LTU NT and JV at the 2015 European Championship

RNsteve · Post #301 » by **RNsteve** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:13 pm

Can't watch the stream/awful WiFi. Can anyone give a impression of jv play? Improved? Rusty? Denomination? Domino's?

UcanUwill · Post #302 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:13 pm

I wouldn't cut 33 if I was the coach, I think (its a tough choice). But with JV on the team, Kavaliauskas is kinda redundant ( you already have post scoring), I would cut him. Gudaitis is superior defender, player like him should back up JV.

UcanUwill · Post #303 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:15 pm

RNsteve wrote:Can't watch the stream/awful WiFi. Can anyone give a impression of jv play? Improved? Rusty? Denomination? Domino's?

Great on the boards, but is pretty rusty and slow. Same old, I don't see improvement at all.

iktuz · Post #304 » by **iktuz** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:15 pm

UcanUwill wrote:I wouldn't cut 33 if I was the coach, I think (its a tough choice). But with JV on the team, Kavaliauskas is kinda redundant ( you already have post scoring), I would cut him. Gudaitis is superior defender, player like him should back up JV.

Gudaitis is not a superior defender, Kavaliauskas is.

UcanUwill · Post #305 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:17 pm

LoL, Mahmutoglu just missed the most wide open layup you will see.

UcanUwill · Post #306 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:20 pm

iktuz wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:I wouldn't cut 33 if I was the coach, I think (its a tough choice). But with JV on the team, Kavaliauskas is kinda redundant ( you already have post scoring), I would cut him. Gudaitis is superior defender, player like him should back up JV.

Gudaitis is not a superior defender, Kavaliauskas is.

Is he? I don't know much about him, but I found it hard to believe. Gudaitis is a very good shot blocker, really good post defender, strong, can shield and deny the ball in the post very well, and is just very active on D. He battled Sofo and Boban in Euroleague and contained those guys without needing double team, which is a rarity.
If Kavaliauskas is better defender, he should be on a better team right now.

RPzB · Post #307 » by **RPzB** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:21 pm

UcanUwill wrote:LoL, Mahmutoglu just missed the most wide open layup you will see.

And then asked for a foul lel

MixxSRC · Post #308 » by **MixxSRC** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:22 pm

LOL JV was just hedging on pick and roll. what?

Post #309 » by **Dirk** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:23 pm

RNsteve · Post #310 » by **RNsteve** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:23 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
RNsteve wrote:Can't watch the stream/awful WiFi. Can anyone give a impression of jv play? Improved? Rusty? Denomination? Domino's?

Great on the boards, but is pretty rusty and slow. Same old, I don't see improvement at all.

Well..that's abit disappointing.

MixxSRC · Post #311 » by **MixxSRC** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:23 pm

damn that dunk was pretty nasty. No idea who that Turskish player is.

ESTK · Post #312 » by **ESTK** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:24 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
iktuz wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:I wouldn't cut 33 if I was the coach, I think (its a tough choice). But with JV on the team, Kavaliauskas is kinda redundant ( you already have post scoring), I would cut him. Gudaitis is superior defender, player like him should back up JV.

Gudaitis is not a superior defender, Kavaliauskas is.

Is he? I don't know much about him, but I found it hard to believe. Gudaitis is a very good shot blocker, really good post defender, strong, can shield and deny the ball in the post very well, and is just very active on D. He battled Sofo and Boban in Euroleague and contained those guys without needing double team, which is a rarity.
If Kavaliauskas is better defender, he should be on a better team right now.

Both are good. And Kavaliauskas will earn 1.2 mln euros in next 3 years, which is decent money, that's why he stayed in Vilnius.

sv-x-as · Post #313 » by **sv-x-as** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:26 pm

I have noticed an intresting thing. Jv was going in to inbound the ball the coach shouted "put the ball down on the floor and go to the offence". Just curious why do raptors make him inbound all the time and then run to offence while all the guards just walk there... Shouldnt we save our centers stamina?

UcanUwill · Post #314 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:29 pm

That JV defense :nonono:

Dcebucks11 · Post #315 » by **Dcebucks11** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:30 pm

Looks like JV had a solid game, everyone else is mehh... But I'm just box score tracking.

UcanUwill · Post #316 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:34 pm

Javtokas with solid D on a mismatch. guy is 35 years old, still better than JV

Patman · Post #317 » by **Patman** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:34 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
iktuz wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
And lets be fair, Jasikevicius had terrible handle as well. And now we have young generation who grew up watching Jasikevicius, and they practice passing and shooting and all important things, but they still dribble the neck high... Ability to split the double team is mystic skill over there still, no one has tight handle.

Young generations are taught many plays and strategies, coaches base everything on tactics. Junior coaches should let players play more individually, if they want to improve them, not stuff their heads with plays.

I agree. When you look at American school, even American scrubs who end up in China on Belgium are very good at handling the ball.

A lot of American pros grew up on playgrounds where the most celebrated skills are ballhandling, shooting the 3, and dunking.

RPzB · Post #318 » by **RPzB** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:35 pm

Dcebucks11 wrote:Looks like JV had a solid game, everyone else is mehh... But I'm just box score tracking.

Didn't look all that spectacular TBH. Was just average. Domantas Sabonis looked better, but of course expectations for him is way lower.

UcanUwill · Post #319 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:35 pm

Dcebucks11 wrote:Looks like JV had a solid game, everyone else is mehh... But I'm just box score tracking.

He can fill the stat line, but watching the game, I was disappointed. Will you watch Greece game?

Dcebucks11 · Post #320 » by **Dcebucks11** » Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:39 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
Dcebucks11 wrote:Looks like JV had a solid game, everyone else is mehh... But I'm just box score tracking.

He can fill the stat line, but watching the game, I was disappointed. Will you watch Greece game?

I wish but Im in class right now.