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Hotshot wrote: View Post
Don't try to convince me, convince Nurse. As soon as he loses trust in you, he is going to give the minutes to someone else.
Koloko will foul a whole lot & other than some pick & pop action + scoring in transition, he will be quite limited. By all means throw him out there on occasions (would really like to see if he can bother Embiid).
Remember even Thad said that the schemes the Raptors run are one of the most complicated in the whole league cause you need to know how to do everything.
I think there is a difference between putting lofty lofty expectations and just correcting the expectation. If you are JUST expecting him to be a dunker only and thats it that is all... then that is not a great comparison and frankly setting expectations a bit too low. I am not expecting him to be ibaka day one which is why i said robert williams with a better jumper from day one.
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Hotshot wrote: View Post
Don't try to convince me, convince Nurse. As soon as he loses trust in you, he is going to give the minutes to someone else.
Koloko will foul a whole lot & other than some pick & pop action + scoring in transition, he will be quite limited. By all means throw him out there on occasions (would really like to see if he can bother Embiid).
Remember even Thad said that the schemes the Raptors run are one of the most complicated in the whole league cause you need to know how to do everything.
He has a short leash with old journeyman like Birch but purposefully gives minutes to rookies to develop them.
I think Koloko gets 15ish mpg.
We also know Nurse doesn't care about regular season wins he is prepping for the playoffs, so another reason to let Koloko play through mistakes.
Birch is also straight up not very good so not like Nurse is gonna be sweating over taking his minutes.
I do think Koloko will get a heavy dose of 905 but I also think he'll get lots of big team minutes because Nurse will want to fast track his development and he's already raving about his defense and will want to utlize that.
Nurse doesn't have a single season myopic view he's going to look at the long game and give minutes to Koloko to speed up his development.
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Primer wrote: View Post
Nurse just played Scottie more minutes than everyone else on the team and let him play through rookie mistakes.
He has a short leash with old journeyman like Birch but purposefully gives minutes to rookies to develop them.
I think Koloko gets 15ish mpg.
We also know Nurse doesn't care about regular season wins he is prepping for the playoffs, so another reason to let Koloko play through mistakes.
Birch is also straight up not very good so not like Nurse is gonna be sweating over taking his minutes.
I do think Koloko will get a heavy dose of 905 but I also think he'll get lots of big team minutes because Nurse will want to fast track his development and he's already raving about his defense and will want to utlize that.
Nurse doesn't have a single season myopic view he's going to look at the long game and give minutes to Koloko to speed up his development.
Exhibit A: running Fred into the ground to get regular season wins, which came back to bite us in the playoffs.
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Dr Hannibal Lecter wrote: View PostU guys realize his a second rd pick, just relax. It will take time. Look at Siakim, where he was and look at his career now.
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golden wrote: View Post
Nurse wants to win every single game… what have you been watching? He said as much in the end of season presser.
Exhibit A: running Fred into the ground to get regular season wins, which came back to bite us in the playoffs.
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TrueTorontoFan wrote: View Post
relax in what way though. I am just saying its ok to have mild expectations from Koloko. No one is talking about him as if he is the second coming.
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grindhouse wrote: View Post
watched the first game and he was blocking everything till they pulled his man out to the 3 point line. in the regular season they will scheme for that and he will stay in the key. his closing range is insane one block he took a step from the free throw line and pinned the ball. that’s impressive. i don’t know if he can score but the rim protection makes him a starter day 1. we have other guys who can score
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grindhouse wrote: View Post
watched the first game and he was blocking everything till they pulled his man out to the 3 point line. in the regular season they will scheme for that and he will stay in the key. his closing range is insane one block he took a step from the free throw line and pinned the ball. that’s impressive. i don’t know if he can score but the rim protection makes him a starter day 1. we have other guys who can score
He has some offensive development to get there but hte fact that his free throws are there TODAY is huge... and the fact that he looks like he has softer hands is a good sign.
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TrueTorontoFan wrote: View PostThat is the thing... he will have blocking.. but it isn't like he agile and fast. The hip movements were great the ground covered was impressive... the positioning and understanding was there. These are all transferable skills. He didn't look freaked out when he had to hold onto the ball for more than a second or two and made good plays out of that.
He has some offensive development to get there but hte fact that his free throws are there TODAY is huge... and the fact that he looks like he has softer hands is a good sign.
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So how about that Hawkeye or I mean Hawkins kid? Finally watched the game, and man was it a dog.. but there was some good flashes from Banton and Koloko. But some ugliness from both too. We started off really well, and then just stopped playing defense.
Banton just isn't a good defender. He's got the length but doesn't have much awareness. Guys sort of blow by him. And he doesn't always feel engaged. Koloko is super raw offensively, at least up close. Nobody can pass to the guy, and when they do its really an unclean look for him. But he's got potential for sure.
That final quarter was great. Bulls already packed it in so it didn't mean much, but Hawkins was on fire. Hit like 2 logo shots. He's got a sweet stroke. Could we have found a cheap Duncan Robinson? I don't think he makes the roster or anything, but this guy may have something. He played pretty decent defense too.
Really unimpressed with DJ Wilson. He's trying to hard or something. He looked so much better last year. David Johnson wasn't really that special.. I wouldn't give him another 2-way deal. Dowtin was impressive again. Only starter that was a positive. Brooks was a lot more quiet this time around. Only took 6 shots.
Playing Utah tonight. Might just tape it and watch it later. Summer league is so much better with the fast forward option
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