Greensboro Swarm: The G-League Thread

Snidely FC · Post #481 » by **Snidely FC** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:07 pm

6'5 23 year old PG Kobi Simmons getting stronger and shooting better, 27 pts vs Ignite

Nick Richards highlights:

MPM · Post #482 » by **MPM** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 7:27 pm

Man. Whoever was on the receiving end of that two handed block by Richards won't soon forget it. Made him look bad. Very bad.

Post #483 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 10:24 pm

Big Vern with a very unflattering stat line in the game that is in process - https://gleague.nba.com/games/20210223/GBORGV/

Richards playing much better.

CuseMayne · Post #484 » by **CuseMayne** » Tue Feb 23, 2021 11:50 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Big Vern with a very unflattering stat line in the game that is in process - https://gleague.nba.com/games/20210223/GBORGV/

Richards playing much better.

Yeah I'm looking at the box score after the game...11 minutes? Did he get hurt or something?

Snidely FC · Post #485 » by **Snidely FC** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 4:33 pm

showdown yesterday between the previously mentioned Moses Brown and Nick Richards (Carey Jr DNP). Moses Brown looks like a different person from a year ago
Brown last year:

Watch on YouTube

Brown minus the baby fat yesterday w 26 pts 17 rebs 1 block vs Swarm:

Watch on YouTube

Nick Richards with 20 pts 14 rebs & 5 blocks vs OKC

Watch on YouTube

Post #486 » by **BigSlam** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 5:14 pm

Sure has bulked up since his UCLA days as well.

(He’s #1):

Post #487 » by **BigSlam** » Sat Feb 27, 2021 3:11 am

Thriller finally had himself a game:

28/2/4 + 3 steals and 1 block!

Shot 10-15 including 6-8 from three and 1-1 from the line.

euphorbus · Post #488 » by **euphorbus** » Thu Mar 4, 2021 12:33 am

The Swarm are 4-9, so we will get Richards and Carey back after the All-Star break. One of those two has to be in the rotation. We cannot go on with Biyombo getting all the backup minutes at center.

Rays Pompadour · Post #489 » by **Rays Pompadour** » Thu Mar 4, 2021 12:38 am

Richards has the better defensive instincts...and he's really tall, so I expect him to get some minutes. Carey can't be trusted to gain a net positive. He's still way too lost on defense.

PerkinsFor3 · Post #490 » by **PerkinsFor3** » Thu Mar 4, 2021 2:55 pm

Rays Pompadour wrote:Richards has the better defensive instincts...and he's really tall, so I expect him to get some minutes. Carey can't be trusted to gain a net positive. He's still way too lost on defense.

Richards has been shooting from3 a bit as well. Carney strikes me as another Jahlil Okafor.

Soul Rebel · Post #491 » by **Soul Rebel** » Thu Mar 4, 2021 5:21 pm

Richards also has some potential chemistry with PJ in the frontcourt. I could see Richards having Washington beside him helping him acclimate a bit more than other players.

euphorbus · Post #492 » by **euphorbus** » Thu Mar 4, 2021 11:10 pm

Soul Rebel wrote:Richards also has some potential chemistry with PJ in the frontcourt. I could see Richards having Washington beside him helping him acclimate a bit more than other players.

Also, Monk has made a distinct effort to get Richards the ball. They are not quite on the same page yet, but getting there.

SWedd523 · Post #493 » by **SWedd523** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 2:12 am

euphorbus wrote:
Soul Rebel wrote:Richards also has some potential chemistry with PJ in the frontcourt. I could see Richards having Washington beside him helping him acclimate a bit more than other players.

Also, Monk has made a distinct effort to get Richards the ball. They are not quite on the same page yet, but getting there.

Did I miss something?

Monk and Richards have played 14 minutes together

Post #494 » by **Diop** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 2:21 am

SWedd523 wrote:
euphorbus wrote:
Soul Rebel wrote:Richards also has some potential chemistry with PJ in the frontcourt. I could see Richards having Washington beside him helping him acclimate a bit more than other players.

Also, Monk has made a distinct effort to get Richards the ball. They are not quite on the same page yet, but getting there.

Did I miss something?

Monk and Richards have played 14 minutes together

Monks been trying to ball Richards

penquin11 · Post #495 » by **penquin11** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 2:35 am

Vernon Carey Jr is averaging 17.4pts and 9.3rpg in the G League. At what point do we give him a shot? Surely he can't be any worse than Biz is out there at times.

PerkinsFor3 · Post #496 » by **PerkinsFor3** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 9:27 am

penquin11 wrote:Vernon Carey Jr is averaging 17.4pts and 9.3rpg in the G League. At what point do we give him a shot? Surely he can't be any worse than Biz is out there at times.

Carey' defense is awfulllll. Okaforesque.

MPM · Post #497 » by **MPM** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 4:08 pm

PerkinsFor3 wrote:
penquin11 wrote:Vernon Carey Jr is averaging 17.4pts and 9.3rpg in the G League. At what point do we give him a shot? Surely he can't be any worse than Biz is out there at times.

Carey' defense is awfulllll. Okaforesque.

Yep. Neither here nor there due to such teensy weensy minutes, but found it interesting that amongst NBA centers, Carey is, by far, the worst in terms of Defensive Rating (by far, at 57.1) and - a little surprisingly - Richards is third worst.

BlackOutBuzz · Post #498 » by **BlackOutBuzz** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 5:09 pm

Announcers during today's game:

"The Swarm have given up ten 3s, maybe they should move away from this zone."

"I would love if the Swarm got out of this zone... the Mad Ants have figured it out."

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Post #499 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 5:40 pm

BlackOutBuzz wrote:Announcers during today's game:

"The Swarm have given up ten 3s, maybe they should move away from this zone."

"I would love if the Swarm got out of this zone... the Mad Ants have figured it out."

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Also sounds like we should have Johnny Flynn on our roster.

He’d fit right in on defence.

penquin11 · Post #500 » by **penquin11** » Fri Mar 5, 2021 10:15 pm

BigSlam wrote:
BlackOutBuzz wrote:Announcers during today's game:

"The Swarm have given up ten 3s, maybe they should move away from this zone."

"I would love if the Swarm got out of this zone... the Mad Ants have figured it out."

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Also sounds like we should have Johnny Flynn on our roster.

He’d fit right in on defence.

Thats a name I haven't heard in a bit. **** throw him in we will run Flynn-Monk-LaMelo-Rozier-Hayward. Abandon defense embrace offense.