It's cool that a big is trying to expand their game but I don't want to see Monroe jacking up three unless there's less than 2 seconds on the shot clock and every other Raptor player has tripped over their shoe laces and is lying on the floor..... and looking away
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G__Deane wrote: View PostIt's cool that a big is trying to expand their game but I don't want to see Monroe jacking up three unless there's less than 2 seconds on the shot clock and every other Raptor player has tripped over their shoe laces and is lying on the floor..... and looking away
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DanH wrote: View PostI say he should launch away, for the first half of the season, anyway. Every reason to believe he could be a decent shooter. I agree he shouldn't be launching early in the clock, but I wouldn't restrict him to end of clock situations. Just run some action first.I relish negativity and disappointment. It is not healthy. Somebody buy me a pony.
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G__Deane wrote: View PostIt's cool that a big is trying to expand their game but I don't want to see Monroe jacking up three unless there's less than 2 seconds on the shot clock and every other Raptor player has tripped over their shoe laces and is lying on the floor..... and looking away
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DanH wrote: View PostI say he should launch away, for the first half of the season, anyway. Every reason to believe he could be a decent shooter. I agree he shouldn't be launching early in the clock, but I wouldn't restrict him to end of clock situations. Just run some action first.
Monroe has never made a three-pointer over his eight-year professional career, and has only attempted 12 shots from long range over that time lol !!!
A three point attempt from him should only be a novelty attemped in blowouts or time violations or a completely broken play imo
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G__Deane wrote: View PostWell, I just have to disagree then. I'm interested in how you come to the conclusion that there "every reason to believe he could be a decent (3 pt) shooter"?
Monroe has never made a three-pointer over his eight-year professional career, and has only attempted 12 shots from long range over that time lol !!!
A three point attempt from him should only be a novelty attemped in blowouts or time violations or a completely broken play imo
Now Monroe will not be getting the minutes that Lopez did, but to think that he has no chance of being a 3 point threat is not true. Am I convinced he will be reliable, no, will I be shocked if he hits over 30%, no.Twitter @WJ_FINDLAY
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G__Deane wrote: View PostWell, I just have to disagree then. I'm interested in how you come to the conclusion that there "every reason to believe he could be a decent (3 pt) shooter"?
Monroe has never made a three-pointer over his eight-year professional career, and has only attempted 12 shots from long range over that time lol !!!
A three point attempt from him should only be a novelty attemped in blowouts or time violations or a completely broken play imo
I'm interested in how you come to the conclusion that he could be a decent (3 pt) shooter?
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Fair enough. I don't want to see JV jack up 3's either. It's a novelty, it's fun when they drop but that's it. He's the 5th option on the floor for 3's and I sure don't want to see him hanging around out there waiitng for them .... rather him bangin' than hangin'
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G__Deane wrote: View PostFair enough. I don't want to see JV jack up 3's either. It's a novelty, it's fun when they drop but that's it. He's the 5th option on the floor for 3's and I sure don't want to see him hanging around out there waiitng for them .... rather him bangin' than hangin'
Nobody wants them both standing at the line doing nothing else. But 5th option for threes means he's the 5th most heavily covered for threes. Make that guy into a threat from distance and the defence can never relax.
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Monroe doesn't necessarily need to hang out at the 3pt line to space the floor. Someone will need to suck the defence in so he's likely going to play out of the post anyway. His assist numbers reflect he's the best passer amongst our bigs and this will be the best team he's played for. I expect him to have a career season racking up assists.
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Tmac2darak wrote: View PostCome on guys how many mins is Monroe even going to get.
I like that he's extending his range. Not that I would want him at PF (we've got several better options there), but if he can match Serge's shooting %, now all of a sudden we've got a big that's a better passer, better rebounder, and at least as good a shooter as Serge. (albeit probably worse defensively)
At minimum this is some nice internal competition for Ibaka, and extra motivation for him to bounce-back. The team is kinda stacked now, so a nice side effect of that is that everyone whose initials are not KL need to watch their backs if they don't wanna see their minutes dwindle.Last edited by inthepaint; Mon Aug 27, 2018, 09:25 PM.
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DanH wrote: View PostVersatility is good. More weapons is good. Have to take threes on a decent volume to have a spacing effect, which is the end goal for the offence.
Nobody wants them both standing at the line doing nothing else. But 5th option for threes means he's the 5th most heavily covered for threes. Make that guy into a threat from distance and the defence can never relax.
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LJ2 wrote: View PostWell, if the recent past veteran signings are any indication ...Salmons, Scola, Sullinger, ....then Monroe will get some decent minutes.
JV gets his 26 to 28
Ibalka and Pascal get 8 to 12 mins a game.
Nurse isn’t as all in on veterans and minutes for vets as Dwane was. Not a condemnation of DC..just an approach change. Thinking that with this lineup outside of Serge and JV ...it can be a track meet.There's no such thing as a 2nd round bust.
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