Drummond (video included)/Lamb NBA Workout Tweets

[Matt (Chicago)]

Just a couple tweets, but figured i would share... Drummond working on post plays, with a quick interview included

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider
J Lamb showing off a sick crossover today. Shooting the ball really well. Crazy long. Good workout.

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider
Here's Andre Drummond's workout video. "We're trying to create a monster." http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7984310

 

[UConnSwag11]

Did they start the combine? Is/will it be in nba tv again?

 

[Frank Ivy]

Obviously, as a UConn fan, in my heart I want AD to kill it in the NBA and become a top player.

My brain, however, is telling me that he has Thabeet 2 written on his forehead. The question was asked, "do you love the game of basketball?"

His answer was something along the lines of, "I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember." Yikes. Not exactly the answer that's going to make people change their minds if they think that you don't love basketball.

The drills he was doing were for what? For games against chairs? Dude needs to learn to catch a quick pass and detonate into his move, not a lazy left hand lay in from 6" under the rim.

Damn.

The whole diet thing is crazy too. Playing ball a couple hours a day and being 19 oughtta keep you in pretty killer shape, no matter how many cookies you eat.

I wish the kid well, but, as we all discussed last year, he doesn't seem to like the contact required to reach his potential.

It's tough sometimes. Take the heart of a KFree, KEA, DonnyM, Rod Sellers . . . and he's a top 5 all time NBA player. Put a mix of Stan and Hasheem in his head, and there's talk that he might not be long-term NBA material.

 

[caw]

Obviously, as a UConn fan, in my heart I want AD to kill it in the NBA and become a top player.

My brain, however, is telling me that he has Thabeet 2 written on his forehead. The question was asked, "do you love the game of basketball?"

His answer was something along the lines of, "I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember." Yikes. Not exactly the answer that's going to make people change their minds if they think that you don't love basketball.

The drills he was doing were for what? For games against chairs? Dude needs to learn to catch a quick pass and detonate into his move, not a lazy left hand lay in from 6" under the rim.

Damn.

The whole diet thing is crazy too. Playing ball a couple hours a day and being 19 oughtta keep you in pretty killer shape, no matter how many cookies you eat.

I wish the kid well, but, as we all discussed last year, he doesn't seem to like the contact required to reach his potential.

It's tough sometimes. Take the heart of a KFree, KEA, DonnyM, Rod Sellers . . . and he's a top 5 all time NBA player. Put a mix of Stan and Hasheem in his head, and there's talk that he might not be long-term NBA material.

Listen to the full quote.

 

[Frank Ivy]

Listen to the full quote.

I did. The rest of the quote was more of the same lame answer about how long he's been playing.
He needs a better agent.
The answer ought to be . . . "I think I'd die if I couldn't play basketball everyday. I like basketball more than eating."

 

[caw]

I did. The rest of the quote was more of the same lame answer about how long he's been playing.
He needs a better agent.
The answer ought to be . . . "I think I'd die if I couldn't play basketball everyday. I like basketball more than eating."

Ehh, I disagree. It won't matter either way if he does work on the court.

 

[champs99and04]

Ivy I thought his answer to the question was excellent. "I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember...I was born with a basketball in my hand..."

I don't agree with those questioning Drummond's effort. There is a difference between lacking a killer instinct and not playing hard. The kid obviously plays hard, he just doesn't always play with a purpose. He's still learning the game.

 

[TheChamps990411]

kwame brown,dwight howard or somewhere in between are the three ways his career will go. i dont see him thabeeting his way into the d-league but ad has bust written all over him. funny a couple years ago when there was talk of him going to the nba from hs i said that he would likely be a bust and i was torn a new one by most people on the forums now it seems to be the prevailing thought on alot of minds.
i really hope he is more dwight howard because i want nothing but success for any uconn player.

 

[7774]

kwame brown,dwight howard or somewhere in between are the three ways his career will go. i dont see him thabeeting his way into the d-league but ad has bust written all over him. funny a couple years ago when there was talk of him going to the nba from hs i said that he would likely be a bust and i was torn a new one by most people on the forums now it seems to be the prevailing thought on alot of minds.
i really hope he is more dwight howard because i want nothing but success for any uconn player.

Please give me your definition of a bust.

 

[Kitaman]

Amazing how can anyone make conclusions from a 2 minute private workout video.

 

[Frank Ivy]

Amazing how can anyone make conclusions from a 2 minute private workout video.

Come on dude. We're making conclusions based on a year of watching the kid play.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Please give me your definition of a bust.

See:
olowakandi
thabeet
joe smith
kwame brown
darko milicic
shawn bradley
stromile swift
benoit benjamin
adam morrison
eddy curry

 

[RuffRuff]

Obviously, as a UConn fan, in my heart I want AD to kill it in the NBA and become a top player.

My brain, however, is telling me that he has Thabeet 2 written on his forehead. The question was asked, "do you love the game of basketball?"

His answer was something along the lines of, "I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember." Yikes. Not exactly the answer that's going to make people change their minds if they think that you don't love basketball.

The drills he was doing were for what? For games against chairs? Dude needs to learn to catch a quick pass and detonate into his move, not a lazy left hand lay in from 6" under the rim.

Damn.

