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“(Waters) has a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous feel for the game of basketball,” Erman said. “Great feel, great IQ, great poise, great pace. It’s hard to speed him up. He’s wise beyond his years. He’s an NBA player.”

Erman said that the 5-10 Waters shot the ball better than expected during the preseason. He said his greatest challenge will be learning how to play against size and length. There were times this summer when Waters carved into the lane, but then things became more difficult than they had been at other levels. “And he’ll figure it out,” Erman said. “Everyone does. Everyone learns to play, everyone gets used to the speed and length of the game eventually. It just takes a little bit of time. And he’ll get there.”


Erman said that Fall, meanwhile, has improved each year, and that he has even taken clear steps since joining the Celtics just four months ago. For Fall, getting consistent repetitions in the G League will be much more valuable than watching from an NBA bench. Fall spent much of the summer focusing on his conditioning and his touch. Erman said that in Maine they will put an extra emphasis on working with the ball away from the basket.

“He just needs more comfort handling the ball on the perimeter,” Erman said. “Everyone runs dribble handoffs with bigs, and bigs handle the ball 25-30 feet from the basket, but he just has to be comfortable making simple plays with the ball in his hands, especially in Brad [Stevens’s] system. “But I think he’s shown improvement. He’s got to continue to set screens and dive to the rim at a quick pace.”

Inside, Fall is clearly an intimidating presence. But he will need to show continued growth defending the pick-and-roll. Specifically, when a guard is moving toward him and the opposing big man is starting to roll to the hoop, Fall will need to learn how to be a deterrent to both without overcommitting to either.

Waters has a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous feel for the game of basketball

“The main goal is to play them and develop them as much as possible,” first-year head coach Darren Erman said by phone. “Let them play.”

31to6 wrote:

Waters has a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous feel for the game of basketball

I would've tossed a fourth tremendous in there, but that's just me.

Go get em Waters/Fall!

cloverleaf wrote:

31to6 wrote:

Waters has a tremendous, tremendous, tremendous feel for the game of basketball

I would've tossed a fourth tremendous in there, but that's just me.

Go get em Waters/Fall!

Waters Fall where may.
If they drop into a pail,
Do they get buckets?

Darth Celtic wrote:Not going to lie, i'm 100% going to stream red claw games this year if the Celtics aren't playing.

Darth Celtic wrote:Not going to lie, i'm 100% going to stream red claw games this year if the Celtics aren't playing.

- With the Maine Red Claws beginning their preseason workouts, the clock on two-way players has begun. Boston can now only have those guys for 45 days, including practices.

“We anticipate using their days,” Stevens said. "We anticipate both of them playing for us when they come up, and obviously as you go through the season, you deal with guys unavailable for whatever reason, so we didn’t want to use days for practice right now.”

zoyathedestroya wrote:More Red Claws: John Bohannon, Bryce Brown, Yante Maten, Justin Bibbs, Dorian Pickens, Kaiser Gates. These guys were previously signed then waived by the Cs for the purpose of being part of our G-League affiliate team.

Red Claws draftees: Wesley Person, Jr. (32nd), T.J. Lang (50th), Jay Wright (60th), Curtis Washington (88th)

See here for more details and training camp roster: https://maine.gleague.nba.com/news/2019-draft/