ToddTT wrote:Call me crazy, but I think he needs to hit the gym.

Call me crazy but he’s been in the gym plenty of times I’m sure, and unfortunately he may not have the genetics to show it, which is ok.

He needs time to play against nba talent and the right system or team that will give him PT. Maybe he will be in his late 20s b4 he makes any real impacts, who knows.

I agree about his defense needs to improve. But he’s a passer and hits open shots. Hes not iverson or shamGod. Hes a passer who can run an offense and lead a team.

Question is will Leon have the patience to wait for his development to grow. Those championship windows are narrow, Unless u have MJ and Pipen, Kobe and shaq type players. Splash brothers. We have two stars who’s weak on defense and relies on offense to impact the game.

blkexec wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Call me crazy, but I think he needs to hit the gym.

Call me crazy but he’s been in the gym plenty of times I’m sure, and unfortunately he may not have the genetics to show it, which is ok.

He needs time to play against nba talent and the right system or team that will give him PT. Maybe he will be in his late 20s b4 he makes any real impacts, who knows.

I agree about his defense needs to improve. But he’s a passer and hits open shots. Hes not iverson or shamGod. Hes a passer who can run an offense and lead a team.

Question is will Leon have the patience to wait for his development to grow. Those championship windows are narrow, Unless u have MJ and Pipen, Kobe and shaq type players. Splash brothers. We have two stars who’s weak on defense and relies on offense to impact the game.

You’re crazy.

ToddTT wrote:89 days until next season!

So your saying there’s a chance Kolek will find his bag?

blkexec wrote:

ToddTT wrote:Call me crazy, but I think he needs to hit the gym.

Call me crazy but he’s been in the gym plenty of times I’m sure, and unfortunately he may not have the genetics to show it, which is ok.

He needs time to play against nba talent and the right system or team that will give him PT. Maybe he will be in his late 20s b4 he makes any real impacts, who knows.

I agree about his defense needs to improve. But he’s a passer and hits open shots. Hes not iverson or shamGod. Hes a passer who can run an offense and lead a team.

Question is will Leon have the patience to wait for his development to grow. Those championship windows are narrow, Unless u have MJ and Pipen, Kobe and shaq type players. Splash brothers. We have two stars who’s weak on defense and relies on offense to impact the game.

Call me a troll, but he to playmake he needs to be a threat.
This kid can do it at the gleague level. Maybe Blkexec is right and playing time gets him the game reps. As said, that window is win now.

At this moment he is on the roster and knkcks don't have a bonafide point to displace his spot.

VDesai wrote:Wondering if he obtained a bag somewhere between summer league and the regular season. Hit a nice floater, made a catch and shoot 3, scored off the dribble. If he can keep defenses honest with his scoring than his elite passing instincts get to be valuable. I thought he gave a credible defensive effort (he will always be physically overmatched). That said if he can do what he did scoring the ball last night, an 8-12 mpg backup role is totally viable for him.

I've been posting that perhaps he has been closer than we think? Doing it all but hititng the open shots. Coaches know when a player is close to clicking......

What I saw last night was nice poise as he was dribbling thru the paint. He is showing more patience and is crafty. Like Jalen. Like Tony Parker. Like Steve Nash. No, not like all NBA and HOF'ers, but showing more than previous. He was not afraid.
I don't disagree when Thibs would **** with players and pull them if they not performing up to a standards that wins NOW. Brown at this stage of still figuring things out might be promoting him to let it loose and let the instinct carry you and not worry. Easy to type this then exercise. He wants his guys to shoot and Kolek is likley showing in practice he can.

Side note: Brown looks like he tellling Clarkson to be more mindful of ball movement and not force it. Since he is not paid big money for buckets he can add playmaking to his game and stay in the league? Just a quick observation. He had some nice moments in game one.

Did Kolek find his bag in preseason? Did perhaps he eclipse Brogden in the order? Maybe that had a little to do with his retirement? I mean if you dont have it anymore, that will show up on the court also? Im not saying he could not get in better shape and reclaim the spot, but at 33 and his injuries he decided he was cooked?

Nalod wrote:We finally got us an annoying white guy!!!!

Nalod wrote:We finally got us an annoying white guy!!!!

Define “white guy”. I’ve been searching the world map for years looking for a country called white.

Come on Nalod. As much as you get on everybody else, it’s your turn now.

Kolek is actually black (using today’s lazy made up racially motivated labeling construct used to separate, and divide all of us) Ironically if they knew back then (especially with DNA discovery) those labels wouldn’t exist today. Because there’s one race and if all humans are from Africa then technically all humans are black.

Let me help you out, the name kolek is of Eastern European origin, possibly Polish or Czech.

Annoying Czech guy, European guy 🤷‍♂️

Koleks IQ and vision is top notch, and only gets better with more PT. Love how he’s attacking and playing with confidence. Jumper looks like it will improve efficiency wise vs last year. Coach brown is the perfect players coach for Leon who continues to ingest this team with more young talent, creating a farm of wings and a long term youth development factory.