Romeo Langford Thread

Post #301 » by **Slartibartfast** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:13 am

It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Homerclease · Post #302 » by **Homerclease** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:20 am

Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Hard to be hyped for a guy coming off an injury riddled disappointing freshman year that we’ve yet to see play. Especially for someone who at this point would seem to be buried in the rotation behind a second round pick

chakdaddy · Post #303 » by **chakdaddy** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:21 am

I see the reason for the pick though: only natural 2 guard we've had for awhile. We've played 1s and 3s there since Ray Allen left.

Gomes3PC · Post #304 » by **Gomes3PC** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:34 am

Think part of it is that he isn't playing in SL, and the other is it isn't clear how he could crack this year's rotation and contribute. May be a bit of a redshirt year for him in terms of experience but I am excited to see him when he gets a chance. Honestly a year in Portland probably will do him a lot of good to work on his 3PT shot and tighten his handle. Would love to see him spend a bunch of time playing with a smart PG like Waters and working on his game down there if the minutes are sparse in Boston.

Post #305 » by **Slartibartfast** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:24 am

Homerclease wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Hard to be hyped for a guy coming off an injury riddled disappointing freshman year that we’ve yet to see play. Especially for someone who at this point would seem to be buried in the rotation behind a second round pick

His team lost a bunch of games and his 3 was trash, but I wouldn't classify his year as all that disappointing. He scored well, showed strong defensive potential, hit a couple game winners and didn't get into any serious on or off court drama.

Disappointing would be Cam Reddish or Nas Little.

I think his season was more like Jaylen's at Cal, in fact less disappointing. Jaylen's shot was poor, he looked out of control and badly underskilled in the half court and his team underwhelmed.

I guess Jaylen's explosive athleticism made him more exciting.

As for his spot in the rotation, his competition is pretty intense. Shouldn't be any shame in starting out behind two recent top 5 picks with great resumes, a recent max fa signing and an all-D teamselection who sees most of his minutes at the 2.

He just stumbled into one of the league's best and most overcrowded wing rotations.

Homerclease · Post #306 » by **Homerclease** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:33 am

Slartibartfast wrote:
Homerclease wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Hard to be hyped for a guy coming off an injury riddled disappointing freshman year that we’ve yet to see play. Especially for someone who at this point would seem to be buried in the rotation behind a second round pick

His team lost a bunch of games and his 3 was trash, but I wouldn't classify his year as all that disappointing. He scored well, showed strong defensive potential, hit a couple game winners and didn't get into any serious on or off court drama.

Disappointing would be Cam Reddish or Nas Little.

I think his season was more like Jaylen's at Cal, in fact less disappointing. Jaylen's shot was poor, he looked out of control and badly underskilled in the half court and his team underwhelmed.

I guess Jaylen's explosive athleticism made him more exciting.

As for his spot in the rotation, his competition is pretty intense. Shouldn't be any shame in starting out behind two recent top 5 picks with great resumes, a recent max fa signing and an all-D teamselection who sees most of his minutes at the 2.

He just stumbled into one of the league's best and most overcrowded wing rotations.

Most sites out there had him as a top 5 or near top 5 pick before the start of the college season. I think it’s fair to say he didn’t live up to initial expectations, whether due to injury or not.

Carson Edwards is clearly ready to contribute now. I think Langford spends a lot of time in the G league working on his shot and developing more with the ball in his hands. Playing next to Waters should help him too

Post #307 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:33 am

How good is this Kid?
Not seeing him in Summer League, makes one wonder how well he'll do.

Dogen · Post #308 » by **Dogen** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:39 am

Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

I bumped this thread because it seemed odd that with all the summer league Tacko Tuesday/Arson Carson/Veteran G Williams love going on these last few days, I felt our romeo was being left out of the fun. Even in the press all we get is that he's "bored" by not playing in SL.

In addition, the success Tyler Herro is having is making me jealous. Now, I did not want Herro at 14. Nor did I want Langford -- I actually hoped for Sekou Doumbouya but we passed on him for Langford.

