Armon

[Rastapopoulos]

I'm sort of wondering why Armon is still on the team. Does anyone seriously see a future for him? He was wildly inconsistent even in the D-league. I loved him in Summer League last year because of his defense, but have come to the conclusion that he's sort of a pint-sized Ruben Patterson - i.e., sort of missing a brain and much in the way of actual basketball skills. Is he only being kept on as long as the trade deadline in case his salary is needed to balance a trade?

 

[julius]

I'm sort of wondering why Armon is still on the team. Does anyone seriously see a future for him? He was wildly inconsistent even in the D-league. I loved him in Summer League last year because of his defense, but have come to the conclusion that he's sort of a pint-sized Ruben Patterson - i.e., sort of missing a brain and much in the way of actual basketball skills. Is he only being kept on as long as the trade deadline in case his salary is needed to balance a trade?

I wonder the same thing, and then I wonder if he's like Taureen Green, and Nate loves him.

 

[Mediocre Man]

I wonder the same thing, and then I wonder if he's like Taureen Green, and Nate loves him.

Maybe between Taurean Green and Armon, Nate can get his 4 extra wins

 

[illmatic99]

Practice fodder. He's gonna get cut in March for some other player.

 

[Draco]

He has a fully guaranteed salary, otherwise he'd be cut. There really is no reason to cut him until we have someone else in mind we want on the roster and believe it's worth spending the extra dollars. As you said Armon could be the last tiny bit of salary needed to complete a trade. He is a body for practice, remember last year when Nate stepped on the court to help with practice only to rupture his achillies? Best to have a scrub like Armon available for that role.

Also, if there is a player or two who sits out a game with injury we could put Armon on the active roster, just for garbadge time. We don't want to have to play Felton or Crawford extended minutes in garbage time. We already have to roll Nic out there sometimes.

 

[Nikolokolus]

He's not and will never be a rotational player on an NBA roster. Purely a practice body at this point.

 

[julius]

The NBA should allow non contractual players to be on teams. like scrimmage teams in the NFL. Wait, I have that right, right? doesn't the NFL have practice squad players, who never see the light of a NFL game?

 

[Draco]

The NBA should allow non contractual players to be on teams. like scrimmage teams in the NFL. Wait, I have that right, right? doesn't the NFL have practice squad players, who never see the light of a NFL game?

Yeah but the NFL teams need opponents in practice, the offense needs scrubs to match up against while they work on strategies. The defense also needs to go against scrubs while working on different strategies. NFL teams can sign anyone off another teams practice sqaud so its not like you keep rights on those players or anything.

I guess maybe there'd be one or two times in an NBA season it'd be a benefit to have teams use practice guys; the players union probably wouldn't like it over fear cheap Sterling owners would abuse the rules to avoid giving some players a normal NBA contract. It would probably reduce the number of jobs for NBA players.

 

[Carlito]

Let's trade him for Chris Kaman

 

[jlprk]

I'm sort of wondering why Armon is still on the team. Does anyone seriously see a future for him? He was wildly inconsistent even in the D-league. I loved him in Summer League last year because of his defense, but have come to the conclusion that he's sort of a pint-sized Ruben Patterson - i.e., sort of missing a brain and much in the way of actual basketball skills. Is he only being kept on as long as the trade deadline in case his salary is needed to balance a trade?

Please. Ruben Patterson was a very solid NBA player, much better than say, Rhino. Ruben was a better Sonic than Rashard Lewis in the year or two they played together.

Armon does not stand out in the D-League. When I watch him on video playing with other Idaho Stampede guards, I try to figure out whether he's the 2nd or 3rd or 4th best guard on the team.