Greensboro Swarm: The G-League Thread

Post #461 » by **yosemiteben** » Wed Feb 10, 2021 2:23 pm

Curious to see how McDaniels and Vernon do.

Radu_Hornets · Post #462 » by **Radu_Hornets** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 8:46 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Curious to see how McDaniels and Vernon do.

Well Vernon is not looking ready.

MPM · Post #463 » by **MPM** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:34 pm

just box score watching, but looks like Carey got into early foul trouble? Seems to be fairly efficient in terms of minutes played. What's up with Riller?

EDIT: looks like Carey's coming to life here at the end.

HornetJail · Post #464 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 10:35 pm

Radu_Hornets wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:Curious to see how McDaniels and Vernon do.

Well Vernon is not looking ready.

I didn't watch the game, and we all know from the Dwight era that big stats from bigs can be deceiving. Saw Carey finished with 19/11, what wasn't good?

wilson115 · Post #465 » by **wilson115** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:02 pm

Carey's D needs work.

Watch on YouTube

Snidely FC · Post #466 » by **Snidely FC** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:15 pm

I saw the final 15 minutes of the game Vernon looked good on offense some nice moves in the paint and a sweet midrange stroke, coupla offensive rebounds, not the fleetest looking mover on defense and the main thing I noticed there is he's not that big, Jalen McDaniels looked taller standing next to him, (ESPN bio lists Carey 6'9) and with Vernon's weight loss, NY center Simi Shittu looked bigger I wouldn't Shittu about that sorry couldn't resist anyway if people are thinking Vernon is going to replace Zeller defending the behemoths in the league that's prolly not gonna be his game

Post #467 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:34 am

It's a little hard based on just watching those highlights, but...

McD looked awesome. That behind the back dribble and mid range pull up at the end of the 2nd qtr was lovely. The surprise dunk he had 1/2 way though the 4th was sweet as well. He moves really, really well. The couple of blocks were legit rim protecting blocks as well. Really impressive.

I thought Vern was pretty good. He was active and pretty physical. Those two dribble drives in the 4th were really nice as well. The jump shots he hit were from long range and looked awesome. He was out of position a fair bit though.

I thought we'd see more of Riller and he'd stand out but he didn't. Maybe he is still getting his feet under him.

That DeLaurier kid was bad.

Post #468 » by **yosemiteben** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:00 pm

Big Vern has 26 in 27 minutes points on 11-19 shooting through three quarters.

Post #469 » by **BigSlam** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 6:18 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Big Vern has 26 in 27 minutes points on 11-19 shooting through three quarters.

10 rebounds as well with 7 of them (SEVEN!!) offensive.

CatgutStitches · Post #470 » by **CatgutStitches** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:31 pm

Finished with 32 and 13 with 10 offensive boards. There's the college Vern we wanted

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wilson115 · Post #471 » by **wilson115** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 1:11 am

Just recalled McD. Looked like a man among boys out there.

https://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/hornets-recall-jalen-mcdaniels-greensboro-swarm

Too bad he's missing the game against Jaden.

wilson115 · Post #472 » by **wilson115** » Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:42 am

"He's like 'You thought I could only do layups, huh?'"

Watch on YouTube

Post #473 » by **BigSlam** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:33 pm

Swarm played at the same time as the big boys last night - and the Swarm had a win!

Carey with another nice game (24 and 6) on efficient shooting.

countryboi · Post #474 » by **countryboi** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 2:28 pm

Big Vern got some big Al in his game, I feel like it should be a place for this in this league

Rays Pompadour · Post #475 » by **Rays Pompadour** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:57 pm

Be nice to see Carey learn to use his right hand some. I'm so right handed, so I understand. But he's cutting off half the lane without a right-handed move, or some facility thereof. And, as Wilson pointed out, his D needs a lot of work.

Post #476 » by **BigSlam** » Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:31 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #477 » by **Diop** » Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:38 am

It looks like Vern is trying to run in steel cap boots.

Shooting looks impressive.

LofJ · Post #478 » by **LofJ** » Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:19 pm

countryboi wrote:Big Vern got some big Al in his game, I feel like it should be a place for this in this league

Kanter is still in the league for a reason. Guys like him and Vernon aren't starters on a good team, but they provide a different look for your offense coming off the bench. Having a guy that can score efficiently while your starters rest is valuable, especially if your perimeter guys aren't shooting it well.

Post #479 » by **yosemiteben** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:06 pm

Um, who is this guy? Apparently signed a 2 way deal with OKC and is killing it in the G league.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1629650/traditional/

Undrafted 21 year old who is 7'2", putting up 21 points, 14 boards, and 2.7 blk.

Post #480 » by **BigSlam** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 10:25 pm

yosemiteben wrote:Um, who is this guy? Apparently signed a 2 way deal with OKC and is killing it in the G league.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/player/1629650/traditional/

Undrafted 21 year old who is 7'2", putting up 21 points, 14 boards, and 2.7 blk.

I watched him at UCLA.

He wears short shorts (like super short shorts!!) but once you get past that he was a super skinny, non-physical big.

Good to see things are coming together for him.