2013 Orlando Summer League (July 7 - July 12)

Noonskadoodle · Post #701 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:52 pm

WTF Orton...

Thunder dunk....good finish in traffic....& a fade away jumper?

londoncollin · Post #702 » by **londoncollin** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:52 pm

Orton is kinda killing it so far.

DiposDefense · Post #703 » by **DiposDefense** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:53 pm

I'm just so glad already with what Henny has done in the short time he has been here in Orlando drafting 2 guys with ridiculous promise and an awesome work ethic

Noonskadoodle · Post #704 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:54 pm

Harpers help D & PnR D has been on point.

Moving really well.

Darth Magic · Post #705 » by **Darth Magic** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:54 pm

dsg2021 wrote:I can't tell if the Magic are throwing the kitchen sink at Oladipo in terms of minutes played and offensive usage in order to give him training as a versatile NBA SG in the offense, or if they have a serious predisposition for converting him into a serious PG experiment/player. His defense was pretty much exactly as billed though. Here's what I saw from him playing the PG position though, because he pretty much played it the whole entire game:

Oladipo mentioned in the post game, that for IU, he ran the point sometimes for whole entire practices. The commentator, the one who wasn't "3-D" Dennis Scott, also made an illuminating point while watching Oladipo run the PG spot, that this was his first time watching Oladipo in-person instead of in video, and he exhibited way more swagger and confidence than he previously thought.

When I watch Oladipo play PG, he looks like a real PG to me. This is because he shows so much confidence running it. He looks more sure of himself as a PG than other "supposedly-pure" PGs I've seen in the past. The kind of PG I saw right away, was a scoring minded and smart PG, and he cares too much about his efficiency to be a scoring gunner type PG (from observations and IU eFG%).

He also displayed more excellent passing than I would have thought, but he's not a pure or flashy PG yet, and some of his passes were a tad too ahead or behind to the intended target (but were caught often anyways). His passing skills gave him 7 AST, breaking any game-high AST from 'Dipo's IU career already, I believe. And I think there may have even been a couple more assists that simply ended in poor finishes/shooting or as hockey assists. He finished with 6 TO though, with 3 TO to 4 AST in the 2nd Half.

One of the two other potential mistakes I saw Oladipo doing, might have been from dribbling a bit too high at times, Im not even sure if it's hurting him though, it could be helping him penetrate faster and I don't think he got the ball stolen from one of the high dribbles. The other was stopping his dribble when he didn't really have to on like at least two or three occasions, that's usually a no-no as a PG. It didn't really create any problems though, because O'Quinn always makes himself available as a passer when the ball gets dribble-dead, and then O'Quinn can pass amazing for a big man, to kick the team offense back up. The only player who seemed to guard 'Dipo well was Bos' #40 Granger in the second half, but 'Dipo bursted past his sticky defense handily on 2-3 occasions, he just barely missed the drives though, yelling God-damn really loud after one of them. He still got 4 PTS, 4 AST, 1 STL, 2 RB in that 2nd half, with 2 AST, 2 PT, and 1 huge steal in the last 3 minutes alone.

I thought O'Quinn and Oladipo made amazing PnR/passing partners. There was atleast 2-4 direct points that each gave to the other with their inter-passing. O'Quinn did a lot of direct and indirect screens to help out 'Dipo too. What I loved about Oladipo was how great his penetrations and drives were. He was really impressing me with how he could finish his drives, and he knew when to shoot off that dribble, and when to effectively pass off that dribble. He played like a smart PG, even though he had some TOs by the end. Maybe the best part of his penetrations and drives, he really drives unafraid of contact and in a fashion where it's somehow more obvious when he's getting fouled down there. I'm not sure this showed as much in IU, because he really commanded a respect towards deserving those FT trips as the PG, and he got the game-high 8 FTA. I love this kid's game, he's showing so much skills and potential offensively when I didn't even bother to get into how great his defense was already.

Post #706 » by **FFBlitzace** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:55 pm

Otis doesn't want to say he told ya so, but...

Noonskadoodle · Post #707 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 7:59 pm

Man Liggins is just a statsheet stuffer.

Noonskadoodle · Post #708 » by **Noonskadoodle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:04 pm

OKAY STEVEN ADAMS

londoncollin · Post #709 » by **londoncollin** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:04 pm

Adams with the jam

Magic_Time · Post #710 » by **Magic_Time** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:05 pm

Orlando vs OKC summer l final... ;-)

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Darth Magic · Post #711 » by **Darth Magic** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:07 pm

Jermey Lamb is insane

AdamTheGreek · Post #712 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:09 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkoKviupBQA[/youtube]

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Post #713 » by **FFBlitzace** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:09 pm

I think even Lebron would get whistled for fouls in SL.

Reverse_Angle · Post #714 » by **Reverse_Angle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:10 pm

thinktank wrote:
tjm384 wrote:"More Saving, More Doing" The Home Dipo.

Home 'Dipo is a great nickname.

How is it a great nickname? It is the least imaginative nickname I have heard, plus it has absolutely no substance.

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Skin · Post #715 » by **Skin** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:14 pm

This is why we RealGM...

Oladipo makes a pass -> OMG Dipo has PG skillzzzz!!!!

Oladipo makes a turnover -> I've seen enough. He's never gonnna play PG.

Darth Magic · Post #716 » by **Darth Magic** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:15 pm

After listening to Dipo's post game interview i'm convinced the Magic have told him they want to move him to the point guard spot full time.

dsg2021 · Post #717 » by **dsg2021** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:19 pm

Noonskadoodle wrote:Man Liggins is just a statsheet stuffer.

Im still on the Liggins bandwagon. 8-)

Reverse_Angle · Post #718 » by **Reverse_Angle** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:24 pm

I get bored listening to Dipo interviews. They are mostly same talking points reiterated repeatedly. He will learn to be better at it.

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Post #719 » by **FFBlitzace** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:26 pm

Remember Orton getting tossed out of his Summer League debut? He's come a long way since then. Not that that's saying much.

rcklsscognition · Post #720 » by **rcklsscognition** » Sun Jul 7, 2013 8:26 pm

Reverse_Angle wrote:I get bored listening to Dipo interviews. They are mostly same talking points reiterated repeatedly. He will learn to be better at it.

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Everyone but KOQ is boring, they're all just canned answers from the rest of the guys.