Game Thread 2025 SL GAME #4 - BLAZERS VS ROCKETS - JULY 17, 2025 - THURSDAY - 5:00 PM PST - KUNP, NBATV, ESPN+

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inconceivable said:
8 pts, 8 rbs, 5 ast, 3 blk, +19, 22 min

He needs to improve his cardio

This dude is gunna be good
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His teammates will need to learn not to hesitate cutting to the hoop.

Just:

1. is there an opening? If yes then
2. cut to the hoop. DO NOT hesitate . Put your hand out. There's the ball. Fight through the defenders, make them foul you if they want to prevent the play.
 
blazerfan11 said:
His teammates will need to learn not to hesitate cutting to the hoop.

Just:

1. is there an opening? If yes then
2. cut to the hoop. DO NOT hesitate . Put your hand out. There's the ball. Fight through the defenders, make them foul you if they want to prevent the play.
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Players like Yang make the game easier for their teammates. When the game is easy, you aren’t exhausted when you hit the playoffs. Remember how tired our teams were in the first round in the last 20 years or so? Yang will reap huge benefits for us in the coming decade.
 
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blazerfan11 said:
Caleb Love has looked the worst. 1-7 shooting, 0 assists. Nobody else has more than 3 shots attempted.
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Love is shooting around 33% through 4 games. Better from '3', but this is a continuation of his college career....quite inefficient.
 
One thing worrying me about Yang -- and, admittedly, we haven't seen enough to know whether it's a legit concern or not -- is that he might lack something you can't really teach, that being that he might not be assertive enough, that he's too nice and plays with too much finesse. I see things with not finishing strong and not going hard after rebounds that make me question. It could be other things, but, in my experience, that's usually a personality thing.

It's just the opposite of Love, who tries to do too much.

BTW, I remember seeing someone at one point ask if Love could take over the Simons' role on the team. Love is behind Ant by levels of magnitude, not that I thought that was a serious comparison. Simons is a much better athlete and a much better percentage scorer than Love will probably ever be, but I doubt Love will ever see meaningful minutes for this team. He's a fun guy to watch play at times, but, if you are trying to win, he'll drive you crazy. As a player, he's the type of teammate you want to have only in certain situations.
 
PCmor7 said:
One thing worrying me about Yang -- and, admittedly, we haven't seen enough to know whether it's a legit concern or not -- is that he might lack something you can't really teach, that being that he might not be assertive enough, that he's too nice and plays with too much finesse. I see things with not finishing strong and not going hard after rebounds that make me question. It could be other things, but, in my experience, that's usually a personality thing.

It's just the opposite of Love, who tries to do too much.

BTW, I remember seeing someone at one point ask if Love could take over the Simons' role on the team. Love is behind Ant by levels of magnitude, not that I thought that was a serious comparison. Simons is a much better athlete and a much better percentage scorer than Love will probably ever be, but I doubt Love will ever see meaningful minutes for this team. He's a fun guy to watch play at times, but, if you are trying to win, he'll drive you crazy. As a player, he's the type of teammate you want to have only in certain situations.
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Agreed on both takes!
 
PCmor7 said:
One thing worrying me about Yang -- and, admittedly, we haven't seen enough to know whether it's a legit concern or not -- is that he might lack something you can't really teach, that being that he might not be assertive enough, that he's too nice and plays with too much finesse. I see things with not finishing strong and not going hard after rebounds that make me question. It could be other things, but, in my experience, that's usually a personality thing.

It's just the opposite of Love, who tries to do too much.

BTW, I remember seeing someone at one point ask if Love could take over the Simons' role on the team. Love is behind Ant by levels of magnitude, not that I thought that was a serious comparison. Simons is a much better athlete and a much better percentage scorer than Love will probably ever be, but I doubt Love will ever see meaningful minutes for this team. He's a fun guy to watch play at times, but, if you are trying to win, he'll drive you crazy. As a player, he's the type of teammate you want to have only in certain situations.
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He may be able to learn to mix it up, but his foot speed on the perimeter gets horribly exposed every time he is away from the paint. He is going to have to learn positioning and angles because when he is out in space, it has been very unfortunate so far.
 
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