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Post by quikdrummer on Aug 10, 2019 22:44:02 GMT -5
Len’s role in Phoenix was to be a traditional big man — the majority of his buckets would come off screen-and-rolls, putbacks and the occasional midrange shot. What he showed this past season in Atlanta was a version of Len the league hadn’t seen, and he believes if he was drafted into a situation like the Hawks have where player development is the focus, his career would have been in a different place. – via The Athletic Alex Len, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns “I would have been way ahead of where I’m at right now, like that’s not even crazy to say,” Len said. “I feel like with the two years that I’ve been in Atlanta, I’m already so much better. Just looking at where I was last summer to now, it’s just crazy how much better I’ve gotten. I’m able to do stuff that I’ve never been able to do in my career. I’m doing ballhandling drills, I’m getting shots up. I’m just a better well-rounded player with things I never had the chance to do. I was never asked to do the things I’m doing now when I was in Phoenix.” – via The Athletic It'll be interdasting to see if Bender follows the trend of players who flourish after leaving Phoenix. Yes. Especially when your consider offensively no matter where he is on the court if he plays with the starters (or sans Lopez) he'll be getting wide open scoring opportunities and defensively with Gianni out there as a legit shot blocker he can just Chase guys around as a 7'annoyance. Phoenix is stupid. Ayton eats boards and clogs the paint this dude as a roamer and shooter could've been very productive for them. But instead of giving him minutes as a rookie to develop they decided it would be a better idea to give them to Tyson Chandler on a sub 30 won team. To justify your nonsensical overpay for him in the first place. Sarver would be Dolan IF the 'uns had any kind of HISTORICAL significance but since they don't Phoenix will have to settle with their perennial tank for second worst queust lol You have no idea what you are talking about Ayton started from day one, chandler was the backup and got waived shortly into the season to sign with your dumbass Lakers
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Post by admiralfish on Aug 11, 2019 21:52:07 GMT -5
Quack, you dumb ass, I said the Suns were giving Chandler minutes when BENDER was a rookie, second year. Third year...
Reading is fundamentard damn it!!!
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Post by quikdrummer on Aug 12, 2019 9:11:54 GMT -5
Quack, you dumb ass, I said the Suns were giving Chandler minutes when BENDER was a rookie, second year. Third year... Reading is fundamentard damn it!!! Try writing in a way that is comprehensible, you dumb ass idiot. Pretty sure I already explained that Bender was in the top three minutes played on the team over his first two seasons. Last year he got pulled from the rotation because he’s not a legitimate NBA player. If he goes to Milwaukee and balls out and becomes a solid rotation player then I’ll eat my words. But it’s way more likely he rots on the bench and ends up out of the league when this contract expires.
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 12, 2019 16:34:15 GMT -5
Former NBA player Sebastian Telfair was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Monday on a gun possession charge, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez.
Telfair was convicted of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon in April. He was arrested in July 2017 after police found a loaded gun in his pickup truck during a traffic stop in Prospect Heights.
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Post by tadster00 on Aug 12, 2019 21:46:39 GMT -5
I laughed way too much watching this video
SO.MANY.HILARIOUS.MOVES.
All the guys they missed out on because of Layden and Thomas is so entertaining lol. It's a little bit long but definitely worth the watch.
Unless you're Ace
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 12, 2019 23:21:02 GMT -5
Quack, you dumb ass, I said the Suns were giving Chandler minutes when BENDER was a rookie, second year. Third year... Reading is fundamentard damn it!!! Try writing in a way that is comprehensible, you dumb ass idiot. Pretty sure I already explained that Bender was in the top three minutes played on the team over his first two seasons. Last year he got pulled from the rotation because he’s not a legitimate NBA player. If he goes to Milwaukee and balls out and becomes a solid rotation player then I’ll eat my words. But it’s way more likely he rots on the bench and ends up out of the league when this contract expires. Standing at 7’1 as well as possessing a 7’2″ wingspan and a 9’3″ standing reach, Bender possesses the size and physical tools needed to earn minutes at the center position on the Bucks’ depth chart. That will already stand as a big change as Bender was often miscast as a forward throughout his time in desert, though 43 percent of Bender’s 776 total minutes last season did come at the 5-spot, per Cleaning the Glass. Some of that can be drawn to Bender’s strength disadvantages, the fact that he possesses good mobility to warrant some minutes at the 4 or just Phoenix’s horrid development staff that has struggled to find respectable pieces around star guard Devin Booker (all of the above is certainly in play too). That won’t be the case now that Bender has come to Milwaukee to play under a highly regarded staff that’s helmed by reigning NBA Coach of the Year, Mike Budenholzer. Playing the vast majority of his minutes at the center spot will be the best usage to unlock Bender’s still very raw skill set and there are already some promising indications of how he can make an impact on that side of the floor as a rim protecting big man. Hopefully Monty changes the dev program, as well. It makes no diff who they bring in if they can't develop their talent.
