This is a good time to talk about his 5 games in december, he has really bounced back after a sub par start to the year. Averaging 17 and 15 with a 62 TS% and a +11 net rating. His defensive numbers are still not good at all though, people just score up and around him very easily. Playing like an all star again though.
cliffords antics as a coach makes me worry for the hornets in general. not just because of lamb, he has this weird fetish with playing kaminsky 20+ mpg when he is one of the worst pfs in the nba, Its clear as day, play mkg more at the 4 and increase lamb (20 PER) tick. he is now benching mkg in the fouth quarter in favor of belinelli, who does space the floor, but is worst defensively than lamb was all last year. he is a stubborn stubborn man who doesn't like adjusting to the other team, kaminky has been torched all year by small ball fours and he just sits there accepting it. before that, he was playing hawes and hibbert with no interest of downsizing the second unit. Would't be shocked to see them get smoked again tonight.
Yea he definitely has a thing for Kaminsky. I didnt get that draft pick last year and I still dont get it now watching them. Like what role did you need so badly that you drafted lottery for him? ESPECIALLY when Zeller and Hawes, his two closest clones in the league right now are already on the Hornets lol. Regardless, I just put $20 on the Hornets +1.
zeller is actually good as hell, but kaminsky pick was a blunder. myles turner was just sitting there, i remember posting about player i thought would be a bust and he was number 1 on my list ( so was myles so i was kind of wrong on both). The thing with kaminsky is, he would be very good if he could actually shoot, kid can't shoot at all. his best skill is 'driving' and passing for a big, which means nothing when you can't finish in the paint. But i'm excited for wall vs walker, hopefully it wont disappoint.
Yea I agree I actually like Zellers toughness, sets good screens which seems to be a lost art. Hawes is just... Hawes. Turner is going to be a stud btw, he does it all. Small ball big that isnt small! Shot 4-6 from 3 last game, super talented, wasted his year at Texas, he should have wasted it here,
I am a Celtics fan that is in the 2% that thinks Ainge is actualyl an idiot and doesnt know what hes doing. He's so cheap and overvalues his own assets way too much, to te point that he sits on future picks and players until they end up being worthless when the time comes and he turned down several good offers for. Then you hear about that ridiculous draft day trade scenario where he offers up basically all the assets the team earned over the last couple years and you wonder what the hell this guys goal is. The celtics are NOT winning ssss with Thomas and Horford, I hate this cute-sy, overachieving underdogs thing they are going for. Its a superstar driven league, if you dont have one you dont win, simple as that. But I digress....
Brown has potential, but I am not going to turn down a solid offer for him if Im a GM. The problem with the celtics rebuild is that despite everyone saying how well executed it was, we started earlier than the lakers, had more picks, and yet is anyone really surprised the Lakers have picked ahead of us in like the last 3 drafts? The NBA wants them back and I wouldnt doubt a little lottery shuffle action. Basically it seems like in every draft during this rebuild, the Cs have been 1 pick outside of the top X guys that are clearly a tier above the rest. So we end up using what was supposed to be a huge pick on another future 20 min per game role player that we will stock up on.
I have to say, I've been impressed with what I've seen from MKG this year. I will admit my earlier assessment of him may have been off, that defensive intensity you were putting big weight into back when we were discussing this is definitely obvious, he has a tangible effect on D. And his offensive game is way better than the last time I saw him healthy, maybe he just hasn't been able to string together enough healthy games to show this in the past or what but he's better than I described, I was wrong.
Plus he has a beautiful jump shot.
His shot still needs work to be a tier 2 SF but that picture is super old, he has improved his shot and form significantly, still room for improvement though but we have to remember this kid is only like 23.
indeed. they have to hit this, the way the lakers hit it with dlo or knicks with The Unicorn.
Jimmy Butler better than Jae Crowder??? No way. You probably think Anthony Davis is better than Taj Gibson as well.
I'd say the Lakers' real HR hit will be with Ingram. The fact that DLo is just a bonus shows ridiculously lucky they have been.
