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Post by Walt Frazier on Jun 2, 2015 23:11:27 GMT
Post Game Conference: Question for Walt: Next season, you plan to come back to the playoffs stronger or you imagine it will be a rebuilding season? Would that depend on the lottery results? And finally, what do you have to say about reports that have you pushing for Kevin Love to return home in 2016 off-season. Thanks. Hey there Mr. Bowie. Thanks for the questions! Right now, we're planning on being in the playoffs, and putting up more of a fight. Hopefully even finishing higher than the 8th seed for once, but there are 9 very good teams already in the playoff picture, counting us, and others who are on their way in the West, so it is never easy. Considering this team as constructed hung around the 8-9 spot for a large chunk of the season after the Love/Chandler trade happened, we feel that by adding 2 Lotto picks and another top 20 pick to our roster, we can take another step forward. We're still big fans of Kevin Love, and we wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We'll just leave it at that :-) |
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Post by Sam Bowie on Jun 2, 2015 23:32:28 GMT
Sir Walt,
Thanks for your time and good luck next season.
About Giannis Antetogokounmpo, He could be Anthony Randolph 2.0 as far as I know. Compare his numbers to those of '09-'10 Randolph. 1 thing that jumps right away is that Randolph only managed to stay healthy for 33 games while Giannis played a full season minus 1. Then again, Randolph had similar numbers in 2/3 minutes per game. The way I see it, a good SF in today's basketball must be able to shoot the 3 and Giannis is not there yet.
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Post by Charles Barkley on Jun 3, 2015 6:58:37 GMT
Love isn't going any where. Houston is a top market, he wants to be in a top market. He is playing with the best young player in the game that isn't named Anthony Davis. He has a former MVP PG. I don't see why he would leave. We will do all we can to keep him I'm on vacation rn with limited access to wifi but I just had to ask who the hell you are talking about haha Giannis. Didnt realize it was so wrong to proclaim it |
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Post by Charles Barkley on Jun 3, 2015 7:01:18 GMT
Sir Walt, Thanks for your time and good luck next season. About Giannis Antetogokounmpo, He could be Anthony Randolph 2.0 as far as I know. Compare his numbers to those of '09-'10 Randolph. 1 thing that jumps right away is that Randolph only managed to stay healthy for 33 games while Giannis played a full season minus 1. Then again, Randolph had similar numbers in 2/3 minutes per game. The way I see it, a good SF in today's basketball must be able to shoot the 3 and Giannis is not there yet. I think he is getting there though. I believe his numbers improved from 3 this year. Id also disagree that a 3 needs to shoot the 3 well. And Id also disagree that Giannis is a 3, at least not a prototypical 3. Think hes 6'11 now. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 10:42:09 GMT
Sir Walt, Thanks for your time and good luck next season. About Giannis Antetogokounmpo, He could be Anthony Randolph 2.0 as far as I know. Compare his numbers to those of '09-'10 Randolph. 1 thing that jumps right away is that Randolph only managed to stay healthy for 33 games while Giannis played a full season minus 1. Then again, Randolph had similar numbers in 2/3 minutes per game. The way I see it, a good SF in today's basketball must be able to shoot the 3 and Giannis is not there yet. I think he is getting there though. I believe his numbers improved from 3 this year. Id also disagree that a 3 needs to shoot the 3 well. And Id also disagree that Giannis is a 3, at least not a prototypical 3. Think hes 6'11 now. If I was Jason Kidd I would play Giannis at the 2. |
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Post by Sam Bowie on Jun 3, 2015 16:32:39 GMT
I think he is getting there though. I believe his numbers improved from 3 this year. Id also disagree that a 3 needs to shoot the 3 well. And Id also disagree that Giannis is a 3, at least not a prototypical 3. Think hes 6'11 now. A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2015 17:14:34 GMT
I think he is getting there though. I believe his numbers improved from 3 this year. Id also disagree that a 3 needs to shoot the 3 well. And Id also disagree that Giannis is a 3, at least not a prototypical 3. Think hes 6'11 now. A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? What was the last all star level small forward that couldn't shoot of three? |
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Post by Chris Mullin on Jun 3, 2015 17:21:09 GMT
A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? What was the last all star level small forward that couldn't shoot of three? Off the top of my head, maybe Andrei Kirilenko. He was never much of a 3 point shooter |
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Post by Charles Barkley on Jun 3, 2015 18:39:43 GMT
A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? What was the last all star level small forward that couldn't shoot of three? He attempted 44 3's this year. Versus 189 last year. Last year he shot 34.7%. I think Jason Kidd's scheme might have been the reason for Giannis' low number of 3's? Who knows. 34.7% isn't terrible. I think this year was a result of him not shooting as many 3's while attempting nearly twice as many FGs and shooting 49.1% from the field in only his sedon year. What I am saying is that the kid doesn't need to shoot it 40% from out there, but simply just at a normal level, which he didn't do this year. |
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Post by Allen Iverson on Jun 3, 2015 18:43:23 GMT
Giannis can do a 360 dunk from the 3-point line. That's how freak he is.  |
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Post by Ian Noble on Jun 3, 2015 20:05:17 GMT
Giannis doesn't sleep, he waits.
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Post by Hanamichi Sakuragi on Jun 4, 2015 1:06:44 GMT
I think he is getting there though. I believe his numbers improved from 3 this year. Id also disagree that a 3 needs to shoot the 3 well. And Id also disagree that Giannis is a 3, at least not a prototypical 3. Think hes 6'11 now. A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? He is still young. I believe his ceiling is better version of Iggy |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2015 15:40:22 GMT
A SF may not shoot 3s well but a star SF probably should be able to do it. He might be 6-11 but he needs to get stronger and develop post moves to play PF-CE. The way I see it that is more important than height. If you had to pick a star player from the last 5, 10 or 20 years that you see as Giannis' potential who would that be? He is still young. I believe his ceiling is better version of Iggy Iggy in his prime was an all-star level SF who could not shoot 3s. Lebron James is shooting 17% from 3 in the playoffs. Rodman or John Sally (I am not sure which because of my age) started at SF for the bad boy Pistons and obviously neither one of them can shoot 3s. |
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Post by Sam Bowie on Jun 6, 2015 1:07:37 GMT
In his best scoring season, Iguodala went for 1.2-3.7 from 3s. Not the best % but the number of attempts is big. If Lebron' shooting was on target, Cavs would be 1-0 against Warriors. He is shooting 18% and he still got 5.1 attempts per game showing the importance of 3-pointers in today' basketball. I admit Lebron could be a star SF without a 3-pointer but that is because he is capable of doing everything else like the best. You could say that Lebron plays multiple positions during 1 game. Unlike Giannis, Lebron has the strength and post moves to play PF if he wants to. Rodman had no offense. There are SFs with no 3-pointer that eventually have a couple of good seasons but usually they are not able to keep it up. This reminds me of Ron Mercer. espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/546/ron-mercer |
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