Welcome Maxime Raynaud

Bummer, Max is not playing today. I love watching him, offensively, no question about him, defensively, all the efforts are there from Max.

Scott Perry says the things Max pleasantly surprised them all in the summer league thus far are:
  • When Max switches on smaller offensive players, he does a fairly good job of trying to keep them in front, and
  • The biggest thing is that he does something that a lot of veterans don’t do right now is his voice on the floor defensively. It has been unbelievable. When you have a big on the back line that can quarterback your defense and let everyone know where the screens are coming and cutting actions are happening, that is a big advantage for defense, which enhances your ability to be a good defensive team.
All of a sudden, we might have a glue guy and a floor general.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944963307087032773
 
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Max is an impressive young guy. He came across as mature and composed during that Summer League interview with ESPN—seems like he really has his head on straight.


The Kings should feel great about having him on their roster.
 
KainLear said:
Max is an impressive young guy. He came across as mature and composed during that Summer League interview with ESPN—seems like he really has his head on straight.


The Kings should feel great about having him on their roster.
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I like Max quite a bit but let’s be honest his defensive fundamentals are pretty bad. I’m guessing he will spend a lot of time in Stockton working on playing defense and moving correctly.
 
Tetsujin said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1994649171966791790

So yeah I’m not entirely sure how good he’ll actually be when it’s all said and done but at this point, it feels like Max is at least solidly an NBA player.
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For me, what stands out is how fluid he moves for his size and how intuitive he is as a player. Just very comfortable with the ball in his hands offensively, can tell he's just a skilled dude. Better rebounder than I expected after his summer league too

Swing skill is if he can develop as a shooter. Stretch 5s will always be incredibly valuable and that would give him a shot to be an above average offensive big.

But in terms of NBA staying power, I agree. I look at a majority of backup bigs (in the vein of a drew eubanks) and I don't see any reason why Max couldn't carve out that kind of role for a 7+ year career, after a minimum
 
The_Jamal said:
For me, what stands out is how fluid he moves for his size and how intuitive he is as a player. Just very comfortable with the ball in his hands offensively, can tell he's just a skilled dude. Better rebounder than I expected after his summer league too

Swing skill is if he can develop as a shooter. Stretch 5s will always be incredibly valuable and that would give him a shot to be an above average offensive big.

But in terms of NBA staying power, I agree. I look at a majority of backup bigs (in the vein of a drew eubanks) and I don't see any reason why Max couldn't carve out that kind of role for a 7+ year career, after a minimum
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He's already rebounding better than Eubanks, so if his offensive game develops a bit he's got a surefire role in the league for a good while.
 
Up until last night, my main complaint has been what seemed to be terrible touch around the rim. Hopefully it’s just a confidence thing and with playing time that continues to improve (although when Domas comes back he will be back to 5 min spot play). I love how vocal and confident he is in a team defense setting.
 
In a way he's lucking out because Christie has no choice but not to play him because of the Sabonis injury. Fine with me. If about 4 guards went out for "personal reasons" it would also be fine with me as Clifford would then have to be played.

Max just needs 1) time on the court, 2) more strength, 3) a coach that plays him to his strengths initially rather than his weaknesses. I think increased strength is a certainty in the next two years. If he gets a coach that plays to his strength he will be given the ball where he make great passes and shoot 3 pointers. He made those open 3 pointers in the summer league and there's no reason he can't do so in the big league, unless the coaches suck the confidence right out of him in that regard.
 
Tetsujin said:
Don’t know about how a rebuild will go but seemingly hitting a second round pick out of the park for the first time since the first Obama administration is a start.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1998233038677843993
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Hustles back on defense to get the block, THEN hustles back in transition, beats Isaiah Jackson down the floor to get an easy dunk at the rim because he sprinted down the floor. That's the kind of stuff that gets you a 10+ year career as a big.

1:45-1:50

Sets the pick and that first step on the roll is lethal. Huff is a step and a half behind on the drop and Max gets the lane and finish over Siakam weak-side defense. That's a tough cover for any big to hedge on and I think a big reason why he's had success in the PnR game with Russ.

He's definitely a unique big man with real upside as a starter down the line. I think he's shown that over these last few weeks.
 
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