So Romeo is our guy even though he's not able to play. Just want to raise the energy about his potential, keep the hype and attention up a bit. Maybe he is in fact trade bait, but he was a lotto pick and highly touted before the injury. And the dude was a throw-in from the Tatum/WhatsHisName trade. If Langford even ends up a solid rotation player, he must be seen as a good pick. But the potential there is clearly much higher if the team is patient with him.

24istheLAW · Post #309 » by **24istheLAW** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:40 am

Homerclease wrote:Most sites out there had him as a top 5 or near top 5 pick before the start of the college season. I think it’s fair to say he didn’t live up to initial expectations, whether due to injury or not.

Carson Edwards is clearly ready to contribute now. I think Langford spends a lot of time in the G league working on his shot and developing more with the ball in his hands. Playing next to Waters should help him too

Yeah I don't think there's any urgency with Romeo.

First and foremost, you need to get the mechanical tweaks practiced into memory for him. He's shown touch with the basketball so its not hard to imagine that he could get his shot on track.

Then, you need to work on his ballhandling reads. That's the kind of thing that one can realistically practice/build on in Maine.

We have a glut of wings perhaps... but not a lot of ballhandlers. Tatum and Brown aren't ballhandlers. Horford is gone. Semi Ojeleye isn't that deep into the rotation, and he's completely incapable of a dribble. Once Romeo has gotten some technical polish shooting and passing out of the pick and roll, you'll have room for him to see the floor in Boston.

Afam · Post #310 » by **Afam** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:42 am

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Ben-N1ce · Post #311 » by **Ben-N1ce** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:42 am

Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Hard to get hyped on guys that aren't playing.

Dogen · Post #312 » by **Dogen** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:48 am

Ben-N1ce wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Hard to get hyped on guys that aren't playing.

Oh he's playing alright, it's just that it's in a gym, alone with a shooting specialist.... with a ping pong paddle strapped to his hand. :lol:

Honestly I'm glad they are dealing with it now. We don't need Langford to shine yet, but if the extra training pays off he'll be a lethal offensive force off the bench.

LewisnotMiller · Post #313 » by **LewisnotMiller** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:53 am

I'm ready to get hyped for Romeo first time he shows some stuff. But in the meantime I'd rather ignore him. Best we can do is take our time, get his hand right, work on his shooting. Just watch how quick I'm on the bandwagon if he plays a couple of good games.

Dogen · Post #314 » by **Dogen** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:58 am

LewisnotMiller wrote:I'm ready to get hyped for Romeo first time he shows some stuff. But in the meantime I'd rather ignore him. Best we can do is take our time, get his hand right, work on his shooting. Just watch how quick I'm on the bandwagon if he plays a couple of good games.

Yeah the first time he slithers past Simmons and Embiid and flushes a dunk in their faces, I'm sold.

Post #315 » by **Slartibartfast** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:20 am

Homerclease wrote:
Slartibartfast wrote:
Homerclease wrote:Hard to be hyped for a guy coming off an injury riddled disappointing freshman year that we’ve yet to see play. Especially for someone who at this point would seem to be buried in the rotation behind a second round pick

His team lost a bunch of games and his 3 was trash, but I wouldn't classify his year as all that disappointing. He scored well, showed strong defensive potential, hit a couple game winners and didn't get into any serious on or off court drama.

Disappointing would be Cam Reddish or Nas Little.

I think his season was more like Jaylen's at Cal, in fact less disappointing. Jaylen's shot was poor, he looked out of control and badly underskilled in the half court and his team underwhelmed.

I guess Jaylen's explosive athleticism made him more exciting.

As for his spot in the rotation, his competition is pretty intense. Shouldn't be any shame in starting out behind two recent top 5 picks with great resumes, a recent max fa signing and an all-D teamselection who sees most of his minutes at the 2.

He just stumbled into one of the league's best and most overcrowded wing rotations.

