Man, I cant wait for summer league. I think we're really gunna like this guy. Sounds like ZBO with a good attitude which could be huge shoring up our starting frontcourt lineup of Collins and Nurk. Last year we didnt have a single competent frontcourt player by the end of the season cause of injury and frankly weakness at the positions. Now we could have three or four if Ed gets back to 2016 form after his injury. More than that I like the direction we've gone in, while everyone is looking to speed the game up we're gunna look to slow the game down. With the addition of capable back to the basket types like Biggie and Nurkic guys who you can throw the ball to and let them bully their way to the basket makes it much harder to cheat out on Dame and CJ and takes the pressure off of them to create every single possession. Our halfcourt offense wasnt great last year and it comes down to the basic fact that we were predictable. We had zero offense out of the supporting cast unless dame or cj created it. Now we have a couple more options for easy buckets and hopefully we are gaining a bit of an identity.
Exactly. We've now got some bigs that can battle and rebound and understand that rebounding can create additional possessions. If you can't beat the Dubs at their game, make them beat you at yours. With the way the game is shifting, it's going to take a big lineup that can slow the game down and overpower the opponent. That's what Hibbert did for the Pacers the year they nearly upset the Cavs. I'm anxious to see us with The Big Nurk and guys like Swanigan up front.
Either way, he's lost a lot of weight. But if that pic is from this year, color me even more impressed.
Whether or not he WILL be successful he is quickly becoming one of the players I most want to see succeed.
He's like Speights with better rebounding skills. I dig it. And his 3pt shot is legit. I like going big when all other teams are going small.
If you think about all the great bigs in the league right now, the league is really primed to slide back to a big dominated league again. Screw small ball.
To win I think you have to do the opposite trend - don't get sucked into smallball. Bully their frontcourt if they insist on playing a SF at PF - for example, this is what you do @ 2:20: Bridges natural position is at the four. When you play that small you ISO and attack.
A bit off topic, but I was rocking golden era hip hop today while I was mining for gold alone in the wilderness (my life is strange right now, true story) and it came to me: Caleb Swanigan totally looks like a young KRS-One. Like, big time. Oh, and my new hand-built sluice box totally worked! Today was filled with gold and golden era hip hop. No complaints here, aside from the fact that Meyers is still on our team. There is that.
I have a KRS-ONE autograph. He was here in PDX like 6-7 years ago, signed a can of tennis balls and lobbed them into the crowd. And I know... Because of KRS-ONE.
32.5 for his draft combine 4 years ago.. Right now it is closer to about 38. I'll give you the 2 inches. Dafuq......
