Von Wafer breakdown

baller1069 · Post #1 » by **baller1069** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:08 pm

Can someone breakdown Wafer's game for me?

Can he penetrate well?

ryantp · Post #2 » by **ryantp** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:16 pm

Quick step, confident, unorthodox, streaky shooter. I think this guy have the potential to win the Sixth man award in the future. Of course it helps when you got 7'6 Yao anchored in the middle and the court is your oyster.

People were saying Brooks and the team played better without Yao, but to tell you the truth I think the Lakers were the ones to blame for the losses, Game 7 told it all. Bynum and Gasol swatted at anything coming down the paint. That's why you need your man Yao in the middle to draw the defenders so these quick guys can penetrate.

baller1069 · Post #3 » by **baller1069** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:21 pm

Can he break his man down off the dribble with ease?

tisbee · Post #4 » by **tisbee** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:22 pm

Streaky shooter w/good 3pt range. Can go off for 10-12 quick points.
Excellent quickness and elevation on Js and dunks.
Can penetrate and finish if there's a lane-often w/highlight quality dunk-but if the path to basket is closed off jumps,twists and attempts very difficult shots that rarely go in.
Gets lost on defense.
Has extremely limited passing ability-looks to shoot everytime drives lane.

baller1069 · Post #5 » by **baller1069** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:25 pm

Solid breakdowns guys. Do you guys want him back and how much would you pay him?

I'm a big Raptors fan, and think maybe that we should take a chance on him because from what I have seen he seems to have Jason Terry potential.

Nachbar_is_God · Post #6 » by **Nachbar_is_God** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:28 pm

I believe the Rockets will look to keep Wafer. When he's on he can score at will. Lots of energy and athleticism, and he plays with lots of heart. He seems to fit into our system well.

ryantp · Post #7 » by **ryantp** » Mon May 18, 2009 4:43 pm

he's definitely a diamond in the rough. I just love his energy and passion although he could do better with experience.

Nachbar_is_God · Post #8 » by **Nachbar_is_God** » Mon May 18, 2009 6:09 pm

ryantp wrote:he's definitely a diamond in the rough. I just love his energy and passion although he could do better with experience.

Agreed. Another year of development under Adelman and he'll be great. I'd like to see him get more playing time, but I think that will come when he learns a little bit more defensive technique. With T-Mac out for at least half a season next year, he'll have plenty of playing time to improve.

tisbee · Post #9 » by **tisbee** » Tue May 19, 2009 12:41 am

At this point the Rockets prob want him back. But he has to come fairly cheap(say $2mil/yr for 2-3 yrs),and all bets are off if somebody who'll pass a bit more/defends better suddenly becomes available at a cheap price.

Aaron Brooks · Post #10 » by **Aaron Brooks** » Tue May 19, 2009 2:45 am

poor man's JR Smith in every facet of the game. he even has less tattoos than JR

YoungMoney23 · Post #11 » by **YoungMoney23** » Tue May 19, 2009 3:02 am

We need his energy, we haven't had a lot of high energy players in previous years

astrallite · Post #12 » by **astrallite** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:18 pm

Ball-handling is suspect (I'd say about a middle of the pack high school level point guard at best). Has trouble dribbling to his left. If you block off the right baseline he just picks up the ball and ends up turning the ball over with some blind cross-court lob pass. Loves to run around a screen from the left baseline and take a shot in the middle of the floor.

Vujacic completely flustered him, made him pick up his dribble, blocked his shot (who the hell ever gets blocked by Vujacic?), made him turn the ball over.

Right now his shooting can either save you or bury you...but if you know his tendencies (middle of the floor and right baseline) you can easily shut him down because he only has a few spots on the floor he likes to go to, and when you take those away he becomes indecisive.

He can play a role as a shooter off the bench. You don't want him as your third option...or even fourth. You can use him as an Eddie House type player for small scoring bursts. Poor man's JR Smith.

That said, the Rockets are so offensively challenged I always get a rush when he steps on the floor.

Munchlaxatives · Post #13 » by **Munchlaxatives** » Thu May 21, 2009 4:17 am

We'll do a sign and trade for Bargnani.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it.

Rendezvous · Post #14 » by **Rendezvous** » Thu May 21, 2009 11:55 pm

Munchlaxatives wrote:We'll do a sign and trade for Bargnani.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it.

He and Rasheed would be great with yao. actually any PF with a good 3point shot would do good.

HTown_TMac · Post #15 » by **HTown_TMac** » Fri May 22, 2009 2:26 am

DiamondX wrote:
Munchlaxatives wrote:We'll do a sign and trade for Bargnani.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it.

He and Rasheed would be great with yao. actually any PF with a good 3point shot would do good.

?

Post #16 » by **TMACFORMVP** » Fri May 22, 2009 4:13 am

We already got Scolandry!!

Munchlaxatives · Post #17 » by **Munchlaxatives** » Fri May 22, 2009 7:09 am

But neither one has a sick 5 O'clock shadow. The Von Hawk is yesterday, Bargnani fuzz is tomorrow.

Rendezvous · Post #18 » by **Rendezvous** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:35 pm

HTown_TMac wrote:
DiamondX wrote:
Munchlaxatives wrote:We'll do a sign and trade for Bargnani.

Do it.

Do it.

Do it.

He and Rasheed would be great with yao. actually any PF with a good 3point shot would do good.

?

I'll take that back......

Munchlaxatives · Post #19 » by **Munchlaxatives** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:08 pm

Bargnani actually looked good against Yao when we played the Raptors. I don't think he defended Yao though.

hackle · Post #20 » by **hackle** » Wed May 27, 2009 7:53 am

He is sort of like J.R. Smith