Welcome Stauskas

MRxBLACK · Post #41 » by **MRxBLACK** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 5:59 pm

Kobblehead wrote:
MRxBLACK wrote:Hinkie has to bring in a PG. Can't have Jackson or Canaan start.

Pierre Jackson was an elite distributor at Baylor. And a pretty damn good one in the D-League.

Who would you compare him to? Isaiah Thomas?

Tony Franciosa · Post #42 » by **Tony Franciosa** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:03 pm

I think this kid will be pretty good once Brett Brown undoes all of the bad the Kings did to him last year. He'll get a ton of burn with us, so that'll help him develop. Have to almost treat him like a rookie again this year - learning new teammates, system, etc. But Brown is the best man for this kind of job.

mojo13 · Post #43 » by **mojo13** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:04 pm

Unbreakable99 wrote:I love this trade but can anyone tell me why Stauskas was horrible last year besides the fact he played for the Kings? He is supposed to be a shooter but he didn't shoot well. Shooting is one thing that you should be able to take to the next level. I liked Stauskas last year. I hope he can turn it around but why couldn't he shoot last year?

There were some pretty nasty rumors (rumors!) coming out of Sactown all year about how Boogie treated Nik like crap. Real bad stuff and the Kings did nothing to intervene. Really got into Nik's head I think.

He also struggled mightily with the size, strength of NBA players and guys coming at him hard. Supposedly he is spending allot of time back in Michigan with the strength coach this summer who made such an improvement to him between freshman and sophomore years.

Kobblehead · Post #44 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:12 pm

MRxBLACK wrote:
Kobblehead wrote:
MRxBLACK wrote:Hinkie has to bring in a PG. Can't have Jackson or Canaan start.

Pierre Jackson was an elite distributor at Baylor. And a pretty damn good one in the D-League.

Who would you compare him to? Isaiah Thomas?

Yeah, and Damon Stoudemire. Offensively, he compares to Terrell Brandon, too, but he'll never be the defender that Tee Bee was.

Unbreakable99 · Post #45 » by **Unbreakable99** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:21 pm

Stauskas was being compared to Klay Thompson coming out. What does Klay Thompson do so well in the NBA that Stauskas is not doing. I doubt Stauskas ever becomes even near as good of a player as Klay. Besides defense what is lacking in Stauskas' game? What about JJ Redick? What does he do so well that Stauskas is doing so poorly?

James40 · Post #46 » by **James40** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:36 pm

mojo13 wrote:
Unbreakable99 wrote:I love this trade but can anyone tell me why Stauskas was horrible last year besides the fact he played for the Kings? He is supposed to be a shooter but he didn't shoot well. Shooting is one thing that you should be able to take to the next level. I liked Stauskas last year. I hope he can turn it around but why couldn't he shoot last year?

There were some pretty nasty rumors (rumors!) coming out of Sactown all year about how Boogie treated Nik like crap. Real bad stuff and the Kings did nothing to intervene. Really got into Nik's head I think.

He also struggled mightily with the size, strength of NBA players and guys coming at him hard. Supposedly he is spending allot of time back in Michigan with the strength coach this summer who made such an improvement to him between freshman and sophomore years.

I'm sure it didn't help that Cousins caught Nik taking pictures of his money last year, that probably went over like a fart in church, although sometimes it might be better being an easy target. Being a rookie is probably bad enough, you don't need guys searching crap to get something on you.

Kobblehead · Post #47 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:39 pm

Damn, I forgot about that s***. Just a moment of immaturity.

James40 · Post #48 » by **James40** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:51 pm

Kobblehead wrote:Damn, I forgot about that s***. Just a moment of immaturity.

Of course it was, but you know how us guys are, all the same. Find something to pick on and keep it up until something else pops up.

The best story of that is Amaro's rookie year and calling himself the "total package" while basically calling the rest of team slugs on a plane ride. He wrote that on a note to a flight attendant in his rookie year and one of other players swiped the note. Dude was called the total package forever, hell it kept Schilling from getting back to Philly.

