Inside the Hive | Nic Batum

[HailBlazers]

Know we're all going to get sick and tired of hearing about these guys but I enjoyed this video. Also lol @ Buzz City.



"Michael has always been a big Nic Batum Fan." - Clifford

 

[BlazerWookee]

Know we're all going to get sick and tired of hearing about these guys but I enjoyed this video. Also lol @ Buzz City.



"Michael has always been a big Nic Batum Fan." - Clifford

Didn't John Ritter do the voice for Clifford?

 

[HailBlazers]

Didn't John Ritter do the voice for Clifford?

You tell me it's your fav right?

Hornets think Nico hasn't quite reached his prime and they plan on featuring him more than he ever has ever been before.

 

[Tunchi]

You tell me it's your fav right?

Hornets think Nico hasn't quite reached his prime and they plan on featuring him more than he ever has ever been before.

Good luck to them lol

 

[andalusian]

I love Nic. The Hornets are going to be my backup fave team this year.

 

[BlayZa]

son of a bitch, he's gonna be more aggressive and take it to the other team more.

well shit.

 

[riverman]

I expect Nico to have a career contract year and end up in New Orleans or Toronto next season

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Didn't John Ritter do the voice for Clifford?

Yes, yes he did.

 

[BlazerWookee]

You tell me it's your fav right?

Hornets think Nico hasn't quite reached his prime and they plan on featuring him more than he ever has ever been before.

I have no idea what this means...

 

[Nikolokolus]

So this is the year he's going to put it all together? Ah . . .

 

[HailBlazers]

I have no idea what this means...

That Clifford is your favorite TV show.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

So this is the year he's going to put it all together? Ah . . .

You're thinking of Thomas Robinson.

 

[Natebishop3]

son of a bitch, he's gonna be more aggressive and take it to the other team more.

well shit.

I've heard that before....

 

[Draco]

I do expect Nic to have a huge year and many Blazer fans pull their hair out. But when Nic is content to go through the motions the following season on his new max $100mil contract we will be very glad to have made the trade.

 

[Natebishop3]

I do expect Nic to have a huge year and many Blazer fans pull their hair out. But when Nic is content to go through the motions the following season on his new max $100mil contract we will be very glad to have made the trade.

Indeed.

 

[jlprk]

What I learned from the video.
1) Cho grew up and became an extrovert. He can put sentences together now. See around 5:30.

2) Buchanan is still in the league on Cho's coattails.

3) Batum needs lessons from a speech therapist. Not understanding half his words made the 11-minute video seem like 111 minutes. How many decades has he been in the league, 7? Slow learner.

 

[PDXFonz]

Nic always frustrated me because I feel like he could be one of the top 10 players in the league.

 

[dviss1]

Nic always frustrated me because I feel like he could be one of the top 10 players in the league.

I always said he needed to add muscle like Scottie Pippen and start getting to the rack... He's still gonna be soft if he doesn't do this...

 

[Sinobas]

son of a bitch, he's gonna be more aggressive and take it to the other team more.

well shit.

He's said that every fucking year.

 

[Sinobas]

Nic is yet another great example of the fact that most NBA players don't age like wine. Many thought, that because he was capable of starting at 20 he'll grow into an all-star, but it never happened. Look at his his per 36 numbers, he really peaked his 2nd season. His last season was no better than his rookie year.

And remember his playoff disappearing act last year.

 

[jlprk]

The Golden Future Syndrome has always dominated Portland fans, especially during the Pritchard Era. Homers string along for years, arguing for big player raises based on false potential.

As opposed to the Here and Now Philosophy, also known as the What You See Is What You Get Dogma. It says that by the 2nd year, a player shows 90% of what he will ever be. If he's not a star by then, he never will be.

 

[Sinobas]

The Golden Future Syndrome has always dominated Portland fans, especially during the Pritchard Era. Homers string along for years, arguing for big player raises based on false potential.

As opposed to the Here and Now Philosophy, also known as the What You See Is What You Get Dogma. It says that by the 2nd year, a player shows 90% of what he will ever be. If he's not a star by then, he never will be.

