For now, I like him in his current role. He plays back up center, but we've also seen him play some PF next to both Nurk and Meyers. That's fine, it gets him minutes in a variety of different situations/line ups and I think that experience is important to his development. I'd like to see him get a few more minutes, but he's foul prone and right now, I think starting him would just get him in foul trouble sooner. I think other starters would go at him from the opening tip trying to get him to pick up a couple quick fouls. It's only been 4 games, but any chance Zach will be in the running for MIP? His stats last year were abysmal. He's only playing 4 more MPG this year, but his scoring is up 2.5x, his rebounding is up 1.7x. his BLKs are up 4.6x and his STLs are up 2.7x. His shooting percentages are not sustainable, but he's doing EVERYTHING better - by a lot. And I can't help but think he will keep getting better as his confidence grows and the refs ease up on the rookie calls against him. Who else is having a breakout year (so far)? BNM
Agree..One of their goals was to get hi more comfortable on offense in the post. Once he's dialed and comfortble (maybe this year) he will be able to play with effectively.
Nurk may become a dinosaur, but I hope (and it's not out of the question) that it's a T-Rex. "Please, put Kevin Durant at center against me. or Luc Mbah a Moute. Or LeBron. Or Jerami Grant. Or..." He's gotta learn to keep the ball high and dunk, though.
I don't know about MIP. Sophomores are rarely MIP because everybody expect improvement from a 2nd year Player. And i agree, the Team is playing good right now and Zach is very good in the 2nd Unit as Backup Center . So no need to Change the lineup except Trent jr for layman imo
Trent is a Really good shooter (you can't have enough shooters on the court) , he knows how to Move off the Ball to get quality shots and he can drive to the Basket, he's better at Everything than Meyers. I take him all day over Leonard
Probably still getting the "rookie" treatment from the refs. That should improve in a couple more months.
In theory. But our defense has not been good this year. I'd love to see Collins/Harkless in the starting line-up, but I don't see Collins making it until sometime around the ASS break - but that's only if he continues to play consistently well, and Aminu is his usual one-step-forward-two-steps-backwards and it's just impossible for Terry to ignore. I'm curious about Harkless/Jake. Is Jake the new Vonleh, or will Harkless get his position back shortly? With Terry I honestly have no idea.
Truth. Promising signs are that I recall at least 2 authoritative dunks from him so far this season, which feels like 3 more than he had all of last season!
Jake played 6 minutes last game and didn’t start the second half. I think that answers your question.
We know what Leonard is (isn't). He isn't part of either the present or the future of the franchise. The team needs to know if Trent is part of their future or not. If he is, they need to develop him.
Dame CJ Harkless Collins Nurkic Curry Stauskas Trent Turner Aminu That second unit would get killed on the boards but it’d be fun anyway. I know I’d rather have Aminu protecting the rim than Meyers.
I shoulda stated my breakout candidates this season. Always loved Leverts game and i really wanted us to draft Prince too.
