Pre Season Thread

[flyerhawk]

The overall team length of the 76ers is gonna be deadly on the defensive end. Once Philly has their half court D set up, the opposition is gonna face a forest of length and arms and toughness.

Only two ways to beat the Philly D, as I see it:

• Get out in transition and beat them down the floor before their defense has time to get set.
• Shoot lights out from 3 point range.

Both of those are fickle strategies, though... the first depends on Philly turning the ball over and/or missing shots... the second is hard to depend on game in and game out in something like a 7 game series.

the big question for the Sixers is how they handle slashy guards like Kemba.

 

[Gman]

the big question for the Sixers is how they handle slashy guards like Kemba.

Milwaukee (another big team) provided a pretty good template last season with the way they played defense... against those small guards:

• Challenge the 3 point line. Don't give up easy 3's.
• Concede/invite the drive.
• Force either a mid-range shot (sub-optimal offense from an analytics point-of-view) or a contested shot at the rim.
• If a guy like Kemba is looking to drive and pass... scramble to defend the 3 pt line most of all. Don't allow the easy set shot... make shooters put it on the floor and move.

 

[CitySushi]

Don't understand how he wasn't selected earlier after the March he had at Purdue

I was all about the Warriors possibly drafting him late in the 1st round. He may be limited a bit by his size, but damn he can hoop.

 

[Sparhawk]

You don't want to put too much stock into preseason numbers. But given that Thybulle's stock numbers were record setting in college it is certainly encouraging to see him put up such huge numbers in his limited time in preseason.

Looks like he has cemented himself as the 1st wing off the bench.

Steals and blocks tend to translate better to regular season play from college and pre-season than any scoring stats.
But, yeah, he looks like he's going to fit right in.

 

[Sparhawk]

Milwaukee (another big team) provided a pretty good template last season with the way they played defense... against those small guards:

• Challenge the 3 point line. Don't give up easy 3's.
• Concede/invite the drive.
• Force either a mid-range shot (sub-optimal offense from an analytics point-of-view) or a contested shot at the rim.
• If a guy like Kemba is looking to drive and pass... scramble to defend the 3 pt line most of all. Don't allow the easy set shot... make shooters put it on the floor and move.

+6000
Rather give up 10 uncontested long 2s than 10 uncontested 3s.

 

[bksballer89]

Thoughts @Bolts

Bogdanovic weighing Kings' max contract offer

 

[bksballer89]

@Gman is he dumb?

 

[CitySushi]

@Gman is he dumb?

On one hand you have Nerlens Noel who didn't secure the bag.

Then you have Terry Rozier.

Who the fuck knows?

 

[bksballer89]

Gerald Green done for the year

 

[Gman]

@Gman is he dumb?

Interesting.

I don't think he is necessarily "dumb". With a good season this year... Jaylen could easily make more money than that on the open market.

For the Celtics, though... I don't know if the value Brown brings to our equation is something beyond that dollar figure.

Frankly, I don't think the Celtics should pay him bigger than that. We got all kinds of wings... and if a guy like Romeo Langford develops, that makes Brown even more replaceable.

Final verdict: Jaylen Brown is a good, versatile player... but he's not a star. And (in all honesty) I don't see him taking that next step into stardom. JMO.

 

[bksballer89]

Interesting.

I don't think he is necessarily "dumb". With a good season this year... Jaylen could easily make more money than that on the open market.

For the Celtics, though... I don't know if the value Brown brings to our equation is something beyond that dollar figure.

Frankly, I don't think the Celtics should pay him bigger than that. We got all kinds of wings... and if a guy like Romeo Langford develops, that makes Brown even more replaceable.

Final verdict: Jaylen Brown is a good, versatile player... but he's not a star. And (in all honesty) I don't see him taking that next step into stardom. JMO.

Totally agree. 4 yr/80 is amazing for him because as you said, he's not a star and likely never becomes one.

He needs to have an amazing season to get more than that/desperate team.

The free agency class is extremely weak so that may be his thinking if he has a breakout year i guess

 

[Mecca]

@Gman is he dumb?

I mean, it worked out for Harrison Barnes.

But, not so much for KCP.

I think he will have a great year.

But, that offer is more than fair.

 

[Mecca]

Gerald Green done for the year

Call J Crossover, Jr Smith, Johnathan Simmons or bring back Shump.

 

[Wamu]

Call J Crossover, Jr Smith, Johnathan Simmons or bring back Shump.

Jammin' Jimmer?

 

[Gman]

Totally agree. 4 yr/80 is amazing for him because as you said, he's not a star and likely never becomes one.

He needs to have an amazing season to get more than that/desperate team.

The free agency class is extremely weak so that may be his thinking if he has a breakout year i guess

There always seems to be badly managed teams who over-pay for a guy like Jaylen Brown.

I put Brown in a similar category to Harrison Barnes. And Barnes was able to finagle a bigger contract than that.

 

[Gman]

I mean, it worked out for Harrison Barnes.

But, not so much for KCP.

I think he will have a great year.

But, that offer is more than fair.

Ha... great minds think alike... I had Harrison Barnes as my comparison, too.

 

[TurnUpTheHeat]

Gerald Green done for the year

Did I just hear a door open with Michael Beasleys name on it?

 

[msgkings322]

Did I just hear a door open with Michael Beasleys name on it?

And did a huge cloud of purple haze smoke come billowing out from behind that door?

 

[trojanfan12]

I hope Lebron doesn't plan on wearing those fucking color changing, shape shifter, voodoo, witchcraft shoes every game.

Very distracting.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

This Lakers team is pretty good...