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RookieStar wrote:pepe1991 wrote:Skal is useless. it's crazy that some people once upon a time saw him as top 10 talent in the world for draft class
Lol... wasn't there a time he was the #1 draft pick in the mock drafts?
Knightro wrote:RookieStar wrote:pepe1991 wrote:Skal is useless. it's crazy that some people once upon a time saw him as top 10 talent in the world for draft class
Lol... wasn't there a time he was the #1 draft pick in the mock drafts?
He was the No. 2 player in his high school class behind Ben Simmons. 5 star guy. Just played really bad at Kentucky and it never translated at the next level either.
Knightro wrote:Ethan Thompson is 12/45 from the floor and 8/30 from 3PT in 4 1/2 games.
And he's 26 years old.
What are we doing here?
basketballRob wrote:Atlanta is 4-0 in the summer league and just signed Caleb.
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Of course not.RookieStar wrote:basketballRob wrote:Atlanta is 4-0 in the summer league and just signed Caleb.
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So we should blow it up and tank for Dybantsa?
CalOrl11 wrote:Didn't even realise we had a game today. It does seem questionable why we locked Ethan Thompson into a two-way contract so early, but it's easy to say that in hindsight and no one else has been impressive from the rest of the summer league roster.
basketballRob wrote:Jase said in the in-game interview that he was looking forward to playing on the ball in his natural position of PG. I'm paraphrasing, but I'm pretty sure he said his natural position was PG.
I think it was the on ball pressure that kept him from being on the ball. The best ball handlers in the league need to give up the ball when they are being pressured by a good defender. Jase even alluded to that in the interview.Knightro wrote:basketballRob wrote:Jase said in the in-game interview that he was looking forward to playing on the ball in his natural position of PG. I'm paraphrasing, but I'm pretty sure he said his natural position was PG.
I mean... no disrespect to Jase, but if the Magic felt the same way, they'd have stuck him on the ball and let him initiate ball screens in Vegas.
They used him like Michigan State used him. Like a shooting guard.
If Jase is playing on the ball this upcoming season, something went terribly, horribly wrong injury wise.
basketballRob wrote:I think it was the on ball pressure that kept him from being on the ball. The best ball handlers in the league need to give up the ball when they are being pressured by a good defender. Jase even alluded to that in the interview.
Knightro wrote:basketballRob wrote:Jase said in the in-game interview that he was looking forward to playing on the ball in his natural position of PG. I'm paraphrasing, but I'm pretty sure he said his natural position was PG.
I mean... no disrespect to Jase, but if the Magic felt the same way, they'd have stuck him on the ball and let him initiate ball screens in Vegas.
They used him like Michigan State used him. Like a shooting guard.
If Jase is playing on the ball this upcoming season, something went terribly, horribly wrong injury wise.
Knightro wrote:CalOrl11 wrote:Didn't even realise we had a game today. It does seem questionable why we locked Ethan Thompson into a two-way contract so early, but it's easy to say that in hindsight and no one else has been impressive from the rest of the summer league roster.
Two-ways are not guaranteed. They can cut him loose at any time.