Posted by RemBee76:

Eddy Curry working on his jumper is the most important thing he can do to make the front-court pairing work. I’m not sure what the two of them getting together is going to accomplish before the team starts practicing its offensive sets. I guess they can play a little one-on-one, swap fat jokes, hit the clubs together and do whatever other things you can do to build chemistry off the court. But none of that is as important as Eddy’s jumper being a threat.

Meanwhile, you still hear about how we couldn’t trust reports that Eddy was getting into shape last summer when he came into camp in shape and played 81 games at 35 minutes per. Can someone name another big in the league that did that?

Posted by Bippity10:
Are you kidding?

Posted by RemBee76:

Posted by Bippity10:
Are you kidding?

No, because unless their playing together somehow simulates the structure of the offense in which they will be playing it means almost squat. If Randolph doesn't know what part of the court Curry is most comfortable on, he hasn't been following much basketball. Your players already know the sets, presumably, so makes sense that they spend time in the off-season practicing them.

Obviously, Curry and Randolph spending time together on the court is more helpful than not. Maybe Randolph can meet up with Curry in Chicago for some pick-up games. But if the front-court pairing doesn't work next season it won't be because he didn't, it'll be because their games fundamentally don't mesh.

Which is why Curry shooting jumpers is so important. A day after the trade I was wondering what the hell Curry was going to be doing when Randolph was in the post. The threat of Curry's jumper will clear space for Z-Bo down low and provide another outlet for him if he is doubled-up. It goes a long way toward making their skills less redundant.

That should be obvious from day one.

First of all you are dead wrong on this one. I have a buddy from my youth who went to the other public school in my town. We never played on the same team together. The only time we ever played was pickup during the offseason. This guy was my PG. I dreamed of having him on my team. HE knew my game inside and out. He knew when I was frustrated, he knew when my game was on. He knew that I liked the passes at my stomach and not my chest. He figured out that when I put my head down on a dribble that the ball was going to be shot. He knew all this from playing with me 1000 times. So senior year when he transferred to my school, he came from a run and gun offense to my structured one. We had never played at any moment of our lives together in a structured slow it up halfcourt offense. When we played at the courts we always played run and gun. Yet somehow even though we were playing in this system for the first time, we still had that ESP together.

Now this ESP between Curry and Zach is not going to develop overnight. But the more they play in any setting the quicker it will come. NOw if they don't do this, of course it doesn't mean they won't be able to work together. But if they do this it will show the rest of the team that they are truly serious about making this work. And that is leadership!!!!! Something we are dying to get from our best players. Not criticizing the two for not doing it. Just wish they would

Posted by Ira:

I'm skeptical that a guy who can't hit foul shots will have an effective jump shot. I'd rather see him work on his defense and rebounding.