ATL - Oladipo is Really Good (and Bledsoe dominant again)

Wooderson · Post #1041 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:22 am

paul wrote:I haven't watched Love yet this season, am hoping he's no longer doing his best David Lee & 3 impression.

Other than bits of the GSW game that was the first time I watched Minny. Love definitely looked better than I remember in that regard. Definitely looks to be in better shape and more nimble. Obviously never going to be an impact player on D, but his scoring and facilitating was impressive.

blazza18 · Post #1042 » by **blazza18** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:23 am

I can't get over how long Davis is.

AussieBuck · Post #1043 » by **AussieBuck** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:23 am

paul wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:I gotta see some Davis versus the Clippers. All their starters can do is foul him and the backups are hilarious.

He'll put Wilt numbers on them. I want to see him against Bogut.

He'll put up some serious numbers on Bogut on the break.

Wooderson · Post #1044 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:25 am

AussieBuck wrote:Davis in Amare's spot on the those Suns teams, how many titles?

Now that's a scary thought. Duncan and Kobe sure wouldn't be too thrilled with that change.

paul · Post #1045 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:28 am

Wooderson wrote:Game highlights for NOLA vs LA. I saw the play at 1:15 live and couldn't believe it. How do you recover that quickly? Can't wait for the full highlights, most of the offense I saw during the game was transition like the ones in the vid.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYZa7E7kD4A[/youtube]

Lol, maybe the worst collected package of transition defense in history.

I mean totally awesome from Davis and the dude's an athletic freak, but are LA sh*tting me? He was just running past 3 guys untouched in every highlight :lol:

paul · Post #1046 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:30 am

AussieBuck wrote:
paul wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:I gotta see some Davis versus the Clippers. All their starters can do is foul him and the backups are hilarious.

He'll put Wilt numbers on them. I want to see him against Bogut.

He'll put up some serious numbers on Bogut on the break.

Bogut's transition has been crazy impressive this season, so I look forward to finding out.

Wooderson · Post #1047 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:34 am

paul wrote:Lol, maybe the worst collected package of transition defense in history.

I mean totally awesome from Davis and the dude's an athletic freak, but are LA sh*tting me? He was just running past 3 guys untouched in every highlight

I give them a pass, they were less than 24 hours removed from their championship celebration.

blazza18 · Post #1048 » by **blazza18** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:37 am

paul wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:
paul wrote:
He'll put Wilt numbers on them. I want to see him against Bogut.

He'll put up some serious numbers on Bogut on the break.

Bogut's transition has been crazy impressive this season, so I look forward to finding out.

He out sprinted Duncan to the other end of the floor today 8-)

paul · Post #1049 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:38 am

Wooderson wrote:
paul wrote:Lol, maybe the worst collected package of transition defense in history.

I mean totally awesome from Davis and the dude's an athletic freak, but are LA sh*tting me? He was just running past 3 guys untouched in every highlight

I give them a pass, they were less than 24 hours removed from their championship celebration.

Was there 6 leak out dunks in that package? And the totally ignored box out by Pau on his put back dunk? As I said earlier, yikes.

paul · Post #1050 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:39 am

blazza18 wrote:
paul wrote:
AussieBuck wrote:He'll put up some serious numbers on Bogut on the break.

Bogut's transition has been crazy impressive this season, so I look forward to finding out.

He out sprinted Duncan to the other end of the floor today

And Timmy's juiced to the eyeballs

Jez2983 · Post #1051 » by **Jez2983** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 5:57 am

paul wrote:And Timmy's juiced to the eyeballs

Still, TD is probably older than Stern.

Post #1052 » by **ReasonablySober** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 6:00 am

paul wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
Wooderson wrote:So... is AD the best big man in the league?

Yup.

Lol really? You don't want him to do it for more than 5 games before anointing him the best big in basketball?

He's playing incredibly right now but there's a hole coming.

I said when he was at Kentucky that I thought he could be a top ten player during his rookie season. Before this season started I said there were only two players I'd trade him for and I debate him vs Paul. He's only now doing what I expected of him. The kid is a superstar.

