The OFFICIAL Rookie impressions thread

ManualRam · Post #221 » by **ManualRam** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:52 pm

Lucky Striker wrote:Barnes is looking like a great post-up SF that plays big, can create space to score, will stick the open shot and can defend a bit, too.

I think he's got a lot of Jamal Mashburn to his game.

Mashburn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwszyn3BMTc
Barnes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NmiutacZs

mash was a better ball-handler but i can see that a bit. i think offensively barnes has to be more of a power SF.
power straight line drives off the pass or fake, mid post face ups where he can get to the rim in one bounce or shoot over the top, and some back to the basket play.

Rajon Rondo Fan · Post #222 » by **Rajon Rondo Fan** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 3:10 pm

Lucky Striker wrote:Barnes is looking like a great post-up SF that plays big, can create space to score, will stick the open shot and can defend a bit, too.

I think he's got a lot of Jamal Mashburn to his game.

Mashburn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwszyn3BMTc
Barnes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1NmiutacZs

Have you seen this:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8202726

Roger Murdock · Post #223 » by **Roger Murdock** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:49 pm

People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

Dr Positivity · Post #224 » by **Dr Positivity** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 4:55 pm

Machado rocking a 20 assists per 36 average through 2 games. In 13 minutes played total

Rajon Rondo Fan · Post #225 » by **Rajon Rondo Fan** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 5:44 pm

Roger Murdock wrote:People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

Cavs should have drafted Barnes instead of him. Barnes has so much more potential then waiters and is a better player right now. It was even reported that Barnes and Irving were VERY good friends. I have no idea why the cavs did not take him.....It would have been a perfect fit.

SaiCLE · Post #226 » by **SaiCLE** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:17 pm

Rajon Rondo Fan wrote:
Roger Murdock wrote:People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

Cavs should have drafted Barnes instead of him. Barnes has so much more potential then waiters and is a better player right now. It was even reported that Barnes and Irving were VERY good friends. I have no idea why the cavs did not take him.....It would have been a perfect fit.

I guess you did not know Dion and Kyrie been good friends since the 10th grade. No disrespect...but It seems like you're just spouting a bunch BullSh*t.

SaiCLE · Post #227 » by **SaiCLE** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:18 pm

Roger Murdock wrote:People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

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SaiCLE · Post #228 » by **SaiCLE** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:19 pm

SaiCLE wrote:
Roger Murdock wrote:People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

I think it would be best just to keep the Dion talk on the cavs board, Seems to bring a lot of trolls around when his name Is mentioned Lol.

Ice Trae · Post #229 » by **Ice Trae** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:28 pm

Dr Positivity wrote:Machado rocking a 20 assists per 36 average through 2 games. In 13 minutes played total

I wanted the Hawks to invite him to their training camp

Post #230 » by **UGA Hayes** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:52 pm

It happens every year but its silly to make sweeping predictions based on a few games whether summer league, preseason, regular season or otherwise. To me its much more productive to do a straight analysis, i.e. so-and-so appears to be good at X and bad at Y and may/may not be a good fit for team Z. But thinking that these early games are a strong harbinger of things to come, good or bad, is setting yourself up to be wrong

Roger Murdock · Post #231 » by **Roger Murdock** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 9:57 pm

Rajon Rondo Fan wrote:
Roger Murdock wrote:People very quick the bury Waiters even though hes been awesome in 2/3 pre season games.

Cavs should have drafted Barnes instead of him. Barnes has so much more potential then waiters and is a better player right now. It was even reported that Barnes and Irving were VERY good friends. I have no idea why the cavs did not take him.....It would have been a perfect fit.

The Cavs needed someone else who could handle the ball, and create offense for himself and others. I think Waiters is more talented than Barnes by a long shot (I thought Barnes should have gone 10-15 spots lower than he did), but I understand that most people don't feel that way. However its pretty clear that Dions skill set is a much better fit for what the Cavs need than Barnes is.

Little Digger · Post #232 » by **Little Digger** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:07 pm

Rookies who Ive been most impressed with so far..
Davis
Drummond
Ezeli
Lillard
Waiters
Valanciunas
Barnes
Sullinger

Waiters looked good last night playing PG...I just don't understand the pick for the Cavs. Irving and Waiters both need the ball to be effective and if you put them on the court together, that's an awfully small backcourt.

Still havnt caught a bobcat game..I'm a HUGE MKG fan.

Austin Rivers looks outclassed so far..He's needs to realize he's way more like his dad than Kobe Bryant in terms of athletic ability and size.

Looking like a deep rookie class to me.

dballislife · Post #233 » by **dballislife** » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:54 pm

beal vs waiters

TheBigThree · Post #234 » by **TheBigThree** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:07 am

Beal is literally the only thing that makes this injured Wizards team watchable. Besides him and Seraphin the rest are fringe NBA talents.

Yuck.

boogie-reke · Post #235 » by **boogie-reke** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 12:45 am

Beal is fantasitc.

SaiCLE · Post #236 » by **SaiCLE** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:04 am

Beal Is awesome, Tristan playing good too.

dballislife · Post #237 » by **dballislife** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:11 am

finally saw some time with waiters playing with irving, didn't look too good, maybe be that ball dominate spark off bench for now...beal is ready to start already

[GR] · Post #238 » by **[GR]** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:16 am

Pablo is a pick and roll master.

Winsome Gerbil · Post #239 » by **Winsome Gerbil** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:27 am

its funny this year, but in preseason has there been a single rookie from the lottery who HASN'T looked good?

JunkYardSubs · Post #240 » by **JunkYardSubs** » Sun Oct 14, 2012 2:36 am

Rivers