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TheMagicOne wrote:j-ragg wrote:We have the 2nd and 51st picks.
My bad, I was thinking first round only. I cant see our second round pick making the team based on its current construction. Have to be some trades and players getting released.
Nyce_1 wrote:TheMagicOne wrote:j-ragg wrote:We have the 2nd and 51st picks.
My bad, I was thinking first round only. I cant see our second round pick making the team based on its current construction. Have to be some trades and players getting released.
Like Kyle O'Quinn not making the team?
Under Otis, it was given that 2nd round talent meant nothing. With Rob, Scott, & Matt, there's actually a chance to find someone worth a damn.
tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
RYgoBOOM wrote:tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
And this would be the reason the Mavs will not just freely cut him.
RYgoBOOM wrote:TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
And this would be the reason the Mavs will not just freely cut him.
I didn't expect them to just cut him obviously lol. But, we do have that huge TPE that COULD be put to use in nabbing their 13th pick+us take a huge contract on via the TPE+rights to Calathes?
I'd give them AA+filler for Marions contract+13th pick+rights to Calathes. ****, I'd even entertain throwing in Jameer to give them a PG when they DON'T sign CP3 or Dwill/whoever they are reaching for.
Could give us
Nick Calathes/
McLemore/Harkless
Harkless/Marion/Harris
Harris/Dieng?
Vucci/KOquinn
RYgoBOOM wrote:tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
Show me any highlights were he is PASSING. Everything I have ever seen from Calathes is he plays off the ball in the Euro league and is a catch and shoot of drive and shoot type of player. I.e. a ball chucker like at Florida. He did not have PG skills at Florida (and I am a Gator btw). I can't imagine he has changed that much and is a play maker, which this team would need at the PG position. He is a less athletic version of E. Moore.
RYgoBOOM wrote:TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
Show me any highlights were he is PASSING. Everything I have ever seen from Calathes is he plays off the ball in the Euro league and is a catch and shoot of drive and shoot type of player. I.e. a ball chucker like at Florida. He did not have PG skills at Florida (and I am a Gator btw). I can't imagine he has changed that much and is a play maker, which this team would need at the PG position. He is a less athletic version of E. Moore.
Thanks in no small part to the leadership of Calathes, Lokomotiv has a chance to lift its first international trophy when it faces Uxue Bilbao Basket of Spain in the title game. Calathes set a Eurocup record by becoming the first player to dish more than 100 assists in one season during the competition's 11-year existence. In addition, ranked second on Lokomotiv in scoring, rebounds, steals and fouls drawn.
Most assists in 11 years doesn't seem to me like he is a off the ball chucker.
Don't have much time to look for vids but I can post some when I get a minute!
TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:TheMagicOne wrote:Show me any highlights were he is PASSING. Everything I have ever seen from Calathes is he plays off the ball in the Euro league and is a catch and shoot of drive and shoot type of player. I.e. a ball chucker like at Florida. He did not have PG skills at Florida (and I am a Gator btw). I can't imagine he has changed that much and is a play maker, which this team would need at the PG position. He is a less athletic version of E. Moore.
Thanks in no small part to the leadership of Calathes, Lokomotiv has a chance to lift its first international trophy when it faces Uxue Bilbao Basket of Spain in the title game. Calathes set a Eurocup record by becoming the first player to dish more than 100 assists in one season during the competition's 11-year existence. In addition, ranked second on Lokomotiv in scoring, rebounds, steals and fouls drawn.
Most assists in 11 years doesn't seem to me like he is a off the ball chucker.
Don't have much time to look for vids but I can post some when I get a minute!
Kool thanks for the info I had no idea, would love to see how is PG skills have improved.
rcklsscognition wrote:NBA Draft 2013 rumors: Magic looking at Michael Carter-Williams, Trey Burke, and Victor Oladipo, according to report
http://www.orlandopinstripedpost.com/20 ... r-williams
[Chad Ford] he describes Orlando as "really interested" in Burke and "showing significant interest" in Carter-Williams.
RYgoBOOM wrote:Has anyone on this board ever entertained the idea of trying to sign Nick Calathes from Lokomotiv in the Euroleague?
TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:tranjSAIC wrote:Sign me up for Nick Calathes, I don't think he's gonna have the impact of Chandler but he will be a good player in this league. How's his athleticism? It's been years since I last saw him play.
From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
Show me any highlights were he is PASSING. Everything I have ever seen from Calathes is he plays off the ball in the Euro league and is a catch and shoot of drive and shoot type of player. I.e. a ball chucker like at Florida. He did not have PG skills at Florida (and I am a Gator btw). I can't imagine he has changed that much and is a play maker, which this team would need at the PG position. He is a less athletic version of E. Moore.
UCFJayBird wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:Has anyone on this board ever entertained the idea of trying to sign Nick Calathes from Lokomotiv in the Euroleague?
I can't speak to how he is now but I know for a few years there (and probably why he dropped off the NBA radar) he was doing nothing but playing online poker. Maybe he got his act together and realized he needed to play well to have a future in basketball (heard that he barely practiced and was basically going through the motions to get a paycheck).
So I'd be hesitant just because of his history and work ethic.
there was a reason it took him and Parsons to move on in order for UF to win back to back. Calathes was not the team player his stats may otherwise indicate.JBSouthpaw wrote:TheMagicOne wrote:RYgoBOOM wrote:From the highlight vids I've been watching he seems quick and explosive. Nice and strong as well.
It'd be almost like picking up a seasoned/better shooting version of MCW
Show me any highlights were he is PASSING. Everything I have ever seen from Calathes is he plays off the ball in the Euro league and is a catch and shoot of drive and shoot type of player. I.e. a ball chucker like at Florida. He did not have PG skills at Florida (and I am a Gator btw). I can't imagine he has changed that much and is a play maker, which this team would need at the PG position. He is a less athletic version of E. Moore.
sorry a bit late to this, but Nick was an outstanding passer at UF.
here is a bit from his bio:
He was a First Team All-SEC player in 2009, as he was the only player in the nation to average better than 15.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 6.0 assists per game. Calathes broke the Florida school records for assists and assists per game in each of his first two years, totaling 221 as a freshman (6.1 assists per game), and 231 (6.4 assists per game) as a sophomore. He ranked third in Florida school history in career assists after just two years. He was the SEC Newcomer of the Year and the SEC co-Freshman of the Year in 2008, as he led Florida in scoring and assists.
Dude had great vision, and handles.
TheMagicOne wrote:there was a reason it took him and Parsons to move on in order for UF to win back to back. Calathes was not the team player his stats may otherwise indicate.
