He is still not the brightest kid around. There is a play where Turner dribbles along the baseline, all the way from one side to the other. Vonleh just needs to take one step to his left to present himself right in front of the basket as Turner goes through, but he doesn't even try. Then when Turner does get all the way across and circles back and fires a pass to Vonleh, he seems surprised that it's coming. He does catch it and dunk it but Turner has a little talk with him after the play.
11/8 in 27 mpg over his past 3. Not a lot of players have done better per minute over a season while shooting over 60% from the field (Vonleh's 72.2% in that span). Not expecting this level of output on a regular basis, but imagine if he can.
10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and a block in 25 minutes isn't bad for a 21 year old match up against Draymond Green for much of the night.
He proved himself in tonight's game 3 loss. On the other hand Evan (Too Much $) Turner absolutely SUCKED.
He's not too much more athletic than a young Kurt Thomas. Very similar game, but I don't think he's as good as Thomas yet, the Knick version. This is his ceiling. A few things are clear IMO: *Vonleh isn't a starter *You re-do that draft and Vonleh is a mid-first pick.
I don't really know what to say to this... Troll? Or maybe you didn't mean it literally? Perhaps you are omitting the obvious talent we have at the 1.2 & 5 as you feel that goes without saying?
I actually thought Vonleh was really good this game. His ability to switch on to guards is crazy. Steph tried to take it at him a few times, failed, and then started passing after the switch. His real issue is he clearly lacks confidence on the offensive end. If he wants to be a starter in this league, he can't be afraid of the open 15 footer. His first two games were stinkers though.
Crabbe and Harkless much worse. Turner has actually been decent this series imo. He's effort defensively is consistent and he's at least not afraid to shoot (can't say the same about harkless and crabbe)
Kurt Thomas much of his career would mid range you to death. I don't see that as much with Noah, its a possibility he could develop that. Most Noah's buckets lately have been off energy and cutting to the bucket. Its kinda weird, because Noah showed a lot of skill and touch in college. It seems to be a confidence issue.
He played really well. I just wish he would believe in himself in more. It's so obvious he's afraid to make mistakes. The only time he doesn't really have to think and can just go (rebounding) he shines. Just have to remember he's only 21. At least he's progressing unlike he who will not be named.
That's going to be his game - p&p from mid-range with a few garbage putbacks sprinkled in. In college he was a legit inside/out big. He wasn't afraid to take the big shot. He was also much bigger than most bigs in the country - 6'9" 250 lbs, at 17/18 years old. Both his game and his physical profile seems to have plateaued there at Indiana. Since the 2013 draft when looking at prospects I put intangibles/cerebral-ness over anything. There was isn't a close second to that. The one thing that Vonleh doesn't have is a decent cerebral feel for the game. That's an intangible thst you can't teach. I do think he'll be a very good backup PF/C while getting near starter minutes.
