Notice TRAIL BLAZERS ASSIGN CLIFF ALEXANDER AND LUIS MONTERO TO D-LEAGUE’S SANTA CRUZ WARRIORS

Someone on here threw out a Dante Exum comp for Montero, and I don't think that's too far off. You could assume Monteros age limits his future ceiling but i think he's even more raw than Exum was coming out. I think he'll be a REALLY good player by the time he's 24. I'll take that.

 

Montero certainly has some unique skills. He is older for a first year player out of JC but if he can learn from better coaching and from practicing against better competition, he could be a valuable, versatile player off the bench. Some of what he does you can't teach. Somewhat like 'The People's Champ', he needs to harness the raw/reckless component and polish the unique abilities he does possess.

 

So is Montero like a raw mix of Barton and Batum?

 

I agree. I thought that Riverman got that wrong. But we need him and you in this thread.

I agree and posted that he'll be a starter in 2 years.

 

It's game time! Watch here.

http://dleague.nba.com/games/20160319/OKLSCW/

 

Udofia won't play, so Hobson starts.

 

M gets fancy with the pass in to A and it bounces off legs to the other team. Now M blocks Teague. Now M misses a shot. Now he passes to A and it's A fault this time. Like I have said, M tries to dominate. He can't do this in the big league.

 

Huestis, also an assigned player, 45 pounds heavier than M, posts up M and M fouls him.

 

It says, "Video was interrupted,. The streamer stopped streaming."

Why couldn't this happen when our 2 players aren't in, as they weren't for many minutes last night in the 4th quarter?

 

It's back! It was gone about 3 minutes. I was starting to read the play-by-play.

 

Our 2 guys went out while the video was down. Huestis is a big fat member of the OKC Thunder. He looks like a barrel rolling down a hill. 22-11 with 4 minutes left in the 1st. We are down.

 

Well off to work so I'll miss another stellar D league game...go good guys!

 

Is there another game today? I'm going to have to turn in my homer badge.

 

But you are in charge of Homer badges so?

 

Closer to Barton at this stage. Which is what we wanted Batum to play more like. I want an active experienced player, but when he's still inexperienced, he shouldn't dominate so much.

An OKC guy named Zoobshits is in. I'll spell it Zupsitch. Our guard Vereen fouled him for his 3rd and must go to the bench. A comes in.

 

Commentator (the colorman who always dominates) says that the D-League 2 years ago was all about refs holding reviews to check for flopping fouls. He loved it and talks about Harden. Sounds just like the NBA 2 years ago.

 

The OKC Blue leads 36-19 after 1 quarter. A did nothing while in for that last minute. On offense while his teammate is dribbling anywhere, he always keeps his hands out to receive a pass so he can score, but the ball never comes. He needs to think about other priorities on offense than scoring.

 

What the hell? Still streetwalking at your age?

Post ! We need posters.

 

A reeeejexxxxx it!

Then he camps in the paint, costing us a point in a free throw.

 

Dakari Johnson rejects an A dunk because he's taller. A is an inch short at Center even by D-League standards.