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 13, 2019 9:26:35 GMT -5
Here ya go, Tad
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Post by tadster00 on Aug 13, 2019 9:31:42 GMT -5
I actually do run a play very similar to that. Gregg Marshall at Wichita State has the best Smash series though. Can run that stuff all day
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 13, 2019 9:36:18 GMT -5
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 13, 2019 9:40:00 GMT -5
CHRIS WEBBER: "We would play him in the playoffs, I'd make rookies wait on the bus and say, watch the baddest man in the world pull-up and they like, 'what do you mean,' they think I'm going to talk about his cars and all this and John Stockton would come to the game, literally in a MINIVAN, pop the kids out and come in there and bust us up"
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Post by admiralfish on Aug 13, 2019 11:34:52 GMT -5
Try writing in a way that is comprehensible, you dumb ass idiot. Pretty sure I already explained that Bender was in the top three minutes played on the team over his first two seasons. Last year he got pulled from the rotation because he’s not a legitimate NBA player. If he goes to Milwaukee and balls out and becomes a solid rotation player then I’ll eat my words. But it’s way more likely he rots on the bench and ends up out of the league when this contract expires. Standing at 7’1 as well as possessing a 7’2″ wingspan and a 9’3″ standing reach, Bender possesses the size and physical tools needed to earn minutes at the center position on the Bucks’ depth chart. That will already stand as a big change as Bender was often miscast as a forward throughout his time in desert, though 43 percent of Bender’s 776 total minutes last season did come at the 5-spot, per Cleaning the Glass. Some of that can be drawn to Bender’s strength disadvantages, the fact that he possesses good mobility to warrant some minutes at the 4 or just Phoenix’s horrid development staff that has struggled to find respectable pieces around star guard Devin Booker (all of the above is certainly in play too). That won’t be the case now that Bender has come to Milwaukee to play under a highly regarded staff that’s helmed by reigning NBA Coach of the Year, Mike Budenholzer. Playing the vast majority of his minutes at the center spot will be the best usage to unlock Bender’s still very raw skill set and there are already some promising indications of how he can make an impact on that side of the floor as a rim protecting big man. Hopefully Monty changes the dev program, as well. It makes no diff who they bring in if they can't develop their talent. Have the 'uns EVER developed a star? I mean besides STAT or Marion (and booker) who were stars out the gate have they EVER developed someone who needed a couple of years? I mean look at all the pristine talent they've either drafted or had an opportunity to draft over the years. Jesus CHRIST they are FAIL!!!! Just a year ago they hired Doncic coach (whom they subsequently fired and paid to go away) then DIDN'T DRAFT the player who would be rookie of the year and future HOF player! WTF dallas had to BENCH him just to prevent him winning them enough games to make the playoffs when they didn't want to! Luka=LEGEND!!! Can someone, ANYONE, explain this level of stupidity to me?!?
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 13, 2019 19:41:23 GMT -5
Bbills
According to Ronald Nored, Walker’s former assistant coach with the Charlotte Hornets, the point guard is exactly the type of player Boston needs.
“Kemba’s a great guy. He’s like the best guy ever, really. Every day he comes with a smile. He competes at a high level. He’s a great teammate in the locker room.”
All Boston fans know the level of talent Tatum possesses. It appears so too does Walker.
“Those dudes are so talented, it’s unbelievable,” said Walker about Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. “To be here and see those guys, and the way they compete and how much passion and love they have for the game, the intensity they have for the game, that’s special to me.”
#MAKEYOURTIME
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Post by tadster00 on Aug 13, 2019 20:38:33 GMT -5
I actually do run a play very similar to that. Gregg Marshall at Wichita State has the best Smash series though. Can run that stuff all day We run all of these all day. We change the entry a little bit to throw off the offense, but smash rip and smash down are good for at least 10-12pts a game. Which is quite a bit inside against the zone using a variation of one play. We weren't great at hitting the three so we didn't run Mix a ton. Occasionally, we enter with a DHO because my PG was my best shooter; so he became the baseline runner(2 guard).
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 13, 2019 23:46:40 GMT -5
Joseph Tsai, the billionaire co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is close to signing a deal to buy the 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets he does not already own from Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, sources told The Post. The deal is expected to be announced this week, sources said. – via New York Post
I've been expecting this for a while. I knew he wanted more and I figured Prokhorov would want to sell high after riding thru those rough years.
