cloverleaf wrote:31to6 wrote:Hal14 wrote:I feel like Balcerowski might be a better deep bench big for us than Azuibuke.
-Balcerowski has more size (7'1" as opposed to 6'10")
-Balcerowski shows more potential as a passer and as a shooter
-Balcerowski seems to play more mistake-free, fundamentally sound basketball, whereas Azuibuke seems like he makes more mistakes such as moving screens, careless fouls, careless passes, less IQ, less court awareness
One of them has a 7’7” wingspan and 9’1” standing reach https://kuathletics.com/udoka-azubuike-nba-draft/ and could bring a physical dimension the Celtics haven’t had since … old fat Shaq? He’s not there for BBIQ or court awareness. He’s there to finish with authority and block out the sun on defense.
The other you’re describing accurately as someone who might do what Kornet already does for the Celtics. If Balcero can beat out Luke, great. We’ll miss his lemon squares, but all the same to me.
The C's need all the BBIQ they can get. And considering how Porzi, Al and Rob can play the 4, I think there may be room for both Luke and Ball Sir--at least until the trade deadline. I've also seen more opponents steering away from Ball Sir than from Udoka II.
The one glaring thing I saw from Balcerowski is that he is the best screener big I saw wearing a Celtics jersey in a while. He sets solid and smart screens. Azubuike, like Rob, moves too fast off the screen resulting in moving screens. Kornet is setting meh screens and Al is mediocre.
He is also doing a good job rolling. With more practice he will learn proper popping.
Reminds me of one of the Lopez brothers
we should just assume that this is an attempted summer fling that just didn't go anywhere.
