Gonna Fly Now - the Jeff Adrien Thread

mrknowitall215 · Post #121 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:32 pm

James Gatz wrote:Why wouldn't we want to keep him on as a cheap end of the bench player?

I could see Charlotte letting Byron Mullens & his $3 million qualifying offer walk. There's no need to pay anymore dead weight past Tyrus Thomas & to some degree Ben Gordon, unless they still have hope in Mullens, in which I doubt, but we don't know just yet

Snidely FC · Post #122 » by **Snidely FC** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:21 am

Would prefer to upgrade the 6'7" PF slot to DeJuan Blair. Why would he leave the Spurs? Playing time.

mrknowitall215 · Post #123 » by **mrknowitall215** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 12:34 am

Snidely FC wrote:Would like to upgrade the 6'7" PF slot to DeJuan Blair. Why would he leave the Spurs? Playing time.

I know it might sound crazy, but 6'7" or maybe even shorter, both Jeff Adrien & DeJuan Blair play bigger than a 7-foot Byron Mullens, whether we're discussing rebounding or blocking percentages. I'm not saying that Charlotte should retain Adrien as well as try to sign Blair in free-agency because I believe that the Bobcats do need to add some legit size & length, but it's a better option than extending Mullens

Snidely FC · Post #124 » by **Snidely FC** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 1:37 pm

Ignore that stuff I wrote up there about Dejuan Blair. Heh heh.

Rocky remind anybody of Charles Oakley?

catch20two · Post #125 » by **catch20two** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:07 pm

Adrien isn't no slouch. If you look at his production since his freshman year at UConn you would see that he's always been consistent with minutes. He's just a unheralded diamond in the rough that's finally getting his chance. He must have a bad agent or bad luck besides being undersized because he's like a better version of Reggie Evans who has stuck around the league for years. I'm not saying that we need to treat him like a star or anything but we got a under the radar bargain when we signed him.

Why isn't the name of this thread "Rocky IV" or something instead of "Gonna Fly Now"?

LamarMatic7 · Post #126 » by **LamarMatic7** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:13 pm

Did we already have "Yo Adrian!" as the title of the thread?

Post #127 » by **fatlever** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:26 pm

"Gonna Fly Now" is the name of the Rocky theme song. i thought it was an appropriate title, considering he came from d-league to now playing minutes in the NBA. plus its an awesome song, although i prefer the maynard ferguson version.

the original version
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioE_O7Lm0I4[/youtube]

the maynard ferguson version (much better in my opinion)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV5vwFbn2aM[/youtube]

mrknowitall215 · Post #128 » by **mrknowitall215** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 7:34 pm

I like "Rocky 4" or "Rocky IV" since he's always played the #4 almost everywhere he's been, especially if someone could photoshop his face into the following pic:

Man Strength · Post #129 » by **Man Strength** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:26 pm

according to winscore, adrien has been the best player on the bobcats by far http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/teams/cha AND the best per minute player in the NBA by a decent margin (with a minimum of 130 minutes played) - http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/players?di ... s_produced

also interesting that by this metric Biyombo has been our 2nd best player

mrknowitall215 · Post #130 » by **mrknowitall215** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:40 pm

Man Strength wrote:according to winscore, adrien has been the best player on the bobcats by far http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/teams/cha AND the best per minute player in the NBA by a decent margin (with a minimum of 130 minutes played) - http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/players?di ... s_produced

also interesting that by this metric Biyombo has been our 2nd best player

Good post. I think it need to be recognized that Jeff Adrien, the "undersized midget center", is actually playing well, and not just taking away Bismack Biyombo's minutes for no particular reason.

Also, that Bobcats 'Wins Produced' stat doesn't do Jeff Taylor any favors http://www.boxscoregeeks.com/teams/cha

Radu_Hornets · Post #131 » by **Radu_Hornets** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:46 am

He hasn't done nothing Biz can't do against Boston... I would even say, Biz would have probably be more productive on the defensive end...

LamarMatic7 · Post #132 » by **LamarMatic7** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:53 pm

David West's trash talk against us. West yells at Hibbert to post up the too little Jeff Adrien.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McyY8g5k4Bs[/youtube]

mrknowitall215 · Post #133 » by **mrknowitall215** » Tue Jan 7, 2014 4:46 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/status/420591855755984896[/tweet]

Snidely FC · Post #134 » by **Snidely FC** » Tue Jan 7, 2014 5:01 pm

Good! Now use him. He can defend alongside Al since Cliff won't try Biz there.

LamarMatic7 · Post #135 » by **LamarMatic7** » Tue Jan 7, 2014 7:28 pm

I feel good for the guy. Now he can finally feel safe and get that guaranteed money.

BlackOutBuzz · Post #136 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:41 pm

Thread title just got more appropriate :cry:

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DY_nasty · Post #137 » by **DY_nasty** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:43 pm

Its been real.

Post #138 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:44 pm

Will miss that bench energy.

Post #139 » by **fatlever** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:50 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1yzIeBRh5o[/youtube]

Post #140 » by **fatlever** » Thu Feb 20, 2014 5:51 pm

he was seemingly very close to kemba and MKG. hopefully that doesnt impact chemistry too much.