Game 20 : Los Angeles Clippers (14-5) @ Orlando Magic (8-11) - 8:00 PM

TheNewEra · Post #21 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:23 am

Not the best start

TheNewEra · Post #22 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:33 am

Good run

esqtvd · Post #23 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:38 am

TheNewEra wrote:No matter how many times we try it the move will not work playing Luke and Lou

Kennard was minus-11 before Ty gave him minutes with starters

it's not that he sucks it's just that he sucks lol

esqtvd · Post #24 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:44 am

maybe let's not cut Reggie yet

Max Headrom · Post #25 » by **Max Headrom** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:46 am

Reggie with the starters actually isn't bad at all

clipsfever · Post #26 » by **clipsfever** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:48 am

esqtvd wrote:maybe let's not cut Reggie yet

Have to agree, and I was on the wrong side of that divide not so long ago.

TheNewEra · Post #27 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:51 am

Getting ugly again

MartinToVaught · Post #28 » by **MartinToVaught** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 2:57 am

MVBatum the GOAT!

Max Headrom · Post #29 » by **Max Headrom** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:01 am

I love Zu man! And he's still really young!

TheNewEra · Post #30 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:07 am

esqtvd wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:No matter how many times we try it the move will not work playing Luke and Lou

Kennard was minus-11 before Ty gave him minutes with starters

it's not that he sucks it's just that he sucks lol

Still a head scratcher to pay him without checking the fit but it’s to late now

TheNewEra · Post #31 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:09 am

Mo Bamba really stuck on that bench with no hope of playing

Clemenza · Post #32 » by **Clemenza** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:13 am

TheNewEra wrote:Mo Bamba really stuck on that bench with no hope of playing

They haven't gotten a draft pick right in ages. Isaac has promise but he keeps getting struck by really bad injuries

nickhx2 · Post #33 » by **nickhx2** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:16 am

it became such a boring game i just goofed off and barely watched after the 3rd

which is good

esqtvd · Post #34 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:23 am

clipsfever wrote:
esqtvd wrote:maybe let's not cut Reggie yet

Have to agree, and I was on the wrong side of that divide not so long ago.

It's cool. Ty's trying to work him into the second unit but Reggie's really here as league-minimum insurance for Pat Bev getting injured which is often. [And for Lou too.] And he's really come through on Job One.

He gets in trouble when he tries to do too much. But he's not even a role player--he's a substitute role player, which is TWO steps back. That's really tough to accept for a guy who's still only 30 and has STARTED over 350 NBA games. And it looks like he has.

Props to Reggie and shout out to Playloc for stand by your man.

esqtvd · Post #35 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:32 am

Clemenza wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:Mo Bamba really stuck on that bench with no hope of playing

They haven't gotten a draft pick right in ages. Isaac has promise but he keeps getting struck by really bad injuries

I was gonna mention this too. Bamba's got Embiid's body and he sounds like a college professor. They just said on TV that he showed up at his predraft interview with a briefcase, a resume, and a highlight reel in case they didn't have one. He went at #6.

I thought sure Bamba was can't-miss too--world-class brains and body? What could go wrong?

Just goes to show you--as Al McGuire said, you can be TOO intelligent to be an athlete. You're too aware of what can go wrong. The dumber guy just sees the hoop and makes the shot. The brain just gets in the way, lol.

“You can't think and hit at the same time.”--Yogi Berra

esqtvd · Post #36 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:38 am

TheNewEra wrote:
esqtvd wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:No matter how many times we try it the move will not work playing Luke and Lou

Kennard was minus-11 before Ty gave him minutes with starters

it's not that he sucks it's just that he sucks lol

Still a head scratcher to pay him without checking the fit but it’s to late now

as a newly-signed free agent not eligible to be traded until February 6

maybe to one of those teams that always seems to have just a few too many white guys if you know what I mean :lol:

Clemenza · Post #37 » by **Clemenza** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:44 am

esqtvd wrote:
clipsfever wrote:
esqtvd wrote:maybe let's not cut Reggie yet

Have to agree, and I was on the wrong side of that divide not so long ago.

It's cool. Ty's trying to work him into the second unit but Reggie's really here as league-minimum insurance for Pat Bev getting injured which is often. [And for Lou too.] And he's really come through on Job One.

He gets in trouble when he tries to do too much. But he's not even a role player--he's a substitute role player, which is TWO steps back. That's really tough to accept for a guy who's still only 30 and has STARTED over 350 NBA games. And it looks like he has.

Props to Reggie and shout out to Playloc for stand by your man.

Read on Twitter

TheNewEra · Post #38 » by **TheNewEra** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:51 am

esqtvd wrote:
Clemenza wrote:
TheNewEra wrote:Mo Bamba really stuck on that bench with no hope of playing

They haven't gotten a draft pick right in ages. Isaac has promise but he keeps getting struck by really bad injuries

I was gonna mention this too. Bamba's got Embiid's body and he sounds like a college professor. They just said on TV that he showed up at his predraft interview with a briefcase, a resume, and a highlight reel in case they didn't have one. He went at #6.

I thought sure Bamba was can't-miss too--world-class brains and body? What could go wrong?

Just goes to show you--as Al McGuire said, you can be TOO intelligent to be an athlete. You're too aware of what can go wrong. The dumber guy just sees the hoop and makes the shot. The brain just gets in the way, lol.

“You can't think and hit at the same time.”--Yogi Berra

He may still bounce back with the right situation. Magic drafting him while having a loaded front court and drafting even more forwards never made sense. Even with injuries there is little effort to develop him with Vice and AG still around

esqtvd · Post #39 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 3:52 am

Max Headrom wrote:I love Zu man! And he's still really young!

Zu was great as the placeholder starter with KL and PG last year. But he's really struggling with the 2nd unit. Sort of like a musician who can follow the band but can't lead it. The better the band, the better he looks.

But in a 26-point win tonight, his plus/minus was ZERO. Same with Mann. [Lou was plus+7 and Senior was +6.] I wish Zu could play with the starters to continue his development but Serge came here to play with Kawhi, not with Lou and Senior. Plus the first unit is better with Serge so that's that.

Kennard is ass so the second unit is just going to have to learn to play around Lou's strengths and weaknesses. Zu-and-Lou have their moments. :-)

Instead of one of those fumbled hand-offs in the paint, Lou put a bounce-pass in front of Zu tonight and led him to the hoop and a dunk. Sweet.

esqtvd · Post #40 » by **esqtvd** » Sat Jan 30, 2021 4:11 am

Clemenza wrote:

Read on Twitter

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Before the COVID hit last year, Reggie was at the 1 and Lou was doing his natural thing, a 6'1" mini-Iverson at the 2. Lou is not a PG. It was working bigtime.

The real problem this year is that that puts Kennard at the 3. I hate comparing white players with white players but JJ was also an unathletic 6'4" who was garbage on the second unit and can't play PG or SF. Like Redick, Kennard is a spot-up 2 with zero D and THAT's IT. Minimal assists, rebounds, steals. None of the "little things."

Clips are paying Kennard all this damn money and have no place they can hide him and get some minutes out of him. Stuck him out there with the first unit tonight and he didn't hurt, but didn't help either. You need a lot more for your money than this.

Kennard's better than Shamet was last year anyway. Talk about a basket case, poor fellow.

But Ty's challenge is to extract 20 mpg from Kennard somehow. [And another 25 from Senior, but that's a different story.]