This is all that matters. Can he contribute? Yes. He has shown that he can be effective while on the court. He just needs to get in shape.
I'd rather go for Kaman's expiring contract. He's undervalued because of injuries in the past several years.
You really are a piece of work HP, for all the bull**** you have pulled over the years you think you would have the common sense to stfu...but no, you run around calling others trolls. Why don't you go steal someone else's password and post as them on the interwebs? I mean seriously.....you are ridiculous. If someone thinks Thabeet should be playing, then who are you to say he shouldn't? I mean honestly. DD
Woah, LOL that is just not true.....I have had company over from England all day today..... HP - you really need to take a break, seriously you are making yourself look like even more of a dumbass than you are in real life. DD
Tell you what HeyPartner, let's make a bet. If Coachbadlee is my 2nd user ID, I will leave here forever, if he isn't, you will leave here forever. What do you say, wanna bet, or are you going to be a p***y? DD
coachbadlee is definitely not DaDakota. --- last season --- http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showpost.php?p=5816010&postcount=160
lol DaDakota, I didn't call you a troll...I called your Bi-UID a troll...did you forget what account you were logged into? Show me actually where I called YOU a troll versus coachbadlee?? haha You should not have taken my bait. But it does give you an out to change the subject away from your misinformation about Game 1. Do you want to continue with Game 1...or are you just going to run away from your complete lack of facts. Hill and Dalembert were in foul trouble you said...wrong...they had 2 fouls total Well that means they should have put Dalembert on him...wrong...Howard scored zero points in the 4th quarter...we needed to go small for offense Scola playing d against Howard makes him ineffective on offense...wrong...Scola only needs to draw Howard away from the basket to let TWill drive for an uncontested slam dunk with 3 minutes left. Don't create misinformation as a lame way to blame coaches just so you can make a point about Thabeet. No one should need to make up **** just to defend their argument. So, please since you were completely wrong about Game 1...layoff the Thabeet stuff, at least until McHale gives him minutes. OK?
His preseason games were good, because he was going against sucky people. But last night it was a super good center in the NBA. Thabeet is no match for Dwight. D Sam did super good. We would of had it if Mchale didn't go small.
It would have been interesting to see the powerful young guy, Greg Smith, pull some minutes against Dwight Howard. Alas....
Going by track record, Kevin Mchale in Minnesota was the equivalent of Isaiah Thomas in New York. Not all great players end up being good coaches. both failed as general manager and were asked to coach the rotation they assembled and likewise failed. Not all good players end up being good player evaluators. Even Michael Jordan has not excelled as a team owner/general manager. He was afterall responsible for drafting Kwame Brown number 1 overall based on his player assessment. One thing Thabeet would not have failed at is being outrebounded by Ryan Anderson which was so with Adrien and was so disappointing to watch. Thabeet is miles ahead of Adrien in shotblocking and rebounding. Adelman overachieved with the lineup he had last year. I have a feeling we are going to find out soon enough that " we don't know what we got til its gone" when minnesota fully implements Adelman's system.
Maybe...but it is not that simple. Orlando went small early in the 4th by moving Turkoglu to PF. We had Hill on him and Scola on Howard. That didn't really work...so we put Williams on Turk around the 5 minute mark. It's not like Scola can guard him. We never doubled Howard when Scola was on him, because we were ready to foul Howard. So doubling Howard wasn't really an issue either. Just that no one could stay in front of Turk and Scola is not good enough to cover Howard and provide help defense, plus Turk also hit some 3s regardless. If you don't go small and don't want to put Scola on Turk, then you must sit Scola. You can't really do that when you are behind and need points. At least, you if you are going to say it is still McHale's fault, then I would say that you are advocating sitting Scola due to Orlando going "small". When Orlando can put Turk at PF, and they have the lead, they are tough to match up with. Games aren't so simple to say simple things like "had McHale not gone small, we would have won."
And DD falls into an obvious trap. heypartner was riling things up a bit because you wimped out after crapping out some facts from your ass, and you responded to his trap posts which means you have been in this thread all along but you did not have the balls to admit you were wrong. That or you just ran away like what you always do after saying something extremely stupid. And that last line of yours is the copout that Ottoman predicted. Full retreat mode. Didn't you just call McHale an idiot because he didn't play Thabeet. How about, "If someone thinks Thabeet shouldn't be playing, then who are you to say he should?" Oh wait, McHale is a HOF basketball player, you're a jealous man behind a computer desk.
Don't be stupid, Thabeet was a big body and had 6 fouls to give, there was no reason to have him inactive. If they want to do that against teams without a big center fine, but to not have the biggest body on the team active, flat out stupid. DD
Then take the bet, we will let Clutch decide, if that is a bi-UID of mine I will leave forever, if it isn't you will leave forever. Wanna roll tough guy, or are you gonna p***y out as you always do? DD
yea...this is exactly what Clutch had in mind when he created this forum for the general public. Great job fellas
Weren't you saying this like 3 pages ago before we proved your Game 1 facts wrong. Quit calling the coach stupid about Thabeet and Game 1. Drop the theory about Thabeet until he becomes active and gets some minutes. And work on your facts.
