Reports of UConn Players game performance in the NBA

[Scoe]

Lamb with 13, this will sound like a broken record but why isn't this thread pinned.

 

[aceboon]

Lamb with 13, this will sound like a broken record but why isn't this thread pinned.

I'm assuming the same reason I was given for the 2014 recruiting class stat tracking thread getting unpinned, "you'll see it when you need to see it". In Lamb news, this idiot writer for the NY Post just said Lamb is a bust, I guess that is why he writes for the Post.

 

[Gurleyman]

Lamb finally missed a free throw. He had started his career making 28 or 29 in a row.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bummer of a night. Cats lost a close one to a Westbrook-less OKC, and Lamb played poorly in the fourth so he didn't have much to do with it. Kemba missed foul shots with 2:30 left - he's missed a few big foul shots late in close games lately.

Kemba was able to totally shred the first line of OKC's defense, but Ibaka got in his head. Blocked two of his shots and forced a few misses around the rim. Kemba ended 6-17 - with 7 assists and no turnovers. If he had 8 and 0, Bobcats would have won. He kicked it to a wide, wide open McRoberts for a three down by two, but he missed.

Lamb had a couple moments here and there (tough shot off an inbounds pass with 2 on the shot clock, for one), but missed his only two shots in the fourth and got beat on defense a couple times. Then he threw the ball away trying to get it to Durant with a minute to go.

Drummond had 10 and 11 but was in foul trouble most of the night (0-4 at the line). Caron is 0-7. Rudy faces Ray soon, although apparently Ray is out with a sore knee. Too much dunking lately.

 

[James]

 

[aceboon]

was a nice game for Rudy after the disaster he had against New Orleans, it seems like he usually picks his game up when he goes up against Bron

 

[joober jones]

4 points, 4 boards, a block, a steal, and an assist in 7 minutes for Hilton Armstrong against the Suns.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bad Kemba is back. He's waaaaay off. Now 3-17 and 9-34 in last two nights. Can't even make a layup.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bad Kemba is back. He's waaaaay off. Now 3-17 and 9-34 in last two nights. Can't even make a layup.

Was hoping to pull a reverse jinx, but it didn't work. He missed a couple more, committed a stupid foul trying to chase one of them down, and Charlotte gave one away they should have won. This one hurt. Some ugly Euro dude hit a one-legged three for Atlanta to force OT.

 

[champs99and04]

In fairness, he did get to the rim a couple times in the fourth quarter, forcing a help defender to come over and leaving a vacancy on the glass for a couple easy put backs from Jefferson. But yeah, just one of those dreadful Kemba shooting nights, and it's not like he was taking bad shots. He can get to the rim seemingly whenever he wants, and his step back at the end of overtime was deadly, he just couldn't get it to fall.

 

[joober jones]

Kemba was throwing the balls up like a lottery machine tonight. Painful to watch, but you can bet he'll be lights out in his next game.

 

[aceboon]

watching this Thunder game it seems as if this new rotation with Westbrook out is gonna hurt Lamb the most and take him some time to adjust. he's now playing with Fish as his primary PG and Fish doesn't create anything or put pressure on defenses, and with Durant on the floor more with the 2nd unit group, Lamb's natural inclination is to defer to him the majority of the time, which is expected.

 

[aceboon]

great game for Lamb, new career high of 20pts, game still ongoing. Thunder announces drooling over his jumpshot, saying its as smooth and effortless as Ray's.

 

[Clockshop]

great game for Lamb, new career high of 20pts, game still ongoing

he's a bust though - hack reporter from NY Post

 

[aceboon]

he's a bust though - hack reporter from NY Post

the Thunder/Knick game was probably the first Thunder game dude had seen all season, and Lamb actually played well in the game.

 

[Edge2017]

JLamb filling it up. Also just threw a beautiful half court alley oop pass to Perry Jones followed by a steal on the other end. Love seeing him do well.

 

[Gurleyman]

great game for Lamb, new career high of 20pts, game still ongoing. Thunder announces drooling over his jumpshot, saying its as smooth and effortless as Ray's.

I can always count on Ace beating me to a post. Fellow league pass addict. Lamb has been ridiculously good.

Rudy is tearing it up in second half vs San Antonio too. Coming down the stretch, all tied up. Spurs will probably win, but Rudy was huge to bring them back.

 

[champs99and04]

Part that impressed me the most from Lamb's outing was the five assists. His court vision and BB IQ is a lot higher at this point than I thought it would be. He's still got a ways to go defensively but he's already a very solid offensive player.

 

[Gurleyman]

Bobcats blow another one and lose to the Jazz. Kemba continues to struggle - although Gordon didn't play and he logged heavy minutes. They get the Clippers and Blazers next couple games, so he has to deal with Paul and Lillard next. Drummond had 16 and 16 earlier, but the Pistons fell apart late and lost to the Wiz. Would like to see these guys in the playoffs to build their experience, but they gotta win these games against the mediocre tier.

 

[Gurleyman]

Also hoping that Okafor can play this season. The Suns have turned out to be pretty good - unlikely he gets up to game speed fast enough to be much of a contributor, but if he could find a way out there, he'll be on a playoff team. Can't find any recent updates on him.

 

[aceboon]

Jeremy playing very well again in the first half, 4/8, 8pts, 3rebs, and 1 assist but he's been setting up the OKC bigs for other scoring opportunities in the halfcourt that they haven't been able to convert. I actually like that he's playin with DFish in the backcourt in this new rotation with Westbrook out, it allows him to handle the ball a bit more and create off the bounce.

 

[Gurleyman]

Interesting shift from Lamb. He was out there with Fisher-Jones-Adams-Collison, so he was clearly the focal point of the offense, drawing a lot of defensive attention and different defensive looks. He had 6 on 2-4 shooting (2-2 at the line) and fed Jones for a 3 and Adams for four foul shots. Held the fort really well until the starters came back in. It is hard to be option 1 against NBA defenses.

Only mistake was he shot a 3 too soon where he could have held for last shot in the first quarter. Led to a 2 the other way. But he'll learn from that one.

 

[James]

*what is in the water down there in Miami?

 

[UConn990411]

Looks like Brooks is refusing to go to Lamb down the stretch yet again. I know he made a couple mistakes at the end of the 3rd quarter, but you have to develop him for crunch time at some point. Right?

 

[James]

Brooks took forever to get lamb in smh.