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vege wrote:Manocad wrote:And yet one poster still refers to Garza as completely unplayable, like he gives up a score on every single possession or something. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—how many end of the bench guys have anything close to Garza’s offensive capabilities?
Boban and they're both unplayable
Bobo plays some of the timevege wrote:Manocad wrote:And yet one poster still refers to Garza as completely unplayable, like he gives up a score on every single possession or something. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—how many end of the bench guys have anything close to Garza’s offensive capabilities?
Boban and they're both unplayable
Drwho17 wrote:bstein14 wrote:Jokic scouting reports had him as slow and a poor athlete. Praised him for periemeter shooting and "craftiness" with good bball IQ. Sometimes the NBA gets too caught up on athletes... lots of great athlete are never good ball players, and lots of great ball players aren't great athletes. Luka is going to be just fine. He has the work ethic and skillset needed to be an NBA player. He dropped the weight to improve lateral quickness. He has shown he is willing to put the work in to be successful. Lots of players could have just been upset about being the national player of the year and not being a 1st round pick.... he accepted the fact that NBA teams saw a weakness and worked on it and will continue to work on it and improve. He certainly has a reason to have a bit of a chip on his shoulder.
Why did he wait until the NBA draft to get himself in better shape? How do you/we know about his work ethic? Wasn't Stanley Johnson the greatest hard worker ever to come to the NBA, after he was drafted. I feel this work ethic thing is pretty inconsequential, to be in the NBA means you have the work ethic.
I find it very interesting that he used Boban in reference to Garzas offensive capabilities. Why? As it's a horrendous comparison right off the bat.Manocad wrote:vege wrote:Manocad wrote:And yet one poster still refers to Garza as completely unplayable, like he gives up a score on every single possession or something. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again—how many end of the bench guys have anything close to Garza’s offensive capabilities?
Boban and they're both unplayable
Welp, keep your whiny pants on then because my guess is you’re going to see Garza play.
Drwho17 wrote:Why did he wait until the NBA draft to get himself in better shape? How do you/we know about his work ethic? Wasn't Stanley Johnson the greatest hard worker ever to come to the NBA, after he was drafted. I feel this work ethic thing is pretty inconsequential, to be in the NBA means you have the work ethic.
Good find.440BB wrote:With the impending move from a two way contract to a Pistons roster spot, I thought I'd share this nugget -
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/racing-mosquitoes-inside-the-maniacal-work-ethic-of-iowas-luka-garza/ar-BB1cuAzX
Snakebites wrote:I'm still skeptical of Garza against NBA level competition, but I'd rather have him as our third string center than Okafor.
jakebernat wrote:Snakebites wrote:I'm still skeptical of Garza against NBA level competition, but I'd rather have him as our third string center than Okafor.
If you can draft a player at 52 that can make an nba roster, I’d chalk that up as a win.
Snakebites wrote:jakebernat wrote:Snakebites wrote:I'm still skeptical of Garza against NBA level competition, but I'd rather have him as our third string center than Okafor.
If you can draft a player at 52 that can make an nba roster, I’d chalk that up as a win.
Oh absolutely.
I just hope folks aren't getting too excited about his SL performance.
jakebernat wrote:Snakebites wrote:jakebernat wrote:If you can draft a player at 52 that can make an nba roster, I’d chalk that up as a win.
Oh absolutely.
I just hope folks aren't getting too excited about his SL performance.
yeah, I think at best, he’ll be a situational player, but hopefully he can be more than that one day.
Snakebites wrote:jakebernat wrote:Snakebites wrote:Oh absolutely.
I just hope folks aren't getting too excited about his SL performance.
yeah, I think at best, he’ll be a situational player, but hopefully he can be more than that one day.
His playing time will be minimal unless somebody gets hurt. Stew and Kelly O are our rotational centers.
thesack12 wrote:Unless they have some hot shot highly regarded target to sign to a 2 way contract, I personally don't see the upside in giving Garza a standard contract.
Having that extra roster spot could have been pretty valauble. It was actually one of the better results of the DeAndre Jordan trade. 2 way guys are no longer capped on the amount of time they can spend/play with the big team. So they could have just kept Garza with the Pistons all year. On a 2 way, Garza would have been ineligible for the playoffs, but its not like that was going to be a concern.
Obe1ball wrote:thesack12 wrote:Unless they have some hot shot highly regarded target to sign to a 2 way contract, I personally don't see the upside in giving Garza a standard contract.
Having that extra roster spot could have been pretty valauble. It was actually one of the better results of the DeAndre Jordan trade. 2 way guys are no longer capped on the amount of time they can spend/play with the big team. So they could have just kept Garza with the Pistons all year. On a 2 way, Garza would have been ineligible for the playoffs, but its not like that was going to be a concern.
His name is Jamorko Pickett and he's worth protecting, with a 2-way contract.
440BB wrote:I think the Pistons want to hold on to the rights to both Smith and Pickett. Smith was projected to be a first round pick before his injury and looks like a good fit for their style of play.
Aren't two way players capped at 50 games this season?
Two-way players could play in up to 50 NBA games at first, then that was loosened again and they could play in an unlimited number of games and the playoffs
thesack12 wrote:Obe1ball wrote:thesack12 wrote:Unless they have some hot shot highly regarded target to sign to a 2 way contract, I personally don't see the upside in giving Garza a standard contract.
Having that extra roster spot could have been pretty valauble. It was actually one of the better results of the DeAndre Jordan trade. 2 way guys are no longer capped on the amount of time they can spend/play with the big team. So they could have just kept Garza with the Pistons all year. On a 2 way, Garza would have been ineligible for the playoffs, but its not like that was going to be a concern.
His name is Jamorko Pickett and he's worth protecting, with a 2-way contract.
Like most, I liked what I saw from Pickett from summer league. However, if the team wanted a longer look at him, they could have just released Chris Smith and gave his 2 way to Pickett. Thus they would have still retained the open roster spot.
I believe Smith is still hurt anyways.