The favour of the americans for shortcuts and nicknames is very disturbing to me. At times it is almost impossible to figure out, who is adressed at all given the refuse to use more then 4 letters to describe a human being.
I imagine someone over here would refer to Franz Beckenbauer as FB or Angela Merkel as AM. Nobody would know, whats the meaning of this.
Why do you cripple your beautiful language like that?
I imagine someone over here would refer to Franz Beckenbauer as FB or Angela Merkel as AM. Nobody would know, whats the meaning of this.
Why do you cripple your beautiful language like that?
Except that mid-range shooters don't actually spread the floor; a guy who's money from fifteen feet is not going to open up anything for a ground-bound, score-in-the-paint center. When your "lead" big scores from the outside, like Ryan Anderson does, that's a good thing. When they want to get the ball to go into their move only about a foot or so from where you can shoot it, not so much.
Danke gleichfalls....
My thoughts on the trade:
A net positive. Right type of player, cheap, fills position of need, doesn't demand shots and knows his role. Hard worker and high character. Other thoughts - isn't a long term solution, being vastly over-rated by the masses. Doesn't undo some of the other bad moves that have been made.
Overall, a positive trade. It's encouraging, but I'm not getting ahead of myself. I don't understand how some have gone from disgusted with the front office to absolutely thrilled, because of Luc Mbah A Moute. It's solid move. I don't expect he'll satisfy people long term, and those who are claiming to have watched and followed him for a few years (the usual suspects), well, I don't really believe them. I've seen enough of him to know what we're getting - a solid defender who works hard and is a team guy, but is extremely limited. I don't think he's a starter on a good team unless you're completely stacked at other positions.
A net positive. Right type of player, cheap, fills position of need, doesn't demand shots and knows his role. Hard worker and high character. Other thoughts - isn't a long term solution, being vastly over-rated by the masses. Doesn't undo some of the other bad moves that have been made.
Overall, a positive trade. It's encouraging, but I'm not getting ahead of myself. I don't understand how some have gone from disgusted with the front office to absolutely thrilled, because of Luc Mbah A Moute. It's solid move. I don't expect he'll satisfy people long term, and those who are claiming to have watched and followed him for a few years (the usual suspects), well, I don't really believe them. I've seen enough of him to know what we're getting - a solid defender who works hard and is a team guy, but is extremely limited. I don't think he's a starter on a good team unless you're completely stacked at other positions.
Possibly. And I say possibly because I don't believe it's a certainty. In theory it's an upgrade. However I didn't say our SF has to take us to the championship, and that's a pretty irrelevant thing to say if you were insinuating that's what I think our SF should be. I'll remind those with selective memories about the excitement James Johnson generated when we traded for him, and he put up better numbers than Mbah A Moute (though obviously the latter is far better at sticking to his role).
Mbah A Moute has put up more consistent numbers with consistent minutes the last 4 or 5 years. James Johnson was more of an unknown and a developmental player. He can handle the ball, block shots at a very good rate, has athleticism and also looked like he was on his way to developing a shot. His offense just came crashing down on him last year. In preseason the guy was like a bigger Tyreke Evans. As soon as the season started and things didn't go his way the first week or so, it seemed like he mentally fell apart and never got back on track. He couldn't finish under the basket and he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from 3. I think he made two 3 pointers all year? Plus the offense would come to a screeching halt as soon as he touched the ball. We were barely scoring 90 with him in the starting lineup.
I don't know Mbah A Moute's game too well but it seems like he knows his place in the league and doesn't try to do too much with the skills he know he doesn't have. I'll trade a 2nd rounder for an established role player any day of the week. Other than Isaiah Thomas, the last 2nd round draft pick we had that gave us anything on the court was Tyus Edney back in 1995.
I don't know Mbah A Moute's game too well but it seems like he knows his place in the league and doesn't try to do too much with the skills he know he doesn't have. I'll trade a 2nd rounder for an established role player any day of the week. Other than Isaiah Thomas, the last 2nd round draft pick we had that gave us anything on the court was Tyus Edney back in 1995.
Floor spacing is going to be the major problem with him. If Mbah a Moute starts, we are almost forced to start Patterson to keep the floor spread. That could work as Mbah a Moute's rebounding is pretty good for his position and can make up for some of Patterson's lack of effort on the boards. I'm still holding out hope that we'll amnesty Salmons and clear some cap space for Granger or Gay to start.
Wow. You really would pick an argument with your toe nails.
Read my posts again. It's pretty obvious what my opinion is - I've stated it multiple times. Positive trade, only encouraging thing the FO has done so far. But not the pick-up that some have been making out. So yes, a positive trade. I know enough about Luc to know, it appears others don't, as they're getting disproportionately giddy. But hey, I'm not going to rain on their parade.
Cool vid on Mbah a Moute
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
