I believe it was to accept an offer at his alma mater.
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I believe it was to accept an offer at his alma mater.
@EricMoreland15 · 3h 3 hours ago
Wherever Im at its goin to be the same results
no no my friend #DeparmentOfDefenseSpeaking lol. Preciete it @navadog
Wherever Im at its goin to be the same results
Moreland is showing a defensive mindset even in Reno, where I think the word "defense" is actually banned from use. I have the strong feeling we'll be seeing him back on the Kings bench before long. I'd personally send Derrick Williams home and let him watch the game from his couch, but that's just me. He contributes nothing to the "change in culture" while Moreland's attitude toward the game is exactly what the doctor ordered.
There's probably something in the collective bargaining agreement that wouldn't allow us to "relegate" Williams, anyway.
Fine. Then someone figure out a way to get him up here and I'll take him for a walk in the forest with a pork chop around his neck.
CruzDude
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After all he is virtually there now based on his game work or non-work. 3 fouls in 60 seconds!! Isn't that some sort of record?
Glenn
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I don't have an answer. I hope this achievement changes the way DWill is used. It wasn't too long ago when people were hoping DWill didn't okay. Certainly most of us should be in the same mind ser. Here's a guy making quit a chunk of change who at the least is confusing and at the worst, a loser. His play is amazing.
I wouldn't mind if he sat at the end of the bench and only got to play in garbage. I think the experiment has run its course. It's too bad.
Amazingly, B-R lists 18 players who have recorded one minute or less in a game and committed three fouls. Better than that, the king of fouling is Marco Belinelli, who recorded FOUR fouls in one minute (actually 1:13) in a game in January of 2008. Of course, Williams committed his fouls in 0:39, or 13 seconds per foul, while Belinelli managed to go 18.25 seconds per foul in his four-foul game.
(Sorry, I'm not going through over 100 boxscores of players with 2+ fouls in <=1 minute to see if anybody has committed them faster than DWill...!)
bajaden
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Not sure of this, so maybe the Capt can help me, but I believe that if your on an NBA roster, and you have more than three years in the NBA, you can't be assigned to the D-League. Which if true, would mean we couldn't send Williams down. Now its possible we could if he agreed to it. But as I said, I'm not sure about the rule. Too sick to take the time to look it up.
I don't want to see him to the D-League. I'd much prefer to send him to a distant star in a galaxy far, far away.
The last part is correct. In fact, not only Williams but also the players union would have to sign off on any trip to the D-League.
But we're still good with the walk through the forest with a pork chop around his neck, right?
But we're still good with the walk through the forest with a pork chop around his neck, right?
Don't forget to dip him in honey
HndsmCelt
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I am confused are you hoping for a pack of wolves or Rocket Racoon and Groot to just take him away?But we're still good with the walk through the forest with a pork chop around his neck, right?
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Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Guardians of the Galaxy 2: The D'Will Conundrum.
Bears and coyotes love pork chops.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
Meanwhile in Moreland-land
Eric 〽oreland @EricMoreland15 3m3 minutes ago
So bored today I decided to draw for the first time since art in middle school.Thought I did straight lol had to show
Eric 〽oreland @EricMoreland15 3m3 minutes agoSo bored today I decided to draw for the first time since art in middle school.Thought I did straight lol had to show
TheBadGuy
Bench
Did Antoine Walker and Mikki Moore play in the D-League?
Chubbs
Starter
Giggity...Meanwhile in Moreland-land
So bored today I decided to draw for the first time since art in middle school.Thought I did straight lol had to show
HndsmCelt
Hall of Famer
If any player need to get active it's Sim
Yes, but they were unsigned at the time. At some point over the past five years or so, they changed the rules in the D-League so that there's no longer a cap on how many seasons you can have played in the NBA, and still be eligible to play in the D-League. You just can't send a veteran down if he's signed to your roster. The only way that Derrick Williams could play in the D-League is if he gets waived outright, and is not claimed off waivers by anybody, or not until after he becomes an unrestricted free agent.
I like the new rule on one level, because that means that the D-League is closer to becoming a full-fledged farm league for the NBA, which could lead to the death of NCAA basketball, which would suit me right down to the ground. On the other hand, there's something I find slightly off-putting about seeing Damien Wilkins, a guy who made $18M in the NBA, being allowed to play in the D-League.
This Grinnell offense is ****ing annoying.
Now, don't get me wrong: if the D-League were a fully independent minor league, then I wouldn't mind seeing a team that appears to be trying to score 130 a night. But, since it appears that they want to try and make it an actual farm league for the NBA, and since the Bighorns are wholly subsidiary to the Kings, you would think that they'd want the guys they send down there to be running an offense and/or a defense that's actually going to translate to what they'd be playing, should they get called up.
Now, don't get me wrong: if the D-League were a fully independent minor league, then I wouldn't mind seeing a team that appears to be trying to score 130 a night. But, since it appears that they want to try and make it an actual farm league for the NBA, and since the Bighorns are wholly subsidiary to the Kings, you would think that they'd want the guys they send down there to be running an offense and/or a defense that's actually going to translate to what they'd be playing, should they get called up.
Having Damien Wilkins on the floor ups the level of play, which is always good. Moreland contests shots, but is always in the air. That won't fly in the NBA, he's nowhere close to being ready. Horrible from FT line - no consistency or touch. Tried a couple of moves with mixed results, he's good, when he doesn't turn it over. The only positive thing - moves the ball really well.
Right now, Moreland is being outplayed by Hassan F. Whiteside. Even though a couple of Whiteside's blocks have looked like goaltends.
Damn, the PA announcer for the Bighorns doesn't even bother to say 'substitution', with the way this coach does things: he straight up calls it a 'line change.'
When guys just throw the ball out of bounds without pressure, having Damien Wilkins certainly increase the level of play by a mile...don't think I saw such bad plays from bad Div I colleges, not that watched a lot of those.
Broadcast crew just wondered, how is it, that Reno allows 60% from the field with most of those at the basket.
Do they even watch the game right in front of them? 
Broadcast crew just wondered, how is it, that Reno allows 60% from the field with most of those at the basket.
Do they even watch the game right in front of them?
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