SensiBull wrote:Truebiscuit wrote:
Forgot about this game... I thought LaVine did a good job facilitating and, although you only see one or two examples here, did a good job moving without the basketball.
Yes.
He did.
A. This is the exception, not the rule. This is like the 5th time in this thread that someone has used a grudge game against his old to show what he CAN do. I don't expect anybody to be on 110% all the time. You have to pace yourself, but, I'd rather see this against a conference opponent, where the beneficiary is the team, rather than getting all jacked to prove a point about something that is no longer in his control anyway. Do that 'ish' to Boston, not Minnesota. That just says it's personal, and tells you where his head is at which, once again, is not the team.
The team got smoked as a whole despite the show he put on.
B. There was no 3-pt shooting in all of those highlights, and, again, it's not about the points, it's about how tight and cluttered the paint is with bodies because the defence doesn't have to respect it. You watch kids soccer and the reason it's hilarious is because it's just this dust cloud and herd of hoofs around the ball, wherever it goes. As you move up to the pro level, attackers maintain their spacing, get deep into the corner, kick across the face of goal so that cutters in the middle of the field can make shots on goal with 'assists' that come from behind the goalie, preventing him from seeing how the attackers are in formation. There is a geography to it.
You look at these players, and it's like 6th grade ball, because everybody knows the shot (or the pass) is going to happen beneath the top of the key. Your Guards have to be the primary ones doing this, because it is that rare to have bigs that can do it instead.
C. If we're cherry-picking good games:
You need to step off your soap box, it's not very "sensible". I was just posting a video from a game I had forgotten about, that's all.
The fact that this dude was coming off a torn ACL, had no training camp or reps with his teammates, and only played in 24 games doesn't lend to me, or any sincere/rational observer, a thorough analysis of Zach LaVine as a Chicago Bull. Management themselves said they didn't care about his numbers, they just wanted to get him back on the court and playing basketball.
He's 23 years old, and unless you think what you saw last season is the 'final product' I kindly ask that you settle down.
