MM's all important first pre season game player analysis

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Not at all. Few agree with me really.

Go re-read the thread. I'm usually with you, MM. I really am. Even when you're ranting, bashing, and offending. But you seem to be upset in this thread about people disagreeing with you. Which is funny. Cuz you say way more offensive stuff in other threads (in jest or not, you get more reactions)...

 

[Mediocre Man]

The path you've chosen to travel is lonely and dark.

But the right one for me

 

[Mediocre Man]

Go re-read the thread. I'm usually with you, MM. I really am. Even when you're ranting, bashing, and offending. But you seem to be upset in this thread about people disagreeing with you. Which is funny. Cuz you say way more offensive stuff in other threads (in jest or not, you get more reactions)...

What you ar e not seeing is all the deleted posts in this thread

 

[3RA1N1AC]

why is everyone attacking me? must be for no reason whatsoever

 

[Natebishop3]

What you ar e not seeing is all the deleted posts in this thread

Wrong thread, home slice.

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

What you ar e not seeing is all the deleted posts in this thread

This post is retarded. Dunno how it got this way. Don't think the post got it direct from you, honestly, but it got it from somewhere.

 

[Pinwheel1]

OK I finally made it through the whole game. Wow the refs...........

My biggest concern right now is at SG. I can't take the lack of ball handling skills that we saw last night. It is the main reason why I am fine with small ball as much as we can get away with. There are just too many players who think they can dribble penetrate....that just can't. I think you can actually make an argument for Barton as our best ball handler at SG. (Not counting Batum or pG's playing the 2)

On the plus side I thought Lopez looked pretty good.

I am still on the Claver bandwagon. Either at the 3 or the 4. He needs to get a solid 16 minutes a game. Not sure if Batum needs to play some 2 to make room or if he will take Trobs minutes at the 4. But so far he looks the most comfortable out of all our bench players. One benefit of playing in the Euro Championships.

Defensively Joel is a much better PF than Center. When he was matched up against Griffin he played him tough. Moved his feet well. He played better when Lopez was on the floor with him.

So far our offense still looks like it will be Damian penetrating and passing out for a 3 or shooting it himself. Still need one more guy who can attack the rim. Hated seeing the Clippers doing such a good job of doubling our PGs 25 feet from the basket and disrupting the offense so easily.

I know it is just one preseason game, and we played without both back up PG's. That tends to make most teams look bad.

 

[BrianFromWA]

obviously I can't see video from over here:

would you agree that of the potential options to start at the 2 (Wes, Barton, Mo, CJ-when-unbroken), that Batum's the best of all those?

If you think of Lillard - Batum - Wright - LMA - Lopez, (and you assume that TRob will spell LMA and Leonard will spell RoLo), then having Mo, Wes and Claver on the bench allows you to situationally substitute and bring in a relative stud (for a benchwarmer). If you start Wes, that severely limits both Wright and Claver's minutes...

 

[Mediocre Man]

Wrong thread, home slice.

My bad. There have been so many

 

[Pinwheel1]

obviously I can't see video from over here:

would you agree that of the potential options to start at the 2 (Wes, Barton, Mo, CJ-when-unbroken), that Batum's the best of all those?

If you think of Lillard - Batum - Wright - LMA - Lopez, (and you assume that TRob will spell LMA and Leonard will spell RoLo), then having Mo, Wes and Claver on the bench allows you to situationally substitute and bring in a relative stud (for a benchwarmer). If you start Wes, that severely limits both Wright and Claver's minutes...

Yes your post from a few days ago did cross my mind while watching the game.

I did not really watch Wright play too much last year. One website describes him as a possible point forward. If he truly has those type of skills, then having him teamed up with Damian and Nic would be much better.

This bench would be pretty good:
Mo/Watson
Wes/
Claver
TRob/Joel
Leonard

 

[Eastoff]

The path you've chosen to travel is lonely and dark.

I think you meant
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come.

 

[Eastoff]

What you ar e not seeing is all the deleted posts in this thread

Yes, someone quoted one of his disagreements with just a gif of Alice in Wonderland crying. It was pretty rude.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Yes, someone quoted one of his disagreements with just a gif of Alice in Wonderland crying. It was pretty rude.

That was in another thread as pointed out by the mod who posted the rude gif

 

[mook]

Yes your post from a few days ago did cross my mind while watching the game.

I did not really watch Wright play too much last year. One website describes him as a possible point forward. If he truly has those type of skills, then having him teamed up with Damian and Nic would be much better.

This bench would be pretty good:
Mo/Watson
Wes/
Claver
TRob/Joel
Leonard

I haven't seen Wright play much either. But interestingly, his Drtg% over 8 seasons and 3 different teams is 107, and was 105 last year. Matthews, whom everybody considers at least a good defender, has never had a Drtg better than 108 over his 4 years and 2 teams. Wright is two inches taller, has a better handle, hits threes just as well, and at least statistically is a better defender. He's also a vastly superior rebounder (nearly double the TRB%).

It could prove very interesting to see if Wright can coexist next to Batum, and if both guys can do a good job guarding smaller and faster SG's. Looking at the advanced numbers that seems to be the only reason you'd start Matthews over Wright.

I suppose there's also the argument that Matthews has proven competence at playing 34mpg over 4 years, where Wright has only every played that many minutes one year. A lot of those years, though, Wright was playing behind LeBron/Wade.