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spearsy23 wrote:Just got done watching the first half, I don't think anybody mentioned it but that was the best half of defense I remember seeing from cam. Conley only got free twice and cam caught up to contest one of the layups (Conley missed and grizzly announcers cried). Nothing flashy, just did a good job recovering over screens and keeping Conley out of the paint.


Side note: kinda disappointed by Dipo's defense. If he's not going to be more than a 3 and d guy then he needs to be taking the opposing PG the whole time he's on the court with Russ.

Pillendreher wrote:What a game. Almost back on team sunshine. .

bondom34 wrote:

Pillendreher wrote:What a game. Almost back on team sunshine. .

bondom34 wrote:

spearsy23 wrote:Just got done watching the first half, I don't think anybody mentioned it but that was the best half of defense I remember seeing from cam. Conley only got free twice and cam caught up to contest one of the layups (Conley missed and grizzly announcers cried). Nothing flashy, just did a good job recovering over screens and keeping Conley out of the paint.


Side note: kinda disappointed by Dipo's defense. If he's not going to be more than a 3 and d guy then he needs to be taking the opposing PG the whole time he's on the court with Russ.

Cam played a really good game. I'm back on board w/ him. I'm fickle

Pillendreher wrote:What a game. Almost back on team sunshine. We'll see how the Portland game goes.

The Grizzlies btw are the perfect example for narratives influencing refs. It's amazing what they can get away with.

Knrstz wrote:Cam definitely played better, especially on the defensive end. I hope he keeps it up because we need his trade value maximized right now.

spearsy23 wrote:4th quarter was the best basketball I've seen him play. Attacked when we really needed someone to look for their shot, ran the offense when Russ came back, played legitimately good defense against a borderline all-star... If he is this engaged then he's a good player. I don't know if he's scared of mistakes or it's just the injury or because Billy has been playing Enes ball, but he's been so passive on the offensive end that it's worthless having him out there unless he's going to hit threes like morrow. Maybe being without Enes will force him out of that comfort zone and he can get back to being the attacking guard he was at Murray state.

There's also the chance he just got up for a game against his hometown team too though.

Pillendreher wrote:

spearsy23 wrote:4th quarter was the best basketball I've seen him play. Attacked when we really needed someone to look for their shot, ran the offense when Russ came back, played legitimately good defense against a borderline all-star... If he is this engaged then he's a good player. I don't know if he's scared of mistakes or it's just the injury or because Billy has been playing Enes ball, but he's been so passive on the offensive end that it's worthless having him out there unless he's going to hit threes like morrow. Maybe being without Enes will force him out of that comfort zone and he can get back to being the attacking guard he was at Murray state.

There's also the chance he just got up for a game against his hometown team too though.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The 'Dump ball into Kanter' offense has hurt the rest of the team. Kanter is getting buckets that way, but the rest of the team suffers for it.

Let's hope Cam can get back on track and stops challenging Christon for worst PG of the league.

spearsy23 wrote:Morrow with the headband got me wondering how many guys are still wearing them? I know IT does, melo, z-Bo, ty Lawson... There really aren't a lot of guys left.

spearsy23 wrote:

Pillendreher wrote:

spearsy23 wrote:4th quarter was the best basketball I've seen him play. Attacked when we really needed someone to look for their shot, ran the offense when Russ came back, played legitimately good defense against a borderline all-star... If he is this engaged then he's a good player. I don't know if he's scared of mistakes or it's just the injury or because Billy has been playing Enes ball, but he's been so passive on the offensive end that it's worthless having him out there unless he's going to hit threes like morrow. Maybe being without Enes will force him out of that comfort zone and he can get back to being the attacking guard he was at Murray state.

There's also the chance he just got up for a game against his hometown team too though.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The 'Dump ball into Kanter' offense has hurt the rest of the team. Kanter is getting buckets that way, but the rest of the team suffers for it.

Let's hope Cam can get back on track and stops challenging Christon for worst PG of the league.

I don't think it has hurt the team at all, I think it's been necessary. Abrines and cam are the only two bench players with any offensive ability, cam missed three months and abrines is best as a catch and shoot player. Cam is really the only one it could've held back and he looked like trash without Enes until last night.