Bruno Caboclo discussion thread

Saul Goodman · Post #301 » by **Saul Goodman** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:25 pm

I'll be happy with a Corey Brewer/Andrei Kirelenko type

Danchan · Post #302 » by **Danchan** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:45 am

Bruno stole the soccer mojo from brazil and pumped it into basketball.

Goat.

disoblige · Post #303 » by **disoblige** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:43 am

His defensive instinct and awareness are poor. Seems like rashard lewis is a good comparison.

cold_cowboy · Post #304 » by **cold_cowboy** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:51 am

this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

S.W.A.N · Post #305 » by **S.W.A.N** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:56 am

cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

Seriously ? what a load of dung...

Never have we drafter a guy that had zero hype before draft, and with a first round pick...

This is nothing like our regular scrub loving summers

Morse Code · Post #306 » by **Morse Code** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:58 am

cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

He's 18 and has no knowledge of the NBA game. You will eat your words by the time Bruno is Ross' age.

AlwaysFresh · Post #307 » by **AlwaysFresh** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 2:58 am

He likes to shoot 3s way too much. He needs to do something else

ballislife · Post #308 » by **ballislife** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:04 am

disoblige wrote:His defensive instinct and awareness are poor. Seems like rashard lewis is a good comparison.

I have to agree, especially with the confidence he's shown shooting the ball. He has a smooth jumper from the perimeter. He's very raw the same way Lewis was coming into the NBA as a high school 2nd rounder. Lewis would be an excellent peak for Bruno to reach. He was a great scorer and amazing shooter. Bruno has similar size and skill set coming in as an 18 year old. I'd be ecstatic if we could get a prime Lewis beside DeMar. Bruno has more defensive potential as well... he's longer and more athletic... once he learns the game (which he's not close to at the moment), he can be a special player.

I'm looking forward to him learning English and learning the intricacies of the game... I have a lot of hope for his future.

Morse Code · Post #309 » by **Morse Code** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:04 am

AlwaysFresh wrote:He likes to shoot 3s way too much. He needs to do something else

IMO this is at least partially due to the coaching staff making the 3 ball a focus for him as Casey mentioned in his interview. He's shown he has handles to get into the paint, is a decent passer (that backdoor pass in the 2nd half), can play good man to man d, but rotations need work. He's got a decent skillset, and attitude/work ethic to go with a fantastic almost freak-of-nature type body. I think he's going to be an obvious starter by his 3rd or 4th year.

Chriscross · Post #310 » by **Chriscross** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:05 am

cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

Mr.Raptorsingh · Post #311 » by **Mr.Raptorsingh** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:11 am

I don't know y'all, I still Bruno as a 4 long-term.

cold_cowboy · Post #312 » by **cold_cowboy** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:14 am

Chriscross wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

22haytham22 · Post #313 » by **22haytham22** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:15 am

Wow some of you posters make me laugh. Seriously you are over judging an 18 year old in the summer league. Give it a rest, wait 4 years at least before you bash this kid.

Chriscross · Post #314 » by **Chriscross** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:18 am

cold_cowboy wrote:
Chriscross wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

There is nothing wrong getting excited with a very raw player who we still don't know much about. I also think its very natural to be overly excited in the moment

There are a few who take his expectations to another level but I think for the most part, we realize its a wait and see situation

SharoneWright · Post #315 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:21 am

cold_cowboy wrote:
Chriscross wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

Professional scouts "rationalize"/project every pick in terms of "why they can see him being a star down the line". Do you not have eyes? Or just lack the ability/courage to assess?

Why did you even watch the draft (if you did) if you don't have a personal interest/judgement of the player we draft? Why do you watch Summer League if you can't form an opinion?

cold_cowboy · Post #316 » by **cold_cowboy** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:32 am

SharoneWright wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:
Chriscross wrote:
More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

Professional scouts "rationalize"/project every pick in terms of "why they can see him being a star down the line". Do you not have eyes? Or just lack the ability/courage to assess?

oh no, i don't have eyes. i think i should just gush at every player we pick up, over-compensate my expectations and then be distraught when he doesn't fulfill my dreams of picking up an embiid type at #20.

"professional scouts" can't see into the future no more than we can. projecting a star player outside the lottery isn't an easy task.

"star player 2.0" spiel yet another consecutive summer from this board puts heavy doubts on my expectations.

no need to pout though, it's just my perception of what seems to go around here..

VinBaker6 · Post #317 » by **VinBaker6** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:40 am

cold_cowboy wrote:
Chriscross wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:this happens every year, where we sign some scrub and this fan base loses it. shows a bit of immaturity from all the 4 and 5 star ratings, really.

More maturity than people who write off a player after a couple of summer league games as an 18 year old

BTW We drafted Bruno

i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

Lol at taking game threads seriously

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SharoneWright · Post #318 » by **SharoneWright** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:45 am

cold_cowboy wrote:
SharoneWright wrote:
cold_cowboy wrote:i'm not writing him off if you're implying that. the game threads are as hilarious as ever, he makes a three or gets a block, a rebound, whatever people burst out into chorus. him being 18 is exactly why people should simmer their expectations, not rationalize into why they can see him being a star down the line at 22, 23, 24.

Professional scouts "rationalize"/project every pick in terms of "why they can see him being a star down the line". Do you not have eyes? Or just lack the ability/courage to assess?

oh no, i don't have eyes. i think i should just gush at every player we pick up, over-compensate my expectations and then be distraught when he doesn't fulfill my dreams of picking up an embiid type at #20.

"professional scouts" can't see into the future no more than we can. projecting a star player outside the lottery isn't an easy task.

"star player 2.0" spiel yet another consecutive summer from this board puts heavy doubts on my expectations.

no need to pout though, it's just my perception of what seems to go around here..

you've given up. you need more confidence. you've exchanged a debate of ideas for smugness. it doesn't add anything. much better to take a position. it's what scouts are payed to do.

you ask us to all go to sleep. instead, you can go to sleep for 4 years, before the outcome become obvious, and then you can wake up and gloat about why we all should have gone to sleep too. personally, i'd rather be awake and wrong, than asleep and self-pretentious.

Roland Brice · Post #319 » by **Roland Brice** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 3:48 am

The GOAT's are made in the summer league so I'm glad that we have Bruno's career projected correctly based on his performance. Man, we should just cut our losses. What a scrub.

cold_cowboy · Post #320 » by **cold_cowboy** » Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:27 am

SharoneWright wrote:you've given up. you need more confidence. you've exchanged a debate of ideas for smugness. it doesn't add anything. much better to take a position. it's what scouts are payed to do.

you'd rather we all go to sleep. instead, you can go to sleep for 4 years, before the outcome become obvious, and then you can wake up and gloat about why we all should have gone to sleep too. personally, i'd rather be awake and wrong, than asleep and self-pretentious.

all these assumptions and i'm pretentious?

i say lets simmer the expectations and am called pretentious and to have my eyes checked. me saying that we should calm the expectations due to his summer league performance is wrong, yet those who base his stardom on that same set of games are without a doubt correct because it's the popular opinion?

so strange that somehow people assume that if you're not for one extreme, you're for the other. based on what i've seen of him and the circumstance in which a player like that has to succeed in this league is very limited, i'm neither pessimistic or overly optimistic about him.

On a scale from one to five, how high are you on Bruno?