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yabadabayolo wrote: View PostHe doesn't deserve the court time rn, but he really needs it.
If I were him, I'd ask Masai to go down to the d league and light it up
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rightsideup wrote: View PostWhen you look at what Cory did with spurs(request some d league time)it certainly did not hurt his development and he also spent time with big team observing his teamates and learning professionalism while on the bench
Near the end of a long day, Cory Joseph pulled out his phone. He punched in a number that belonged to Gregg Popovich and waited.
Joseph had practiced hard but felt sluggish. He’d stayed after for extra shooting but felt odd. A day earlier, he’d been recalled from the Spurs’ D-League affiliate in Austin but couldn’t muster much excitement.
The Spurs had a game the next day in Dallas, and Joseph knew what he had to do. When Pop answered the call, Joseph made a surprising request.
Can I go back to the D-League?
There was, Joseph recalls, two or three seconds of silence. It isn’t often a first-round NBA pick asks to be reassigned to the D-League. It may be unprecedented for a first-rounder to make the request after four previous D-League stops in the same season.
But there was Joseph, on the phone with Pop, explaining why the move would be in everyone’s best interest. “Let’s do it,” Pop said.
Joseph packed, and practiced the next morning with the Toros. “I could be sitting on the bench in San Antonio,” Joseph explains, “or I could be getting better.”
That was the big picture perspective of a 21-year-old point guard. Pop marveled. Kid wants to play at a lower level to improve his game for the next level? “Usually,” Pop says, “you don’t get that kind of a request.”
The Spurs recalled Joseph a month later, and look at him now. In his first five starts he has averaged 8.8 points and 2.6 assists in 22.8 minutes. No one saw that coming. Of course, no one saw Tony Parker going down with a sprained ankle. But when he did, Joseph did not disappoint.
“He’s improved significantly,” Pop says.
That wasn’t going to happen in San Antonio. No matter how hard he worked in practice. No matter how long he stayed after to work on his shot. No matter how well he listened to coaches. No matter how much film he studied.
“I needed to play,” Joseph says.
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Joey wrote: View PostHad to go look for it, but this reminded me of this great article:
Really speaks to the maturity that CoJo possesses, and I agree this is exactly what AB needs.Heir, Prince of Cambridge
If you see KeonClark in the wasteland, please share your food and water with him.
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With Bebe up, we can send AB down for the time being, can we not?Axel wrote:Now Cody can stop posting about this guy and we have a poster to blame if anything goes wrong!!KeonClark wrote:We won't hear back from him. He dissapears into thin air and reappears when you least expect it. Ten is an enigma. Ten is a legend. Ten for the motherfucking win.KeonClark wrote:I can't wait until the playoffs start.
Until then, opinions are like assholes. Everyone has one and they most often stink
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Joey wrote: View PostI don't think the players really have a say in the matter. If MU decides AB belongs in the D-League, then he's gotta go. I'm pretty sure anyway.
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slamdunk23 wrote: View PostI think players don't have a choice if they haven't been in the nba for at least 3 years. If they have more than 3 years experience they can deny the assignment.
Though, that still doesn't include AB.
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Joey wrote: View PostI don't think the players really have a say in the matter. If MU decides AB belongs in the D-League, then he's gotta go. I'm pretty sure anyway.
Bennet should spend half of his time in the D league, so like Bruno he can launch ten 3 pointer's per game and not worry if he is shooting 20%.
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OldSkoolCool wrote: View PostWatching Bennett play tonight I got to ask, why are we using him as a three point shooter?
Honestly he needs to establish his career by attacking the rim off the roll and using his speed and finishing ability at the rim. Don't know why coaches see him as a spot up shooter....
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