Anthony Brown & Yi GONE! MWP & T-Rob stay.

[gts1]

Yeah, I'm all for Metta sticking with the team in some fashion, but it seems silly to have him on the roster. I liked Robinson also, but not enough to keep him over filling a position of need... The wheels on the Young train are bound to fall off eventually too... So that's another possible wasted spot...

I think the deal is MWP wants to play a couple more years... They wanted him as a coach but it was either keep him on the roster or lose him to China or another NBA team so this way they keep him in the fold. I think it's less about playing time and more about his experience he can share. Obviously he's doing something in practice that they didn't want to lose

[Danny Darko]

yeah MWP would rather bolt than retire... he's steadfast in making 20 years his goal.
He's basically a coach, but worst case scenario he's not a bad guy to have to bring in, he might be a decent small ball center actually, and I'm not losing sleep over cutting anybody we did to keep him.

[TKainZero]

If mwp does nothing but tell stories of Kobe Bryant's work ethic to the youngin's it will be worth it

"Ingram! , why you here at 6am! When Kobe was your age, he already hit a 1000 jump shots, got a massage, and was in the middle of his 2nd workout at 6am!!! This is the big time kid!!!"

"I like tellin Kobe stories so much, I'm gonna change my name to Kobes stories!"

[trevm37]

prolong projects are a great idea, when you draft young, but Brown was drafted as a senior, and was supposed to be able to come in contribute right away or in the near future. They gave him a whole year to show his stuff, and obviously Walton wasn't a fan.

[RingsDontLie]

Would of liked to see anthony brown over MWP. Not sure why we kept a guy that has no value as a player. He can't shoot threes, he has no offensive game, and he's not the defensive stud he use to be.

[Spens1]

why are we keeping Metta's corpse and releasing Brown?

Makes absolutely no sense

[dAdo dA dEvil]

why are we keeping Metta's corpse and releasing Brown?

Makes absolutely no sense

Because Metta wants to play a couple more years and don't want to be a part of coaching staff yet. I think the only way to keep him is to keep him in the line up. Meanwhile during the preseason, Brown failed to prove that he is a legit shooter to be a 3&D player in the NBA. I think there is something that Metta brings in this team outside of playing basketball. Maybe his locker room presence? or toughness and work ethic? I honestly don't know but definitely there is something in him that the FO / coaching staff sees that we don't see.

[Landsberger]

This makes sense to me. It's obvious that Brown isn't going to make it in the league. Yi is intriguing for some reason to me, a ton of natural talent and size but when the drive is missing you get his career.

[Spens1]

well i guess metta brings leadership even though he's a complete scrub playing wise nowadays. Either way hope Brown at least gets signed to the d-fenders or something.

[Danny Darko]

MWP shot 31% from three with a per of 8.3 and was better at D for spurts that AB over 35 games
AB shot 28% from three with a per of 4.9 over 29 games

MWP outplayed AB who is 24 doesn't seem to be blossoming and cannot add half of the intangibles MWP can. Also MWP elbows Harden muuuch better.

[dAdo dA dEvil]

MWP shot 31% from three with a per of 8.3 and was better at D for spurts that AB over 35 games
AB shot 28% from three with a per of 4.9 over 29 games

MWP outplayed AB who is 24 doesn't seem to be blossoming and cannot add half of the intangibles MWP can. Also MWP elbows Harden muuuch better.

LOL. Having MWP will make our opponents think twice to mess with our guys. You wouldn't wanna F*** with MWP.

[lake_show]

Anthony brown drafted 1st overall by the Orlando Magic D-League affiliate, the Erie Bay Hawks, in the 2016 D-League Draft.

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View Full Draft Board Here:
http://dleague.nba.com/news/2016-nba-d-league-draft-board/

1 Erie Bay Hawks - Anthony Brown - Stanford
2 Santa Cruz - Jaleel Roberts - UNC-Asheville
3 Oklahoma City - Alex Hamilton - Louisiana Tech
4 Fort Wayne - Travis Leslie Georgia
5 Grand Rapids (from SLC) - Chris Horton - Austin Peay


Erie Bay Hawks Roster:

9 ERIC ATKINS G 6' 2" 180 Notre Dame/USA
12 JOHN BOHANNON C 6' 11" 210 Texas-El Paso/United States
13 AARON BOWEN F 6' 6" 212 Georgetown/United States
21 ALEX DAVIS F 6' 9" 210 Fresno State/United States
32 NNANNA EGWU C 6' 11" 250 Illinois/Nigeria
1 TYLER HARVEY G 6' 4" 185 Eastern Washington/USA
0 MYCK KABONGO G 6' 3" 180 Texas/Congo
23 JUSTIN MANNS C 6' 11" 215 Kent State/United States
18 JORDAN SIBERT G 6' 4" 187 Dayton
33 KARRINGTON WARD F 6' 5" 189 Eastern Michigan/United States

Website:
http://erie.dleague.nba.com/

*Was gonna start a new thread but... eh. I think this is probably good enough.