The Official D'Angelo Russell Thread II

Prokorov · Post #1481 » by **Prokorov** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:11 am

TheNetsFan wrote:It would be amazing if someone with time could dig up some of the old threads from 6 months to a year ago and provide everyone’s greatest hits and misses,especially with respect to DLo and RHJ.

ive basically done a 180 on both :lol:

MrDollarBills · Post #1482 » by **MrDollarBills** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 1:52 am

gigantes wrote:
“[We] had to give up a really talented young player in D’Angelo Russell. And congratulations to him making the [All-Star team],” Johnson told reporters Tuesday night.

“Also, we saw D’Angelo mature. He wasn’t mature like he is now. He always had the talent to score, but he was immature. Now he’s grown up and that’s why he’s an All-Star.”

Why does this sound to me like a five year old trying to explain the stock market?

He was 20 when he gave up on him.

I'm glad that Magic was short sighted like that.

SpeedyG · Post #1483 » by **SpeedyG** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:10 am

TheNetsFan wrote:It would be amazing if someone with time could dig up some of the old threads from 6 months to a year ago and provide everyone’s greatest hits and misses,especially with respect to DLo and RHJ.

Searching in this forum is a chore. I could have sworn we did a poll ranking our players/core but I can't find it. I did find a post of mine in 2017:

viewtopic.php?t=1592549

It's post 1009.

Nailed the Russell All-star potential. Unfortunately looks like I'm right with RHJ too (technically I missed since he took a nose dive into non-rotation player lol, even lower than where I had him pegged)

After thoughts: Harris and Dinwiddie, the remaining of our "reclamation" projects that's been retained.

Also not-so fun fact: we've had topics going on 2 years now asking "who is our starting 4?" Oof.

Nailed the "too many reclamation projects" comments too, as we saw vets like Ed, Carroll, DMC, and even Napier contribute heavily.

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SpeedyG · Post #1484 » by **SpeedyG** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:34 am

TheNetsFan wrote:It would be amazing if someone with time could dig up some of the old threads from 6 months to a year ago and provide everyone’s greatest hits and misses,especially with respect to DLo and RHJ.

LMAO

Did a few more searches and the takes on Stauskas are hilarious.

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gigantes · Post #1485 » by **gigantes** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:14 am

SpeedyG wrote:
TheNetsFan wrote:It would be amazing if someone with time could dig up some of the old threads from 6 months to a year ago and provide everyone’s greatest hits and misses,especially with respect to DLo and RHJ.
Searching in this forum is a chore. I could have sworn we did a poll ranking our players/core but I can't find it...

Assuming I'm doing this correctly, the last poll in the Nets sub was posted in December. Search results:

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/search.php?keywords=%2Bpoll&terms=all&author=&fid%5B%5D=23&sc=1&sf=firstpost&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

That would be both official polls and hand-tallied polls. The criteria I used is simply the word "poll" appearing anywhere in the first post.

Unfortunately, google's archive of the site looks like a huge, unsearchable mess. Normally that's a great backup search method.

SpeedyG · Post #1486 » by **SpeedyG** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:15 am

gigantes wrote:
SpeedyG wrote:
TheNetsFan wrote:It would be amazing if someone with time could dig up some of the old threads from 6 months to a year ago and provide everyone’s greatest hits and misses,especially with respect to DLo and RHJ.
Searching in this forum is a chore. I could have sworn we did a poll ranking our players/core but I can't find it...

Assuming I'm doing this correctly, the last poll in the Nets sub was posted in December. Search results:

search.php?keywords=%2Bpoll&terms=all&author=&fid%5B%5D=23&sc=1&sf=firstpost&sr=topics&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=300&t=0&submit=Search

That would be both official polls and hand-tallied polls. The criteria I used is simply the word "poll" appearing anywhere in the first post.

Unfortunately, google's archive of the site looks like a huge, unsearchable mess. Normally that's a great backup search method.

link doesn't work

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gigantes · Post #1487 » by **gigantes** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:03 pm

SpeedyG wrote:link doesn't work

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1) forum automatically formats / handles internal links uniquely

2) looks like that's not working for you on mobile (strange, since you're on the rGM app?)

3) I went back and forced it to display as standard URL

Try it now

SpeedyG · Post #1488 » by **SpeedyG** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:06 pm

Yeah not sure why the links won't open on the app. But I did do a search for polls but I didn't find a topic name that seemed to immediately jog my memory that made me go "that's it! thats the thread!"

