I am not concerned about about his shooting, just like I was not concerned with CJ's shooting at the beginning of his 2nd season......when the infamous CJ sucks thread started. Lateral movement was my initial concern too, but like some of you have alluded to, it seems to be pretty good.
Jake Layman and Noah Vonleh are the only two players on our team (aside from Dame) that are impressive physically. Harkless' athletisism was much touted, but I don't really see it.
I am glade Layman getting some action. You don't get better just sitting at the end of the bench. He doing what he should be doing dominating when he in the game.
I'm embarrassed that I understood most of those convos. Too much guy Richie movies I guess. Now the Scottish accent? Yeah, no chance.
Been a huge Man City fan since college so that's the accent I probably get best. One I can't make out is the Scouser accent. It's like trying to understand Dutch!
I'm telling you, if Aminu and Harkless go down for like a week and Layman has 1 game where he shoots and passes like that d-league game, then it's game over for Harkless. Terry would be so thrilled to dust off those old,beloved Batum plays for Jake. Same goes for any new PF who is a good midrange shooter that might come along (Terry - "Whaaaaat i finally get a new Dirk?? thanks Neil, you're the best!")
Yeah it's not been particularly bright ever since but Mou is getting things better. We'll get there. The whole league has been on a bit of a terrible side lately.
After not having played real minutes in a game for seemingly forever, Jake has improved every game so far which is what you want to see. He is showing some good BBIQ, the ability to handle, pass, surprising athletic ability, some solid defense....not bad.
I have a real soft spot for that movie. It's a bit stylized, but this scene is great: Did you know that the "Terry and Julie" in the Kinks' Waterloo Sunset (which most British people would vote for as the national anthem) are rumored to be Terence Stamp and Julie Christie, who were then an item?
United is for dilettantes. City is the team that actual Mancunians support. Apparently in the 90s Ryan Giggs was a huge Oasis fan. He called up one of the Gallaghers to express his fandom and they insulted him and slammed the phone down.
It sure seems that way. In terms of fitting into a system......Layman seems to be a perfect fit for a Terry Stotts team. I am guessing by this time next year he will be the starter. Now I know that a lot of you are shaking yours heads thinking this is just another time we have fallen in love with a young player who has yet to play meaningful minutes against quality competition and we are anointing him as some sort of savior. And I admit I am reluctant to do it as well. So much can go wrong. But it is hard not to get excited about his potential. I am not expecting a Draymond Green impact but I do think he could be a close to a chandler parsons. (Houston Rocket's version) Just goes to show you how important it is to keep your draft picks. The draft is a crap shoot, but it's also a numbers game. The more shots you have, the better odds it is to get lucky. no matter where in the draft you are.
Well I hate Gallaghers and United are a tremendous club with amazing history. Been their fan since I was 8.
Layman needs to show he is a better shooter than he has so far, his overall FG% in 3 Dleague games is a bit above 39% and only 21.7% from 3, that does not work well in the "Stotts system" and Harkless has shot way better this yr at 48.7% overall and 33.8% from 3 and has played good D
