gradyandrew wrote:Fouling Mitch every time yields about .4 points per possession, clearly a winning play every time. Thus far teams have been happy to make the game entertaining, but maybe the Magic flip the script Saturday night. Mitchell has to be told to switch his form to granny style, there's absolutely no arc on his shot now. Anything less than 50% is a win for the defense.

He can't be in the game id we have 4 team fouls or are over the limit.

This is one of my pet peeves with Mitch and why I often bitch about him - there is zero evidence he has ever put in ANY serious work on his skill set.

I get the offensive rebounds but now his D has slipped, his shot blocking is down and the free throw shooting even worse than career %.

If Kolek stays aggressive and pushing pace he's fine - when he gets tentative he gets in trouble. Last night he made some defensive plays with his hands, expedited the pace and really got the ball to guys early to allow them to create AS A GROUP.

LivingLegend wrote:Thought Kolek minutes were big last night (+13) in 8 minutes. Also thought Clarkson had great stretch where we were floundering a bit and he just got 3 or 4 buckets (I really root for him because guys like Jalen/Josh really seem to like him and me I just like his creativity).

If Kolek stays aggressive and pushing pace he's fine - when he gets tentative he gets in trouble. Last night he made some defensive plays with his hands, expedited the pace and really got the ball to guys early to allow them to create AS A GROUP.

Kolek hasn't necessarily been impressive but I've been impressed with him. He got better and it shows. He also hasn't had a long opportunity - and maybe we can also say he hasn't necessarily earned it at his team's playoff level - but he has been good and needs to stick into the rotation somehow now that Shamet is missing time.

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LivingLegend wrote:Thought Kolek minutes were big last night (+13) in 8 minutes. Also thought Clarkson had great stretch where we were floundering a bit and he just got 3 or 4 buckets (I really root for him because guys like Jalen/Josh really seem to like him and me I just like his creativity).

If Kolek stays aggressive and pushing pace he's fine - when he gets tentative he gets in trouble. Last night he made some defensive plays with his hands, expedited the pace and really got the ball to guys early to allow them to create AS A GROUP.

Kolek hasn't necessarily been impressive but I've been impressed with him. He got better and it shows. He also hasn't had a long opportunity - and maybe we can also say he hasn't necessarily earned it at his team's playoff level - but he has been good and needs to stick into the rotation somehow now that Shamet is missing time.

Thoughts on whether or not Chris Paul would be a good fit with this current squad?

100 years old and now with locker room disruptions on Clips I wonder if he would be a net negative or a positive and/or if his leadership might undermine Jalen's or Brown's to a degree.

I think if we could get him very cheap and all parties (primarily Jalen/Brown) were on board --- I think he might be someone who could still help Kat in terms of getting him the ball when/where he should. Maybe could also help a Clarkson focus or unlock some lob stuff with Mitch.

Tough call at this point if he'd even be worth it assuming he may not want to play on east coast.

Guy I'd love would be D Schroeder.

Yeah, tough one. His stats are really crappy this year. And he is 40. On a bad team that's losing a lot and has many many issues.

If Kolek went down with injury, Leon would know CP3 individually and would probably ask the entire team and also coaching staff what they thought about having that type of personality and player in the locker room.

The guys would know and then with Leon, and Wes input, that would be your answer.

CJ McCullum and Chris Middleton are doing not too badly this year. I'd trade those 2 Washington second rounder picks back to the Wizards if I could convince them to take Yabu into a TPE trade whilst buying those 2 guys out simultaneously

I think this is coaching decison based on reputations for all involved. Does he respect Brown? and Will Brown seek his advice? I don't think any of us are really qualified to be certain of anything but its intriguing if he even wants to be here given his family situation and choices if any around the league.

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Can be a big liability down the stretch in close games with his horrendous free throw shooting.

Right, he is in the same class as Rodman. They can also be key playoff contributors

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Can be a big liability down the stretch in close games with his horrendous free throw shooting.

Right, he is in the same class as Rodman. They can also be key playoff contributors

Brown shas in Boston that he appreciates the work Mitchell has put in and will give him every chance he can.

Teams won't do it much in the regular season (bc Pop has retired), but hacking Mitchell is the right move and he will be unplayable in the playoffs. Robinson won't get paid this off season if he is essentially a 20 min per regular season contributor.
But if he can get his FTs up to Steve Adams 54% career level (ie league avg ppp) then he can think about Adams 170 million in career earnings.

I feel like it's the perfect storm for the granny shot to make a come back.

gradyandrew wrote:And how funny was it when that line drive free throw ricocheted into Robinson's hand for another o reb and ended with a 3?

At this point he should learn to intentionally miss the second one always and try to get the offensive rebound