What would you ask Schmitz?

[wizenheimer]

"Mr. Schmitz, have you met Mrs. HCP yet?

 

[HailBlazers]

When comes to determining BPA, how do you balance floor/ceiling/now/later.

 

[THE HCP]

@SlyPokerDog why can’t I get invited to these. I’ve got great questions!

 

[wizenheimer]

When comes to determining BPA, how do you balance floor/ceiling/now/later.

I fall on the floor now and stare at the ceiling later?

 

[barfo]

I fall on the floor now and stare at the ceiling later?

I think you are thinking of IPA. BPA just kills salmon and/or your sperm.

barfo

 

[wizenheimer]

I think you are thinking of IPA. BPA just kills salmon and/or your sperm.

barfo

I thought BPA was short for beer post-adolescence?

 

[Stevenson]

A couple of good takeaways from the luncheon with Schmitz –

- At a time in the year when most players are long gone, at least half of our team is still here in Portland, working out at the practice facility.

- The second half of the season really showed that things are coming together, that their commitment to culture and player development is working. They look for guys who are coachable, team-first, defensive minded, tough, good guys, community oriented. He compared the team they are putting together to the old Pistons team with Isiah, Chauncey, and Laimbeer - no clear superstar, but a lot of excellent multi-functional players.

- They all loved Toumani and wanted to draft him, but it was Joe who had really dialed into him and made him part of the trade.

- The draft prep is incredibly rigorous and they have known most of these guys for a long time. This really surprised me - they have been scouting most of these players since they were 15-16 years old. Schmitz first scouted Deni when he was 15 years old.

 

[RR7]

A couple of good takeaways from the luncheon with Schmitz –

- At a time in the year when most players are long gone, at least half of our team is still here in Portland, working out at the practice facility.

- The second half of the season really showed that things are coming together, that their commitment to culture and player development is working. They look for guys who are coachable, team-first, defensive minded, tough, good guys, community oriented. He compared the team they are putting together to the old Pistons team with Isiah, Chauncey, and Laimbeer - no clear superstar, but a lot of excellent multi-functional players.

- They all loved Toumani and wanted to draft him, but it was Joe who had really dialed into him and made him part of the trade.

- The draft prep is incredibly rigorous and they have known most of these guys for a long time. This really surprised me - they have been scouting most of these players since they were 15-16 years old. Schmitz first scouted Deni when he was 15 years old.

Thank you for the info from the meet and greet!

 

[STOMP]

He compared the team they are putting together to the old Pistons team with Isiah, Chauncey, and Laimbeer - no clear superstar, but a lot of excellent multi-functional players.

nitpicking, Chauncey's Piston days didn't overlap Isiah or Laimbeer's missing them by nearly a decade.

STOMP

 

[Phatguysrule]

A couple of good takeaways from the luncheon with Schmitz –

- At a time in the year when most players are long gone, at least half of our team is still here in Portland, working out at the practice facility.

- The second half of the season really showed that things are coming together, that their commitment to culture and player development is working. They look for guys who are coachable, team-first, defensive minded, tough, good guys, community oriented. He compared the team they are putting together to the old Pistons team with Isiah, Chauncey, and Laimbeer - no clear superstar, but a lot of excellent multi-functional players.

- They all loved Toumani and wanted to draft him, but it was Joe who had really dialed into him and made him part of the trade.

- The draft prep is incredibly rigorous and they have known most of these guys for a long time. This really surprised me - they have been scouting most of these players since they were 15-16 years old. Schmitz first scouted Deni when he was 15 years old.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[wizenheimer]

A couple of good takeaways from the luncheon with Schmitz –

- At a time in the year when most players are long gone, at least half of our team is still here in Portland, working out at the practice facility.

- The second half of the season really showed that things are coming together, that their commitment to culture and player development is working. They look for guys who are coachable, team-first, defensive minded, tough, good guys, community oriented. He compared the team they are putting together to the old Pistons team with Isiah, Chauncey, and Laimbeer - no clear superstar, but a lot of excellent multi-functional players.

thanks for report

already mentioned but maybe it was Dumars instead of Chauncey?

by the way, that Thomas/Dumars/Laimbeer roster combined for 27 all-star games, 11 All-NBA awards, and 13 all-Defense nominations. They had a ton of talent and a HOF coach

- They all loved Toumani and wanted to draft him, but it was Joe who had really dialed into him and made him part of the trade.-

well, they could have drafted him if they all loved him:

43 POR Rayan Rupert
45 MEM GG Jackson II
48 LAC Jordan Miller
51 BRK Jalen Wilson
52 PHO Toumani Camara

apparently they loved Rupert more?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

A couple of good takeaways from the luncheon with Schmitz –

- At a time in the year when most players are long gone, at least half of our team is still here in Portland, working out at the practice facility.

Did he say WHICH half?

 

[Phatguysrule]

Did he say WHICH half?

Left half

 

[blazerkor]

Did he say WHICH half?

We know one guy that's here (Shaedon said he was staying here in his farmers market video the team put out) now I we can't be sure that Ant wasn't just in Orlando for a few days when he was shown at their playoff game but I'm putting him in the half of the team that's not here.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

- The draft prep is incredibly rigorous and they have known most of these guys for a long time. This really surprised me - they have been scouting most of these players since they were 15-16 years old. Schmitz first scouted Deni when he was 15 years old.

If they were scouting Cedric Coward when he was 15 then I will be impressed.

 

[Stevenson]

Oops, the Chauncey reference was my bad. He didn't say that. He was specifically talking about the back-to-back Bad Boys - Laimbeer, Isiah ....