So Brad Stevens is bringing Drew Cannon, his 23 YEAR OLD stats guru, to the Celtics staff. Fucking awesome, these 2 are exactly what the team needs, guys who analyze everything going on in the game and work to apply it for each matchup. I have never been so excited for a coach hiring in my life, this could be the start of something huge for the Celtics franchise.
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2013 NBA Offseason |OT| Already Planning for the 2014 Offseason
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Future PhaZe
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Oladipo looks great but the shitiness of these summer league guards can't be understated.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Think the kid has a good handle
That was my first reply. He still thinks KO is fools gold because of how crappy summer league is.
obijkenobi
Member
As a member of Spurs-age, I feel obligated to laugh at Dirk's tweet. That said, that dude don't deserve it. So, I will laugh, but my laughter is fully reserved for Cuban.
RedAssedApe
Banned
haha. can't wait to see my first d12 dream shake
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Think he has played against some true NBA big men so far
Dominican Power
Member
Dwight post ups often not end up in strips.
i'd like to agree, but it's too early to say.
olynyk looked great during the college season, but he was playing against pretty bad competition then as well. we'll see what he does against long athletic PFs who can bully him off the block.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Dwight never got it. He wanted the post all season despite having zero post moves, footwork or anything resembling a post game. He refused to do what he's actually good at and what was supposed to be a devastating combo failed miserably. Also sounds like he wanted to work the post despite having no experience since he was being compared to all the Lakers great Cs that knew how to work the post. Otherwise I can't think of any reason why he refused to do the PnR with the maestro himself Nash. But hey in Houston McHale can magically make him learn how to work the post....lol.
Red Blaster
Member
oladipo with 22 points on 4 made buckets
30+ free throw attempts in 3 summer league games
olawhistle
30+ free throw attempts in 3 summer league games
olawhistle
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
True
More worried about his rebound and D
But any Zag not named John Stockton is ok in my book
He probably told them to draft Olynyk for his highest efficiency rating in college lol
Future PhaZe
Member
Did you see the comp that Bennett was playing?
The stupidity of GM's in this league couldn't be more ridiculous
Looks like they are going to preordain rookie of the year this season...
MorisUkunRasik
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Future PhaZe
Member
If this is true then I don't think it's dishonest to say that Dwight sabotaged the team to a certain extent.
I said before that the most surprising thing that was wrong with that Lakers team was how badly the Nash/Dwight PNR was and how quickly they had to abandon it as a result. The fact that they couldn't run that pretty much killed the core everything that was supposed to work for them and was the foundation of the D'Antoni hire.
Defense was their problem but the lack of consistency with the offense was what crushed the teams morale from the get go.
And I didn't think Howards inability to set screens or roll properly were health related so I kind of agree with Steve.
Arent many of those, other than maybe Bosh and Pau? All of the "long PFs" now play alot of minutes at center (bosh, lma, pau, etc). Matching him on current Pfs shouldn't be that bad.
Id be more worried about other centers.
His D shouldn't be a huge deal, he has quick reactions so his post D won't be bad.
Probably, hey that's a better reason to draft someone than whatever made Danny draft Giddens, Pruitt, Jujuan, and Melo...
Yea but he can jump out of the gym.
Yeah it was one of the reasons we were all so excited to see him and Nash team up. You got the master of the PnR himself and the best roller in the league. It really made no sense that Dwight suddenly wanted to do the complete opposite of what he was good at. So instead we got a guy clogging up the post and in turn Gasol's territory but without any of the skill or experience. Yeah we had a lack of shooters but the offense should have worked with Dwight getting most of his points off rolling while letting Pau work the post and if all that failed we had Nash and Kobe out on the perimeter.
The Frankman
Banned
But does he have get-away-from-the-cops speed?
Dominican Power
Member
Cavs want to pay Bynum $24MM yet they could taken Drummond instead of that chucking midget Waiters.
