Mac McClung seems to perform well in every scenario, but keeps getting cut...

The Laker Kid · Post #61 » by **The Laker Kid** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 8:46 pm

It's for his own good. If he starts to miss a lot of shots, he will be called Mc Clunk.

jasonxxx102 · Post #62 » by **jasonxxx102** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 9:21 pm

bradybunch wrote:
Nuntius wrote:
bradybunch wrote:There's no way he's not good enough to make an NBA roster, but if they keep black balling him, I hope there's a league where he can showcase his talent and make millions.

Ok, I have to ask. Why are you using the term black balling? What makes you think that McClung was black balled instead of simply losing out to competition? The term has a specific meaning and it seems that you're wildly stretching that meaning.

How did he lose out to a better player? They cut him and signed Ty Jerome. He never competed against Ty Jerome.

Mac looked great and if it was based on merit, he deserves a roster spot.

Mac performed in the G League, Summer, and was fantastic in their last preseason game.

As a matter of fact, he looked so good that they probably said "oh sh**, cut him before he keeps proving doubters wrong and our opportunity for him will be proven fraudulent."

They brought him in. He performed. They cut him immediately after showcasing his evident skills.

OOPS!

Found Macs moms alt account :lol:

This whole post is pretty cringe

skones · Post #63 » by **skones** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:11 pm

SelfishPlayer wrote:
skones wrote:

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesmi01.html

Got it, so a guy who last played 9 years ago, in a different league, with different requirements and who broke into the league at age 26?

lol k

I don't know who needs to hear it, but this league values positional versatility. McClung has none.

gorz · Post #64 » by **gorz** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:12 pm

SelfishPlayer wrote:He's Jeremy Lin without a D'Antoni that's willing to feature him.

If McClung was lin hed be playing in the nba. Lin was a top 7 pg in the league in his peak.

jasonxxx102 · Post #65 » by **jasonxxx102** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 10:13 pm

gorz wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:He's Jeremy Lin without a D'Antoni that's willing to feature him.

If McClung was lin hed be playing in the nba. Lin was a top 7 pg in the league in his peak.

His 10 game peak :lol:

Ruma85 · Post #66 » by **Ruma85** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 11:00 pm

Colbinii wrote:
Texas Chuck wrote:He's not blackballed lol. Again, you guys seem to have no idea how many guards there are who aren't in the NBA who can score against fringe NBA players. Every single year John Jenkins looks amazing in these games and then..... He can't do this against legit NBA defenders and he likely can't defend at an NBA level.

Teams don't just cut guys who can play. Especially not entertaining athletic pretty boy white dudes.

defense. Defense. DEFENSE.

Everyone should listen to what Alex Caruso said about how he made the league. When in the G-League, just about everyone can handle the ball at an NBA Level, everyone can shoot a bit and score. Teams don't need that and don't want that. Teams have players--Stars--who do that. Teams require you to defend at a high level to make the team when coming from the G-League.

I have agree with Caruso, and also in imo as great as McClung is on O he would need to be atleast active on D, if he would look at Monte morris who’s clearly underrated by most realgm guys here. he would floruish with that kind of playing style. i think sometimes people forget there’s 510 spots avaliable in the nba including 2 ways. just as there’s many guys who can play at the nba level it’s not always about what you cannot do sometimes it’s about the fit and team culture that the coaching stuff needs to see you fit into it. I generally think and i might be in minority on it in Realgm but expanding to 32 teams would be fantastic for the league and everyone esle around the league would benefit from it majory, it’s about time Silver let’s make it happen!!

Ruma85 · Post #67 » by **Ruma85** » Thu Oct 6, 2022 11:02 pm

jasonxxx102 wrote:
gorz wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:He's Jeremy Lin without a D'Antoni that's willing to feature him.

If McClung was lin hed be playing in the nba. Lin was a top 7 pg in the league in his peak.

His 10 game peak

10 game peak or not, it was amazing to watch.

lambchop · Post #68 » by **lambchop** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 12:16 am

Ruma85 wrote:
jasonxxx102 wrote:
gorz wrote:

If McClung was lin hed be playing in the nba. Lin was a top 7 pg in the league in his peak.

His 10 game peak

10 game peak or not, it was amazing to watch.

I was super impressed by Linsanity and I remember staying up late here in Europe just to watch him play. That said, I wouldn't consider a 10 game streak his peak. As many even mentioned during that stretch, there was no scouting report on Lin so teams were just clueless when they went up against him. And everyone knew it was gonna end sooner or later and he would be right back on the bench.

To me his peak was when he was with the hornets. Teams understood what he could and couldn't do and he himself understood how to make adjustments. It was apparent that he had worked on his game and his body. He was a nice contributor on that hornets team that finished 6th in the East took the Heat to 7 games. Plus, he was making plays on both ends of the court. His playoff numbers were solid with Hornets, not like with the rockets where he shot 25% from 2 and 16% from 3 while averaging 4ppg with an AST to TO ratio of 1:1. The dude had improved a LOT and that was clearly his true peak.

Watch on YouTube

FlyingArrow · Post #69 » by **FlyingArrow** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 12:50 am

SelfishPlayer wrote:
og15 wrote:Jeremy Lin if he was smaller, weaker and had shorter arms, worse finisher at the basket too, doesn't sound so much like Lin anymore.

They are very similar in being score first guards stuck at the PG position only because of lack of height. Lin is the fully actualized version that caught the correct wave of energy in his favor. They both are barely NBA players.

What's with the Lin hate? He wasn't an all-star, but he wasn't on the fringe, either.

