Signed By Indiana - The Jeremy Lamb Thread

[Mystical Apples]

Nicolas Batum is overrated if anyone view him as anything more than a role player/glue guy, and Jeremy Lamb is a relative unknown that have shown flashes in sporadic minutes at OKC. I believe Lamb is the better scorer while Batum is the better all-around player. Going to be a interesting development to watch throughout the season with Lamb expecting to receive consistent minutes for the first time in his career and Batum playing exclusively SG for the first time in his career

Batum at 21-22 years old was far better than Lamb is now. 1-4 spot switch defender, shooter, passer, transition, etc...he has several above average to elite skills for a wing. Comparing Lamb to Batum today gets even uglier. The hope is Lamb does well and can improve with more minutes

[mrknowitall215]

Nicolas Batum is overrated if anyone view him as anything more than a role player/glue guy, and Jeremy Lamb is a relative unknown that have shown flashes in sporadic minutes at OKC. I believe Lamb is the better scorer while Batum is the better all-around player. Going to be a interesting development to watch throughout the season with Lamb expecting to receive consistent minutes for the first time in his career and Batum playing exclusively SG for the first time in his career

Batum at 21-22 years old was far better than Lamb is now. 1-4 spot switch defender, shooter, passer, transition, etc...he has several above average to elite skills for a wing. Comparing Lamb to Batum today gets even uglier. The hope is Lamb does well and can improve with more minutes

Batum is a role player. The perception of him around the league hinges on what people thought he could be when he was 21-22 years old but he's typically been the same leveled player from his 2nd year until now with the exception that last season was his career worst. Don't expect Batum to average over 13 points per game. Batum is good & solid, but I don't know if he's elite at anything

[BlackOutBuzz]

If Batum is just a role player then Lamb isn't even rotation-worthy.

[nickforthreee]

I meant that j lamb would earn the starting spot by the end of the season, I expect batum to start opening night.

some of you are sleeping on lamb, which is understandable. he hasn't proven much in this league at all but he hasn't got a good chance to.

[KembaWalker]

win the starting job? He probably won't even get burn until someone gets injured with Lin here now. as much as I hate it we all know we will run the 2 PG offense with Kemba and Lin before putting Lamb out there.

[Liver_Pooty]

Some say Lin is going to overtake Walker, now Lamb is suppose to overtake Batum?

[mrknowitall215]

I meant that j lamb would earn the starting spot by the end of the season, I expect batum to start opening night.

some of you are sleeping on lamb, which is understandable. he hasn't proven much in this league at all but he hasn't got a good chance to.

I'm on the limb with you 'nickforthreee'. We understand that we're expecting the unexpected out of Lamb, but he has "it"

Here's to our prediction of Lamb earning the starting spot by the end of the season

[nickforthreee]

I meant that j lamb would earn the starting spot by the end of the season, I expect batum to start opening night.

some of you are sleeping on lamb, which is understandable. he hasn't proven much in this league at all but he hasn't got a good chance to.

I'm on the limb with you 'nickforthreee'. We understand that we're expecting the unexpected out of Lamb, but he has "it"

Here's to our prediction of Lamb earning the starting spot by the end of the season

lol since he was drafted he's the one player in the league who I really wanted to see get a chance.

he's shown flashes of being special but everyone labels him as a bust because Scott Brooks is a horrible coach who completely developed him the wrong way with a short leash.

young players have to be able to make mistakes & play through them & learn from them but he never got that chance really.

I still think he has all star potential, hopefully he doesn't make me look stupid this year lol because this is probably the last chance he's gonna get.

[nickforthreee]

Some say Lin is going to overtake Walker, now Lamb is suppose to overtake Batum?

don't see what's so crazy about that, I think the latter is much more realistic. batum is not a shooting guard & he's also coming off a horrendous season. I expect him to bounce back but you never know, & I still think his best role is playmaking sixth man like an igoudala.

lamb is a prototypical 2 guard who is athletic, a better 3 point shooter imo than batum, more versatile scorer, young with upside, & fits much better with the rest of the starting lineup. batum will get the nod at first because he's a vet but I'm interested to see what happens.

[mrknowitall215]

I meant that j lamb would earn the starting spot by the end of the season, I expect batum to start opening night.

some of you are sleeping on lamb, which is understandable. he hasn't proven much in this league at all but he hasn't got a good chance to.

I'm on the limb with you 'nickforthreee'. We understand that we're expecting the unexpected out of Lamb, but he has "it"

Here's to our prediction of Lamb earning the starting spot by the end of the season

lol since he was drafted he's the one player in the league who I really wanted to see get a chance.

he's shown flashes of being special but everyone labels him as a bust because Scott Brooks is a horrible coach who completely developed him the wrong way with a short leash.

young players have to be able to make mistakes & play through them & learn from them but he never got that chance really.

