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VCfor3 wrote:

levendis wrote:

Are We Ther Yet wrote:
"He's a Swiss Army knife-type of player that can guard multiple positions and you can run offense through him," the coach said on WFAN. "I think he can push the ball off the break a lot like Draymond Green plays. Obviously the thing I'm going to demand from Lance is to play defense like Draymond. And be a guy that's pushing to be a First Team All-Defender."

He's comparing how he can possibly use him...NOT his skill level.

You're right though...he needs to be careful how he handles the media. Everything he says will have people in the media and, on social media looking to pick it apart. Twist it. Spin it. Exsggerate it. All for clicks or agendas. Zero context. Zero comprehension.

I agree with you, they were innocent comments. The media is going to be looking to tear him down any chance they can. I'm sure the Gasol comments wont be going away any time soon. I do think the idea of even using them the same is ridiculous but whatever.

Oh he very much made the same comments when he was with the Grizzlies and we shook our heads like you guys are now. He called Jamychal Green his Draymond. He, and this is my favorite, said that Parsons had a similar skill set to Lebron and wanted to use him as such. The only thing Parsons and Lebron have in common is they are both on large contracts in the NBA.

The story that came out about him vs Gasol/the team here recently doesn't seem like a big deal, but as a Memphis fan I fully appreciate why Gasol was upset. Fiz was strongly against "GritnGrind" apparently which was our veteran core's identity. He also keep saying "Miami this" and "Miami that" which probably is a bad idea when you're in Memphis.

Kinglee wrote:If I'm a troll wtf is Fizzdale? I did not want this dude.

Adelheid wrote:

2010 wrote:

Knicksfan20 wrote:Lance can’t dribble though lol.

...or pass lol. Or rebound lol.

cant inbound properly too.

Iron Mantis wrote:

Adelheid wrote:

2010 wrote:
...or pass lol. Or rebound lol.

cant inbound properly too.

Real question:

What is Lance actually good at?

mpharris36 wrote:

Iron Mantis wrote:

Adelheid wrote:
cant inbound properly too.

Real question:

What is Lance actually good at?

he's actually a super overrated defender too. He's active but he fouls a lot and he seems like one of the dummer athletes to come out of duke.

Take a lot of 3's with his foot on the line
Travels a lot with that pump fake move
Fouls a lot on defense

god shammgod wrote:does anyone actually even want to see lance thomas play anymore ? are we "developing" him ? he's 30. why is fiz even thinking about or making plans for lance f*cking thomas ?

mpharris36 wrote:

god shammgod wrote:does anyone actually even want to see lance thomas play anymore ? are we "developing" him ? he's 30. why is fiz even thinking about or making plans for lance f*cking thomas ?

there one thing about gassing your players...but you have to be smart about and not dumb.

If the knicks get an expiring for lance his azz should be out the window and that makes the coach look silly gassing up a player that really should have no future here.

I'm not trying to pile on fiz. But his main focus should be about developing the young players. Players like LT, Lee, KOQ shouldn't even be coming out of his mouth at this point.

It should be Frank, Dotson, Burke, Mudiay, Williams, getting THjr back to a respectable player, and whoever we acquire in the draft.

That should be focus #1, #2, and #3 before he starts gassing up any vets.

god shammgod wrote:

mpharris36 wrote:

god shammgod wrote:does anyone actually even want to see lance thomas play anymore ? are we "developing" him ? he's 30. why is fiz even thinking about or making plans for lance f*cking thomas ?

there one thing about gassing your players...but you have to be smart about and not dumb.

If the knicks get an expiring for lance his azz should be out the window and that makes the coach look silly gassing up a player that really should have no future here.

I'm not trying to pile on fiz. But his main focus should be about developing the young players. Players like LT, Lee, KOQ shouldn't even be coming out of his mouth at this point.

It should be Frank, Dotson, Burke, Mudiay, Williams, getting THjr back to a respectable player, and whoever we acquire in the draft.

That should be focus #1, #2, and #3 before he starts gassing up any vets.

yep. you do wonder what this says about the direction of rebuild when the coach is talking about a prominent role for a 30 year old with no discernible talent whatsoever.

Multipe Sources wrote:I'm very high on him and he's done decently well under some terrible coaches here, but obviously, this is absurd. A better comparison is like James Johnson or Joe Ingles with a much worse 3 point shot. But either way, I consider Lance a positive value player and he could thrive under a defensive coach like Fizdale.

Man would I love to see us actually have a great defense. I feel like if Fiz can turn us into even a top 10 defensive team next year, I don't care where the offense ranks. I feel like it'll be easy to improve the offense with guys like KP and Tim, we need to establish ourselves as a team with a defensive mentality.

Iron Mantis wrote:

Adelheid wrote:

2010 wrote:
...or pass lol. Or rebound lol.

cant inbound properly too.

Real question:

What is Lance actually good at?

Kampuchea wrote:Lance = Dray
Hardaway = Klay
Frank = Curry
Lee = andre iguodala
KP = Durant
Kanter > McGee
Mudiay = Wade

Let’s go!

Iron Mantis wrote:

Adelheid wrote:

2010 wrote:
...or pass lol. Or rebound lol.

cant inbound properly too.

Real question:

What is Lance actually good at?

mpharris36 wrote:

god shammgod wrote:does anyone actually even want to see lance thomas play anymore ? are we "developing" him ? he's 30. why is fiz even thinking about or making plans for lance f*cking thomas ?

there one thing about gassing your players...but you have to be smart about and not dumb.

If the knicks get an expiring for lance his azz should be out the window and that makes the coach look silly gassing up a player that really should have no future here.

I'm not trying to pile on fiz. But his main focus should be about developing the young players. Players like LT, Lee, KOQ shouldn't even be coming out of his mouth at this point.

It should be Frank, Dotson, Burke, Mudiay, Williams, getting THjr back to a respectable player, and whoever we acquire in the draft.

That should be focus #1, #2, and #3 before he starts gassing up any vets.