SL Game Thread: Celtics vs Spurs – 7PM, Wed. 07-05-17 (Utah)

return2glory · Post #521 » by **return2glory** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:39 am

BigTrade92 wrote:Tatum looks like a stud.

I'm not ready to eat my Fultz crow just yet, but I'm putting it in the oven to warm it up....

But I won't get too excited, as Kelly Olynyk looked like Dirk 2.0 in Summer League and he hasn't come even a 1/3 towards the level.

KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

BigTrade92 · Post #522 » by **BigTrade92** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:41 am

return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:Tatum looks like a stud.

I'm not ready to eat my Fultz crow just yet, but I'm putting it in the oven to warm it up....

But I won't get too excited, as Kelly Olynyk looked like Dirk 2.0 in Summer League and he hasn't come even a 1/3 towards the level.

KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League". :lol:

I think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes. Step back J's, 3's from the arc, scoop shots, guy was looking like Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

Fencer reregistered · Post #523 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:42 am

KumaJG wrote:Brown very disappointing. As a second year player he should be dominating every night.

It looks like Brown was right to think he could use the Summer League experience.

Meanwhile, I have an odd question -- what does the "Kuma" in your name signify? I know it as the Japanese word for "mulberry", or something like that, and that's about it.

Post #524 » by **Slartibartfast** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:44 am

BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:Tatum looks like a stud.

I'm not ready to eat my Fultz crow just yet, but I'm putting it in the oven to warm it up....

But I won't get too excited, as Kelly Olynyk looked like Dirk 2.0 in Summer League and he hasn't come even a 1/3 towards the level.

KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League"

Think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes, step back J's, 3's, scoop shots, he was Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

Yeah - I'll confess to getting irrationally excited about KO after that first summer league. Dirk fadeaways, sweet post moves, dribble drives, stroking 3s, put backs.

return2glory · Post #525 » by **return2glory** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:45 am

BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:Tatum looks like a stud.

I'm not ready to eat my Fultz crow just yet, but I'm putting it in the oven to warm it up....

But I won't get too excited, as Kelly Olynyk looked like Dirk 2.0 in Summer League and he hasn't come even a 1/3 towards the level.

KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League"

I think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes. Step back J's, 3's from the ar, scoop shots, he was Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

KO was great in SL, no doubt. But KO couldn't shot a jumper on anyone's grill back then, still can't. Anyone notice how he 4 years, KO never made a 3 when he had a man in his face. Dirk never had that problem.

BigTrade92 · Post #526 » by **BigTrade92** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:45 am

Slartibartfast wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League"

Think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes, step back J's, 3's, scoop shots, he was Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

Yeah - I'll confess to getting irrationally excited about KO after that first summer league. Dirk fadeaways, sweet post moves, dribble drives, stroking 3s, put backs.

Exactly. We all convinced ourselves he was the next big thing, because heck, he looked like he was in those few games. But, as we know, killing Summer League doesn't mean squat.

Marvel · Post #527 » by **Marvel** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:45 am

tlee324 wrote:What's awesome is there's lots of room for improvement with Tatum... High floor, high ceiling

And when he gets stronger he can be an absolute killah PF.

Marvel · Post #528 » by **Marvel** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:46 am

TBF, there were a lot of other superstars that killed it in SL and they turned out to be real superstars in the NBA.

BigTrade92 · Post #529 » by **BigTrade92** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:48 am

return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League"

I think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes. Step back J's, 3's from the ar, scoop shots, he was Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

KO was great in SL, no doubt. But KO couldn't shot a jumper on anyone's grill back then, still can't. Anyone notice how he 4 years, KO never made a 3 when he had a man in his face. Dirk never had that problem.

You're trying too hard to connect KO's game to what Dirk can and has always done. It's irrelevant.

All I'm saying is during those four or five games in his rookie Summer League, we on this board thought Kelly had the potential to be the next Dirk, as he played out of his mind for a few of those games. Clearly that didn't happen, clearly I'm in no way comparing their careers or play and clearly he's no Dirk.

Not really sure why you're beating a dead horse.

return2glory · Post #530 » by **return2glory** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:48 am

I'm not the biggest Jaylen fan, but people getting on him for not improving his handles? Come on guys, season ended only about a month ago. It's going to take some time. The real season doesn't start for another 3 and a half months. He needs even more time than that to really improve his handles.

The court vision is something that usually takes longer.

return2glory · Post #531 » by **return2glory** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:56 am

BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:
I said "in Summer League"

I think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes. Step back J's, 3's from the ar, scoop shots, he was Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

KO was great in SL, no doubt. But KO couldn't shot a jumper on anyone's grill back then, still can't. Anyone notice how he 4 years, KO never made a 3 when he had a man in his face. Dirk never had that problem.

You're trying to hard to connect KO's game to what Dirk can and has always done. It's irrelevant.

All I'm saying is during those four or five games in his rookie Summer League, we on this board thought Kelly had the potential to be the next Dirk, as he played out of his mind for a few of those games. Clearly that didn't happen, clearly I'm in no way comparing their careers or play and clearly he's no Dirk.

