Nemanja Bjelica

jpatrick · Post #541 » by **jpatrick** » Sat May 16, 2015 1:49 pm

My first time seeing him play. My first thought watching this game was its too bad Vesely has no NBA skills because he's a freaky athlete.

Bjelica is somewhat of a very poor mans Love. He's going to be a poor athlete by NBA standards who doesn't have exceptional size or length. He does appear to have a great BBIQ and is skilled (shooter, ball handler, passer). My snap judgment is he's an NBA rotational player but not a starter on a good team. Would need to see more than one game to truly get a feel for him though.

My question is if he's not a sure fire NBA starter, why would he ever come here? He's a rock star MVP in Europe playing on a championship team.

LaViggins · Post #542 » by **LaViggins** » Sat May 16, 2015 3:35 pm

Saltine wrote:I don't think Namanja's age should be a consideration. He just turned 27, six days ago... He should have at least 5 good years left in him.

FYI - Taj Gibson turns 30 next month.

6 years NBA experience under Thibodeau (Taj) vs 0 NBA experience (Nemanja)

Id argue Taj has more NBA knowledge to share with Payne/Bennett than Nemanja does.

Post #543 » by **Worm Guts** » Sat May 16, 2015 3:51 pm

LaViggins wrote:
Saltine wrote:I don't think Namanja's age should be a consideration. He just turned 27, six days ago... He should have at least 5 good years left in him.

FYI - Taj Gibson turns 30 next month.

6 years NBA experience under Thibodeau (Taj) vs 0 NBA experience (Nemanja)

Id argue Taj has more NBA knowledge to share with Payne/Bennett than Nemanja does.

We don't have to trade anything for Bjelica.

LaViggins · Post #544 » by **LaViggins** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:25 pm

Worm Guts wrote:
LaViggins wrote:
Saltine wrote:I don't think Namanja's age should be a consideration. He just turned 27, six days ago... He should have at least 5 good years left in him.

FYI - Taj Gibson turns 30 next month.

6 years NBA experience under Thibodeau (Taj) vs 0 NBA experience (Nemanja)

Id argue Taj has more NBA knowledge to share with Payne/Bennett than Nemanja does.

We don't have to trade anything for Bjelica.

It was going back to someone saying Bjelica will be a veteran presence, you cant teach young guys to succeed in the NBA without even playing in one game.

Saltine · Post #545 » by **Saltine** » Sat May 16, 2015 11:38 pm

LaViggins wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:
LaViggins wrote:

6 years NBA experience under Thibodeau (Taj) vs 0 NBA experience (Nemanja)

Id argue Taj has more NBA knowledge to share with Payne/Bennett than Nemanja does.

We don't have to trade anything for Bjelica.

It was going back to someone saying Bjelica will be a veteran presence, you cant teach young guys to succeed in the NBA without even playing in one game.

They have KG to teach them, I'm not sure why Nemanja would get that crappy job

UcanUwill · Post #546 » by **UcanUwill** » Sun May 17, 2015 3:40 pm

jpatrick wrote:My first time seeing him play. My first thought watching this game was its too bad Vesely has no NBA skills because he's a freaky athlete.

Vesely is still NBA material IMO. With his athleticism, you don't need much skill.

When he was drafted, he was a SF. Wizards then tried to completely reinvent his game and change his position. So its no surprise he sucked, he not only had to transition to NBA, he had to transition into playing completely different position. And when he finally started to figure all out, hes out of the league already.

LaViggins · Post #547 » by **LaViggins** » Sun May 17, 2015 6:18 pm

Saltine wrote:
LaViggins wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:
We don't have to trade anything for Bjelica.

It was going back to someone saying Bjelica will be a veteran presence, you cant teach young guys to succeed in the NBA without even playing in one game.

They have KG to teach them, I'm not sure why Nemanja would get that crappy job

Hahaha good call on that, KG is the best guy we could have for that. I never thought of KG mentoring Nemanja though. He could help him a lot.

urinesane · Post #548 » by **urinesane** » Tue May 19, 2015 7:16 pm

LaViggins wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:We could trade him, but we need help at PF so I don't see the point. There's no real reason to consider Hummel, he's a fill in guy with a small contract. Towns could play center. The only issue I can see is if we draft Porzingis.

