D-League/Walker Giddens Sticky

[BillessuR6]

Actually I think Sims looks very similar to POB. He is very long but has no body strength. In NBDL he can dominate with his length but in the NBA where players are bigger and stronger he would definitely have problems.

I was also kind of disappointed with Walker. I watched the first half and he looked very lethargic on the court. No real energy, emotions, he wasn`t playing at full speed. He has his athletic outbursts but overall I am not happy with his on court demeanor. Giddens whom I have seen a couple of times is quite the opposite.

BTW, Ainge is going to Utah:

Team president Danny Ainge will be in Utah soon to scout college games and to watch rookies J.R. Giddens and Bill Walker with the Development League's Utah Flash at the upcoming league showcase.

With no timetable for their return, Giddens and Walker are making the best of their time with the Flash and hope to impress Ainge during his first visit this season.

"I have the utmost respect for Mr. Ainge," said Giddens via phone. "He believed in me. For him to come out is a big deal. He drafted Bill and me and we want to show him we are who he drafted."

Walker added, "It will definitely be exciting to see him at the game."

Giddens was averaging 18.9 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, and a .563 field goal percentage through Dec. 26. The 30th pick in the first round of this year's draft has been hampered lately by a sprained right wrist.

"Everything is going good," Giddens said. "I'm getting minutes and time. I re-sprained my wrist and it's getting inflamed. But [the NBDL] lets us get into game shape, and right now we are going through our midseason fighting through injuries, losing streaks."

Walker was averaging 17.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1 steal and a .529 field goal percentage through Dec. 26. The 47th pick in the second round said he has been concentrating on defense.

"I've been developing at a good pace," Walker said. "I'm learning about the defensive three-second rule. I'm learning more how to guard over screens and in pick and rolls."

Link: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... _business/

[return2glory]

A very good game by Billy Walker (Dec 30th game). 27 points in only 32 minutes on 10-16 shooting, inluding 2-3 from 3's. He also had 6 rebs and 3 steals.

[hiphop1]

I hope we keep both of these guys. I would love to see a future lineup of

Perk
Powe
Walker
Giddens
Rondo

[Man_Up]

I hope we keep both of these guys. I would love to see a future lineup of

Perk
Powe
Walker
Giddens
Rondo

I hope that those players become good enough to make that a quality team or lineup.

[armageddon]

Tuesday's and Friday's games are supposed to be on NBATV.

[return2glory]

A great game by Walker in a win. 26 points on only 12 shot attempts. He went 10-12 from the field and 5-5 from the line and 1-1 from 3's. Utah should be getting better because they finally added good centers in James Lang and Fesenko from the Jazz.

[faria443]

Walker and Giddens have both been called up from the Flash. Do you think this will have any immediate impact on the struggling bench?

[BillessuR6]

There is a scouting report on Bill Walker on Draftexpress...

Link: http://www.draftexpress.com/article/D-L ... -Two-3075/

[theman]

Bill Walker and J.R. Are a Part of NBA History

http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/flash_protest_090113.html

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2009 – The NBA D-League today granted a game protest filed by the Utah Flash after its 104-102 loss to the Colorado 14ers on Dec. 26 at Broomfield Event Center, which will result in the replay of the final 25.2 seconds of the game with the scored tied at 102. The replay will occur prior to the next scheduled game between the two teams – on April 10, 2009 at McKay Event Center in Orem, Utah.

The Flash protested the game because, with 25.2 seconds remaining in the game’s final period, the 14ers scoring table personnel incorrectly disqualified the Flash’s Bill Walker – asserting that a foul committed by Walker was his sixth foul of the game, when in fact it was only his fifth. The error occurred because the 14ers Official Scorer mistakenly attributed to Walker a foul at 9:24 remaining in the second period that was actually called against the Flash's J.R. Giddens.

The protest is the first granted by the NBA D-League in the league’s eight-year history.