OFFICIAL Around The NBA Thread...... August

I think I just saw Melo at the airport, holding a basketball.

 

Wonder how many people will quit over this?

 

This cracks me up so much more than it should.

 

Anyone who would be offended by that already quit a year ago.

BNM

 

No he doesn't. This is just wrong. Missing wide open jumpers does not equal "lost".

C'mon bro.

 

Really??? Did you see my post??? I was fucking around... Jesus...

 

Yeah, I don’t think Zach looks like Meyers who just doesn’t look like he knows what’s going on...
He just can’t get the ball to go through the hoop at this point. I have said it before but I like Zach’s footwork around the basket and I hope Stotts lets him play down there more he had quite a few nice post moves. I think he may hit an occasional 3 but let him get som easy buckets inside.
I’m cautious about Zach’s offensive game and if it’ll come around but he has good bbiq in my opinion

 

If you read my post, what else could it be but fucking around?

"Theory of basketball relativity"?

I guess it wasn't a funny joke...

 

Like, why do people say this??

He literally plays nothing like Collison... At all...

 

Edit: just want to say sorry I keep replying to all your posts, I’m not stalking you lol. You’re just actually talking about basketball.
I can see the comparison in terms of attitude, both Collins and Collison were / are tough, not going to back down type of guys.
Collins ceiling is higher than Collisons ever was. In fact after the “enforcer” part collison didn’t have a lot of nba level skills, but he played his role well, knew who he was and played inside of that.

 

Don't apologize for responding to a post in an online forum lol!

I see it attitude wise but their basketball skillsets aren't similar in any way.

 

Can't anything in here go without saying? Obviously I'm not talking about open jumpers.

Just clear your mind and picture him on the post. Underwhelming and predictable. Occasionally he pulls out some terrific drive spin lefty move, but mostly it's him floundering like it's Summer League. Listen, I want him to improve, but in college he BARELY got his looks off in the post. His margin of error half the time was like a millimeter. I just think the NBA is WAY faster and guys are WAY WAY more athletic.

That being said, I think you're right about bulk. A bigger Zach means knocking guys off balance and getting shit done. I'm hoping for this.

A couple of qualities I think will help him the most is his motor and his determination. He certainly seems like a motivated dude. These are attributes that are a choice, but a surprising number of players elect to coast. And he's coachable.

(I think my Zach snark arises from Olshey throwing him into the fire at Ed Davis's expense. I wanted Ed Davis here forever.)

 

Our eye tests have rendered different information.

My conclusion is that all he needs is to get stronger. Every single issue he has is related to strength/endurance.

 

I wish it was like Thanos' snap...but we'd probably be left with the worst 50%.

 

I understand this and appreciate it. I wanted Ed to stay too. I think it's a HUGE mistake to let him go.... but don't let that influence your opinion of Zach. Zach is going to be a good player (solid starter level), at minimum.

 

So he only shot better because he didn't shoot outside of open layups, and because his game transferred better at the beginning.... that doesn't prove a point.

 

You said he'd never average 14... no mention of efficiency.

Some players improve efficiency fast.