JV at World Cup 2014

Bankai · Post #1621 » by **Bankai** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 10:03 am

According to the General Board, he is not even the best player on the LTU team.

PopAGat · Post #1622 » by **PopAGat** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 10:59 am

I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

SHFT · Post #1623 » by **SHFT** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 11:53 am

That mid range jumper was nice to see...was a few feet outside the foul line

power works · Post #1624 » by **power works** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 12:38 pm

I'll get excited if he puts those numbers up against Spain or USA.

Truthrising · Post #1625 » by **Truthrising** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 12:49 pm

I didn't even know New Zealand had a team..talk to me when he faces against NBA competition.

DeadHorse · Post #1626 » by **DeadHorse** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 12:53 pm

There aren't enough fap gifs in this thread

Spoiler:

Jstock12 · Post #1627 » by **Jstock12** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 1:01 pm

truthrising wrote:I didn't even know New Zealand had a team..talk to me when he faces against NBA competition.

He's playing against Asik next. Omer is an elite defender - should be a good test.

TheGoodDoctor · Post #1628 » by **TheGoodDoctor** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 1:05 pm

Sounds like his season average next year

ash_k · Post #1629 » by **ash_k** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 1:18 pm

I am surprised nobody has complained about the pumpfake

mintsa · Post #1630 » by **mintsa** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 1:32 pm

PopAGat wrote:I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

I do agree with you but one point. Remember that guy Andrea Bargnani ? When he played for his national team not once did he dominate a game. He couldn't take over a game against the worst countries/players.

At least JV is dominating something.

Post #1631 » by **DG88** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:12 pm

The one thing that was very apparent during this game was JV's decisiveness when he got the ball in the low post. Usually he couldn't make up his mind on what he wanted to do and usually that resulted in a turnover. Now he know what he wants to do and he's doing it right away.

Post #1632 » by **pbj** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:35 pm

DG88 wrote:The one thing that was very apparent during this game was JV's decisiveness when he got the ball in the low post. Usually he couldn't make up his mind on what he wanted to do and usually that resulted in a turnover. Now he know what he wants to do and he's doing it right away.

That was my biggest take away as well, particularly from that low-post fade away near the end of the game.

He caught the ball expecting to get mobbed and made a really quick and decisive move, knowing that no one could touch his release if he got it up that high. It really caught me off guard, I was expecting some Hakeemish pump-dribble-spin-hook thing.

YoungG · Post #1633 » by **YoungG** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:41 pm

mintsa wrote:
PopAGat wrote:I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

I do agree with you but one point. Remember that guy Andrea Bargnani ? When he played for his national team not once did he dominate a game. He couldn't take over a game against the worst countries/players.

At least JV is dominating something.

Exactly! Its more important to see that he's using these games to implement what he's been taught and is succeeding at playing well against tough competition in an world classed tournament. If he was playing awfully then everyone would be screaming for him to be traded. It's better for him to continue to get more playing experience under his belt, and as his confidence rises, so will the positive productivity for the Raptors.

Post #1634 » by **pbj** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:45 pm

mintsa wrote:
PopAGat wrote:I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

I do agree with you but one point. Remember that guy Andrea Bargnani ? When he played for his national team not once did he dominate a game. He couldn't take over a game against the worst countries/players.

At least JV is dominating something.

The hell are you talking about ? Bargnani averaged like 23ppg in 13 games '10-11 playing for Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Bar ... nal_team_2

He dropped 22, 36, 22 and 38 against Serbia, Latvia, France and Israel in Eurobasket 2011, while averaging 8 boards and 1.5 BPG

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4, ... 36246.html

Scoring, rebounding and blocking more shots than JV

SciencePiggy · Post #1635 » by **SciencePiggy** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:48 pm

mintsa wrote:
PopAGat wrote:I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

I do agree with you but one point. Remember that guy Andrea Bargnani ? When he played for his national team not once did he dominate a game. He couldn't take over a game against the worst countries/players.

At least JV is dominating something.

In classic hot-streak Bargnani fashion he raised some Raptor fan's hopes in the FIBA 2011 tournament.

22.8 points, 7.4 boards, 1.6 blocks

Edit: Beat'd by pbj

Post #1636 » by **pbj** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 2:58 pm

SciencePiggy wrote:
mintsa wrote:
PopAGat wrote:I'll be impressed if he does this against NBA competition

I do agree with you but one point. Remember that guy Andrea Bargnani ? When he played for his national team not once did he dominate a game. He couldn't take over a game against the worst countries/players.

At least JV is dominating something.

In classic hot-streak Bargnani fashion he raised some Raptor fan's hopes in the FIBA 2011 tournament.

22.8 points, 7.4 boards, 1.6 blocks

Edit: Beat'd by pbj

There's a reason he's one of the most hated Raptors of all time, and it's not cuz he sucked all the time, as fans we're pretty good about dealing with terrible players, moving on and just making fun of them for the next two decades.

It's because for 1 or 5 or 13 games he would look totally unguardable by any PF or C in the league and engaged on defense.. then for 30 games he would totally shi*t the bed. That is something we can't tolerate.

BrunoSkull · Post #1637 » by **BrunoSkull** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 3:07 pm

Jonas should use jab step, then pumpfake, it creates better deceptiveness, instead of stiff stand still, then pump fake. In anyway, I like that he's been using back shoulder, and elbow to create that bump in the low post movement, very effective so far in the tournament.

One of my favorite Shaq/Pau moves is this, love to see Jonas masters this move.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_xXiqnQSlU[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUHDR21dH1E[/youtube]

PerFex · Post #1638 » by **PerFex** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 3:19 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4_hWY54ovE[/youtube]
Full Jonas highlights with rebounds and missing shots.

scopy · Post #1639 » by **scopy** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 3:29 pm

DaFroMan wrote:hes 22 years old ladies and gentleman....can you imagine him in 4 years when he's a seasoned nba vet plus in his prime physically...scary ish

So what you're saying is, he is 2 years away from from being 2 years away?
So JV and Bruno will be beasting together.

The raptors will be unbeatable in 2018, you heard it here first.

scopy · Post #1640 » by **scopy** » Mon Sep 8, 2014 3:31 pm

GoSu wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG0LjZNFJhw[/youtube]

Few of his plays in better quality.

Its a cheap video, but it indeed is very nice quality.