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Pythagoras wrote:Blake Griffin should be high on the Lakers priority list as a small ball C. He looks like he still has a lot left in the tank. This would also let AD off the hook for playing heavy minutes at C.
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siFy wrote:Pythagoras wrote:Blake Griffin should be high on the Lakers priority list as a small ball C. He looks like he still has a lot left in the tank. This would also let AD off the hook for playing heavy minutes at C.
I prefer have him than Montrezl for sure. I don't talk about Drummond because he is much better a stick is better.
Looking at the guys that are free Pelinka better make a good free agency not like the trash he did last year and I'm concerned that he is going to be make it this year too.
Jedi32 wrote:siFy wrote:Pythagoras wrote:Blake Griffin should be high on the Lakers priority list as a small ball C. He looks like he still has a lot left in the tank. This would also let AD off the hook for playing heavy minutes at C.
I prefer have him than Montrezl for sure. I don't talk about Drummond because he is much better a stick is better.
Looking at the guys that are free Pelinka better make a good free agency not like the trash he did last year and I'm concerned that he is going to be make it this year too.
pelinka did fine last off season. it was silver who screwed us with the fast turn around.
mcscotty wrote:I'm rooting for CP3 and the Suns. I know. I know. I know.
Mamba Mentality wrote:mcscotty wrote:I'm rooting for CP3 and the Suns. I know. I know. I know.
Yeh I'm having a tough time choosing between the Suns and Bucks. On one hand I hate CP3, but love Booker. And on the other I want to see Giannis win and shut up all his critics. Either way, I'll go into this offseason happy knowing that the Nets and Clippers prolonged their inevitable vacations.
Slava wrote:I pulled a hammy while fapping. I won't make fun of Nash.
ROballer wrote:He's unguardable because he has no leash. He can do whatever he **** wants on the court and the coach/org would say nothing.
The rules also tremendously help. If the NBA will really impose the rules with the un-natural contact fouls and the refs will actually call it, his game would suffer the most out of any player in the league, including Harden.
He has an above average TS% but that is severely skewed by the number of FT's he gets each game. Most of them bogus.
When he's not "fouled" he only makes 33% of his 3's and 41% of his field goals. I know the highlights of his deep 3's look nice, but keep in mind he's also missing more than 6 per game.
He's more Iverson than Curry/Dame right now. He's still a pup and he might figure out the efficiency issues later though.
Or not.
ROballer wrote:He's unguardable because he has no leash. He can do whatever he **** wants on the court and the coach/org would say nothing.
The rules also tremendously help. If the NBA will really impose the rules with the un-natural contact fouls and the refs will actually call it, his game would suffer the most out of any player in the league, including Harden.
He has an above average TS% but that is severely skewed by the number of FT's he gets each game. Most of them bogus.
When he's not "fouled" he only makes 33% of his 3's and 41% of his field goals. I know the highlights of his deep 3's look nice, but keep in mind he's also missing more than 6 per game.
He's more Iverson than Curry/Dame right now. He's still a pup and he might figure out the efficiency issues later though.
Or not.
tamaraw08 wrote:Anybody watch how Lue is coaching the Clips?
Is he just lucky to have players who step up, hit those jumpers, play good defense etc or he actually make sound adjustments and drawing the right plays.
Some coaches just look good on defense because they only use players who are very good on defense and not utilize shooters who vulnerable defenders.
TyCobb wrote:Embiid at peak value after reaching a new maturity level.
Pythagoras wrote:tamaraw08 wrote:Anybody watch how Lue is coaching the Clips?
Is he just lucky to have players who step up, hit those jumpers, play good defense etc or he actually make sound adjustments and drawing the right plays.
Some coaches just look good on defense because they only use players who are very good on defense and not utilize shooters who vulnerable defenders.
I actually think he does a good job making adjustments and creating good spacing offensively, but he’s also definitely benefited from the fact that Mann and Reggie Jackson have been found money since Kawhi went down.
In the last 5 games since Kawhi has been gone:
Reggie Jackson: 23ppg on 53.7/38.1/84.6 shooting splits
Terrance Mann: 16.2ppg on 67.4/54.5/77.8 shooting splits
Those are pretty big numbers for those guys. I don’t know that many could have predicted numbers like that. I’d be willing to concede some of their success is due to his offensive coaching, but he’s been a little lucky too.
TyCobb wrote:Embiid at peak value after reaching a new maturity level.