Z-Rex: The Cody Zeller Thread

Amateur Wannabe · Post #1321 » by **Amateur Wannabe** » Sun Jan 5, 2014 8:34 pm

Biz can take a lot more physical punishment than Cody, he is much stronger built, and them being inside players, that counts. However, it's obvious that Cody handles physical game better now than at the beginning, so he should probably be more and more comfortable with it over time and just continue to improve, I guess particularly in the offseason when he adds some muscle.

BeesWax · Post #1322 » by **BeesWax** » Sun Jan 5, 2014 8:36 pm

JDR720 wrote:Well Biz has been in the NBA 3 seasons already, Cody is a rookie, Biz should be farther along than a rookie who is learning a new position

Ok so there is no benefit to having played basketball for over a decade longer. No benefit to having had more coaching than someone else. No benefit to having gone to college and had better coaching there than Biz had here. This sounds wrong to me but excuses for Zeller not being what everyone said he would be seem to be standard now. The facts are he should be better than Biz because he was not supposed to be a complete project like Biz and he had more coaching than Biz already. Cody has had 3 years of basketball after high school and way more basketball before that too. He just does not have the skill set to play at this level. Maybe he develops it but right now he is three years behind a guy who is 3 months older.

Post #1323 » by **fatlever** » Thu Jan 9, 2014 7:57 pm

http://www.nba.com/bobcats/video/2014/0 ... v-3101410/

funny video of cody showing the team the cody zeller gnome.

mrknowitall215 · Post #1324 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Jan 9, 2014 8:13 pm

What a cool young man that Cody Zeller is. It's hard not to cheer for him to succeed. I hope he turn out to be as good or better than David Lee

LamarMatic7 · Post #1325 » by **LamarMatic7** » Thu Jan 9, 2014 9:55 pm

haha, I loved the video. the team seemed to be in good spirits.

It was also good to see MKG being very comfortable around the camera and the mic.

Post #1326 » by **JDR720** » Thu Jan 9, 2014 10:02 pm

gnome's.....weirdest thing ever to give out at an NBA game

Post #1327 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:30 pm

anyone keeping up with the gnome hunt going on today? clues being posted on twitter and instagram.

Post #1328 » by **fatlever** » Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:36 pm

gnome locations
- team store
- light rail station downtown
- epicenter/wild wing
- bojangles arena
- panthers stadium
- hickory tavern downtown
- richardson stadium uncc
- cabo fish taco noda

Eoghan · Post #1329 » by **Eoghan** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:54 am

Amazing eye for detail on that gnome, it even has his actual-size arms.

catch20two · Post #1330 » by **catch20two** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 4:06 am

Zeller plays like a gnome. :lol:

HornetJail · Post #1331 » by **HornetJail** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:30 am

The gnome probably falls over less.

mrknowitall215 · Post #1332 » by **mrknowitall215** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:18 am

LamarMatic7 · Post #1333 » by **LamarMatic7** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 3:00 pm

To continue the season like this would mean to end up in the company of:
http://bkref.com/tiny/NplCi

Yuck.

Post #1334 » by **JDR720** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:37 pm

Cody's new nickname The Z-Gnome

Post #1335 » by **BigSlam** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:20 pm

fatlever wrote:http://www.nba.com/bobcats/video/2014/01/09/140108Gnometalkmov-3101410/

funny video of cody showing the team the cody zeller gnome.

Rex has bigger pipes than Biz.

By a fair bit.

Snidely FC · Post #1336 » by **Snidely FC** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:32 pm

It's getting to the point where its no longer Cody's fault. Move McBob into the high post on the second team and Cody into the low post on the second team. Time to see if Cody's at least serviceable in the low post.

catch20two · Post #1337 » by **catch20two** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:52 pm

Cody ain't no stretch 4 and even when he does develop that little midrange shot he won't be. Cho didn't know what the hell he was doing evaluating him in this draft. Just let him play simply in the post and wait for the ball on cuts and stuff until he's ready.

Post #1338 » by **JDR720** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 11:53 pm

He was a really good post player at Indiana he used his quickness to get by just about any defender using his spin moves

Eoghan · Post #1339 » by **Eoghan** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:32 am

LamarMatic7 wrote:To continue the season like this would mean to end up in the company of:
http://bkref.com/tiny/NplCi

Yuck.

How dare you insult Pat Burke like that. Cody wishes he had game like him.

JDR720 wrote:He was a really good post player at Indiana he used his quickness to get by just about any defender using his spin moves

That was the only move he had. He couldn't back anybody down in college. So he'd get the ball near the freethrow line and spin around plodding white stiffs. He always struggled against guys as athletic and quick as him (remember the debacle against Syracuse). He either develops a perimeter game as a PF or he's Amundson 2.0.

LamarMatic7 · Post #1340 » by **LamarMatic7** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 7:23 am

BrotherDave wrote:
LamarMatic7 wrote:To continue the season like this would mean to end up in the company of:
http://bkref.com/tiny/NplCi

Yuck.

How dare you insult Pat Burke like that. Cody wishes he had game like him.

Unlike Cody, Burke could hit the three and was a legit stretch four.

Haha, I actually loved those mid-00s Suns. I remember Burke being the crowd favorite during garbage time.