I'd like to give some props to Rico Hines, who is one of the best player developers in the NBA. He's trained players like Kobe, Shaq, Durant, etc. During the Petrie era it was Coachie in the shadows helping to change the culture of the team. Today, I believe it's Rico putting his imprint on the team and helping to change the culture. I never thought that Buddy would be able to change direction off the dribble while attacking the basket, and yet, that's exactly what he's been doing, and that change has happened in the last year and a half. Buddy credits Rico for his improvement. So once again, props to Rico!!!
She would have loved this one. What a joyful game! I definitely felt some magic, everything was clicking tonight. I like the new "take charge" version of Harrison Barnes. Tyrese owns the sidelines and baselines with his constant deflections. Davion found some of his Baylor swagger out there tonight and Fox remembered that he can get his pullup midrange jumper any time he wants to if he stops worrying about his threes falling and just focuses on what he does best. Buddy of course is second to none when he's hot and from top to bottom the whole team was scrapping out there, running to the bucket, making crisp rotations and outworking some young guns on that Charlotte team who've been having pretty good seasons of their own so far. Oh and of course Richaun Holmes with the grown man's 20-20 game! Really fun to see him developing into a frontcourt star.
