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Pimpwerx wrote:Now everyone can understand why I had Rio's back all season. Good for some boners, but still gives you back more than he takes away. Active hands, functional defense and he has the confidence to take big shots and make them. He also spaces the floor well and can make plays on the offensive end. We'll resign him, but I still hope we get a good starter in the offseason. PEACE.

Kalela wrote:He fouls a lot though. lol He would probably get fouled out if they kept him the game for long periods of time. And he gets away with a lot of fouls as it is right now.

Kalela wrote:He fouls a lot though. lol He would probably get fouled out if they kept him the game for long periods of time. And he gets away with a lot of fouls as it is right now.

Pimpwerx wrote:Now everyone can understand why I had Rio's back all season. Good for some boners, but still gives you back more than he takes away. Active hands, functional defense and he has the confidence to take big shots and make them. He also spaces the floor well and can make plays on the offensive end. We'll resign him, but I still hope we get a good starter in the offseason. PEACE.

DeeDub wrote:I'm good with seeing more Chalmers and less Biby, but the "Barea is destroying Bibby" thing is getting blown out of proportion. Barea is 5 of 10 on shots against Bibby in these last few games, which is very solid for Barea but hardly dominant. Several of those were 3s taken 2-3 feet beyond the arc which are shots that, as a defender, you can live with overall because Barea is a mediocre 3 pt shooter (35%). He's a streaky explosive guy and he got hot so he hit several of them. That will happen. But not many coaches would be asking their PG to play Barea much closer when he is 26-27 feet away from the basket.

"I felt that he's been a big part of who they've become,'' Carlisle said after practice at the AmericanAirlines Arena. "He's a better all-around player than people probably believe. Off of this series, he's their fourth most dangerous player if you look at the stats.

"He's a kid that's not afraid of the moment as everyone saw in the finals of the college championship game. … We have to treat him with a high level of respect and we are.''

"I think [Chalmers] is quicker, longer and stronger than Bibby,'' Barea said.

DeeDub wrote:I'm good with seeing more Chalmers and less Biby, but the "Barea is destroying Bibby" thing is getting blown out of proportion. Barea is 5 of 10 on shots against Bibby in these last few games, which is very solid for Barea but hardly dominant. Several of those were 3s taken 2-3 feet beyond the arc which are shots that, as a defender, you can live with overall because Barea is a mediocre 3 pt shooter (35%). He's a streaky explosive guy and he got hot so he hit several of them. That will happen. But not many coaches would be asking their PG to play Barea much closer when he is 26-27 feet away from the basket.