To my knowledge, Wolves people dont see much of a difference between Bjelica and Hummel. Which I would argue because I have seen both, but by the time we hope to be competitive he will be past his prime. I just dont think hes worth putting off the development of Payne and Bennett.

Where did you hear that? I have a hard time thinking they would covet a cheap utility/end of the bench guy like Hummel over the Euroleague MVP.

Not only that, I don't see why it would come down to one of those two. They need help at PF and Bennett/Payne aren't exactly world beaters. I would imagine Bennett will be out the door if he doesn't show some vast improvement this year. His price tag is just too high for what he brings to the table and I'm guessing Bjelica would be much better on a cheaper contract (Bennett is due 5.8, 7.3, and 9.5 million the next three seasons if they keep him).

LaViggins · Post #549 » by **LaViggins** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:44 am

urinesane wrote:
LaViggins wrote:
Worm Guts wrote:We could trade him, but we need help at PF so I don't see the point. There's no real reason to consider Hummel, he's a fill in guy with a small contract. Towns could play center. The only issue I can see is if we draft Porzingis.

To my knowledge, Wolves people dont see much of a difference between Bjelica and Hummel. Which I would argue because I have seen both, but by the time we hope to be competitive he will be past his prime. I just dont think hes worth putting off the development of Payne and Bennett.

Where did you hear that? I have a hard time thinking they would covet a cheap utility/end of the bench guy like Hummel over the Euroleague MVP.

Not only that, I don't see why it would come down to one of those two. They need help at PF and Bennett/Payne aren't exactly world beaters. I would imagine Bennett will be out the door if he doesn't show some vast improvement this year. His price tag is just too high for what he brings to the table and I'm guessing Bjelica would be much better on a cheaper contract (Bennett is due 5.8, 7.3, and 9.5 million the next three seasons if they keep him).

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Grits n Gravy · Post #550 » by **Grits n Gravy** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:52 am

Towns beside Nemanja makes me feel a world better about him on the defensive end here. Hopefully he is keen and willing to come over.

mondry · Post #551 » by **mondry** » Wed May 20, 2015 1:54 am

Grits n Gravy wrote:Towns beside Nemanja makes me feel a world better about him on the defensive end here. Hopefully he is keen and willing to come over.

Yeah, as soon as you get that defensive anchor in Towns at C the world pretty much opens up for you at PF.

GopherIt! · Post #552 » by **GopherIt!** » Wed May 20, 2015 5:37 am

i like the BBIQ of that combo.

MaxMN · Post #553 » by **MaxMN** » Wed May 20, 2015 4:21 pm

I don't think Flip really wants to bring him over. It would probably be expensive and he might not even want to play here. I am guessing Flip will trade his rights.

Post #554 » by **Klomp** » Wed May 20, 2015 4:26 pm

I feel like he's the primary piece we use if we want to trade up into the late 1st. Maybe Dallas at 21, since Ronzone was responsible for drafting him.

Milosh94 · Post #555 » by **Milosh94** » Wed May 20, 2015 9:57 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW1hwCgv2NE[/youtube]

Post #556 » by **Klomp** » Thu May 21, 2015 5:19 am

"We've had a lot of people contact us." Mentioned late lottery, teens.

Mattya · Post #557 » by **Mattya** » Thu May 21, 2015 5:42 am

Klomp wrote:"We've had a lot of people contact us." Mentioned late lottery, teens.

I'm guessing an interview today. Must have missed this part. Do you remember which one?

Post #558 » by **Klomp** » Thu May 21, 2015 5:54 am

Mattya wrote:
Klomp wrote:"We've had a lot of people contact us." Mentioned late lottery, teens.

I'm guessing an interview today. Must have missed this part. Do you remember which one?

www.iheart.com/show/139-The-Dan-Barreir ... d=27242188

50 minutes of goodness, starting at about 38:00

horaceworthy · Post #559 » by **horaceworthy** » Thu May 21, 2015 5:55 am

Bumper to bumper with Barreiro. He mentioned possibly using Bjelica to move up in the draft.

Mattya · Post #560 » by **Mattya** » Thu May 21, 2015 6:07 am

Thank You sirs