Byron Mullens

dream_catcher_9 · Post #81 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 12:52 am

Leolovinliberal wrote: BM is better than any big on your roster, but your blind devotion to Dear Leader will not allow you to see that.

He is terrible defensively, is weak on the boards, and is soft as butter. Sure he has some offensive game but that's about it. The reason Nazr and all the other bigs play over him is because Byron isn't that smart on the court.

Leolovinliberal · Post #82 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:39 am

dream_catcher_9 wrote:
Leolovinliberal wrote: BM is better than any big on your roster, but your blind devotion to Dear Leader will not allow you to see that.

He is terrible defensively, is weak on the boards, and is soft as butter. Sure he has some offensive game but that's about it. The reason Nazr and all the other bigs play over him is because Byron isn't that smart on the court.

Nope, nope and nope. Had his second double double in three games last night, was crashing the boards like crazy and when his jumper wasn't working he showed advanced post moves. It's okay to say that Presti made a mistake, Dear Leader won't excommunicate you.

Check your PM. Quit the baiting/snarky comments

UGA Hayes

BeasleyTheBeast · Post #83 » by **BeasleyTheBeast** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:27 am

LOL you guys act like he is the worst defensive player of Alltime and won't be able to improve.

This is his first real season of getting a chance to play regulary and he is making an impact offensively for the Cats. His defense is going to come along when he hits the gym and bulks up and gets stronger and hopefully he'd become a full-time starter for the Cats.

The future is bright for BJ Mullens. And Sam Presti did what was necessarily for BJ and the Thunder. Byron wouldn't have been a good fit along with Shoot First PG like Westbrook, now if they had Rondo that is another story.

dream_catcher_9 · Post #84 » by **dream_catcher_9** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:31 am

BeasleyTheBeast wrote:LOL you guys act like he is the worst defensive player of Alltime and won't be able to improve.

This is his first real season of getting a chance to play regulary and he is making an impact offensively for the Cats. His defense is going to come along when he hits the gym and bulks up and gets stronger and hopefully he'd become a full-time starter for the Cats.

The future is bright for BJ Mullens. And Sam Presti did what was necessarily for BJ and the Thunder. Byron wouldn't have been a good fit along with Shoot First PG like Westbrook, now if they had Rondo that is another story.

He isn't the worst defensive player of all-time, but he seemed to have a very weak BBall IQ when he got playing time his first 2 years. He is athletic as hell and can shoot which are 2 things teams like, but unless he improves his defensive fundamentals, and overall toughness I don't think he will ever have a big impact on the game, points included.

BeasleyTheBeast · Post #85 » by **BeasleyTheBeast** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:38 am

He is just 22 years old. 3rd year in the league. Rode the pine in OKC in his first two years of his career, and now in his 3rd year, BJ has proven he can be a very good offensive player in the league. With his athletic he should be able to change shots around the basket and make his opponents think twice when they get to the hole.

HE WILL IMPROVE

KembaWalker · Post #86 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:42 am

Hopefully this new playing time will motivate him to bulk up a bit. He's got excellent post moves, mid range is solid, solid bball IQ, hes just soft inside and on the boards cause hes not strong and doesnt take up a lot of space. no reason he cant become at least an average defender and rebounder

Stun704 · Post #87 » by **Stun704** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:02 am

Mullys Per 36 numbers are an impressive 20/8

DFolks · Post #88 » by **DFolks** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:39 am

Mullens is a talented player. Let's see how he improves both offensively and defensively when he's 26-27.

DJ43 · Post #89 » by **DJ43** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:56 pm

Mullens finally earned a start!

Leolovinliberal · Post #90 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 1:47 am

Byron gets his first tonight. So far at the half, 12 points, 2 rebs. OKC fans keep telling us that he just wasn't as good as the Thunder bigs and was stuck behind all of them. This was the line for all of the Thunder bigs last night:

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

Leolovinliberal · Post #91 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:23 am

Ended the game with 21/4. Didn't play much in the 4th quarter as they were blown out and have a game tomorrow.

BlackIce · Post #92 » by **BlackIce** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:27 am

Leolovinliberal wrote:Ended the game with 21/4. Didn't play much in the 4th quarter as they were blown out and have a game tomorrow.

Um..21 points is pretty impressive for a young center who is still developing.

orangeparka · Post #93 » by **orangeparka** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:34 am

Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Leolovinliberal · Post #94 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:40 am

BlackIce wrote:
Leolovinliberal wrote:Ended the game with 21/4. Didn't play much in the 4th quarter as they were blown out and have a game tomorrow.

