What really happened to Cam Reddish

[maxiep]

Hmm check out who tweeted this 4 yrs ago

That's a really smooth travel as well. #gimmethreesteps

 

[maxiep]

What's unclear is if that's a travel. Too bad nobody commented below that video for clarity's sake.

Beat me to it!

 

[handiman]

Trouble is, we now have roughly a bazillion forwards, so Reddish is likely to face the same problem as you cited in Atlanta.

If you said guards, and said [foolishly] Reddish is a guard, then I might be inclined to agree. I think you'd have to go back to Jermaine to find a time our front court was too crowded. If Reddish can't beat out a couple 2nd rounders at the forward spots, then he's not good enough for this discussion to matter.

 

[JDC]

What's unclear is if that's a travel. Too bad nobody commented below that video for clarity's sake.

Not a travel in the NBA. It's just the gather step rule while stepping backwards.

 

[noknobs]

Dame has a long and storied history of taking young guys under his wing and elevating them to an all-star and even all-NBA level.

Oh, wait. No he doesn't.

He's a fantastic player but there's no evidence he makes young guys better.

“It’s been great,” Simons told Charania of learning under Lillard. “My first couple years, just learning, just watching. He’s always teaching me things, even during the game even when I wasn’t playing. He would come over to me and teach me what he was doing in the game, even though he knew I wasn’t gonna play. He just knew at some point it was gonna be my time to play and he wanted me to understand each and every situation he was going through. Now you see it coming to life. Me in the game now, I’m going through everything he’s been through over the years as well.”

 

[BankTeller]

FWIW, Mike Schmitz liked him coming out of Duke, and has compared him to Paul George

If Schmitz had a hand in this decision to bring him here for that price and Chauncey has a hand in turning him into someone we want here for the long term, I’d consider overhauling the entire roster to a younger one outside of Dame and Grant.

Cronin can still go though. Even if this trade turns out good for us, what was stopping him from making this move days beforehand and fitting him into the Covington TPE?

 

[andalusian]

Cronin can still go though. Even if this trade turns out good for us, what was stopping him from making this move days beforehand and fitting him into the Covington TPE?

Tax situation, likely.

Remember that he can't do whatever he wants, he needs management approval and I suspect there are clear instructions to stay under the tax

 

[B-Roy]

If Schmitz had a hand in this decision to bring him here for that price and Chauncey has a hand in turning him into someone we want here for the long term, I’d consider overhauling the entire roster to a younger one outside of Dame and Grant.

Cronin can still go though. Even if this trade turns out good for us, what was stopping him from making this move days beforehand and fitting him into the Covington TPE?

Dude, we created two larger TPEs in the Thybulle and Reddish deals. This is not the nitpick you want to make.

 

[BankTeller]

FWIW, Mike Schmitz liked him coming out of Duke, and has compared him to Paul George

I’m not expecting Paul George. If he’s a long term starter as a long 3-D guy on a relatively cheap deal, that’s a win for us.

I’m happy with 10-12ppg on 45/37/80 and good on defense.

 

[BankTeller]

Just so we're clear, in the NBA 6'6.5" is a legit 6'8" because those dudes wear shoes on the court and round up. They consider a dude that is 6'7.5" in shoes to be a legit 6'8" guy, just like they consider anyone who is over 6'11" in shoes a true 7 footer.

The thing about Cam's shot is that it isn't broken, it's really nice actually so when a shooter like Dame sees that he probably thinks the same thing he does about Cam's defense, that if this dude with a nice looking shot, with all of that length and athleticism learned how to focus, he would be great at all of those things. Maybe Dame is wrong but wtf does he know???????

Apparently, he knows less than me lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[BassPlaya]

“It’s been great,” Simons told Charania of learning under Lillard. “My first couple years, just learning, just watching. He’s always teaching me things, even during the game even when I wasn’t playing. He would come over to me and teach me what he was doing in the game, even though he knew I wasn’t gonna play. He just knew at some point it was gonna be my time to play and he wanted me to understand each and every situation he was going through. Now you see it coming to life. Me in the game now, I’m going through everything he’s been through over the years as well.”

Never underestimate the motivation of a driven agenda.....

 

[SharpesTriumph]

Sounds like were not extending the QO to Reddish? I had heard for months that was going to be the plan.

Maybe we could offer him the vet minimum, but honestly I think I'd rather just let our rookies, Jabari/Watford, new MLE acquisition, etc compete for those forward minutes. He showed nothing in his time with the Blazers. Knox was better and I would likely even lean to cut him too in order to save $3 million.

 

[PDXFonz]

He became greenish