Ying Yang VS Cling Kong

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  1. 1 Eye Jack

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    for me it’s more eye test, how does he move, jump, good BBIQ, pass and shoot. Does he play with heart and give 110% all the time. Ayton actually passes a lot of these but downfall was heart and passion for winning.

    While he looks awkward moving at times, definitely a concern the fact that a 7’ is doing quick spin moves, throwing lobs off the backboard to himself and making better passes than most PG’s.

    I’m not saying he’s going to be a star but it’s possible. Been lots of guys that are overlooked, maybe we got lucky or maybe we have another Ha. I’m a gambler so I’m glad we took a risk
     
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    It's Yin Yang, not Ying Yang
    Yin is water, Yang is fire.....I'm hoping for the "Yang" version
     
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    The Rim Yangster versus The Block Lobster
     
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    That's a Lao Tze Taoist proverb...one of my favorites.
     
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    Never before have I wanted to sit in on practices so much. The battles going on have got to be good!
     
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    By far the best ones yet!
     
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    Come down to summer league next week. I’ll be there.
     
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    We had Dame Time, now it's,

    Yang Time.

    Since nickname ideas have been thrown around in this thread I thought I'd give my two cents.
     
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    Very good passer. Teammates are having to become more aware as the make a cut to the basket and make sure their head is turned.
    Likes to operate out of the high post. Is looking to facilitate and get teammates open opportunities more than look for his shot right now.
    Moves well. Not as good defensively as Clingan, but more fluid offensively. Not quite as big or strong as DC either, but seems a bit smoother.
    Very good basketball IQ. Seems to understand things quite quickly and although not speaking a lot of English, seems to understand more than he speaks.
    Not afraid to be physical although will need to continue to build strength.
     
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    That was fun to watch.
     
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    I wish. Not sure ill ever be able to make summer league. Anniversary is July 9th. We usually vacation for it, though we vacationed last week. So i cant miss work. Plus. Im not sure how well it would go over to go down to vegas alone considering the wifey allows me to have season tix already. Lol. She isn't into sports. One of the few things we don't have in common so i try not to push too hard on that line. Lol.
     
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    Fantastic! Thanks so much pup!
     
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    I don’t know. I just told my wife I’d like to go sometime and this just happened to be the year my nephew (Her sisters son) is playing in tournaments next week there also.
    Just seemed like everything hit right and I’m getting close to retirement so if I’m going this is probably the best year money wise.
     
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    Well im also trying to get her to allow me to get a pool.
    I need to pick my battles at the moment. Lol

    You have some nice timing going on. If my wife had a relative or friend down there, it’s be a different story.
     
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    I do expect a daily synopsis of the Blazers from you though.
    We all do. It is now your S2 mission. Do not fail us or ill pay sly 50 bucks! ;)
     
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    Price went up. I had to pay him $100 last week.
     
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