Just when you think Vonleah is stepping up, he shows you all his limitations: Hands of stone. Slow reaction time. Bad instincts. No reliable outside shot. We really needed him tonight against Utah's bigs, but he was barely a factor. I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm not that excited about our front line outside of Nurkic. Aminu and Leonard have two of the ugliest shots in the game, and Vonleah is just not coming along as fast as he should be. I'm hoping we get rid of all three of them this summer.
"Exposed" because he was up against a guy 6 inches taller than him with a 7'6" wingspan....with no help anywhere in sight? That might be a bit of a reach.
Vonleh is on a cheap contract and Aminu is much more effective coming off the bench. I think Leonard and either Crabbe or Turner will be traded in the offseason.
Vonleh WAS exposed, you are absolutely correct. He has shown that with Nurkic, he's able to do the things that make him great. So exposed. It's crazy we already have the answer to it, but he's just out.
Playing out of position against the best defensive center in the league with a ridiculous wingspan, height and length. Nothing to see here.
All these motherfuckers coming out of the woodwork lately is hilarious. I say bring back @HCP's unwritten rule: No starting threads until you have at least 1,000 posts.
There's been growing optimism about Vonleah's progress, but tonight he showed us just how raw and unfinished his game really is. That's what I mean by exposed.
Going against a taller player doesn't explain why he fumbled away three passes that were thrown right to him.
Feel free to go out and play basketball with a shot-blocking freak who towers over you and has the longest wingspan in the league. It makes you hurry what you are going to do and doubt your moves around the hoop.
Dame is 12-41 in the last two games without Nurkic. They don't even run plays for Vonleh. If you want someone who is affected by Nurk's absense, look at Dame and his shooting %. That is a stomach wrenching 29%.
Withey also made Vonleh look like a fool - it wasn't just Gobert (which is understandable and expected).
I am respectfully voicing my annoyance of this thread and think you are way off-base in using a one-game sample of Vonleh going against Gobert.
Nuggets fans on their board love Vonleh. Some of them think he's better than Nurkic long term if we have to decide.
Vonleh is a typically mediocre young player. He's not good, but he wasn't exposed as particularly terrible. He's always been a well below average player and still is. He's improved a bit, but not nearly enough to suggest that he's going to be a really good player in the future. He'll probably hang around until he hits free agency and then drift as a deep reserve journeyman.
