Victor Claver vs Argentina

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yuyuza1 said:
Kevin Love has been pretty useless.
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It probably has to do with him being unhappy in Minnesota. He just doesn't have the desire to try at basketball anymore. The only way for him to re-gain his desire is for Minne to deal him.

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BLAZINGGIANTS said:
It probably has to do with him being unhappy in Minnesota. He just doesn't have the desire to try at basketball anymore. The only way for him to re-gain his desire is for Minne to deal him.

:devilwink:
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Preferably to Ptd.
 
Claver would be perfect in the role that Nic loathed.

PG: Lillard
SG: Batum
SF: Claver
PF: Aldridge
C: Freeland/Leonard

Anyone?
 
Really interesting article at sheridanhoops.com about Love and his "entitled" attitude and how he's rubbing Team USA officials the wrong way ...

http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2012/07/23/diary-of-the-uncredentialed-edition-ii/

Memo to Kevin Love: If you don’t knock someone on their ass tomorrow, and if you continue to play as though you have a sense of entitlement rather than a job to do, you are going to be watching Anthony Davis take your minutes as the last big man off the bench.

That advice is based on solid intel, because the powers that be at USA Basketball are not happy that the Kevin Love they came to appreciate two years ago in Turkey has somehow morphed into a Kevin Love who didn’t even leave his feet Sunday night when he got outworked for a rebound by Andres Nocioni in Team USA’s
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That's pretty damned strongly worded ink. I'll bet the Rubes don't much care for Chris Sheridan after that?
 
Rudy beat Love to a board when Spain was shooting FTs today. Pretty despicable.
 
Anthony Davis looks great. The only player since the '04 version of Ratliff that I feel will block everything in the paint.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
I'd give them Claver and/or Freeland, plus maybe a 1st rounder. That sounds about fair, right? RIGHT?

I mean, it's obvious he's fading as a player, and he doesn't want to be in Minne.

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He's fading, fast. Fastly fading... .... . . .. .....
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Claver would be perfect in the role that Nic loathed.

PG: Lillard
SG: Batum
SF: Claver
PF: Aldridge
C: Freeland/Leonard

Anyone?
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In time, perhaps. We have our future starting PG/SF/PF/C. We lack a SG of equal quality. If Claver were to pan out (I'm not holding my breath) at SF, Batum at SG might work.
 
BLAZINGGIANTS said:
I'd give them Claver and/or Freeland, plus maybe a 1st rounder. That sounds about fair, right? RIGHT?

I mean, it's obvious he's fading as a player, and he doesn't want to be in Minne.

:devilwink:
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I want to see Claver play in the NBA before I make that deal.
 
MickZagger said:
Hard to say. He looks mobile enough to guard 3's.
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LeBron James absolutely abused him, but LBJ abuses most skinny 3/4 tweeners, as well as most of the NBA, regardless of position.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
How's Patty doing?
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Unfortunately the Australia games haven't been on TV here (although all the US games have been on ESPN, go figure).

The Australia games have been streamed on the Internet, but have all been on in the early hours of the morning, or when I'm at work.

So I haven't been able to watch them, and have and to rely on reports, and boxscores. It's like the 90's again. :lol:

From the few games I saw Patty play in Australia he has definitely improved since going to the Spurs. The big thing I noticed was his improvement in his mid range game. Still needs to improve his control to finish at the rim more consistently.

Patty is still gunning, but that's his role on this team. We look to be establishing him early, then going away from him; possibly using him as a decoy.

Apart from early in games he's playing a lot of 2, and Dellavedova is playing the 1.
 
MickZagger said:
Hard to say. He looks mobile enough to guard 3's.
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I taped the game and just got done watching it. That was my impression as well. If I had to choose one or the other, Claver looks more like a 3. The fact that we are a little deeper at the 4 than the 3 also makes me believe he will play SF. But overall he moves well.

They had him matched up with Durant a few times and size wise they looked the same. (Hoopshype.com actually has theirs height and weight listed the same as well) He seems to have decent handles too.
 
Stop it. You're giving me hope.
 
JEFF TAYLOR ‏@JeffreyNTaylor
Most satisfying for me to see in Tuesday's Spain/USA game was play of Victor Claver. His confidence sky high with NBA rookie year coming up
 
VanillaGorilla said:
JEFF TAYLOR ‏@JeffreyNTaylor
Most satisfying for me to see in Tuesday's Spain/USA game was play of Victor Claver. His confidence sky high with NBA rookie year coming up
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That would be pretty nice to have a capable backup behind Nicolas. If this kid can play I'm guessing Babs should probably travel with some extra luggage.
 
Mediocre Man said:
Maybe a poor mans Detlef Schrempf?
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Depends on how poor we are talking :)
I will say I am a lot more confident with our SF position than I was a few weeks ago. And actually SG as well because if there are any injuries the Blazers have both Nic and Wes that can slide over and play both.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Depends on how poor we are talking :)
I will say I am a lot more confident with our SF position than I was a few weeks ago. And actually SG as well because if there are any injuries the Blazers have both Nic and Wes that can slide over and play both.
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Barton as well.
 
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