Yes, it seems that other teams are much quicker to give up on their young talent. It's hard to imagine the Blazers ever trading away one of their lotto picks as soon as we've seen other teams have (and many were traded to us). I think it has to do with how Allen was bitten by the Jermaine O'Neal trade. On the bright side, this may be paying off with Meyers Leonard. But most of the time, it doesn't.

 

[jlprk]

Like Aldridge and Outlaw, Meyers Leonard is still just a gimmick shooter, depending upon his height to fool defenders into thinking he will be a quality conventional tall player, then living far from the hoop.

Just because coaches find ways to circumvent a player's many deficiencies, doesn't mean that the player no longer has them.

It's the same as if I fool a realtor into selling me a house far beyond my means. Homers say, "Congratulations! You had us worried, but we waited patiently for years. You were poor but now you're rich." No, I'm a con man.

 

[Orion Bailey]

The Golden Future Syndrome has always dominated Portland fans, especially during the Pritchard Era. Homers string along for years, arguing for big player raises based on false potential.

As opposed to the Here and Now Philosophy, also known as the What You See Is What You Get Dogma. It says that by the 2nd year, a player shows 90% of what he will ever be. If he's not a star by then, he never will be.

I would agree with this, but with an asterisk. IF a player is given a legit chance and time then by his second year, yes, we have seen what we have. But if he has been riding the bench behind all stars ( See Meyers) and or hit the injury bug early on ( See CJ), then they deserve to not be lumped in with the above criteria. Some of our recent acquisitions are also under this same asterisk category.
We are the exception to the rule.

 

[riverman]

I'm just a Homer patiently waiting for riches beyond my poverty stricken present state! jlprk has solved my identity crisis! Just thought I'd mention Chauncey Billups as a guy who didn't blossom until a few years into his career..just to rub it in about player development and youth..if you don't get minutes, you don't become that allstar..actually Jermaine O'neal is another prime example of a rookie who sat on our bench too long only to move on and become an allstar.

 

[Sinobas]

Like Aldridge and Outlaw, Meyers Leonard is still just a gimmick shooter, depending upon his height to fool defenders into thinking he will be a quality conventional tall player, then living far from the hoop.

Just because coaches find ways to circumvent a player's many deficiencies, doesn't mean that the player no longer has them.

It's the same as if I fool a realtor into selling me a house far beyond my means. Homers say, "Congratulations! You had us worried, but we waited patiently for years. You were poor but now you're rich." No, I'm a con man.

But Meyers has a better shooting percentage from all over the court than Travis ever did.

Last year for example Meyers shot 58.6% from 2pt range. When Outlaw was 22, he only shot 45% from 2. Outlaw and LA are also chuckers, whereas Meyers takes better shots. Meyers is also a much better rebounder than either of them.

He may never be a big time volume scorer, but it's great to have someone that can score 15-16 per game so efficiently.

 

[riverman]

We may not have allstar scorers but I think we have the makings of all defensive first team stars

 

[Sinobas]

I would agree with this, but with an asterisk. IF a player is given a legit chance and time then by his second year, yes, we have seen what we have. But if he has been riding the bench behind all stars ( See Meyers) and or hit the injury bug early on ( See CJ), then they deserve to not be lumped in with the above criteria. Some of our recent acquisitions are also under this same asterisk category.
We are the exception to the rule.

I think that's generally true too, you usually know what you have in a player by the 2nd year. It's hard to find examples of players who's suddenly become much more talented after their 2nd year. The biggest example of late bloomer I can think of is Gerald Wallace.

But if you look at all the all-stars in the league, everyone knew they were really good by the 2nd year. We all knew Dame, Roy and Rasheed were going to be good by their 2nd year.

 

[Sinobas]

We may not have allstar scorers but I think we have the makings of all defensive first team stars

I think we could be very good defensively too. I hope Stotts splits up the minutes, so guys play less minutes but play harder, as a contrast to how hard he rode the starters in prior years.

 

[Strenuus]

I think we could be very good defensively too. I hope Stotts splits up the minutes, so guys play less minutes but play harder, as a contrast to how hard he rode the starters in prior years.

I think now that the 5 starters are pretty much gone, he kind of has to play as many as he can.

He played the 5 starters so much because we had no bench. Now, we have a bench but not 5 quality starters.