No Shirt No Problem: The Amari Bailey Thread

[yosemiteben]

DNP-CD in preseason is not great

[Robot Rock]

DNP-CD in preseason is not great

If Clifford had Kevin Loughery's job in 1984, Michael Jordan would've gotten a few DNP-CDs, too.

[JMAC3]

DNP-CD in preseason is not great

Makes sense, Frank and Sumner are fighting for roster spots.
We only played 12 guys last night, not like 16 dudes saw action and he wasn't one of them.

[JMAC3]

Amari Bailey Gleague checkin. Leading the team in scoring, assists and blocks.
19.8 ppg, 4.7 apg, 1.8 spg, 1.1 blocks.
45/31/64% splits.

Post trade deadline he should be up getting 15-20 mpg similar to how we handled Mark Williams last year.

[fatlever]

Not sure why he hasn't already been called up to give him minutes. There's little point of ish and frank getting minutes going forward. And I suspect lamelos and games played or minutes is going to decrease in the second half of the season especially any back-to-back situations.

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[amcoolio]

He's got a lot of intangibles, but he needs to shoot better. Unplayable until he does.

[JMAC3]

Not sure why he hasn't already been called up to give him minutes. There's little point of ish and frank getting minutes going forward. And I suspect lamelos and games played or minutes is going to decrease in the second half of the season especially any back-to-back situations.

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Realistically I would prefer Nick Smith to be in the gleague with him working on his game instead of playing here and there with a limited role. I want to see Amari at some point this year but him getting to put up 20 pts a game instead of rotting away averaging 2.5 ppg for the Hornets is fine with me for now.

[fatlever]

Fair points
And you may be right about Nick Smith would be better off in the G league right now. To be honest he hasn't been very impressive the past few weeks. He had that nice Purple Patch of shooting threes. But he's got to figure out what else he brings to the table. Is it defense is it getting to the rim in the free throw line is it play making for others. He can't just be an undersized combo guard that does catch and shoot threes and inefficient ISO scoring. He's got to add at least another piece to his game.

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[luciano-davidwesley]

Fair points
And you may be right about Nick Smith would be better off in the G league right now. To be honest he hasn't been very impressive the past few weeks. He had that nice Purple Patch of shooting threes. But he's got to figure out what else he brings to the table. Is it defense is it getting to the rim in the free throw line is it play making for others. He can't just be an undersized combo guard that does catch and shoot threes and inefficient ISO scoring. He's got to add at least another piece to his game.

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Agreed. I'm sure it won't be defense though. He's been struggling a lot on that end lately. He's struggling to stay in front of guys and fouling a lot on guys driving on him. Guys are also shooting over him on the perimeter. He's given up a lot of and 1 opportunities because he's making a lot of rookie mistakes getting tangled and baitied into swiping at the ball at the wrong times.

[Diop]

He's got a lot of intangibles, but he needs to shoot better. Unplayable until he does.

Frank or Amari?

[amcoolio]

He's got a lot of intangibles, but he needs to shoot better. Unplayable until he does.

Frank or Amari?