8 seasons, 5000+ points, 200+ starts, and $60+ million earned is not "barely" an NBA player.

alebaba · Post #70 » by **alebaba** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:20 am

SelfishPlayer wrote:
og15 wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:He's Jeremy Lin without a D'Antoni that's willing to feature him.

Jeremy Lin if he was smaller, weaker and had shorter arms, worse finisher at the basket too, doesn't sound so much like Lin anymore.

They both are barely NBA players.!

Now you are just hating, you just big mad the Asian dude was in the Nba and u aint. :lol:

JN61 · Post #71 » by **JN61** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:27 am

Classic rgm where only ts% and 3pt% matters.

SelfishPlayer · Post #72 » by **SelfishPlayer** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:48 am

FlyingArrow wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
og15 wrote:Jeremy Lin if he was smaller, weaker and had shorter arms, worse finisher at the basket too, doesn't sound so much like Lin anymore.

They are very similar in being score first guards stuck at the PG position only because of lack of height. Lin is the fully actualized version that caught the correct wave of energy in his favor. They both are barely NBA players.

What's with the Lin hate? He wasn't an all-star, but he wasn't on the fringe, either.

8 seasons, 5000+ points, 200+ starts, and $60+ million earned is not "barely" an NBA player.

He didn't play 10 seasons so he will not receive a full pension.

SelfishPlayer · Post #73 » by **SelfishPlayer** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:49 am

alebaba wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
og15 wrote:Jeremy Lin if he was smaller, weaker and had shorter arms, worse finisher at the basket too, doesn't sound so much like Lin anymore.

They both are barely NBA players.!

Now you are just hating, you just big mad the Asian dude was in the Nba and u aint.

He was barely an NBA player. He will not be receiving a full pension.

alebaba · Post #74 » by **alebaba** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 1:59 am

SelfishPlayer wrote:
alebaba wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
They both are barely NBA players.!

Now you are just hating, you just big mad the Asian dude was in the Nba and u aint.

He was barely an NBA player. He will not be receiving a full pension.

I'm sure he care so much about the nba pension, dude made millions while you sat at home hating. lol

FlyingArrow · Post #75 » by **FlyingArrow** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:11 am

SelfishPlayer wrote:
FlyingArrow wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
They are very similar in being score first guards stuck at the PG position only because of lack of height. Lin is the fully actualized version that caught the correct wave of energy in his favor. They both are barely NBA players.

What's with the Lin hate? He wasn't an all-star, but he wasn't on the fringe, either.

8 seasons, 5000+ points, 200+ starts, and $60+ million earned is not "barely" an NBA player.

He didn't play 10 seasons so he will not receive a full pension.

I guess that's true. He was barely an NBA player all along. Thanks for the clarification!

knicksNOTslick · Post #76 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:38 am

FlyingArrow wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
FlyingArrow wrote:
What's with the Lin hate? He wasn't an all-star, but he wasn't on the fringe, either.

8 seasons, 5000+ points, 200+ starts, and $60+ million earned is not "barely" an NBA player.

He didn't play 10 seasons so he will not receive a full pension.

I guess that's true. He was barely an NBA player all along. Thanks for the clarification!

Considering the average NBA player's career is about 4.5 seasons, I guess more than half the players in the league is barely an NBA player.

FlyingArrow · Post #77 » by **FlyingArrow** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:53 am

knicksNOTslick wrote:
FlyingArrow wrote:
SelfishPlayer wrote:
He didn't play 10 seasons so he will not receive a full pension.

I guess that's true. He was barely an NBA player all along. Thanks for the clarification!

Considering the average NBA player's career is about 4.5 seasons, I guess more than half the players in the league is barely an NBA player.

Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that Lin is barely an NBA player, just like other players who didn't play long enough for a pension. He's just lumped in with guys like Adam Morrison, Ralph Sampson, Speedy Claxton, Arvydas Sabonis, Daequan Cook, and Yao Ming.

knicksNOTslick · Post #78 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 2:58 am

FlyingArrow wrote:
knicksNOTslick wrote:
FlyingArrow wrote:
I guess that's true. He was barely an NBA player all along. Thanks for the clarification!

Considering the average NBA player's career is about 4.5 seasons, I guess more than half the players in the league is barely an NBA player.

Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that Lin is barely an NBA player, just like other players who didn't play long enough for a pension. He's just lumped in with guys like Adam Morrison, Ralph Sampson, Speedy Claxton, Arvydas Sabonis, Daequan Cook, and Yao Ming.

But he did play long enough for a pension. He just doesn't get the max which is at least 10 years.

davey_wavy · Post #79 » by **davey_wavy** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:16 am

I want to see more white guys in the NBA, like McClung. There might be better guards who are more qualified for that NBA roster spot, but we have to be fair here and give it to Mac. Right guys? Isn’t that how it works everywhere else?

FlyingArrow · Post #80 » by **FlyingArrow** » Fri Oct 7, 2022 3:18 am

knicksNOTslick wrote:
FlyingArrow wrote:
knicksNOTslick wrote:Considering the average NBA player's career is about 4.5 seasons, I guess more than half the players in the league is barely an NBA player.

Maybe, but it doesn't change the fact that Lin is barely an NBA player, just like other players who didn't play long enough for a pension. He's just lumped in with guys like Adam Morrison, Ralph Sampson, Speedy Claxton, Arvydas Sabonis, Daequan Cook, and Yao Ming.

But he did play long enough for a pension. He just doesn't get the max which is at least 10 years.

Are you sure? Somebody on the internet told me otherwise.