Psychological Intellect
Banned
dwight is tired of shaq shitting on him all the time for not being a back to the basket center.
or he really think he can be a post master.
yup i can't see any reason to keep someone like bass or humphries on the team, there's gotta be some teams out there who would take either for a 2nd.
I believe those stats are grossly exagerated due to the sample size and orlando never relied on the pnr.
ThisWreckage
Banned
Holy shit LOL
Does Dirk even feel anymore?
They really should trade Marion and take a gamble on Gerald Henderson. A player can only be so loyal before he completely gives up on management and demands a trade. That team needs to get younger. I like the fact that they picked up that Israeli PG that everyone was so high on. I think Calderon is a mediocre signing, neither good nor bad. They wanted a floor general since Kidd left and that is what Calderon is. I'm thinking Marion has to go. I believe he's an expiring contract and that has to be worth something. I also like the fact that they drafted Ledo. So it's not all bad, but nothing is great. I'm thinking they're going to swing some major trade using some of their young assets and Marion's expiring contract. I would have been completely fine with Calderon/Iggy/Henderson/Dirk and maybe someone like Gortat.
MorisUkunRasik
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Pretty sure an LA rep said Dwight was still statistically the best roller in the league during his 1 year in LA.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
Bet he PnRs in Houston
MorisUkunRasik
Member
He's going to destroy Hou's transition D and offense otherwise with his weak post moves and TOs.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I guarantee you he does. I think it's becoming increasingly obvious that once he started hating playing with Kobe he was going to do whatever he wanted to. He sabotaged the team. No one will bark at him in Houston so he will be more inclined to play to his strengths. Dwight Howard doesn't like any sort of pressure or responsibility whatsoever but he wants the fame that comes along with those things.
Matrix
LeBron loves his girlfriend. There is no other woman in the world hed rather have. The problem is, Dwyanes not a woman.
Your boy GP loves Stock doe
It sure didn't look like it. His so turnover prone on the roll(not mentioning his inability to catch a bounce pass)and can't do a two count outside the paint if his life depended on it
Red Blaster
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orlando got to the finals in part because dwight had a 6'10' guy passing him the ball in the pnr
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
People don't seem to know that Nash is a douchebag as well
He just wasn't happy
He didnt want to go to LA
Was it really the pick in roll or just horns with someone screening for him as he get's into the paint?
Liquidsnake
Banned
My friend, I will take MOS with me to my grave as the best Super hero move ever!!!!!!!!!!!
Next to TDKR.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
GP respects Stockton as do I
Doubt love is something they share
Holy shit LOL
Does Dirk even feel anymore?
lol damn.
ThisWreckage
Banned
And Orlando had a ton of shooters. The Lakers were a pretty awful three point team. And Gasol and Howard were in one another's way. I still don't know why the Lakers front office thought they could replicate Howard's Orlando years when nothing made sense from the get go.
MorisUkunRasik
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He was getting stripped mostly on back to the basket moves, he treated his time in LA like a training session. For Houston's sake he'll probably abandon all that bullshit and run a two man game with Harden. Not sure why'd you'd go over a screen on that tho, James draws fouls well and shoots well around the basket while kinda sucking mid to long range and Dwight has no range game at all.
he also set some of the weakest screens I've ever seen.
ThisWreckage
Banned
I will believe Steve Nash over Dwight Howard any day of the week. Especially since Nash played on awful Phoenix teams for years, played out his contract, and then moved on. Dwight Howard is a coach killer and a terrible teammate. I don't think you'd hear anyone say that Nash is a terrible teammate. But then again, Kobe is an awful teammate too. Nash is not a magician.
MegaKungFuRadio
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It'll be like his first time playing against Tim Duncan, tried to hit a banker and missed by two feet.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Houston has no idea what they are in for.
Lol.
Lol.
He is going to play better in houston and we will see a lot of
and :l from lakers age. He hated kobe and that effected his play. And that back thing.MegaKungFuRadio
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It will be interesting to watch either way. I look forward to it.
Randolph Freelander
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T might be taking his Psycho to Sugar Beach