WaltLongmire wrote:blkexec wrote:knicks1248 wrote:Knicks1969 wrote:Music to my ears. Carmelo, Stein and Monroe would be a winning front court
not in this era of basketball...i don't see what you guys see, but this is as bad as Tyson , melo and amare
I used to agree with that, but the more I read into WCS the more I realize his strength on offense is his jumpshot. And he's used to playing on the perimeter, which is why his rebounding numbers are low. He's somebody that will be all over the court, verses Tyson was only opporating in the post, and he was afraid to shoot. Now will Monroe and Melo look like Amari and Melo? Thats another question! But Stein is no Tyson Chandler....Stein is comfortable playing all over the court! And he already showed that he can hit that mid range jumper and even a few 3's...Nobody will be around him, so it will be similar to his shooting video. All the attention will be on Melo and Monroe.
You were a ball player. You've played with guys who could do things in practice that they could not do in a real game. Watch Stein play in actual games- you cannot count on him in the offensive end, at all. There are full games available on YouTube you can watch. Won't even bring up the DExpress weaknesses video for him, which is very scary given the fact that he is one of the older players being considered in the top 10.He has no post up game despite his physical maturity, quickness, and length.
There is a reason why Stein was never given a chance to be an offensive focus in the 3 years he played at KU, and folks should give some thought to this fact.
Kentucky had an interior heavy team that played team ball, but it was "bully" ball to a great extent. They basically had one shooter with a consistent jumper on the team, and Stein and Lyles never showed the consistency in their Js that cause Calipari to feature them on anything nearing a consistent basis.
You might have let Towns play around the foul line and go inside outside with Stein, because Towns has an excellent outside shot, but Stein has no consistent post game, as mentioned above, despite his 3 yeas playing against all those good Kentucky bigs.
I'll say this one more time. In Stein's 3 years with Kentucky, their best finish was when he was injured and unable to be on the court, and in what can be considered the two biggest games of his basketball life- KU's victory over Wichita State,and their loss to Wisconsin, he was a complete non-factor in those and almost invisible...quite a feat for with his physical presence.
Whats scary is that Phil thinks calderone is good enough to be our starter next season, he doesn't realize the injury thing is a direct reflection of him being 34 yr old and taking much more time to heal.
