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Re: Mo Bamba- a keeper? 

Post#81 » by drsd » Fri Nov 26, 2021 7:51 am

AaronB wrote:How about we change the analogy to "a Sportscar body with a Yugo motor"?


We had a Yugo in the early 90s. The back-seats were an optional feature to add on to the list price.

Where is the analogy with Bamba on that???


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Post#82 » by pepe1991 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:10 am

Funny thing about Yugo, it was fabricated in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and it was mocking stock of cars..now Rimac car bought Buggati and has one of the fastest, if not the fastest car in the world ( Nevera) :lol:


When we are in talks about yugo, there is famous joke: what's last page of instruction car of Yugo ? Bus driving schadule because you won't get far with car :lol:

Why it's called YuGo... You - Go, car doesn't :lol:
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Re: Mo Bamba- a keeper? 

Post#83 » by paperboymafia » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:47 pm

pepe1991 wrote:Funny thing about Yugo, it was fabricated in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and it was mocking stock of cars..now Rimac car bought Buggati and has one of the fastest, if not the fastest car in the world ( Nevera) :lol:


When we are in talks about yugo, there is famous joke: what's last page of instruction car of Yugo ? Bus driving schadule because you won't get far with car :lol:

Why it's called YuGo... You - Go, car doesn't :lol:


when i roadtripped through the balkans i absolutely loved looking for Yugos
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Post#84 » by p0peye » Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:54 pm

Not many Yugo's are on the road anymore, but there are collectors and admirers still around :). Zastava Kragujevac was manufacturing them until 2008, when Fiat took over replacing Yugo with Punto.
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Post#85 » by Knightro » Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:56 pm

basketballRob wrote:The point I was trying to make is that he was a good player for the Bulls, given his age. What WCJ is doing now isn't surprising to me.


But again, it has nothing to do with who the fans are, it's all about how the player is actually playing.

If Carter had never gotten traded and was playing like he is this year for the Bulls, they'd be praising him. Because he'd be playing better than he was before.

If Bamba was actually playing better, he'd be praised by Magic fans for improving.
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Re: Mo Bamba- a keeper? 

Post#86 » by Xatticus » Fri Nov 26, 2021 4:20 pm

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basketballRob wrote:The point I was trying to make is that he was a good player for the Bulls, given his age. What WCJ is doing now isn't surprising to me.


But again, it has nothing to do with who the fans are, it's all about how the player is actually playing.

If Carter had never gotten traded and was playing like he is this year for the Bulls, they'd be praising him. Because he'd be playing better than he was before.

If Bamba was actually playing better, he'd be praised by Magic fans for improving.


I don’t know. I pretty much always listen to other teams’ broadcasts and they manage to see Bamba’s improvement.
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Post#87 » by p0peye » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:38 am

Bamba is not a center. He has no post offense and he can't defend centers.

What I am seeing is that he is trying to play Isaac's role with WCJ at center instead of Vučević. He is not very good at that either.
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Post#88 » by Skybox » Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:29 pm

Yeah...I'm out. Feed him the ball, get him the numbers and ship him out.

I supported him and still think he wasn't in a great situation with Clifford & Vuc. I can't say he's done much with his opportunity this year. I also think he belongs in the NBA and will get somewhat better, but he's not starter quality and doesn't look to me like he's a guy to slot into a lineup that's rebuilding. I sure hope Isaac is healthy when he comes back :roll:

If we can re-sign him for 7 or 8m/year, he can settle in as an occasionally impressive long-term backup. However, he might be young enough and long enough for someone else to send something back for him....Sorry Mo...seems like a nice kid.
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Post#89 » by orthoman » Sat Nov 27, 2021 11:51 pm

This is my first response since my original post. I have given this subject more thought and here is my conclusion.

Let him walk or ship him away in a trade. We don't need any professional players on our team with no drive, hustle, heart,
fight, ambition, motor, passion, energy.

Draft a big with those intangibles with the expectation that Isaac is done.

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