MEYERS LEONARD: NEW TRAINER, NEW SHOT, NEW OUTLOOK AS HE VOWS TO IMPROVE

Yeah don't cut him (edit: or trade him for peanuts) after a bad season. And if Meyers is outplaying Collins next season then that is a great sign for our team. Give Collins time to develop and learn the NBA game/speed while Meyers steps his game up. If we are forced to play Collins over Meyers simply because Meyers regressed even more this offseason instead of Collins simply outplaying Meyers than that's doubly troubling for the team.

 

Let's get real. No NBA player takes a leap from horrible to good after 5 years in the league.

 

What I took from this.....he wants to play in Dallas

 

I'm pretty sure coaches aren't allowed in the gym with players until training camp.

 

I think most of us are hoping for less horrible.

BNM

 

if you cant improve as a player, then just stop being soft, it would be enough
I feel Swanigan would beat the shit out of him, on and of the court

and no more chances for Meyers, fuck off from this team

Zach, Caleb, Vonleh all day long...

 

I believe they are allowed for individual workouts - they are not allowed to coach group settings.

 

The weird thing about Meyers is that he has the tools he needs to be a solid NBA player. He's got a good NBA body in terms of size and strength. He's pretty athletic. He has a good shooting touch and decent hands. The problem seems to me to be that he has an incredibly slow basketball processor in his brain. Once he catches the ball, you can practically see the gears turning as he runs down the list of things he's supposed to consider and do. By the time he's decided, too often he's too late to make the play he needs to. He just has zero natural instinct, or perhaps he's just suppressed them and gone to this mechanical approach. I don't know if he can change that at this point in his development.

 

He's going to come into training camp and be matched up with Nurk....if that doesn't break him, he'll have made the leap

 

I just want him to keep his eyes open when he's under the basket....

 

And if that doesn't work, maybe the rest of us should shut ours, too.

BNM

 

said the same shit about a year ago (and most prior years too), even made a mini movie about his growth. let's remind ourselves.....



“I’m confident where I’m at in my progression this summer. And, I feel healthy. I feel as good as I have in five years.’’

“It’s been rather frustrating for the vast majority of my career. I feel like I can offer a ton more, but I work well with confidence, and kind of feeling good, and I don’t know that it’s always been reciprocated,’’

“I understand we took two bigs (in the draft). It is what it is. That’s competition. That’s just the way it is,’’

then the tweet in the article has him shooting 3's.... He really doesnt get it, still.

 

Or blink really often

 

good post, but funny at the same time. You say you don't like "seniority", but Collins came off the bench last year precisely because of that, and you hold it against him!

Collins is a much better player today than Biebs was last year. If Biebs improves on his best season ever (which was years ago), then he'll start the season ahead of Collins. I'd be OK with that, but I'd be watchful to see if it wasn't just seniority kicking in.

 

Bingo. The areas where Meyers struggles the most are areas that you simply cannot teach. I'm afraid he's a lost cause.

 

It's like we bought a 40 million dollar sports car but the transmission gets stuck and the computer chip is faulty...hopefully several months worth of repairs will recoup some of that value.....but sell it quickly if it's running well come winter

 

Why would you wish that on a sports psychologist?!

To be fair, though, he's already had one good year in the league.

So...you're saying his contract will be covered by life insurance?

 

What I want is for Meyers to tear up his contract and say " I'll play on a 1 year prove it deal"! Because I Believe in myself".

 

He can't. It's against the CBA and the NBA Player's Association would never allow it. All NBA contracts are guaranteed. Even if he retires (non-medical retirement) he still continues to count against our cap.

BNM