NBA ChoK16 - the Rich Cho Thread

Buzzed_Hornet · Post #961 » by **Buzzed_Hornet** » Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:43 pm

Today once again proves how much we are lacking a rim protector/P&R defending big. If we are gonna make any kind of noise this year or in the future we desperately need to acquire one.

ChokeFasncists · Post #962 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Feb 4, 2016 3:34 am

He looked pretty happy beating LBJ.

Elden Payton · Post #963 » by **Elden Payton** » Thu Feb 4, 2016 3:38 am

Buzzed_Hornet wrote:Today once again proves how much we are lacking a rim protector/P&R defending big. If we are gonna make any kind of noise this year or in the future we desperately need to acquire one.

We had one!

Bismack is my boy forever.

arthy704 · Post #964 » by **arthy704** » Thu Feb 4, 2016 4:25 am

Im pretty sure cho is working on a big man rim protector that hes going to surprise us with.

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ChokeFasncists · Post #965 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Sat Feb 6, 2016 9:38 pm

ChokeFasncists wrote:He looked pretty happy beating LBJ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygyr5o-kscc

At 8:35

Pretty cool

MasterIchiro · Post #966 » by **MasterIchiro** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 5:29 pm

Myles Turner

At 6’11 245 with a 7’4 wingspan, Turner has prototype size for the C position in the modern NBA but he’s a good enough shooter and a good enough athlete to at least slide over to the PF position in bigger line-ups. He has just about everything you would want in a big man - he’s only 19 years old and he can already protect the rim at a high level, step out and knock down perimeter jumpers and score with his back to the basket. The stretch 5 is the wave of the future and Turner is on the forefront of the way the game is changing and how young big men are adjusting to the pace-and-space era.

Devin Booker

Where he makes up for it is in his shooting ability, his feel for the game and his basketball IQ. Booker, who just turned 19 in October, is the youngest player in the league but he plays like a 10-year veteran. His shooting stroke hasn’t needed to adjust to the longer 3-point line and he has already proven he can create his own shot off the dribble and run the pick-and-roll, two things which he was almost never asked to do at Kentucky. JJ Redick is probably closer to the floor of who he could be.

Put it all together and it’s clear that three guys this talented shouldn’t have been available at picks 11-13 in the draft. The usual argument for why it’s better to make a push to make the playoffs rather than finish in the lottery is that late lottery picks usually don’t become difference makers. That wasn’t the case in 2015 because Turner, Booker and Lyles should never have been available at that stage in the first round. In a normal year, all three of them would have returned to school and become some of the best players in the country as sophomores.

ChokeFasncists · Post #967 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:23 pm

HornetJail · Post #968 » by **HornetJail** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 11:29 pm

As someone on r/nba said, has Cho actually lost a trade yet? This appears to be yet another win. Apart from the Batum/Vonleh/Hendo deal, which remains an "incomplete" until St. Nicolas re-signs with us, I really think that he comes out on top in just about every trade he makes. He is the king of small trades with seemingly irrelevant players that turn out to be pretty decent.

gamer4Life · Post #969 » by **gamer4Life** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:58 am

Lol 3 pages back, everyone wanted him fired.

Post #970 » by **yosemiteben** » Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:28 am

gamer4Life wrote:Lol 3 pages back, everyone wanted him fired.

Last season the majority of our board wanted both Cliff and Cho fired. Good times.

Elden Payton · Post #971 » by **Elden Payton** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 12:04 pm

I've always defended Cho.

He's a great GM.

UNCNYC · Post #972 » by **UNCNYC** » Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:38 pm

We need to keep Lin, Kemba and Batum. Those are the only MUST. Everyone else we should look to part with.

gamer4Life · Post #973 » by **gamer4Life** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 6:04 am

Who is better, Cho or Hinkie?

spaceballer · Post #974 » by **spaceballer** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 5:19 pm

ESPN article:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15318392/rich-cho-trek-losing-bobcats-playoff-hornets

Elden Payton · Post #975 » by **Elden Payton** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 10:41 pm

Cho is King.

ChokeFasncists · Post #976 » by **ChokeFasncists** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:11 am

spaceballer wrote:ESPN article:

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15318392/rich-cho-trek-losing-bobcats-playoff-hornets

Wow!

A former attorney and Boeing engineer, Cho

Sounds Spursian:

For Cho, whose media guide bio proudly proclaims he helped design "advanced and comprehensive" player-evaluation systems as a Sonics intern, that meant an "enormous" amount of background work to construct a team culture focused on improvement. He described the makeup of a Hornets player as following: "Guys that have a really strong work ethic. Guys that are ultracompetitive. Players that love to win and hate to lose. Guys that are great teammates. And high-character guys."

Great job Cho, great group of guys, a lot of depth, 3 and D team.

Post #977 » by **JDR720** » Mon May 9, 2016 4:08 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/rick_bonnell/status/729704231096205312[/tweet]

Post #978 » by **fatlever** » Mon May 9, 2016 4:10 pm

Cho finished 5th in executive of the year voting. I thought he'd be higher.

PG13 · Post #979 » by **PG13** » Mon May 9, 2016 4:16 pm

fatlever wrote:Cho finished 5th in executive of the year voting. I thought he'd be higher.

One spot higher at most. Spurs, Portland and GSW did realoy well.

gamer4Life · Post #980 » by **gamer4Life** » Mon May 9, 2016 4:25 pm

Buford and Myers already had good teams, they shouldn't have received many votes.