Most sites out there had him as a top 5 or near top 5 pick before the start of the college season. I think it’s fair to say he didn’t live up to initial expectations, whether due to injury or not.

Carson Edwards is clearly ready to contribute now. I think Langford spends a lot of time in the G league working on his shot and developing more with the ball in his hands. Playing next to Waters should help him too

He was 4th in PPG among top 100 freshman recruits. 10th in win shares. Shot poorly from deep but otherwise showcased one of the best scoring profiles in the draft - PNR play, iso, inside finishing, foul-drawing, runners and floaters, pull-up jump shooting out to 3. And when you narrow down to conference play, his shooting splits were comparable with RJ Barrett and better than Culver and Reddish. And he had maybe the best overall measurables outside of THT.

The fact that I really like him is probably the worst thing he has going for him (let's hear it for Markelle Fultz!), but the guy deserves some hype.

Gomes3PC · Post #316 » by **Gomes3PC** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:32 am

Slart I am with you man. Bottom line is he fits Ainge's archetype for a guard draft pick and, Marcus Banks notwithstanding, he has had a very good eye for finding productive guards in the 1st round:

West
Allen
Rondo
Bradley
Smart
Rozier

I feel pretty good that if Langford is healthy, he will turn into a productive rotation player and maybe more.

KumaJG · Post #317 » by **KumaJG** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:41 am

Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

I am hyped for him, just not much to talk about.

Post #318 » by **Slartibartfast** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:51 am

24istheLAW wrote:
We have a glut of wings perhaps... but not a lot of ballhandlers. Tatum and Brown aren't ballhandlers. Horford is gone. Semi Ojeleye isn't that deep into the rotation, and he's completely incapable of a dribble. Once Romeo has gotten some technical polish shooting and passing out of the pick and roll, you'll have room for him to see the floor in Boston.

Smart/Hayward are the big roadblocks for minutes. Pretty easy to see them absorbing all the back-up wing minutes, even with a pretty significant dose of small ball.

Kemba (34)/Carsen(10)/Smart(4)
Jaylen (24)/Smart (24)
Tatum (20)/Hayward (20)/Brown (8)
Hayward (12)/Tatum (12)/ Semi-Grant-Theis platoon (24)
Kanter (24)/ Poirier-RWIII platoon (24)

This would include the occasional use of Romeo (or Wanamaker) in place of Carsen during those 10 minute stints (since Smart would be the main ballhandler in either case), with both of them ending up with Terry Rozier/RWIII type rookie years.

The only way other than injury or trade to open up more time is to move one of Hayward or Tatum to full time PF which I don't think Brad will do. This is the same guy that pretty much refused to play Gerald Wallace or Jeff Green at the 4. If he does, then that would open up a nice 15-20 mpg wing role that I think Romeo would do well in.

3D Chess · Post #319 » by **3D Chess** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:39 pm

Is he out for all of SL?

Post #320 » by **sully00** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 2:55 pm

Slartibartfast wrote:It's funny how unhyped this board is for Romeo. I think I have about 27% of the posts in this thread (incidentally, the same as Romeo's college 3pt %)

Honestly I was concerned that the kid was in a trade and unwilling to emotionally commit to his hype until he was signed and at least a Celtic for 30 days. Not sure why I think him signing makes it any less likely he is dealt but so be it. Stll not feeling the make up of this roster right now. I like all of the players but I am not crazy about how they fit together. We went from too few bigs to too many.

I would like to see

Walker/Hayward/Brown/Tatum/RWilliams

backed up by

Smart/Langford/GWilliams/Theis/Kanter

with Wannamaker and Poirier available to mix in especially for the kids.

This is what I call the "Ainge is a genius" line up.

I am not buying Robert Williams as a PF so to me that means Tatum has to be a 4 or this roster doesn't work very well and we are stuck with one of top talents coming off the bench.

Too bad Lyles already signed he would have been a nice vet min pick up this team still needs a PF,