Who's Our Backup Center......Joel Freeland

[jlprk]

It was close enough to blow the toupee off that bald head of yours!

Hey I am tall and good-looking! My mother used to say so!

 

[magnifier661]

Hey I am tall and good-looking! My mother used to say so!

Your mother was blind and had no teeth, at least it seemed that way

 

[jlprk]

And we slide into Yo Mama jokes...if she'd had teeth, you'd have no dick!

 

[magnifier661]

And we slide into Yo Mama jokes...if she'd had teeth, you'd have no dick!

Zing!!!!! I was wondering if you would catch on! Speaking of dicks, how did mine taste? I didn't shower for a couple weeks. I was a little embarrassed... You seemed like it didn't bother you.

 

[jlprk]

What was that Hitchcock movie in which the guy dresses up as his mother, then kills her?

 

[magnifier661]

What was that Hitchcock movie in which the guy dresses up as his mother, then kills her?

A bugs life

 

[jlprk]

 

[magnifier661]

Damn I swung just a bit outside

 

[jlprk]

That movie popularized the word "psycho." No one had heard the word till then.

You of all people should learn this bit of history!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I can't even read this quote without knocking on wood.

And all I could think was, "Yet another area where Freeland is light years ahead of Leonard".

If MyLe had spent his summer the same way Freeland did, I'd be feeling really good about our center prospects for the future. As it stands, we're just crossing our fingers.

 

[HailBlazers]

Bunch uh losers in this thread. Bump.

 

[Rhal]

I'm really glad it seems like Joel has earned a rotation spot. I had high hopes for him his rookie season but the whole year he just looked like the NBA game was to fast for him. I was hoping it would click a little better for him his second year. I am also hoping the same thing happens with Leonard lol

 

[blue9]

Leonard's shooting and passing skills are already better than most starting centers currently in the league. And he can do it all on the run, which is nearly unheard of for a guy his size. If Stotts and his staff can't teach him enough basic footwork and holding techniques to lift his defense above a scrub like Freeland then we need to get a new coach right now.

Although I don't know who this person is, the Blazers should really consider hiring a defensive minded bigman and basically pay him to go with Leonard all the time.

How about.....Sabas! If Leonard really is a good shooter/passer, who better to refine his game and teach him defense than [one of] the greatest shooting/passing Cs to ever play the game?
And really, it shouldn't be that difficult to get Leonard to the point where his defense is passable. Freeland learned it in a summer. And basically it came down to one thing - jumping straight up and keeping your arms vertical.

 

[magnifier661]

How about.....Sabas! If Leonard really is a good shooter/passer, who better to refine his game and teach him defense than [one of] the greatest shooting/passing Cs to ever play the game?
And really, it shouldn't be that difficult to get Leonard to the point where his defense is passable. Freeland learned it in a summer. And basically it came down to one thing - jumping straight up and keeping your arms vertical.

Actually Sabas would be a perfect coach for the talent of Leonard. I doubt he comes though.

 

[HailBlazers]

Actually Sabas would be a perfect coach for the talent of Leonard. I doubt he comes though.

Well, if his son goes to Gonzaga it's not out of the realm of possibility.

 

[Eastoff]

This 'working on the three point shot' thing is really tired and overblown. There are 24 hours in a day. A human can only lift weights for so long before it becomes detrimental. A ball player can only work on low post skills and defensive drills for so long, before the work out is done. There should be plenty of time left over in the day for a guy to work on just shooting the ball, including shooting threes in case it happens to come up in a game, or even just for fun. I don't see what all the brew-ha-ha is about. Working on Center skills and working on shooting skills are not mutually exclusive. I remember players routinely having half court shooting contests after practice. Did that distract or detract from their games?

Meyers 'sucks' at playing center in the NBA, in some people's opinion, because he isn't good enough 'yet' and he needs a lot of work on a lot of facets of the game over the next two years. Working on shooting the ball isn't the reason he 'sucks' as an NBA center, and I doubt it is a significant distraction from what is undoubtedly his primary focus of learning how to play the center position.

I'm a little late on the response, but if Leonard is physically too tired to practice and lift anymore, there is ALWAYS tape to watch. His own tape and ENDLESS amount of tape of better players than himself and the tape of his competition he will be guarding.

 

[magnifier661]

Well, if his son goes to Gonzaga it's not out of the realm of possibility.

If it is possible, it should be done! He would do wonders for Leonard.

 

[BBert]

I hope none of our players are ever caught playing golf, or driving around in a sports car, or doing anything other than eating, sleeping, watching film, or working on the basketball skills that S2 posters think they should be working on 24 hours a day.

 

[jlprk]

Yeah but when Leonard answered the question about what he was working on this summer, he only answered shooting. This implied that it was his #1 priority.

Now you guys say, he must have meant that he practiced shooting in his spare time after he learned his daily gruesome defense.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

Yeah but when Leonard answered the question about what he was working on this summer, he only answered shooting. This implied that it was his #1 priority.

Now you guys say, he must have meant that he practiced shooting in his spare time after he learned his daily gruesome defense.

Meyers must have dedicated many hours to the rare art of being exactly in the wrong place defensively and blocking in while rebounding.

He could do these things so consistently without intense practice to hone his natural instincts.

 

[MARIS61]

After tonight's game it should be clear Meyers Leonard is our most talented center. If he is not, then we're really in trouble.

 

[Natebishop3]

Robinson should be the first big off the bench. Freeland should not be ahead of Robinson in the rotation.