Whose doorstep will Neil be on Saturday night

I'm going to just throw this out there....one of the best bench fits for us who is a two way player is Gerald Henderson...he's a vocal defender...slasher...has a motor

 

I know these are only highlights in a Euro league, but I do like seeing him pass and finish on a fast break.

 

Also coming off of serious back surgery

 

no...he had hip surgery over a year ago...at least that's what I read...he didn't play last season at all if I remember correctly. He's also a gym rat...and only 30

 

https://hoopshype.com/2018/04/12/gerald-henderson-free-agency-hip-injury-update-interview/

 

and

 

GH: I’m over seven months post operation and I feel great. I’m cleared to do all basketball activities. My hip is strong and I’ve got my bounce back. I’m slowly getting myself into shape. I’ve just been training and though I wanted to play this year, this has been a great time to get my body back in order. When you get a hip injury, it’s not just the hip that gets out of sorts. It’s all a chain, man. Something gets out of wack and you’re going to overuse other parts of your body. I was able to get back to work in the right way. It’s been a long recovery but I feel fresh and ready to ball. I’ve really tightened up my diet and I haven’t had to lose any weight because I kept that down eating more vegetables. I throw tons of veggies into my diet every day. That’s been a huge thing for me. I’ve had a really great support base helping me, I’ve been in Charlotte working at Architect Sports and they pushed me every day. The Duke training staff helped me this year and I’ve been keeping in touch with the Sixers about my recovery and they’ve been very helpful, too. My family has been a great resource top to bottom, too.

 

My concern with GH was his strength was his athleticism, his ability and desire to attack the rim. Does he become only a jump shooter? He shot 35% from deep the last two seasons. But he would come cheap.....

 

Gerald has never been a 3pt shooter...he's a slasher who can play above the rim and post guys up...he's very athletic and apparently now...repaired to stay that way...he's also got a reputation as a great mentor to the younger guys...Trent and Simons would benefit from his experience..he has leadership....guy actually got in Meyers grill in a game when Meyers was out of position....nobody else has really ever done that. He'll be on the floor with 3 pt shooters but I'd rather Gerald was guarding Paul George than Trent Jr at this point ….and the kicker....he's cheap and hungry to get back in the game and knows the playbook...I take him over Ariza or Gay

 

As does anyone who played anything above 6th grade basketball. They teach 'the weave' early on. Run around, set picks, and hand the ball off to Dame or CJ. Practice is over.

 

that was harsh TBpup!

 

I noticed you said "harsh", but not 'incorrect'.

 

I like everything you said, unless he no longer is a slasher. The excerpts below worry me. But for the vet minimum.....I would take him for the reasons you listed.

GH: You never realize how much you rely on both of them. Obviously, you need all parts, but your hips (and I’d include your glutes and all that stuff) are what drives you when you’re running and jumping. You don’t think about it when you’re healthy. But those are the things that move you. So when you have an injury, that’s all you think about. When I wake up in the morning, I’m foam rolling and stretching and doing strengthening stuff. If you have deficiencies in your hips, it may not show in your hips. It might show in your knee or your foot or your back. This ain’t my first hip surgery. I’ve been in tune with that stuff over my entire career. I had my first operation after my second operation.

I know that Isaiah Thomas struggled to finish at the rim. It seemed like that was a huge indicator of where he was at with his recovery. I watched him a lot when he came back and I know he’s in pain because if he wanted to stop and have surgery to be ready for next season. He relies a ton on his athleticism, his change of pace, his acceleration and he’s a little dude but he gets up near the rim. He probably could still do it but when makes you stop is the pain. I’ve been there. At one point in my career, I was relentless at attacking the basket. I always drove the ball pretty well. But it takes a lot to put your head down and blow by guys and continuously drive and get to the rim and receive contact and have to jump. When you are in pain from doing it, you’re going to shy away from it and that’s natural. It didn’t seem like he shied away from it. The pain can make you not focus on making the basket. I can’t say that’s what he experienced but I know from myself, it’s not the same as when you’re healthy.

 

It's gonna be Ed Davis. Just watch

 

Turns out it was Nik Stauskas! Son of a gun!

 

It most definitely was not Ed Davis.

 

I think I predicted Nik Stauskas. You guys look back in the thread for me.

 

You say that like our last few seasons have been the same. Our seeds in post LMA era have been 5, 8, and 3. We won a playoff series in the first year. Last year, we played better from the start instead of falling behind 8-9 games below .500. We also had a 13 game win streak last year, something we didn't even come close to doing in the the two prior seasons. If we went from 8 seed to 3 seed last year, who knows how great we'll be this year!

 

49-33, 3 seed, All NBA First Team PG is not purgatory. We got upset in the playoffs. Happens to every team. But we're hardly in purgatory. Talk to Sacramento and Charlotte about purgatory. Fuck. Talk to Milwaukee.