DC isn't a minus athlete, that's what i was trying to say. He's a similar style player (undersized 4 who shoots midrange and rebounds) but a good athlete instead of a poor one. He's also a smart vs dumb player. And he's still only valued as a 3M/yr bench guy.

Any strength or power that AB has is purely theoretical at this point. He's been soft as baby **** and allergic to the paint; he gets shoved out of there happily on basically every possession.

lol, willie, I'll stay off your back as long as you dont take up $5.8 mil of cap space and a roster space on the Wolves.

As far as my comments about Bennett, I think I'm looking at reality, both by the eye test and everything I read from knowledgeable people.

These are not my words in the quotes, but they make sense to me:

To clarify, we could not give Bennett away. If we had thrown in some draft picks like we did to get rid of Johnny Flynn and Wes Johnson, that's probably what it would have taken for another team to accept Bennett and that albatross contract on their roster.

Very limited offensively.

Historically bad defensively, and no effort. He fails the eyeball test and all statistical measures.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/ru...s-no-1-status/


I read something somewhere else that said one of the many reasons the Wolves cut Bennett was because they are intending to play Shabazz at PF sometimes this season, and they wanted to free up some minutes so he can do that. That sounds good to me because I think his best position might be PF (I've said that before here I think).

Bazz is 6'4 barefoot. No way he's a PF other than extremely limited stretches. He's fine as a wing that can pound the **** out of weaker dudes and rebound like a madman.

I dont remember where I saw it, but when we go to a small ball lineup, Shabazz will play some PF. Of course he isnt going to be there all the time, but he does have long arms and is a good rebounder for his size due to his hustle. He also lacks the quickness and ball handling skills of most NBA wings. It looks like he's been getting stronger this offseason.



Charles Barkley is about the same height as Shabazz and playing PF worked out ok for him (yes, I know he was a lot bigger around). Gary Trent, Draymond Green, Chuck Hayes, are some other 6' 5" - 6' 6" guys that play(ed) PF pretty well. Hayes actually started a lot of games at center and he's only 1" taller than Shabazz.

shippit for my BAZZ bet

small ball big is like the recipe for PER inflation

http://fansided.com/2015/09/25/inter...rreactionizer/

This seems overly optimistic, but hey, you never know.

go PEK go!!!

KG made it sound like Flip is doing really poorly :-(

First practice will be on NBATV today.

KG is def ready to go:

https://vine.co/v/exLJD7Kw2v6

Loving watching practice. Ricky looks so quick.

free money on season wins

25.5 at present, should prob be like 33.5

Towns: Nah, i haven't come out yet

KG: Make sure you working efficiently

Towns: I'm in shape, I'm good, I can run all day man, I'm 19 year old!

KG: It's the first day.

Jerry Z:

Apparently Zach looks incredible and is the best player so far. Sammich told KMart that they want Zach to win the starting job and KMart is now understanding.

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LaVine putting on a show in 5 on 5. 3s and dunks. 3s and dunks

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Tayshaun Prince said it was hard to say anyone really stood out in 1st 2 days, but did say Zach LaVine has been impressive.

Per Sammich: Lavine is the starting 2

nice

i'm a lavine fan as long as he isn't playing PG

im a lavine fan period. adding ben simmons to go with kat and stuff would be tongue burning eye watering hot.

not sure tryhard interim wannabe permanent coaching staff don't pull zach after like 3 bad defensive series tho in favour of the redoubtably robust wing defense of kevin martin

pretty sure there is no chance that zach is actually better than kmart at nba basketball right now

I don't think moving zach down on the depth chart if he's not the best sg on the team is going to hurt his development. My guess is it would force him to improve in all facets. I worry a little bit that his current mindset is more about being a star than winning.

I think starting Lavine is Sammich taking the pressure to win off himself. He's trying to make it obvious to potential employers that this season wasn't about winning in case we suck.

We got killed by the Thunder. It was like me and 15 other people there.
-KAT is so, so, so ****ing good! I was a doubter but holy **** he's good. Catch and shoot jumpers, iso jumpers, 3/3 on post moves. Defensively he tries to block everything and gives op offensive rebounds.
-Zach was pretty good. KMart was awesome and probably our best player
-Tyus sucks
-Andre Miller is done imo. He made a couple nice leaners and a nice pass but he couldn't stay anywhere near DJ Augustin at all. Like he just got torched 100% of the times down the court like it was me playing D in the NBA or something. He also went down holding his knee and it looked bad (they stopped the game) but he recovered and appeared to be fine.
-LoBro by far our best point guard offensively and defensively. He looked really good. For some reason him and Cameron Payne started jawing and then Brown just clowned him on like 4 straight possessions. I was ready to call Payne a bust but then he lit up Tyus in the 4th quarter. Tyus sucks.
-Bazz looked awful. Skinny Bazz couldn't muscle anybody on the block and was just throwing up airballs everywhere. Also he remains the worst defender of all time. He just has no idea.
-Adrian Payne remains the same; lots of terrible with the occassional brilliant play that nobody else could make
-Belly is great. He showed everything, range, passing, driving and scoring. He looks like a really good player.
-Rudez is a really good shooter with a lightning quick release. I don't think he or LoBro gets cut.
-Lavine and Ibaka: Lavine had a breakaway dunk and Ibaka caught him from behind and grabbed him just as he was taking off--dangerous play and it's preseason. They reviewed in for a flagrant but decided common foul. Two possessions later Lavine carved through the D and got to the rim where it was just him vs Ibaka. He tried to sling it on Serge so hard like Wig vs Gobert but unfortunately he got stone rejected.
-Bazz and Singler also got into it. Bazz was dunking in transition and Singler undercut him to foul and stop the dunk. Some how there was no whistle (Eric Dalen was reffing, he sucks) and Bazz airballed the dunk. Bazz didn't like it and they started shoving. They called a double foul with Bazz getting a tech.
-Kevin Durant is ridiculous. He has like 3 inches on Wiggins in addition to being a GOAT level shooter. He can just rise up and shoot over Andrew Wiggins!
-Gorgui is the same. Hitting impressive jumpers, a nice block here and there, traveling (not called, Eric Dalen reffing, he sucks) repeatedly, getting shoved around by Enes Kanter. He's decent but Towns already much better.

nice post JTM.

I'm getting excited about seeing Rubio play with Wiggins, Bjelly & KAT.

I hope you're right about keeping Rudez & Brown, but I doubt it because who else gets cut? I wouldnt mind seeing Miller or Prince or Tyus or Payne get cut, but all those guys are making guaranteed money. Brown isnt and Rudez isnt making much.

I'm Team LaVine for sure, I saw so much about his game I liked last year and he's younger than Wiggins ffs.