Big Nick Energy: The Nick Richards Thread

Post #101 » by **fatlever** » Thu Dec 8, 2022 6:19 pm

How are we worse def rebounding under cliff? Like, that's his thing. It's not like we lost Rodman to injury. Cliff has played with a true center on 99.9% of possessions, yet we still can't rebound?

But Nick is killing his future with the nonstop moving screens and poor Def reb.

Maybe it's time for Mark?

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Post #102 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 8, 2022 6:27 pm

We're a guard/perimeter rebounding team without it's two best guard/perimeter rebounders. Melo and Miles.

bubowskee · Post #103 » by **bubowskee** » Thu Dec 8, 2022 8:44 pm

fatlever wrote:How are we worse def rebounding under cliff? Like, that's his thing. It's not like we lost Rodman to injury. Cliff has played with a true center on 99.9% of possessions, yet we still can't rebound?

But Nick is killing his future with the nonstop moving screens and poor Def reb.

Maybe it's time for Mark?

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To be fair to Nick, he is doing pretty well considering he got drafted entirely due to being pretty mobile at 7 feet. He's never been a skilled player and the more minutes he gets, the more tape opposing teams get on him. He is still good in transition but what kills me is his awful screens. Our second unit would be pretty great if Nick didn't set Dwight level screens. He isn't much of a lob threat but he can run.

But I do agree that we should move to Mark. He's 5 years younger and will give us the exact same skill set as Nick

Post #104 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:05 pm

fatlever wrote:Nick's inability to grab defensive boards will be his downfall with Cliff. Of course. Putting Def boards on one player isn't fair. It's a team effort needed.

I actually don't agree that you can't fault an individual player for not rebounding. He's not the only one with an issue, but if Nick isn't doing things that are being reviewed on tape and that are being communicated as vital to his role, makes all the sense in the world to me to address it like this.

To be clear, Cliff was an advocate for Nick when all of us here didn't think it made sense and we criticized him for elevating Nick in the rotation above Mark. Nick himself was the one that attributed his improvement on Cliff clearly communicating what his expectations were. This seems like an outworking of that.

Liver_Pooty · Post #105 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Dec 8, 2022 9:21 pm

Haven't looked at the stats in a while, but isn't Nick a ridiculously good offensive rebounder? How can one be good at that but struggle at defensive rebounding?

Post #106 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Fri Dec 9, 2022 12:01 am

PJ is the guy we should be throwing stones at re: Rebounding. Nick plays spot minutes

CuseMayne · Post #107 » by **CuseMayne** » Fri Dec 9, 2022 3:55 am

luciano-davidwesley wrote:PJ is the guy we should be throwing stones at re: Rebounding. Nick plays spot minutes

Yep. Need more rebounding from the 4 position, and PJ's a pretty dismal rebounder unfortunately.

wilson115 · Post #108 » by **wilson115** » Fri Dec 9, 2022 5:40 am

fatlever wrote:

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Nick's inability to grab defensive boards will be his downfall with Cliff. Of course. Putting Def boards on one player isn't fair. It's a team effort needed.

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To be fair the Nets were playing Morris and even Durant at the 5 in Nick's minutes so match-ups played a part in his "benching". Markieff just standing in a corner also pulled Nick away from the paint often enough to hurt his rebounding. The lack of urgency on that Sumner play was inexcusable though.

JMAC3 · Post #109 » by **JMAC3** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:15 pm

Assuming Plumlee is dealt at the deadline, I would not hate offering Nick a super team friendly deal that is tradeable.

I am thinking 2/16 with the 2nd year being a team option. Basically, it would allow us to offer him as a rental for a team at the deadline next year.

Post #110 » by **fatlever** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:45 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Assuming Plumlee is dealt at the deadline, I would not hate offering Nick a super team friendly deal that is tradeable.

I am thinking 2/16 with the 2nd year being a team option. Basically, it would allow us to offer him as a rental for a team at the deadline next year.

Seems fair all around.

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Post #111 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:58 pm

JMAC3 wrote:Assuming Plumlee is dealt at the deadline, I would not hate offering Nick a super team friendly deal that is tradeable.

I am thinking 2/16 with the 2nd year being a team option. Basically, it would allow us to offer him as a rental for a team at the deadline next year.

I like the premise but I don't think he is accepting one guaranteed year. Maybe 3 years $24 million with the last being a team option or no option at all. And we should just have a blanket "no player options" team policy. Those things always blow up in your face one way or another.

wilson115 · Post #112 » by **wilson115** » Mon Mar 13, 2023 5:01 am

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NCHeels2008 · Post #113 » by **NCHeels2008** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:14 pm

Nick signed for an additional 3 seasons at $15million total. Great deal Mitch!

vorbis · Post #114 » by **vorbis** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:15 pm

W contract, no complaints

amcoolio · Post #115 » by **amcoolio** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:16 pm

Solid deal for a backup C

SWedd523 · Post #116 » by **SWedd523** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:26 pm

NCHeels2008 wrote:Nick signed for an additional 3 seasons at $15million total. Great deal Mitch!

steal of a deal that locks up the center position for a long time

Post #117 » by **Diop** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:26 pm

Good deal, happy with that.

wilson115 · Post #118 » by **wilson115** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:32 pm

Not bad for a #42 pick.

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Post #119 » by **JDR720** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:38 pm

That's a solid contract. Cheaper than I thought too.

Braggins · Post #120 » by **Braggins** » Wed Mar 22, 2023 11:46 pm

Nice. I was guessing he would get around 6 mil per year.