dk7th wrote:this kid's been dicked around ever since he got here. not his fault he blew his knee out. i root for him to make a substantial contribution.

Who has been treated well outside of Anthony?

You still have a job to do

He's never lost his starting job permanently, although he played like absolute garbage

What it sounds like now, he's doing the things

He should have always been doing as a pro

Social Media is a low priority for him

He's focusing on basketball, his prime profession

Hope it works out, if Phil doesn't dump him

Woody took a lot of heat for his poor play

Likely more Shump, than anything else

EnySpree wrote:He's a pro athlete....He needs to grow a pair

Yep

The same things were said of

The young players we had before the Melo trade

If they can't be affected by rumors

Shump going on 2yrs still here keeping in mind

Shouldn't be affected either

As far as I can tell not sure if he's Social free

Taking a month off Twitter doesn't qualify

I'll take him at his word that his

People are handling outside social interest

CrushAlot wrote:Maybe I am wrong but it seemed that Shump was a lot more concerned about being ripped then hitting his jump shot with any consistency. He also screamed in his coaches face and pushed him aside on his way to the bench during a game. Nothing happened to him because the coach had no support from management. He hasn't been very good for awhile. If stopping social media helps great. I think Phil moves him if he gets the chance. Every concern about him in his predraft scouting report has come to fruition or is still present. Trade rumors suck but a lot of this is on Shump.

So True

By 2yrs, I meant 2yrs worth of trade rumors

Begley added a little more

Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL:

https://twitter.com/IanBegley/status/504415787369922560

Nalod wrote:Before last season I recall reading that Woodson asked him to focus more on his game and stop with the attention getting high top, carving endorsments in it. The jest was he seemed to have a different set of priorities and the fact was his tenure with the team was not solid.

Contract year. I would imagine he is focused.

It's hard for a brother to keep up

With the likes of a Teyana Taylor

He also said he wasn't trusting his leg last year

Putting in extra work this summer to get his legs right

Still Woodson's fault, hey it easier to say this

He will find stability and predictability in this system. Just by the natural flow of the offense it will present him with scoring opps that he can get used to and perfect. Not every player excels at free lancing scoring drives. I think the prescribed cuts and screen plays will only help Shump. If that raises his trade value that is a good thing, so we have to hope that he has a great season if only for that reason. This is going to be as much about building value in assets as winning.

VDesai wrote:Begley's best tweet was about how Shump was excited to use his athletcism rather than just stand around in the corner (not so subtle shot at Woodson)

Wish he said he would hit the open shot.

gunsnewing wrote:

CrushAlot wrote:

VDesai wrote:Begley's best tweet was about how Shump was excited to use his athletcism rather than just stand around in the corner (not so subtle shot at Woodson)

Wish he said he would hit the open shot.

Maybe he can't get in a rhythm and get a feel for the game just stand in the corner watching jr and Melo pound the ball?

One thing we know about the Triangle is that it helps keep EVERYONE involved. Players get to touch the ball and get to make simple plays that they can handle and execute. We were all screaming for just a few cuts and slashes to the basket over the last 2 years and it was painful not seeing any ball or player movement and no sense that the players had any idea what to do late in games except pass it to Melo. Hopefully this team will finally learn how to play REAL BB. If that helps Shump GREAT!!!

I think some of us are so mad at our players that we lose sight of how important it is to have them all play up to their abilities. We should ALL want to see these players succeed and give Phil a tough decision when it comes to making changes. I would prefer that other teams want to make deals for our players because they're playing well enough to make good trades.