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TPercy
Posts: 28010 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 2/5/2014 Member: #5748 |
10/6/2015 9:19 PM
Stanley Johnson is going Off!
The Future is Bright!
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Nalod
Posts: 68676 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
10/7/2015 10:30 AM
Vs euro teams the Nets last nite became the just the 17th NBA team to lose in an exhibition game. This includes THREE CHAMPIONSHIP teams who have fallen in a preseason game!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_played_between_NBA_and_international_teams Remember, starters don't play starter minutes and other players are trying to make the team while the euro teams have ex players or those who got cut and are out for blood! While this current Net team is no contending squad on paper, its really not any indication of what is to be. Get a hot guy on the floor you never know what can happen! One instance: Oscar Schmidt is like the Michael Jordan of international hoops. He stood at 6'8" and could flat out shoot it. You don't get the name "Mao Santa" a.k.a."The Holy Hand" for nothing. The Brazilian legend played for 26 years (1974–2003) scoring a total of 49,703 points, about 11,000 more than Kareem. He also scored the most points in an Olympic game with 55 and averaged damn near 30 per contest in his Olympic career. Oscar had plenty of chances to play in the L, but instead chose to stay an amateur so he would be eligible to play for the Brazilian National Team. He once scored 46 points in a Pan-Am game vs. a US team that featured David Robinson, Danny Manning, and Pervis Ellison—a game Brazil won 120-115 after trailing 68-54 at halftime. Granted, its no pro game but you get the drift. If the Euro league consolidated into 30 teams and unified itself it could field some very good teams. Get a team with one or two former NBA guys, or guys that matured and could play but are making good money and enjoying a good career overseas, along with one future NBA yoot, and some big bodies and you can beat an NBA team preseason. ITs been done. |
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Nalod
Posts: 68676 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
10/7/2015 10:54 AM
gunsnewing wrote:Dangelo Russell is already injured. So glad he wasn't there for us to draft. He strikes me as a guy who will be in and out of the lineup. There were major concerns about Stephen Curry's durability but he shoots it so well from the perimeter, might go down as the best shooter of all time l, that he doesn't need to get closer to the basket and take a pounding to score. Mudiay might be a good pro but it's going to take a few years like it did for John Wall to develop a somewhat reliable jumper. I stand by my belief that we drafted the best guy available after Towns. Might even be better and more dynamic & unique than Towns While I love the idea of a guy 7-3 and might be still growing with his level of athletic ability we can't extrapolate Russell's career based on one week and him being injured. KP has also sat out and we might also sit him. These guys are young. We'll never know if Deangelo fell to us and KP was also on the board who we would have taken. All things equal, basketball is a tall mans game and 7-3 is very interesting indeed! |
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mreinman
Posts: 37827 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/14/2010 Member: #3189 |
10/7/2015 10:55 AM
WaltLongmire wrote:mreinman wrote:CrushAlot wrote:BRIGGS wrote:You know if I owned Philadelphia Id fire the GM and coach today--yes after pre season game #1. so here is what phil is thinking ....
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gunsnewing
Posts: 55076 Alba Posts: 5 Joined: 2/24/2002 Member: #215 USA |
10/7/2015 11:06 AM LAST EDITED: 10/7/2015 11:08 AM
Nalod wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Dangelo Russell is already injured. So glad he wasn't there for us to draft. He strikes me as a guy who will be in and out of the lineup. There were major concerns about Stephen Curry's durability but he shoots it so well from the perimeter, might go down as the best shooter of all time l, that he doesn't need to get closer to the basket and take a pounding to score. Mudiay might be a good pro but it's going to take a few years like it did for John Wall to develop a somewhat reliable jumper. I stand by my belief that we drafted the best guy available after Towns. Might even be better and more dynamic & unique than Towns Yea Actuslly KP might miss some games as well being so tall and slender. It all depends on his his body develops but I rather have the 7'3 player do it all player that occasionally gets nicked up than a slender guard. Camby & AK47 spent Aton of time on the IR but they were game changers defensively when they were on the floor. A guard who is not 100% is pretty worthless because he has the ball in his hands a lot more. This is the one reason why I'd gmhave to give Towns the edge. He already had an NBA body at 19 by we'll see. It's exciting because we've never seen a 7'3 kid who still might be growing with these skills |
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
10/7/2015 11:21 AM
mreinman wrote:WaltLongmire wrote:mreinman wrote:CrushAlot wrote:BRIGGS wrote:You know if I owned Philadelphia Id fire the GM and coach today--yes after pre season game #1. The clips do fit together rather well. EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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Nalod
Posts: 68676 Alba Posts: 154 Joined: 12/24/2003 Member: #508 USA |
10/7/2015 12:36 PM
gunsnewing wrote:Nalod wrote:gunsnewing wrote:Dangelo Russell is already injured. So glad he wasn't there for us to draft. He strikes me as a guy who will be in and out of the lineup. There were major concerns about Stephen Curry's durability but he shoots it so well from the perimeter, might go down as the best shooter of all time l, that he doesn't need to get closer to the basket and take a pounding to score. Mudiay might be a good pro but it's going to take a few years like it did for John Wall to develop a somewhat reliable jumper. I stand by my belief that we drafted the best guy available after Towns. Might even be better and more dynamic & unique than Towns THis draft was more interesting to us because we were positioned as were were. Basically it was okafor for most of the year until Towns got the hype and I think deserved the top spot. I like that Phil swung for the fence and in my group was the only way happy when the pick was announced! In time the media and his personality has gone a long way to win folks over. Remember, they booed him on draft nite!! I will watch a little Timberwolves, Lakers and even Philly to see how the rooks do. |
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smackeddog
Posts: 38386 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/30/2005 Member: #883 |
10/7/2015 1:08 PM
I read Willie Cauley-Stein was out of shape in training camp and struggled to run up and down the court. Worrying if true, but he seemed to do okay in his debut.
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