worse than Hendo ever was. Other than that the Kings are finally starting look like a decent team.

Jeff Green went off on the Mavs but they still loss. I wish we could find a trade to get him without trading anything more than Hendo and Marv.

The Grizzlies smacked the Pelicans around. I'm starting to feel less mad about that loss.

[Liver_Pooty]

Lol at the 1 minute Stauskas played. Lmao at Mclemore being worse than Hendo ever was. Other than that the Kings are finally starting look like a decent team.

Jeff Green went off on the Mavs but they still loss. I wish we could find a trade to get him without trading anything more than Hendo and Marv.

The Grizzlies smacked the Pelicans around. I'm starting to feel less mad about that loss.

I caught the last 9 minutes of that Grizz Pels game, and my God does Memphis slow the game down soooo much. Its almost as painful as watching a Bo Ryan Wisconsin team where the score is always 52-45 or something. Horrible team to watch.

[fatlever]

Lol at the 1 minute Stauskas played. Lmao at Mclemore being worse than Hendo ever was. Other than that the Kings are finally starting look like a decent team.

Jeff Green went off on the Mavs but they still loss. I wish we could find a trade to get him without trading anything more than Hendo and Marv.

The Grizzlies smacked the Pelicans around. I'm starting to feel less mad about that loss.

I caught the last 9 minutes of that Grizz Pels game, and my God does Memphis slow the game down soooo much. Its almost as painful as watching a Bo Ryan Wisconsin team where the score is always 52-45 or something. Horrible team to watch.

we arent much different.

[Liver_Pooty]

Lol at the 1 minute Stauskas played. Lmao at Mclemore being worse than Hendo ever was. Other than that the Kings are finally starting look like a decent team.

Jeff Green went off on the Mavs but they still loss. I wish we could find a trade to get him without trading anything more than Hendo and Marv.

The Grizzlies smacked the Pelicans around. I'm starting to feel less mad about that loss.

I caught the last 9 minutes of that Grizz Pels game, and my God does Memphis slow the game down soooo much. Its almost as painful as watching a Bo Ryan Wisconsin team where the score is always 52-45 or something. Horrible team to watch.

we arent much different.

Were actually worse.

[LamarMatic7]

Vonleh has been more productive as a DNP player right now than Stauskas has thus far this season. Guy can't guard a dead deer right now. 3 fouls in 2 minutes.

He was better than McLemore against the Clippers, that's for sure. McLemore kept losing Redick on screens and was non-existent on offense. When Stauskas checked in, he actually had a solid defensive performance, stopped penetration from Farmar (even had 2 blocks) and didn't lose Redick on those off-ball curls. Yet he also was non-existent on offense....

[LamarMatic7]

The Heat are (3-0), that surprises me.

That doesn't surprise me. That Heat team always played well in stretches when LeBron James wasn't on the floor. Of course they'll miss him, but they had a good system, and as long as Chris Bosh & Dwyane Wade can stay healthy they'll likely be a top 4 seed in the East

How come you say that? I don't really agree with it.

[LamarMatic7]

Lol at the 1 minute Stauskas played. Lmao at Mclemore being worse than Hendo ever was. Other than that the Kings are finally starting look like a decent team.

Jeff Green went off on the Mavs but they still loss. I wish we could find a trade to get him without trading anything more than Hendo and Marv.

The Grizzlies smacked the Pelicans around. I'm starting to feel less mad about that loss.

I caught the last 9 minutes of that Grizz Pels game, and my God does Memphis slow the game down soooo much. Its almost as painful as watching a Bo Ryan Wisconsin team where the score is always 52-45 or something. Horrible team to watch.

I absolutely love to watch their style of play. I guess it has too many additional sub-plots for it not to be boring - Gasol and Z-Bo bumping guys around, Gasol's beautiful passes, Z-Bo in the post, Tony Allen doing Tony Allen things, whether it's stifling defense, baffling offensive decisions or him roaming around the base-line while off the court (he actually smacked a camera man this game, what the hell!?), Mike Conley using all of his hesitations, fakes and nifty moves in the pick-n-roll, etc.

[MPM]

Gordon Hayward watch: 18.8 ppg, 5.3 apg, 7.3 rpg through the first five.

I wasn't a big proponent of the Hayward offer, but he'd look pretty good in our offense right about now.

[HornetJail]

Gordon Hayward watch: 18.8 ppg, 5.3 apg, 7.3 rpg through the first five.

I wasn't a big proponent of the Hayward offer, but he'd look pretty good in our offense right about now.

Small sample size of course, but once Lance gets his shot working and shakes off that groin injury that I suspect is still bothering him, he's going to be significantly better than Hayward- at half the price.

Now, if we had either traded Hendo or not signed Marvin, we could've had both...

If we're going to read into small sample size stats, Lance has had 13 rebounds and 8 assists, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, and 9 rebounds and 8 assists for averages of 10 rebounds and 6.7 assists so far. Only player in the league averaging that so far.

Though Rondo is averaging 8ppg/8.7rpg/11.7apg and my stupid ass forgot to put him in my fantasy rotation for the second week in a row.

[mrknowitall215]

The Heat are (3-0), that surprises me.

That doesn't surprise me. That Heat team always played well in stretches when LeBron James wasn't on the floor. Of course they'll miss him, but they had a good system, and as long as Chris Bosh & Dwyane Wade can stay healthy they'll likely be a top 4 seed in the East

How come you say that? I don't really agree with it.

I don't know, I just happen to believe that that team is still pretty good. Wade & Bosh will be HOF'ers, and they're both still able to play at a high level. I also think they a good job of filling holes in their roster that departed

[LamarMatic7]

That doesn't surprise me. That Heat team always played well in stretches when LeBron James wasn't on the floor. Of course they'll miss him, but they had a good system, and as long as Chris Bosh & Dwyane Wade can stay healthy they'll likely be a top 4 seed in the East

How come you say that? I don't really agree with it.

I don't know, I just happen to believe that that team is still pretty good. Wade & Bosh will be HOF'ers, and they're both still able to play at a high level. I also think they a good job of filling holes in their roster that departed

You misunderstood me. I also believe that the team is still pretty good.

I just don't agree with them having always played well without James on the floor.

[HornetJail]

The Heat pretty good right now, but what happens mid season when Wade and Deng start to wear down? They have no wing depth.

[mrknowitall215]

How come you say that? I don't really agree with it.

I don't know, I just happen to believe that that team is still pretty good. Wade & Bosh will be HOF'ers, and they're both still able to play at a high level. I also think they a good job of filling holes in their roster that departed

You misunderstood me. I also believe that the team is still pretty good.

I just don't agree with them having always played well without James on the floor.

Of course they weren't at their best without him on the floor, but I do recall them winning some meaningful games whenever LeBron may have rested a minor injury which was very seldom

[HornetJail]

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