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Post by bbills on Aug 14, 2019 8:57:21 GMT -5
Bbills According to Ronald Nored, Walker’s former assistant coach with the Charlotte Hornets, the point guard is exactly the type of player Boston needs. “Kemba’s a great guy. He’s like the best guy ever, really. Every day he comes with a smile. He competes at a high level. He’s a great teammate in the locker room.” All Boston fans know the level of talent Tatum possesses. It appears so too does Walker. “Those dudes are so talented, it’s unbelievable,” said Walker about Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum. “To be here and see those guys, and the way they compete and how much passion and love they have for the game, the intensity they have for the game, that’s special to me.” #MAKEYOURTIME You know it
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 9:03:39 GMT -5
I actually do run a play very similar to that. Gregg Marshall at Wichita State has the best Smash series though. Can run that stuff all day We run all of these all day. We change the entry a little bit to throw off the offense, but smash rip and smash down are good for at least 10-12pts a game. Which is quite a bit inside against the zone using a variation of one play. We weren't great at hitting the three so we didn't run Mix a ton. Occasionally, we enter with a DHO because my PG was my best shooter; so he became the baseline runner(2 guard). Shreds the zone and leaves the bottom-left-defender on an island. If he bites and/or the lower-mid tries to cover, the post is open. I miss coaching.
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Post by tadster00 on Aug 14, 2019 11:19:05 GMT -5
We run all of these all day. We change the entry a little bit to throw off the offense, but smash rip and smash down are good for at least 10-12pts a game. Which is quite a bit inside against the zone using a variation of one play. We weren't great at hitting the three so we didn't run Mix a ton. Occasionally, we enter with a DHO because my PG was my best shooter; so he became the baseline runner(2 guard). Shreds the zone and leaves the bottom-left-defender on an island. If he bites and/or the lower-mid tries to cover, the post is open. I miss coaching. yup. It's a fast overload. And the screen also effects the bottom right and middle defenders. All three have a choice to make But whatever choose the bottom right one will be wrong either way
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 14, 2019 11:39:52 GMT -5
Can't wait to see him light up the Garden. Is it bad I wanna see the Nix implode?
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 12:19:09 GMT -5
I'm just gonna leave this here
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 13:15:37 GMT -5
Bbills
The Bills and Texans are discussing a trade for Jadeveon Clowney.
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 13:31:48 GMT -5
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 14:20:37 GMT -5
Rozier remained inclined to accept Phoenix’s bid. That was when, Rozier said, Michael Jordan, the Hornets’ principal owner, intervened. “Mike was overseas, and I can just picture him probably having a cigar in his mouth and the words he told Mitch [Kupchak], the GM, was like: ‘Get him over here. Do what you need to do to get him over here.'”
Rozier was sold. “I’d be a fool if I was to go anywhere else or turn down that,” he said. “I look at it as just a team, organization believing in me. Knowing that I want to prove myself in this league and giving me that chance is bigger than anything and [their willingness] to pay me a right amount of money, it was just big and the guy that was behind all that was Michael Jordan. It’s still surreal to me.”
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 14, 2019 14:50:24 GMT -5
Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis reportedly sought the advice of former President Barack Obama when he was conducting his lengthy restructuring of the franchise's basketball operations department.
Candace Buckner of the Washington Post reported the details of the Wizards' process, which included Leonsis speaking to 78 people to gain insight. Obama preached the idea of the "beauty of the game, teamwork, sacrifice" while imploring Leonsis to invest in scouting in Africa.
You KNOW that is gonna piss off Rump lol!!! Something else for him to try and erase.
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 15:06:55 GMT -5
Washington Wizards owner Ted Leonsis reportedly sought the advice of former President Barack Obama when he was conducting his lengthy restructuring of the franchise's basketball operations department. Candace Buckner of the Washington Post reported the details of the Wizards' process, which included Leonsis speaking to 78 people to gain insight. Obama preached the idea of the "beauty of the game, teamwork, sacrifice" while imploring Leonsis to invest in scouting in Africa. You KNOW that is gonna piss off Rump lol!!! Something else for him to try and erase. He'll be sure to let everyone know that Daniel Snyder contacted him first about the Case Keenum trade
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 14, 2019 15:08:58 GMT -5
Ten-time All-Star and free agent forward Carmelo Anthony has been participating in informal team workouts and scrimmages with Brooklyn Nets players in Los Angeles recently, per SNY sources.
Anthony, who played 10 games with the Houston Rockets last season before being released, said last week in an interview on First Take that he and his representatives have been in touch with several teams, including the Lakers and Clippers, about potentially signing a contract for the coming season.
It is unknown if the Nets are one of the teams that Anthony and his representatives have talked to about a potential signing. The club's interest level in signing Anthony to a contract is also unknown.
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 14, 2019 15:46:27 GMT -5
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Post by Pain662 on Aug 14, 2019 16:22:24 GMT -5
😱
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Post by admiralfish on Aug 14, 2019 20:56:15 GMT -5
Awesome sauce just dripping!!!
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Post by bbills on Aug 15, 2019 11:31:30 GMT -5
Cousins hurts his knee in training. Heading to LA for testing.
Sorry laker fans
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Post by mrShowtime on Aug 15, 2019 11:52:52 GMT -5
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