I went to Spring training in '06 and met Amaro, yes I was stupid enough to ask about that incident, he walked away saying " every team must have **** fans". I didnt even know if the story was true until then.

Kobblehead · Post #49 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 6:56 pm

Hahaha

2 Clutch · Post #50 » by **2 Clutch** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 8:34 pm

Anybody want to make some predictions of what his numbers may look like this year? I'm thinking 10-13ppg on 40% 3pt shooting and 41% overall shooting.

76erFixer · Post #51 » by **76erFixer** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 9:14 pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc7aTwAgjDg
Not just a Shooter

Post #52 » by **SD2042** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 10:08 pm

It's a crazy steal all around for the Sixers. Perhaps this will be the year the Sixers will look interesting and maybe dare say fun to watch for a change. I always thought the Kings was the wrong place for Stauskas as the Kings are not known to develop their players well along with drafting well to boot. And today's trade prove it. If the Sixers do their job and develop Stauskas well, he could turn out to be a solid player for the team in the long run. Maybe the next JJ Redick.

OleSchool · Post #53 » by **OleSchool** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 10:26 pm

Is there going to be a press conference? has anyone heard?

Kobblehead · Post #54 » by **Kobblehead** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 10:29 pm

OleSchool wrote:Is there going to be a press conference? has anyone heard?

I doubt it. Our s***y sports reporters couldn't even field questions for incoming draft picks.

ratrac · Post #55 » by **ratrac** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 10:37 pm

mojo13 wrote:
Unbreakable99 wrote:I love this trade but can anyone tell me why Stauskas was horrible last year besides the fact he played for the Kings? He is supposed to be a shooter but he didn't shoot well. Shooting is one thing that you should be able to take to the next level. I liked Stauskas last year. I hope he can turn it around but why couldn't he shoot last year?

There were some pretty nasty rumors (rumors!) coming out of Sactown all year about how Boogie treated Nik like crap. Real bad stuff and the Kings did nothing to intervene. Really got into Nik's head I think.

He also struggled mightily with the size, strength of NBA players and guys coming at him hard. Supposedly he is spending allot of time back in Michigan with the strength coach this summer who made such an improvement to him between freshman and sophomore years.

This tweet seems to talk otherwise:
[tweet]https://twitter.com/NStauskas11/status/616703854101401600[/tweet]

dorkestra · Post #56 » by **dorkestra** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 11:39 pm

that tweet could be politically correct bull though

either way, it's in the past now. happy to have another shooter on the team in a position of need.

76thBearCub · Post #57 » by **76thBearCub** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 11:40 pm

James40 wrote:I'm sure it didn't help that Cousins caught Nik taking pictures of his money last year, that probably went over like a fart in church, although sometimes it might be better being an easy target. Being a rookie is probably bad enough, you don't need guys searching crap to get something on you.

I totally missed this, anyone care to elaborate

Post #58 » by **sixers hoops** » Thu Jul 2, 2015 11:53 pm

OleSchool wrote:Is there going to be a press conference? has anyone heard?

They can't make the trade until July 9, so not for a week or so.

JRSG · Post #59 » by **JRSG** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 12:15 am

The Cousins stuff is probably overblown. Just would've been annoyed at their basketball illiterate owner making their lottery pick in a position they had taken in the lottery the year prior, which is only natural.

I do think we should ignore last year completely though. He's a really good 3pt shooter obviously, but I think he can be great. Not expecting much more but we can run him hard this year and get him going. He won't be Klay but he'll be a weapon. Defence needs loads of work but if we get him to mediocre, that's good enough.

Kobblehead · Post #60 » by **Kobblehead** » Fri Jul 3, 2015 12:31 am

I'd buy a DVD set of that '12-'13 Michigan team's season if they sold them. They were so fun to watch.