The whole diet thing is crazy too. Playing ball a couple hours a day and being 19 oughtta keep you in pretty killer shape, no matter how many cookies you eat.

I wish the kid well, but, as we all discussed last year, he doesn't seem to like the contact required to reach his potential.

It's tough sometimes. Take the heart of a KFree, KEA, DonnyM, Rod Sellers . . . and he's a top 5 all time NBA player. Put a mix of Stan and Hasheem in his head, and there's talk that he might not be long-term NBA material.

I'm with you on this one - al

Obviously, as a UConn fan, in my heart I want AD to kill it in the NBA and become a top player.

My brain, however, is telling me that he has Thabeet 2 written on his forehead. The question was asked, "do you love the game of basketball?"

His answer was something along the lines of, "I've been playing basketball as long as I can remember." Yikes. Not exactly the answer that's going to make people change their minds if they think that you don't love basketball.

The drills he was doing were for what? For games against chairs? Dude needs to learn to catch a quick pass and detonate into his move, not a lazy left hand lay in from 6" under the rim.

Damn.

The whole diet thing is crazy too. Playing ball a couple hours a day and being 19 oughtta keep you in pretty killer shape, no matter how many cookies you eat.

I wish the kid well, but, as we all discussed last year, he doesn't seem to like the contact required to reach his potential.

It's tough sometimes. Take the heart of a KFree, KEA, DonnyM, Rod Sellers . . . and he's a top 5 all time NBA player. Put a mix of Stan and Hasheem in his head, and there's talk that he might not be long-term NBA material.

I'm feeling somewhat similar with you on this one - I'm just not feeling the kid has it upstairs on both instincts & passion for the game. He's young, so things can change with maturity, but my sense is that the baseline for some of that stuff is set at an early age. I'm not sure he's to the level of Thabeet - that kid was a bust just waiting to happen. When you see a kid completely manhandled by Dejuan Blair(over half a foot shorter), you know it doesn't set up well for the next level. He didn't like contact, had a high center of gravity that made him clumsy and played aloof. Drummond is the much better athlete - that and his size offers the opportunity to make him serviceable. I just don't think the intangibles are there to translate to anything beyond that. And like you, the answer that he's been playing forever kind of typifies AD - plays BBall because everyone thinks he should. That doesn't mean he loves it.

 

[7774]

See:
olowakandi
thabeet
joe smith
kwame brown
darko milicic
shawn bradley
stromile swift
benoit benjamin
adam morrison
eddy curry

There are guys on this list that played/will play 10+ years in the league and make 50+ million dollars.

 

[Kitaman]

Come on dude. We're making conclusions based on a year of watching the kid play.

"The drills he was doing were for what? For games against chairs? Dude needs to learn to catch a quick pass and detonate into his move, not a lazy left hand lay in from 6" under the rim."

My bad, I thought you were referring to the video. I don't recall these drills during the season.

 

[TheChamps990411]

There are guys on this list that played/will play 10+ years in the league and make 50+ million dollars.

yes your right. because making 50 million dollars in the league proves your not a bust. tell that to the teams that had to pay them.im so tired of that lame @ss argument about how many years and how much money a guy makes. what a guy does or doesnt do on the court determines whether hes a bust or not.

 

[Brochacho]

They may be busts, but I certainly wouldn't mind being a third string NBA player for a decade making a few million a year.

 

[Danzz]

Amazing how can anyone make conclusions from a 2 minute private workout video.

Not on this board it isn't amazing, more like routine.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Not on this board it isn't amazing, more like routine.

no one concluded anything.

 

[TheChamps990411]

They may be busts, but I certainly wouldn't mind being a third string NBA player for a decade making a few million a year.

agreed

 

[Frank Ivy]

And like you, the answer that he's been playing forever kind of typifies AD - plays BBall because everyone thinks he should. That doesn't mean he loves it.

I also played a sport from the age of too-young to remember into HS. I loved it. I lived for it. I was good at it. Not phenom-good, but routinely best-on-my-team good. It was a blast. Great for the self esteem, great fun, great for keeping in shape.

Funny thing happened. I got to HS, and suddenly it was different. Screaming coach. Long trips on buses to far away places. Cold weather. Lots of cold weather - much more than the rec leagues of my youth. Sharing time at my position because we were freshmen and the other guy needed experience too. Practicing on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays.

And I got hurt. Minor injury, but one that prevented me from playing. And my coach said some crap to me about how I had screwed up. And while I was riding home that night I remember thinking that I was done with it. It just wasn't fun anymore. It was more like work.

I'm pretty sure if millions were waiting for me, I would have continued playing, but my love of the game had drifted away.

That's the way life is. Often. What once was a passion becomes an enjoyable affair, and then a thing that you've always done, and then a burden. Relationships can work that way too.

It's the last year or two of sticking it out before you come to the stark conclusion that you need to be rid of it that you can avoid when you're older and wiser.

 

[7774]

yes your right. because making 50 million dollars in the league proves your not a bust. tell that to the teams that had to pay them.im so tired of that lame @ss argument about how many years and how much money a guy makes. what a guy does or doesnt do on the court determines whether hes a bust or not.

It's obviously subjective which is why I asked you for your definition of a bust genius. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

 

[TheChamps990411]

It's obviously subjective which is why I asked you for your definition of a bust genius. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

yes we will.