A Canzano piece I actually agree with

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  1. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    MickZagger, Jul 20, 2013
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  2. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    I liked this post in the comments section:

     
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    Canzano lifted the premise of this article from reading this board. He was posting here last week.
     
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  4. MickZagger

    MickZagger Well-Known Member

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    Did he go by PDXkass?
     
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  5. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Ya I completely disagree. I see him becoming Byron Mullens at best and not just cuz he's white
     
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    Can't wait for the MM response.

    Well....actually, I can.
     
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    You could write it for him. Put "Lennay" in it somewhere, too.
     
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    Byron Mullens has a career FG% of 40%, a career PER of 12 and a career USG of 22.

    Mullens has a career WS/48 of .001. Leonard as a rookie was at .97. Leonard had 2.4 WS as a rookie. Mullens has .01 COMBINED after 4 years in the league.

    Leonard as a rookie had better number across the board, and is already a much better player than Mullens.

    What an odd comparison. Can you elaborate on it, because it seems like a random reach to me.
     
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    Was Mullens close to as elite of an athlete as ML is supposed to be?

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    Canzano taking this position just re-affirms my opinion of Leonard.

    Also, this:

    :crazy:
     
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    The Mullens comparison is just bizarre. Leonard is already a much better player than Mullens, yet Mullens has already managed a 4-year career in the NBA.
     
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    Probably that snarl after he throws it down. I can't imagine what else it means. I have plenty of hope for Meyers; it's his second year and he's got work to do, and I think he can do it. He surely wants to, and that's where it starts.
     
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    [video=youtube;LXuDra2tG7w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuDra2tG7w[/video]

    He's a C who doesn't know how to use his size on either end of the floor and prefers to shoot 3s. Awful awful player
     
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    Yes, a much worse player than Leonard. The stats are obvious in that. You only made the comparison because Mullens is white.
     
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    Spot on.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Maybe Canzano will be right -- I'd love to see ML develop into a top flight NBA pivot -- but the history of guys like Meyers (raw, semi-clueless, hyper athletic) makes it seem like long odds.
     
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    One thing Meyers can do is make shots, though. He shot 52% in summer league, and 55% from the field last year. Those numbers far surpass anything BJ Mullens has done in 4 years of a terrible career. Plus, Meyers shoots 81% from the FT line. Most teams would love to have a 7'1" player with that offensive skillset and athleticism. I'm guessing Olshey feels the same way, and isn't willing to give up on a project who has shown NBA skills at this point.
     
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    Especially big men that don't play a lick of defense.
     
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    Nope. Not if that's all he has. And Leonard doesn't even have that. Just because he makes an occasional shot does not mean he has any offensive polish beyond a middle schooler. For example, he cannot catch the ball under the basket without bobbling it and losing it. No offensive skills whatsoever. Just an outside shooter.
     
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  20. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Well, that's a rather self-contradictory. Last I checked, shooting is considered an offensive skill.

    BNM
     
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