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MGrand15 · Post #1489 » by **MGrand15** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:57 pm

Man, Russell really proved me wrong. I liked him but didn't love him - he's done and said all the right things since he got here, he had a phenomenal offseason, he had some real skills. I still wasn't sure if it was enough. I just didn't see the star ceiling that everyone else was seeing. Somewhere earlier in this thread I was trying to be optimistic about Russell but the profile of a guard who's not athletic and can't get to the FT line just didn't fit the all star mold at all. Someone brought up Curry as a counter point and I just figured Curry was a whole different beast. Russell found a way.

Elite passing. Mid-range pull up that kills how most teams guard the PNR. Skyscraper floaters. Pull up 3s (especially on switches). The ability to get supernova hot. He's been cold blooded and he has A LOT of room for improvement. We all figured if he was going to get to all star level, he'd have to be at around 40% from 3. I could see that happening. With improved shot selection, he could easily be at 45-40-80 with 8+ assists. Kenny is the perfect coach for him because he gives him freedom but knows when to reel him in. Eventually, Russell is gonna find the perfect balance.

Big props to him for playing in 81 games this year. He said that was his focus over the offseason. Strengthening his body so he can handle the grind. Taking care of his body. Our team is great at that but ultimately, it's on him to eat right, go hard in the summer, recover, etc.

Also this year goes TOTALLY different from a team perspective if Russell pouts when LeVert started getting the media shine or if he pouted when he was getting benched for Dinwiddie. He could've soured the chemistry. Made it a competition. Turned things ugly. It's easy for a guy like Jared Dudley to be team first. It's not easy for someone with the expectations of Russell to be out there celebrating when Dinwiddie is taking his spot in crunch time. Not easy to respond when you're being benched for entire 4th quarters.

These are some of my favorite Russell games this year:

Watch on YouTube

kamaze · Post #1490 » by **kamaze** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 5:09 pm

He's playing great just has to keep those turnovers down.

gigantes · Post #1491 » by **gigantes** » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:30 pm

I haven't seen this mentioned recently, but earlier in the season there was consistent talk about DLo's 'lack of athleticism / physicality' being a specific liability when it came to drawing fouls.

Going by the eye test, it seems to me the last couple months he's indeed done a noticeably better job of that. In fact, checking the stats, DLo wound up averaging about a full FT better post-break (3.2) than he did before (2.3), on virtually the same MPG (30.5 vs 30.1).

Is that not progress?

MrDollarBills · Post #1492 » by **MrDollarBills** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:34 pm

Here's another video for the collection:

Watch on YouTube

Post #1493 » by **NyCeEvO** » Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:45 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:he also played a career high 81 games, the most since his rookie season. kudos to the Nets training team

Yup...he and Kenny talked about getting his body right and putting him on the right training regimen. Looks like it has paid dividends already.

steady · Post #1494 » by **steady** » Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:53 am

Very impressed - and very happy for — D’Angelo. And Nets organization. Everything Marks and Kenny stand for, and have worked towards - clear for everyone to see today.

This is how you run a basketball team and
How you develop young players

iamworthy · Post #1495 » by **iamworthy** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:15 pm

Read on Twitter

?s=21

gigantes · Post #1496 » by **gigantes** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:33 pm

November: Marks shops Russell.

I don't remember that.

MGrand15 · Post #1497 » by **MGrand15** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:31 pm

iamworthy wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=21

I know it's weird to Laker fans but Brooklyn has a GM that keeps negotiations out of the media :lol:

iamworthy · Post #1498 » by **iamworthy** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:43 pm

MGrand15 wrote:
iamworthy wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=21

I know it's weird to Laker fans but Brooklyn has a GM that keeps negotiations out of the media

Well played. :lol:

that guy is a Brooklyn fan. Not 100% sure what he's getting at though. I think he writes for netsdaily sometime.

Read on Twitter

?s=21

TheNetsFan · Post #1499 » by **TheNetsFan** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:05 pm

gigantes wrote:
November: Marks shops Russell.

I don't remember that.

Russell was never shopped. Talking heads speculated because we were rumored to be interested in Butler and supposedly LeVert was off the table.

Marks stated that no trade specifics were ever discussed with Minny. It was also reported that Thibs was fixated on a deal with Philly since he was in win-now mode.

MGrand15 · Post #1500 » by **MGrand15** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 10:18 pm

iamworthy wrote:
MGrand15 wrote:
iamworthy wrote:

Read on Twitter
?s=21

I know it's weird to Laker fans but Brooklyn has a GM that keeps negotiations out of the media

Well played. that guy is a Brooklyn fan. Not 100% sure what he's getting at though. I think he writes for netsdaily sometime.

Read on Twitter
?s=21

Had to do it lol.

I think the team is just really private about that kind of stuff. I wouldn't read too much into it. I'd say it's 99% Russell comes back. Both parties are happy and the Nets FO stood firm on Russell's star potential even when some of us doubted him. Marks wouldn't comment much on Harris or Dinwiddie before we resigned them either.