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Lock him in a gym with Dennis Rodman
Are you trying to get him roofied?
Who's are big man coach? Do we even have someone on staff to teach these things to Leonard? I'm reading about all these camps the Blazers have been going to to improve their game. Has Meyer's went anywhere? I'd think the Pete Newell big man camp would be a requirement for him during the off season.
See Joel Przybilla, Tiago Splitter, Marcin Gortat, Omar Asik . . . .
Almost every white center in the league has taken 3-5 years just to START getting productive. Most of those players were traded away by their original teams because they got tired of waiting. Meyers was a 4-5 year project with limited basketball experience. We are starting year 3. Why is everyone surprised at this point. By the time we are done with Kaman, Meyers should start producing more.
Even RoLo wasn't producing meaningful numbers until he hit 24. Meyers is 22.
Bullshit. Those guys improved only because they got experience learning several systems. The original team babies an awful player, and he needs more than one change of scenery, where they will yell at him. Should you have stayed forever at your first job?
Kim Hughes is our big man coach. People speak very highly of him.
What I don't understand is that the guy looked decent in his first summer league game. He has progressively gotten worse and worse every year.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. Batum looked horrible in his first summer league, then ended up starting in the regular season.
I take back every word on this post. Leonard just played a better defensive game than I even hoped. I actually believe he may finally "get it".
You think because he didn't score he had a bad game?! That's actually the first time I saw him not look just to score, the first time I saw him at least try to play team defense.
Leonard can score, he had that dunk and if I'm not mistaken a 3. He's a very talented scorer, that's not the issue. What will determine if he gets minutes is his defense and today I think he had the best game of his career on that side of the floor.
Not sure what that has to do with anything. Batum improved, Leonard regressed. Simple and obvious to anyone who watches.
My point is that you can't use a single summer league game as a basis for where a player is at.
Yeah, because Tiago Splitter started with the Spurs and then when he was 27 he played for the . . . Spurs. And even though all of the center mentioned struggled until they were 24+, it had nothing to do with age and maturity, but only to do with the systems they were in? Ok.
My point is that you can't use a single summer league game as a basis for where a player is at.
See Joel Przybilla, Tiago Splitter, Marcin Gortat, Omar Asik . . . .
Almost every white center in the league has taken 3-5 years just to START getting productive. Most of those players were traded away by their original teams because they got tired of waiting. Meyers was a 4-5 year project with limited basketball experience. We are starting year 3. Why is everyone surprised at this point. By the time we are done with Kaman, Meyers should start producing more.
Even RoLo wasn't producing meaningful numbers until he hit 24. Meyers is 22.
I agree. Meyers will make a great action figure but he should concentrate on getting a role in Stallone's next Expendables 3 movieMeyers is probably a super nice guy, but I just don't see a basketball player when I watch him. He's a really tall guy with big biceps and decent athleticism and no idea what to do with any of it.
Maybe if he had another 5-6 years, but I sort of doubt it ever comes together in time for it mean shit for the Blazers.
I've been thinking a bit lately about how much of a flop Meyers has been, and how baffling that is. The stuff in his favor is pretty substantial, he is legit 7' tall and very athletic for a big, likely top 10 in athleticism for a center in the NBA. And he can shoot. His unrushed shots are money from around the basket all the way out past 15'. and his free throws are pretty decent too, for a center. And he has decent hands, good lateral movement, and a decent wingspan.
You add up all those positives, and we should have a solid back up, if not a starter, but alas, we have a bonehead instead.
He has the physical tools, but not the mental ones. He gets confused at game speed, loses his man halfway down the court, gets suckered into every fake, gets lost on switches and rotates the wrong way almost every time.
Play him at his natural position: PF
Develop him the way PHX used Frye -- P&P from three.
Meyers height is misleading; he has an identical standing reach to former #2 pick Derrick Williams or Oregon's own Kyle Singler neither of whom are legitimately big enough to be PF. Yes Meyers head is up high at 7'1" but his arms don't go as high as normally expected from a PF. And people think he is the size of a center?
Play him at his natural position: PF
Develop him the way PHX used Frye -- P&P from three.
I'm rewatching the atl game now, I think he just needs time and coaching, more time and more coaching. He played 2 years of hs ball at a shitty program, one year at college and now he's in the nba. He is just too inexperienced
Yep, surprised me. It totally explains a lot, and gives me hope that more time will produce better results.Just heard tone say that. Pretty crazy, totally explains the Leonard enigma. Most players start playing organized ball in elementary school.
The Blazers bought their own d team for a reason, same coaching scheme, and total control. Time to put that to real use.
Just heard tone say that. Pretty crazy, totally explains the Leonard enigma. Most players start playing organized ball in elementary school.
The Blazers sold it; they have no input on the Stampede anymore.
Damn, when did that happen?