Um..21 points is pretty impressive for a young center who is still developing.

Yes it is. I am the op of the thread. Read it, it will only take a few minutes.

Leolovinliberal · Post #95 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:44 am

orangeparka wrote:Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Yeah, he's gotta work on the rebounding, but he did have 15/10 in his previous game. As an aside, here are the numbers for last nights game of the players that the Prestiites keep telling us are better than Mulley and kept him on the bench. What's your opinion of those stats?

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

BlackIce · Post #96 » by **BlackIce** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:49 am

Leolovinliberal wrote:
BlackIce wrote:
Leolovinliberal wrote:Ended the game with 21/4. Didn't play much in the 4th quarter as they were blown out and have a game tomorrow.

Um..21 points is pretty impressive for a young center who is still developing.

Yes it is. I am the op of the thread. Read it, it will only take a few minutes.

Haha, good point, I just skimmed through it. My bad.

orangeparka · Post #97 » by **orangeparka** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:50 am

Leolovinliberal wrote:
orangeparka wrote:Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Yeah, he's gotta work on the rebounding, but he did have 15/10 in his previous game. As an aside, here are the numbers for last nights game of the players that the Prestiites keep telling us are better than Mulley and kept him on the bench. What's your opinion of those stats?

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

Really?

Ibaka played 25 minutes, Nazr 14 minutes, and Collison 21 minutes. I agree Perkins sucks, but he's still a good defender and he's locked into a longterm contract, what're they gonna do?

And I hate to burst your bubble like this, but pretty much ANY big, probably even those OKC bigs you've listed, can score like Mullens has considering the shots he's taking.

21 points on 16 shots, 15 on 11, 10 on 11, 17 on 13 aren't impressive at all.

Krodis · Post #98 » by **Krodis** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:50 am

Leolovinliberal wrote:
orangeparka wrote:Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Yeah, he's gotta work on the rebounding, but he did have 15/10 in his previous game. As an aside, here are the numbers for last nights game of the players that the Prestiites keep telling us are better than Mulley and kept him on the bench. What's your opinion of those stats?

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

Totally different situations. For one, all of them are there for defense, not offense. (Although Collison is a very good offensive player for his role)

Leolovinliberal · Post #99 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:54 am

orangeparka wrote:
Leolovinliberal wrote:
orangeparka wrote:Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Yeah, he's gotta work on the rebounding, but he did have 15/10 in his previous game. As an aside, here are the numbers for last nights game of the players that the Prestiites keep telling us are better than Mulley and kept him on the bench. What's your opinion of those stats?

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

Really?

Ibaka played 25 minutes, Nazr 14 minutes, and Collison 21 minutes. I agree Perkins sucks, but he's still a good defender and he's locked into a longterm contract, what're they gonna do?

And I hate to burst your bubble like this, but pretty much ANY big, probably even those OKC bigs you've listed, can score like Mullens has considering the shots he's taking.

21 points on 16 shots, 15 on 11, 10 on 11, 17 on 13 aren't impressive at all.

Would you mind listing the attempts for each of those games? Thanks

KembaWalker · Post #100 » by **KembaWalker** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 3:58 am

orangeparka wrote:
Leolovinliberal wrote:
orangeparka wrote:Impressive. Four rebounds is pretty pathetic though. If he improves that, he should at least be a serviceable backup big.

Yeah, he's gotta work on the rebounding, but he did have 15/10 in his previous game. As an aside, here are the numbers for last nights game of the players that the Prestiites keep telling us are better than Mulley and kept him on the bench. What's your opinion of those stats?

Ibaka: 4 and 6
Perkins 0 and 3
Nazr 4 and 4
Collison 8 and 0
Aldrich: DNP-CD

Really?

Ibaka played 25 minutes, Nazr 14 minutes, and Collison 21 minutes. I agree Perkins sucks, but he's still a good defender and he's locked into a longterm contract, what're they gonna do?

And I hate to burst your bubble like this, but pretty much ANY big, probably even those OKC bigs you've listed, can score like Mullens has considering the shots he's taking.

21 points on 16 shots, 15 on 11, 10 on 11, 17 on 13 aren't impressive at all.

lmao. you think Nazr Mohammed or Cole Aldrich (or any of those guys) can consistently find 10-15 quality shots a night? you fail