<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MacLean's goal is to get Morrison in top shape, while also working on his quickness at the defensive end. But more than anything, he wants him to react against the better competition and learn the nuances of playing defense in the NBA."No one is going to expect Adam to be a lock-down defender," MacLean said. "At the end of the day, he's going to get 25 a night. He's one of the guys who makes more shots in competition in 2-on-2 and full court than he does [in] shooting drills by himself."MacLean has Morrison running off screens and he has relatively no problem getting his shot off against George. Conversely, Morrison isn't locking down George, either, but he is going toe-to-toe with a three-time NBA champion who has to guard Kobe Bryant in practice on a regular basis. Morrison does get his shot blocked once, but on more than a few occasions he gets George up and out of the play with a pump fake and then strokes a mid-range floater."Adam will be a very, very good scorer, but he won't be a pure isolation guy like [Tracy] McGrady or Bryant," said MacLean, who played for UCLA from 1988-92, was a second-team all-American in '92, and then played in the NBA from 1992-2001 for seven different teams."They'll run a lot of stuff for him but they won't clear a side for him and say, 'Get a score for us,' " MacLean, who ended his career as a Bartlestein client, said. "They'll run him off screens and he'll find ways to get his shots. The one-legged runner is usually a terrible shot for most people, but for him it's a good shot."</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2006/co...andy&id=2467539
I didn't think getting his shot off would ever be a problem. He's a good ballhandler and he has size.
I hope he does good in the NBA. I really like this kid, he has got to be my favorite player in the draft.
personally for me as a celtics fan and for him id rather he didnt work out well so that he could fall to us and not end up in a franchise like portland, id feel bad for him if he went there. im not saying just boston either, but i hope he goes to an attractive town to play in
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KhAoS-CelticsFahLyfe @ Jun 8 2006, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>personally for me as a celtics fan and for him id rather he didnt work out well so that he could fall to us and not end up in a franchise like portland, id feel bad for him if he went there. im not saying just boston either, but i hope he goes to an attractive town to play in</div>That would be retarded if he didnt work out, now wouldnt it? :no3:
he doesn't mean not to work out. But not to work out well. So the higher teams wouldn't take interest in him. And his stock would fall. But hey thats less money for him then.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nemesis @ Jun 8 2006, 06:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>he doesn't mean not to work out. But not to work out well. So the higher teams wouldn't take interest in him. And his stock would fall. But hey thats less money for him then.</div>not true, if u play in NY, LA, CHI, or BOS, even MIA then the marketing value is much higher for companies like Nike etc... Imagine if LeBron was a Knick, he'd have a giant Nike sign over timesquare AND be the hometown player.
