Pat Connaughton

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Pinwheel1 said:
I was thinking Dan Majerle but I must admit his drive at the end of the 1st quarter against Dallas did look like DA.
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He could be a PF and a SG lol . Certainly Stotts should explore him as a scoring threat and deploy him like Wes.
 
If it weren't for all the hype surrounding this guy, would he really be standing out based on his summer league play? He's shot a good percentage from 3 but haven't seen much else from him.
 
DryHeat said:
He's pretty strong watch the Kentucky game, he was guarding a 6'10 250 lbs Trey Lyles.

Out rebounded all of their bigs combined, not long rebounds either under the basket banging with those boys.
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Was this game at ND or KY?
 
Sinobas said:
If it weren't for all the hype surrounding this guy, would he really be standing out based on his summer league play? He's shot a good percentage from 3 but haven't seen much else from him.
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Don't you ever underestimate the heart of a Summer League Champion!
 
How many American Caucasian players were drafted ?

Sinobas said:
If it weren't for all the hype surrounding this guy, would he really be standing out based on his summer league play? He's shot a good percentage from 3 but haven't seen much else from him.
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I think he is doing what the coaches want him to.
 
DryHeat said:
How many American Caucasian players were drafted ?



I think he is doing what the coaches want him to.
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Who knows what the coaches are telling him. This is summer league, and guards with legit NBA talent usually go crazy. Pat hasn't shown much. I'm sure he's a great athlete, but it doesn't seem to translate much to the basketball court.
 
I think Pat is one of those guys that was drafted because of some impressive workout numbers.
 
Sinobas said:
Who knows what the coaches are telling him. This is summer league, and guards with legit NBA talent usually go crazy. Pat hasn't shown much. I'm sure he's a great athlete, but it doesn't seem to translate much to the basketball court.
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I agree with you to thus point and it's not like he is not playing hard. I think he is working and getting the most out of what he has to give. Which is disheartening. This isn't even Regular Season.

With that said, he looks better than another player or two the forum went nuts over after the acquisition. He more than likely makes a roster spot.
 
I'm rooting like hell for this kid. I'm not passing any judgment over his role/performance in SL. Let's get in to training camp, let's see some preseason ball. Let's see how Stotts views his role once the lineup shakes out a little. Every thing is so muddy right now.
 
Draco said:
Eventually when he's an established player I want to see him play baseball Jun-Sep then back to the Blazers. We've never seen a dual sport NBA MLB
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Dave DeBusschere, Ron Reed and a few others beg to disagree. I remember DeBusschere because he was a damn good basketball player and I also had his 1965 Chicago White Sox baseball card:

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I remember Ron Reed because he was from my home town and his dad was friends with my dad. He was a very good pitcher who made the successful transition from starter to reliever. Like Cannaughton, he was a multi-sport star at Notre Dame.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
Dave DeBusschere, Ron Reed and a few others beg to disagree. I remember DeBusschere because he was a damn good basketball player and I also had his 1965 Chicago White Sox baseball card:

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I remember Ron Reed because he was from my home town and his dad was friends with my dad. He was a very good pitcher who made the successful transition from starter to reliever. Like Cannaughton, he was a multi-sport star at Notre Dame.

BNM
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When he said "we", I presume he meant people not yet of retirement age. :ghoti:
 
Boob-No-More said:
Dave DeBusschere, Ron Reed and a few others beg to disagree. I remember DeBusschere because he was a damn good basketball player and I also had his 1965 Chicago White Sox baseball card:

31rkGLTrDJL.jpg


I remember Ron Reed because he was from my home town and his dad was friends with my dad. He was a very good pitcher who made the successful transition from starter to reliever. Like Cannaughton, he was a multi-sport star at Notre Dame.

BNM
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What are you like 100?
 
System type players struggle in SL and NBDL due to lack of structure and a heavy improv free for all type of game.
 
Looks like he struggles to do anything that requires two or more dribbles sans a straight line drive. But I'm not really worried about that as much as I am his ability to contain guys on the perimeter. He got beat pretty badly a couple times today.
 
I am disappointed in his mid range game. I think he will eventually be pretty good from deep and he attacks the basket OK, good rebounder for his position, hustles........but the pull up jumper does not look natural for him. He needs to work on that for sure.

I don't see many minutes for Pat this year. Lets hope Crabbe is oK.
 
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Schilly said:
System type players struggle in SL and NBDL due to lack of structure and a heavy improv free for all type of game.
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Yeah, I'm still high on this guy. Funny how some people want to cast final judgement on rookies half-way through summer league.
 
noknobs said:
Yeah, I'm still high on this guy. Funny how some people want to cast final judgement on rookies half-way through summer league.
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The only thing that really concerns me is how he is late to react on the defensive end. He really needs to work on staying with his man. I guess I'm a bit spoiled from the Iron Man. Seeing that shit sticks out like a sore thumb.
 
magnifier661 said:
The only thing that really concerns me is how he is late to react on the defensive end. He really needs to work on staying with his man. I guess I'm a bit spoiled from the Iron Man. Seeing that shit sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Maybe he and Damian can work on that this summer.
 
I go back and forth on Connaughton but I think he'll probably look better in an actual nba game when he's in a structured system. I doubt he plays much however.
 
noknobs said:
Maybe he and Damian can work on that this summer.
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Yeah, I agree. Pat has a good opportunity to be a starter in a couple years if he can work on that part of his game. I this the offense will come naturally in Stotts's system.
 
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