The rookie blocked 2 layups in 4 minutes. Care to talk about the veterans defense Vs Mr. Faried?? Lets analyze Denver's offense during Jake's stay: -Nelson Layup on the fast break. -Nurkic shot over Davis. -Layman blocks Nurkic -Murray shoots a 3 over Crabbe. -Chandler with the aforementioned layup on Jake. -Denver fast break, Jake runs first to cover Nurkic under the basket, Davis is next to chandler as the last guy on D, Davis was sure someone else will cover Chandler, guys didn't switch so Chandler got the open layup on a coast to coast. -Jake leaves his man and blocks Chandler, but as Jeff Van Gundy says: "no one helped the helper", ball fell into a Nugget for the easy basket. He didn't get owned, the team did.
As a rookie, I'm not even really looking for results as a defender. I'm much more interested in whether or not a guy has physical tools/mentality he can work with. Layman has both. He's got the feet to mirror and explosion to challenge vertically. He almost had a chase down block yesterday, and that's something he did quite a bit in college, and is another example of his explosion. The improvements he does need to make should all come naturally with more experience and more time in an NBA weight room. I will not take any Jake slander. He might end up being Olsheys best find when you consider where and how he got him.
That nickname is based on his temporary hair and facial hair styles, which will change over the years. But the hair color won't. How about Surfer Boy?
He does have that Dennis Wilson look about him...actually all our white players would fit perfectly on an early Beach Boys album cover
was depressed so I watched that reverse dunk by jake and check out chris paul and deandre jordan loose their shit in the background then realize he's on the other team and they need to calm down lololol
I hope he didn't just play against the rockets because of matchups. Even last night, he did little things that don't show up in the box score but are so important for young players. He showed the ability to drive to the hoop. He got to the line the first time and got jacked with a terrible call the second. Defensively he's up and down but shows plenty of potential there as well. He belongssss
I wish the clips of this would show the fake and spin before the drive and dunk. That's the real beauty of it, how they think they have him bottled up and he gets away for the reverse jam.
You totally missed my sarcasm. Basically, all of Washingon is a suburb of Seattle to me. I can't wait for the day Washington paves some roadways.