Not really sure why you're beating a dead horse.

It's a discussion. I get people get really excited over SL and the potential of a player. But they go a little overboard. Brown was getting compared to Kobe and Dominque, last year at this time.

I was rooting for KO big time in his rookie season. But he never improved that low release on his jumper and got stuck being a role player.

Grahf · Post #532 » by **Grahf** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 3:58 am

SuperDeluxe wrote:Shameful loss to an inferior team. Fire Ainge.

Super, every time I see your signature I am reminded that Mark Blount existed. Then I am reminded that, just a few years ago, we used to spend time on this board talking about Mark Blount."Will we be able to re-sign Blount?" was the biggest question of the off-season.

Then I think of the utter hopelessness of the franchise at that time. Grant Long playing serious minutes. Debating whether JR Bremmer could be the next Derek Fisher. Hoping that Brandon Hunter would solve our rebounding problems. Trying to imagine Marcus Banks becoming some kind of useful player. Praying that we weren't completely wasting Paul's career. That's what being a Celtics fan was in the off-season.

Now we are signing star free agents in their prime, drafting basically whoever we feel like, getting ready to make a Finals run while preparing for possibly two more top five picks next year. For the love of God, enjoy this people. Don't take this for granted. Because it wasn't that long ago we were spending our summers wondering if we were going to re-sign Mark Blount.

Bostondave · Post #533 » by **Bostondave** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:03 am

Ok made it to page 12 but the replay is coming on right now so I can see for myself. Yeah baby!

hickfromfrenchlick · Post #534 » by **hickfromfrenchlick** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:04 am

celticfan42487 wrote:
mattstermh wrote:Did Jaylen do anything?

He had one of the worst games I've ever seen him have. He looked outclassed by undrafted free agents. 0 improvement in his shot, handles, or awareness. It couldn't have been a more concerning performance for his future as an NBA rotational player outside of him going Ron Artest in the stand.

This is a major overreaction IMO.

KumaJG · Post #535 » by **KumaJG** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:05 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:
KumaJG wrote:Brown very disappointing. As a second year player he should be dominating every night.

It looks like Brown was right to think he could use the Summer League experience.

Meanwhile, I have an odd question -- what does the "Kuma" in your name signify? I know it as the Japanese word for "mulberry", or something like that, and that's about it.

Kuma the Tekken character lol

Fencer reregistered · Post #536 » by **Fencer reregistered** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:09 am

KumaJG wrote:
Fencer reregistered wrote:
KumaJG wrote:Brown very disappointing. As a second year player he should be dominating every night.

It looks like Brown was right to think he could use the Summer League experience.

Meanwhile, I have an odd question -- what does the "Kuma" in your name signify? I know it as the Japanese word for "mulberry", or something like that, and that's about it.

Kuma the Tekken character lol

Thanks!

I got it wrong, anyway:

Kuwa = mulberry
Kuma = bear

LarryBirdsFingr · Post #537 » by **LarryBirdsFingr** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:09 am

Fultz is a servicable scorer and starter at best, no alpha dog in him *snore*

Asian Celtic · Post #538 » by **Asian Celtic** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:11 am

hickfromfrenchlick wrote:
celticfan42487 wrote:
mattstermh wrote:Did Jaylen do anything?

He had one of the worst games I've ever seen him have. He looked outclassed by undrafted free agents. 0 improvement in his shot, handles, or awareness. It couldn't have been a more concerning performance for his future as an NBA rotational player outside of him going Ron Artest in the stand.

This is a major overreaction IMO.

Guys you need to relax a bit. He dominated game 1 and no one bats an eye, he gets a bad game suddenly y'all coming in full force.

Just remember: As soon as our season ended Jaylen went to Danny to request for SL play because the kid knows he has work to do. Let him work and develop, y'all judging him like he's some 10 year vet.

GreenBloodedC · Post #539 » by **GreenBloodedC** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:12 am

Did not finish the game? How was Brown? Why did he perform so underwhelming?

AND TATUM! MY GOD!

Post #540 » by **shackles10** » Thu Jul 6, 2017 4:18 am

BigTrade92 wrote:
return2glory wrote:
BigTrade92 wrote:Tatum looks like a stud.

I'm not ready to eat my Fultz crow just yet, but I'm putting it in the oven to warm it up....

But I won't get too excited, as Kelly Olynyk looked like Dirk 2.0 in Summer League and he hasn't come even a 1/3 towards the level.

KO never looked like Dirk. Dirk had to super high release on his shot. He could get his shot off anytime he wanted to. KO, exact opposite.

I said "in Summer League".

I think you should go rewatch some rookie KO Summer League clips. He was schoolin' dudes. Step back J's, 3's from the arc, scoop shots, guy was looking like Baby Dirk in Summer League. Heck, even the posters on here were getting giddy with excitement.

I remember it. The Olynyk Clynyk nickname was born and shortly died once the real competition showed up.