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Axel wrote: View PostThat is a very interesting idea. Not sure if it would work or not, but it's certainly better than most 15th man riding the bench."Bruno?
Heh, if he is in the D-league still in a few years I will be surprised.
He's terrible."
-Superjudge, 7/23
Hope you're wrong.
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My biggest issue with White is that he doesn't seem to like basketball or sports. I could look past anxiety or that he terribly mishandled the Rockets situation, or current limitations as a player. But he hardly played any basketball or practiced during that whole time, according to himself, so what kind of basketball prospect is that?
He has the strength of an NBA PF, he has a good handle for a PF, he can run the floor pretty well. He can bring the ball in transition and pass, but he plays for highlights (tries to make difficult passes) and turns it over a lot. Overall that's not enough to be an NBA player, and he doesn't have anything else. He can't shoot, he's powerfull but smallish inside, so he has no legit ways to score in the NBA.
He's kind of a much less athletic, no defense, no post game, worse shooting Josh Smith.
Well, that's how he looked last year in the DLeague anyway. But since he doesn't play basketball I don't see how he could've improved. He needs to take thousands and thousands of shots and if one day he developed a shot he'd maybe be an NBA player. If he could shoot, he could then bait defenders and use his dribble and muscle his way inside. He'd be a dangerous transition player too. Still would be limited without defense, but a passable player, especially in a run and gun system.
But learning to shoot takes work.Last edited by BobLoblaw; Fri Mar 7, 2014, 03:35 PM.
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To be different:
1. Drummond is a beast: the way he sucks up rebounds is unbelievable.
2. Davis is a clear all-star, and the second best.
Then there are a cluster of good players:
3. Green
4. Lilliard
5. Henson
6. MKG
7. Ross
8. Plumlee
9. Lamb
Some disappointments who might work out:
10. Barnes
11. Beal
12. Sullinger
And some busts:
13. Waiters
14. Wroten
15. Nicholson
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BobLoblaw wrote: View PostMy biggest issue with White is that he doesn't seem to like basketball or sports. I could look past anxiety or that he terribly mishandled the Rockets situation, or current limitations as a player. But he hardly played any basketball or practiced during that whole time, according to himself, so what kind of basketball prospect is that?
He has the strength of an NBA PF, he has a good handle for a PF, he can run the floor pretty well. He can bring the ball in transition and pass, but he plays for highlights (tries to make difficult passes) and turns it over a lot. Overall that's not enough to be an NBA player, and he doesn't have anything else. He can't shoot, he's powerfull but smallish inside, so he has no legit ways to score in the NBA.
He's kind of a much less athletic, no defense, no post game, worse shooting Josh Smith.
Well, that's how he looked last year in the DLeague anyway. But since he doesn't play basketball I don't see how he could've improved. He needs to take thousands and thousands of shots and if one day he developed a shot he'd maybe be an NBA player. If he could shoot, he could then bait defenders and use his dribble and muscle his way inside. He'd be a dangerous transition player too. Still would be limited without defense, but a passable player, especially in a run and gun system.
But learning to shoot takes work.
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Kuh wrote: View PostTo be different:
1. Drummond is a beast: the way he sucks up rebounds is unbelievable.
2. Davis is a clear all-star, and the second best.
Then there are a cluster of good players:
3. Green
4. Lilliard
Drummond's rebunding is beastly indeed. The list of player seasons with 17%+ offensive rebounding, 27%+ offensive rebounding:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...rder_by=season
They didn't record those stats in the 60s, so I imagine maybe Wilt and Russell would belong there too. Either way, Drummond's rebounding is historically special.
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BobLoblaw wrote: View PostGreen at no.3, Operation "To be different" is a big success.
Drummond's rebunding is beastly indeed. The list of player seasons with 17%+ offensive rebounding, 27%+ offensive rebounding:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...rder_by=season
They didn't record those stats in the 60s, so I imagine maybe Wilt and Russell would belong there too. Either way, Drummond's rebounding is historically special.
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Puffer wrote: View PostI wouldn't have guessed he ws so far behind Rodman. Shows what a beast Rodman was.
Still, Rodman is the master. But Drummond is a beast as well. Drummond will never put up the same defensive rebound numbers as Rodman I imagine, since Rodman could move like a guard and collect all the loose balls further away. But Drummond might go down as the best offensive rebounder ever next to Moses Malone, if he keeps this up. He dominates the offensive glass and he's still only 20.
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Royce White is likely to play in his first NBA regular season game soon:
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10...cramento-kings
Looking at the stats, White has not been overwhelming in his recent D League games.
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