Utah coach didn't make any adjustments on what the clippers was doing and the clippers coaching staff made the correct adjustment at the half. Maybe Billups don't look so bad after all.
I'm with you, hopefully the stuff from 97' isn't bad and we get Billups in a good way. That being said, the only 7 footers needed in the game (and hieght and length still matter) are the mobile ones. Evan Mobley is seven feet tall and he'll likely be the second player taken in the draft but he's also as mobile as AD and the Greek Freak. So I just think if there are teams that want to give us some value for Nurk, make that trade and hopefully we can get a guy like Noel in here who is quick and fast and can switch on the perimeter.
Great post. Gobert is good but still way overrated. So easy for centers to disappear in games these days.
can't help myself 10 Zach Collins 13 Donovan Mitchell 14 Bam Adebayo Bam may be the near-perfect modern NBA C. He just doesn't shoot the three. He does everything else well though
Tonight showed you one thing, If a player is over 6'10" that's only advantageous to you when there isn't a marked difference between them and the other players on the floor when watching the game from directly above the action. Being a seven footer can no longer be an excuse for not being able to use.
I think that's what teams really need rather than a traditional C. I mean, there are SG's playing SF; and SF's playing PF. Might as well have a PF playing C. need C's like Christian Wood, Chris Boucher, Jarret Allen....although Ayton looks pretty good
I think you can play Kuzma at the 5 in today's NBA. He's 6'10" with a 7 foot wingspan. Just start conditioning him to play a bit more underneath but mostly just space the floor against the teams behind the learning curve.
That's because Ayton is fucking quick. As much as I'm operating in hyperbole tonight, there is a way to make a guy like Rudy work for you but you have to be willing to slow down and force feed your big in the low post. Make the other team pay if they're going to make you pay. If you're running guys at them on the perimeter and they're playing a guy that's like 6'8" as their biggest on the floor then your big should make 100% of his shots and their semi-open three point shooter should shoot no more than 60%.
Yes I here but you still need that conventional center like Nurk for certain teams. But will not be surprised that he doesn't get traded just my thought.
Yeah, the Clippers have one in Zubac but they pay him half what we pay Nurk and he's not as monstrous.
Centers are useless because the rules allow guys to beat the shit out of players in the post. But you can’t touch perimeter players.
What shocks me is Bam is exactly what Olshey wants Collins to be. But yet somehow rated Collins who went to freaking Gonzaga that plays in a small conference who didn’t even start over Bam! That draft right there was really the one we needed to hit on because we turned two picks to a top 10 pick. Bam would have been exactly what Dame needed to really help his timeline. Terrible organization we have
The NBA ruined a beautiful game. They have killed the true center. Gone are the skilled low post bigs like Kareem and Ewing and Hakeem. Totally wiped out by the rule changes and by Sabre metrics.
If they're nimble enough to get out to the three point shooter on defense then they should be able to really punish small ball teams at a high rate around the hoop on offense, if teams will feed them... but that's a lot of ifs.
Yes we would have draft Bam to play behind Harkless and Aminu and Nurk his 1st two years. Due to Zach was drafted to fit Stotts offense for he can stretch the floor. How many 3 have Bam made for Miami.
Number one he was a rookie and Stotts was the head coach. Number 2 he couldn't spread the floor due by just by his stats the 3 point shot wasn't his strength on the offense end. Now of course he might a shot when went down but when don't know that. Now between him and Zach I give Bam little bit advantage especially on the boards. Both of defense rating are pretty good there 2 first year there fg percentage about even. 3 point I give it to Zach.
If Gobert was the kind of center who could score 90% of the time against smaller opponents; the opposing team would have to play a big against him. Unfortunately, Nurk also has trouble scoring against smaller opponents.