Wooderson · Post #1053 » by **Wooderson** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 6:03 am

Jrue Holiday on getting assists:

"It’s easy with AD. You’ve just got to throw it somewhere in the vicinity of the basketball court."

paul · Post #1054 » by **paul** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 6:04 am

ReasonablySober wrote:
paul wrote:
ReasonablySober wrote:
Yup.

Lol really? You don't want him to do it for more than 5 games before anointing him the best big in basketball?

He's playing incredibly right now but there's a hole coming.

I said when he was at Kentucky that I thought he could be a top ten player during his rookie season. Before this season started I said there were only two players I'd trade him for and I debate him vs Paul. He's only now doing what I expected of him. The kid is a superstar.

Sure, but he wasn't remotely close to a top 10 player as a rookie. I don't doubt his talent, but I see no way he keeps this up this season.

Still there are a lot of awful big defenders in the NBA right now and it seems like he's figured that out and is punishing them. Don't imagine he'll get 20 points or so in transition every night though.

El Duderino · Post #1055 » by **El Duderino** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 8:37 am

paul wrote:
Sure, but he wasn't remotely close to a top 10 player as a rookie. I don't doubt his talent, but I see no way he keeps this up this season.

Still there are a lot of awful big defenders in the NBA right now and it seems like he's figured that out and is punishing them. Don't imagine he'll get 20 points or so in transition every night though.

How many bigs can run the floor in transition with Davis?

He not only has the athletic edge over nearly all centers in the league when it comes to transition offense, he also has the strong desire to race up the court at any possible opportunity, a desire many bigs won't match in wanting to consistently chase him in transition defense. That's going to lead to 6-8 free points or more in many games.

A lot of special players ended up having uneven rookie years and especially guys who left college after only one season, but it's during their second season where their full array of gifts shine much more consistently. Durant was a prime example and i think Davis is going through something similar, even though they are different type of players. He's going to end up being silly good as his game matures over this season and next year.

giraldo5 · Post #1056 » by **giraldo5** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 12:15 pm

At this point I agree with DB. I'd trade him for Durant or Lebron and that's it.

jokeboy86 · Post #1057 » by **jokeboy86** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 1:16 pm

El Duderino wrote:
paul wrote:
Sure, but he wasn't remotely close to a top 10 player as a rookie. I don't doubt his talent, but I see no way he keeps this up this season.

Still there are a lot of awful big defenders in the NBA right now and it seems like he's figured that out and is punishing them. Don't imagine he'll get 20 points or so in transition every night though.

How many bigs can run the floor in transition with Davis?

He not only has the athletic edge over nearly all centers in the league when it comes to transition offense, he also has the strong desire to race up the court at any possible opportunity, a desire many bigs won't match in wanting to consistently chase him in transition defense. That's going to lead to 6-8 free points or more in many games.

A lot of special players ended up having uneven rookie years and especially guys who left college after only one season, but it's during their second season where their full array of gifts shine much more consistently. Durant was a prime example and i think Davis is going through something similar, even though they are different type of players. He's going to end up being silly good as his game matures over this season and next year.

Very good point. Man, does he run the floor. As a coach what do you tell your bigs when you see that? You could tell your guards and your wings to foul him when he's out on the break but he's such a good ft shooter it doesnt matter. I thought him being skinny would hurt him a little but his athleticism is so off the charts it doesnt matter.

Ayt · Post #1058 » by **Ayt** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 2:03 pm

AussieBuck wrote:I gotta see some Davis versus the Clippers. All their starters can do is foul him and the backups are hilarious.

They should be calling Bone daily about a Udoh deal. He'd be perfect for them.

PedroGrande · Post #1059 » by **PedroGrande** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 2:20 pm

I haven't seen him play but now i'm really curious.

Ayt · Post #1060 » by **Ayt** » Sat Nov 9, 2013 2:26 pm

Josh Smith is averaging 7 3PA so far this year. I had to look at it several times to make sure I wasn't reading it wrong.