#NBL20
Posted: Sat Sep 7, 2019 9:38 am
Just a thread for updates on the guys playing in the NBL. LaMelo making his debut today. No live stream though for this one.
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Fischella wrote:Thanks for that post GD, way to go
MemphisX wrote:Illawarra Hawks streaming live on Facebook.
MemphisX wrote:LeMelo is at least giving a darn on defense. His team is definitely subpar. However, I think this will do him a lot better than college. Dealing with the physicality of the NBL will help him know how hard he has to work to get his body together. Really needs to incorporate some of that Dirk-like post/mid-post moves with his height.
GimmeDat wrote:MemphisX wrote:LeMelo is at least giving a darn on defense. His team is definitely subpar. However, I think this will do him a lot better than college. Dealing with the physicality of the NBL will help him know how hard he has to work to get his body together. Really needs to incorporate some of that Dirk-like post/mid-post moves with his height.
From what I saw he was at least trying on defense - and I'll take high foul counts over being scared to pick up fouls every day of the week. He's naturally going to struggle guarding strong, grown men in this setting without using his hands etc. somewhat. Had a good play defending a bigger guy in the post and pulled the chair/got the strip.
Seen a lot of the 'Ball stans' come through and say that they're playing too slow/too 'Euro' (whatever that means), but he has to learn to develop his game in half-court sets.. that's just the nature of professional ball and not up and down HS/Drew League play. They're a young team and hopefully they do push the tempo, I'm sure LaMelo will go a long way to achieving that, but it's not going to be non-stop fast breaks. He will learn new elements to his game this season. I think they were faceguarding him off-ball a bit to prevent him from getting the ball, and he looked a bit out of his element cutting off-ball, using the big-passing hub to get open, etc... all little things he will pick up.
I'm hoping the Hawks realize they're a bit undermanned and tweak the roster to get another import later in the season. They have a lot of unproven young guys who they were hoping would step up, and I'm sure a few will, but they can't all blow up at once... a 3rd import would help them immensely. They're also running a dual-C starting lineup which is going to slow them down a lot, don't like that move much.
zimpy27 wrote:GimmeDat wrote:MemphisX wrote:LeMelo is at least giving a darn on defense. His team is definitely subpar. However, I think this will do him a lot better than college. Dealing with the physicality of the NBL will help him know how hard he has to work to get his body together. Really needs to incorporate some of that Dirk-like post/mid-post moves with his height.
From what I saw he was at least trying on defense - and I'll take high foul counts over being scared to pick up fouls every day of the week. He's naturally going to struggle guarding strong, grown men in this setting without using his hands etc. somewhat. Had a good play defending a bigger guy in the post and pulled the chair/got the strip.
Seen a lot of the 'Ball stans' come through and say that they're playing too slow/too 'Euro' (whatever that means), but he has to learn to develop his game in half-court sets.. that's just the nature of professional ball and not up and down HS/Drew League play. They're a young team and hopefully they do push the tempo, I'm sure LaMelo will go a long way to achieving that, but it's not going to be non-stop fast breaks. He will learn new elements to his game this season. I think they were faceguarding him off-ball a bit to prevent him from getting the ball, and he looked a bit out of his element cutting off-ball, using the big-passing hub to get open, etc... all little things he will pick up.
I'm hoping the Hawks realize they're a bit undermanned and tweak the roster to get another import later in the season. They have a lot of unproven young guys who they were hoping would step up, and I'm sure a few will, but they can't all blow up at once... a 3rd import would help them immensely. They're also running a dual-C starting lineup which is going to slow them down a lot, don't like that move much.
What do you see as a comparison for him.
I kind of think he could have similar stats to DeRozan. Better defender though.