Preseason Game 3: Brooklyn Nets @ Boston Celtics

[jerseyjac]

Humphries is a terrible defender himself. He isn't that efficient either. But I agree with the rest, Blatche won't start ahead of Humphries anytime soon.

So you agree Blatche would disrupt our offense with our starters?

[jeff1624]

Humphries is a terrible defender himself. He isn't that efficient either. But I agree with the rest, Blatche won't start ahead of Humphries anytime soon.

So you agree Blatche would disrupt our offense with our starters?

Maybe, maybe not. He'd probably demand/deserve more attention on the offensive end since he's a better scorer than Humphries, but I'd rather maintain Lopez/Johnson/Deron as the focal points on offense.

[enetric]

Curious how many fans on this board honestly remember Jerry Stackhouse's rookie year?

Hell...I remember him in college!


But my best memory about Stack is the the inaugural season of my fantasy league. I took him round 3 in my fantasy draft and he rewarded me with a season where he AVERAGED 30 PPG. A beast of a season.

[enetric]

MY god, this team's rebounding is the best i've seen since the 2010 Bulls. Everyone crashes the glass.

And to think we passed up all those guys you worried about with their "rebounding %'s".

Worrying about guys like Lew Admundson......


Cant teach talent or size...and you cant stop father time my friend.

[enetric]

Blatche is very frustrating to watch. He is talented, and a bit skilled, but his bbiq is just mind numbingly low. In instances where he get the ball 12 feet and in, makes 1 decisive move, 1 or 2 dribbles towards the hoop, good things usually happen. when he has the ball in the triple threat postion and passes, good things usually happen.

on the other side, when he passes of the dribble, horrible things usually happen. when he operated 15 feet and out, terrible things usually happen. when he takes more then 1 or 2 dribbles, horrible things usually happen. when he tries to create offense for himself. horrible things usually happen.

Defenisvely, he is active. he is competitive. he hustles. he has heart and drive. the issue again is an insanely low bbiq. out of position. overplays. fouls in dumb situations when he doesnt need to. he is a defensive 3 seconds waiting to happen. overplays. gives the baseline. bites to often. helps when he shouldnt be. doesnt help when he should be.

I have come around SLIGHTY on him after last nights(wizrds) game. because i think if you can have him in the game where he is a 5th option and run your offense so he never ever ever ever ever ever touches the ball more then 12 feet out and is never allowed to take more then 1 dribble that he can help you enough of offense and be active enough on defense where he will be a net positive on the court.

If avery can find a way to hide him on defense, be smart with his rotations, and drill into his head that he is now a catch and shoot/catch and dunk/catch and quick post move player, he might be worth keeping in the rotation.

i think tonite was the perfect microcosm of Blatche. Box score looks good, glimpses of talent. tons and tons of mental errors. tons of low bbiq plays that cost us. and overall not nearly the impact his volume stats dictate he should have had. that said, im less pessimistic today then i was saturday.

Gee...one preseason game did what the entire board couldnt get you to see in a 31 page thread. Not that you conceded much...but this was all anyone asked of you. That you dont often find healthy guys who can drop 23/8 off the waiver wire who are 26 years old 6' 11" making 856K in August when you are sifting through 35+ year old veterans and big goon stiffs. Hell...you dont find those guys ever.

No one has ever denied his low BBIQ. THe thing is...there are guys in this league who are taking up a third of their teams cap with low BBIQ's in this league. And the reason his salary matters...is because he becomes an added luxury ON TOP of all the other guys we have on the roster rather than the first or second guy.

He gets paid like a 14th man roster wise...and he has the potential to be one of the 5 or 6 best players on the team? You work in the IQ later and roll the dice.

We have a long way to go before we can call Blatche a success story...but off to a great start.

[enetric]

Curious how many fans on this board honestly remember Jerry Stackhouse's rookie year?

Stackhouse? Heck I remember LJ's

I remember that season well. It was the year I was heartbroken we drafted Kenny Anderson over a chance to pair up Billy Owens with DC. We already had Mookie and as a die hard CUSE fan...I wanted them to play together in the worst way.

But the joke was on all of us. It wasnt the big three of that draft class LJ, Kenny and Billy O that ended up being the best player of that class. It was the 4th pick. MUTOMBO!

[enetric]

Curious how many fans on this board honestly remember Jerry Stackhouse's rookie year?

Stackhouse? Heck I remember LJ's

I knew that, was looking for some of the newbs to give us an idea like 624, trying to measure the youth on this board, but we're happy to have all of you regardless..

So? Just ask everyone to post their age.

[enetric]

Dude, calm down lol. I'm glad you're excited but take a breath.

1) It's preseason.

2) Blatche is not going to play enough minutes to win the 6th man award. The 6th man award basically goes to a player who gets as many minutes as a starter but starts the game off the bench.

Its too early to make this comment an actual prediction but I believe that the upside for Blatche is to surpass Hump into his starting spot....or playing more minutes than him.

So again...lets just call that upside and not a prediction.

[Rich Rane]

Anyone not jj, NyCeEvO, or me want to start the next game thread?

[SpeedyG]

Curious how many fans on this board honestly remember Jerry Stackhouse's rookie year?

Stackhouse? Heck I remember LJ's

I remember that season well. It was the year I was heartbroken we drafted Kenny Anderson over a chance to pair up Billy Owens with DC. We already had Mookie and as a die hard CUSE fan...I wanted them to play together in the worst way.

But the joke was on all of us. It wasnt the big three of that draft class LJ, Kenny and Billy O that ended up being the best player of that class. It was the 4th pick. MUTOMBO!

Well in fairness, LJ would have been if not for the back giving out.

[DarkXaero]

thre is no way in hell blatche is taking humphries spot. hump is a far superior rebounder, defender, and is much more efficent. he is almost never a net negative on the court. you dont want blatche on the floor with our starters. he could really disrupt our offense

Humphries is a terrible defender himself. He isn't that efficient either. But I agree with the rest, Blatche won't start ahead of Humphries anytime soon.

Which is why I said that it's not a very realistic scenario but a possibility. If Blatche really pans out for us, I can see us using him instead of Humphries at the end of games.

[Keith Van Horn]

Anyone not jj, NyCeEvO, or me want to start the next game thread?

I would be honored!

[jeff1624]

Anyone not jj, NyCeEvO, or me want to start the next game thread?

You set the bar incredibly high. I don't think anyone will be able to match the brilliance you demonstrated in the game thread you created!

[NyCeEvO]

^^

But being serious, we should get the game thread going. It's less than 3 hours till the game. We need to have enough time for our pre-game ritual posts. I don't care if Stern wants to limit them!

[Rich Rane]

You set the bar incredibly high. I don't think anyone will be able to match the brilliance you demonstrated in the game thread you created!

[Paradise]

Anyone not jj, NyCeEvO, or me want to start the next game thread?

I got next.