What surprises me is how a team that is so reliant on the 3 pt shot....a shot that constitutes 30% of its offense, doesn't bring any shooters.

Posted by VDesai:

What surprises me is how a team that is so reliant on the 3 pt shot....a shot that constitutes 30% of its offense, doesn't bring any shooters.

Yeah I thought about that, but then again, we will have more shooting when Gallo is out there. I expect that he'll get a TON more shots this year with his stroke being so pure.

That said, I thought for sure that Almond would get an invite to camp. Hey Sun Yue can hit the 3 LOL! Really tho, I think Walsh and MDA are more concerned with versatility, which may be why we're even seeing a guy like Sun get a chance. He's got those ball mover skills and mentality, which is what you want when you have Gallo, Al, Hughes and Nate on the floor. Heck someone has to pass the ball.

Did you check out some of those passes that Sun made in the videos? A guy like that could be useful IMO.

Posted by kam77:

Sun Yue will help sell preseason tickets and thats it.

Well the odds are against him, but i'd love to see the kid succeed. That would be a much more interesting story. The thing is that if we suck so much then what difference would it make to keep him around? 15 man roster has to have some guys to practice with anyway, so what's the harm really? If he was good enough to sit on the Lakers bench for a year, why not ours?

Here's an interesting video of his Pre Draft Lakers workout. It's one of the better workout videos i've seen. Clear and informative. Who was it that said Sun wasn't athletic?


[Edited by - nixluva on 09-14-2009 11:44 PM]

Well maybe you'd prefer to hear from Sun Yue himself.

http://www.nba.com/video/teams/lakers/2009/06/17/09exitinterviews_sunyue.lakers/index.html

http://www.nba.com/video/teams/lakers/2009/03/06/090306sunyue_pregame.lakers/index.html

Posted by Markji:

Posted by VDesai:

What surprises me is how a team that is so reliant on the 3 pt shot....a shot that constitutes 30% of its offense, doesn't bring any shooters.

I am glad there is someone else saying this-we need 3 pt shooters. We took the most 3 pt shots in the league last year, and were in the bottom half in completions.

We'll make more of them this year! You can bet that MDA is gonna make it his mission in Life to guarantee that Gallo get's a TON of shots this year. We just had the wrong guys taking shots last year. That won't change until we can get more PT from Gallo. Also we need for Chandler to tighten up his game a bit. He only shot 33% from 3. The funny thing is that people complain about Al and Hughes, but they shot a high % from 3, 36 and 38% respectively. Duhon shot 39% from 3! Gallo shot 45%. Now I expect that over the course of 82 games that number will drop but he's the best pure shooter on the team and should get a lot of touches. Nate had been a good shooter for his career, but he had that bad spell last year that dropped his numbers.

Even without having picked up another shooter the team could actually improve from within.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Knicks just signed him. I think this was a good signing--I think he has good skills with a nice shot for his size with solid athletic ability. If he is going to play well in the NBA--it will be in an open system like this. I don't consider this a cheezy signing--this kid is skilled and could develop.
Man I wish we got Sessions--that pirses me off. We have been good about getting bigger all over which was a priority with me.

To me Sessions was all about money. They just didn't want to spend any unless the talent was proven, Now Sessions shows promise but there wasn't much of a track record to go on. I'm hoping that Sun can really get a chance here to develop and i'm sure that he's playing right now with the other guys. He's got a nice skill set for a guy his size but let's face it, if he was all the way there we wouldn't have a chance to get him. So he's got a lot of work to do. I'm also sure that our free flowing system will be much better for him than that Triangle he was trying to grasp in LA.

I also think some underestimate how athletic he is. Sun's No step Vert was 29"-Max vert was 34"-Max Vert Reach 11'7"-Agility 10.68-Sprint 3.45 and for such a skinny guy he benched 185 9x. For a guy that is 6-9 those are good stats. He actually blocks shots and looks good doing it. He has good timing. He finishes well and seems to have a decent 3pt stroke. Pair that with his really excellent passing and I think he is worth a look.

Posted by nixluva:

Posted by kam77:

Sun Yue will help sell preseason tickets and thats it.

Well the odds are against him, but i'd love to see the kid succeed. That would be a much more interesting story. The thing is that if we suck so much then what difference would it make to keep him around? 15 man roster has to have some guys to practice with anyway, so what's the harm really? If he was good enough to sit on the Lakers bench for a year, why not ours?

Here's an interesting video of his Pre Draft Lakers workout. It's one of the better workout videos i've seen. Clear and informative. Who was it that said Sun wasn't athletic?


[Edited by - nixluva on 09-14-2009 11:44 PM]

That was impressive.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Knicks just signed him. I think this was a good signing--I think he has good skills with a nice shot for his size with solid athletic ability. If he is going to play well in the NBA--it will be in an open system like this. I don't consider this a cheezy signing--this kid is skilled and could develop.

who are you and what have you done to Briggs?

Welcome Indeed

'Sup Sun

Perfect 93Buick. Well done

I thought Perfect 93Buick well done was your new signature!

Being young doesn't make you good. Yue has played 28 minutes his entire NBA career and Darko sucks any way you look at it. I wouldn't want to watch that team, even if forced to.