I still think he has all star potential, hopefully he doesn't make me look stupid this year lol because this is probably the last chance he's gonna get.

FWIW, Lamb had a equal to better first 3 years in OKC than Reggie Jackson, who just got paid more than Kemba. Many people never frowned upon Jackson because he didn't have any expectations or the stigma of being a piece of the James Harden trade. A lot of producing and living up to expectations is getting the opportunity, and Lamb should get a lot of opportunity this upcoming season based on looking at the depth chart. Lamb is a better scorer than Batum and MKG at the wings, so his skill sets should come as a necessity throughout the season

[LofJ]

I love that Lamb is so long. With him, MKG, and Batum on the wings teams with small guards are going to struggle big time to penetrate into the lane against us. These three guys and Zeller should manage to keep our defense respectable, with a chance of being even better if Al shows up in shape and Kaminsky can learn the nuances of the NBA game quickly.

[JDR720]

Some say Lin is going to overtake Walker, now Lamb is suppose to overtake Batum?

don't see what's so crazy about that, I think the latter is much more realistic. batum is not a shooting guard & he's also coming off a horrendous season. I expect him to bounce back but you never know, & I still think his best role is playmaking sixth man like an igoudala.

lamb is a prototypical 2 guard who is athletic, a better 3 point shooter imo than batum, more versatile scorer, young with upside, & fits much better with the rest of the starting lineup. batum will get the nod at first because he's a vet but I'm interested to see what happens.

neither are realistic, but Lamb starting over Batum is crazy talk. like i said before we didn't' trade Vonleh who could've been our best prospect and Gerald for Batum so he could be our 6th man and Lamb can start.

[nickforthreee]

Some say Lin is going to overtake Walker, now Lamb is suppose to overtake Batum?

don't see what's so crazy about that, I think the latter is much more realistic. batum is not a shooting guard & he's also coming off a horrendous season. I expect him to bounce back but you never know, & I still think his best role is playmaking sixth man like an igoudala.

lamb is a prototypical 2 guard who is athletic, a better 3 point shooter imo than batum, more versatile scorer, young with upside, & fits much better with the rest of the starting lineup. batum will get the nod at first because he's a vet but I'm interested to see what happens.

neither are realistic, but Lamb starting over Batum is crazy talk. like i said before we didn't' trade Vonleh who could've been our best prospect and Gerald for Batum so he could be our 6th man and Lamb can start.

& batum will definitely be the starter on opening night I have no doubt about that... if he struggles during the season or were not winning games, & it seems likely he will leave in the summer I can easily see lamb starting if he's playing well since he is young talent with upside & could be a big part of this teams future.

[nickforthreee]

@JDR it's no different than last season with Lance. when we got him obviously everyone said he should & would be the starter. he was the big name. but he came here & sucked, & lost the starting job.

[catch20two]

Batum is coming off a real Lance-esque season too. 10ppg per 36 min? French Negro please. His spot ain't for certain and I don't know how this experiment of him at SG gonna work.

[nickforthreee]

I haven't seen much of this guy and not done my research either, any good, atleast decent? All i know is he was at UConn with Walker but thats about it

here's a highlight video that shows his skillset

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XvR0uqFpYyE

[BlackOutBuzz]

Batum held a twitter Q&A recently (in French) and was actually asked which position he preferred. He said there was very little difference between the 2 and 3 and that he believes his game fits both. We'll see.

[JDR720]

@JDR it's no different than last season with Lance. when we got him obviously everyone said he should & would be the starter. he was the big name. but he came here & sucked, & lost the starting job.

yea but Lance is also an idiot and spent his offseason making rap videos.

Batum was also the Blazers 4th option and had a wrist injiry which is why he struggled last season.

[nickforthreee]

@JDR it's no different than last season with Lance. when we got him obviously everyone said he should & would be the starter. he was the big name. but he came here & sucked, & lost the starting job.

yea but Lance is also an idiot and spent his offseason making rap videos.

Batum was also the Blazers 4th option and had a wrist injiry which is why he struggled last season.

don't get me wrong I want batum to play great, but I also think if lamb could figure it out here he could be a big part of the future

[BeesWax]

Batum held a twitter Q&A recently (in French) and was actually asked which position he preferred. He said there was very little difference between the 2 and 3 and that he believes his game fits both. We'll see.

He played it more a couple years ago in 12-13 and did well there. While he is likely best at SF the role of SG is on he can play. Defensively I think we will be more fluid with these two and put MKG on the top wing.