Prigioni has no influence on his playing status. Sergio Rodriguez and Pablo Prigioni are Real Madrid's point guards. Sergio Llull is the team's shooting guard. Most of what anchel is saying about him is true and correct and I agree with a lot of it. However, it is not true that Llull is a point guard. If I had to try to make a comparison to a current NBA player, I would say that he is sort of like an Eric Gordon or a Shannon Brown type of player. It's not really that close of a comparison necessarily, but that's about the closest thing I can think of. I'm not saying he is as good as Gordon, because he isn't, but sort of a similar player. He is also sort of I think similar to Brown. Less athletic than Brown, although still athletic in his own right, and he is a better shooter than Brown. So maybe something like a less athletic (but still athletic) and better shooting version of Shannon Brown, or maybe something like a poor man's version as they say, of Eric Gordon. As far as his defense goes, it is not his strong point to the say least. Any of the better Euroleague point guards can blow by him off the dribble, which is another reason he is more suited to be a shooting guard. Keep in mind though that defense is much more important in the Euroleague than it is in the NBA. In the Euroleague his poor defense at the one position is a big issue, but in the NBA he would just be another guy at the one that does not play D. Due to the different rules, point guard defense is way less important in the NBA than it is in the Euroleague. So the defense issue is not as bad for him as a point guard in the NBA as it is in the Euroleague. Nonetheless, he is too slow laterally on defense to be a guy that you want defending the one consistently. In certain situations and match ups, or if the team does not care about dribble penetration, then he can defend at the one. But if the team would be serious about winning and/or playing defense, then he should definitely be playing defense against two guards IMO. Of course, Adelman does not seem to care much about defense. But Llull does not have the quick feet to be a point guard defensively. In the Euroleague he is noticeably too slow laterally when he is defending other point guards. I agree with Anchel about his fire and competitiveness. He has heart and I would certainly not mind having him on the Rockets at all. He is definitely a better player IMHO than Jermaine Taylor.
As a combo guard, how would you compare him to Bobby Jackson? Does he have that kind of scoring ability?
He's not what I would call a combo guard. He's a shooting guard with good handles that can be used as a point guard in certain situations. He does not have enough point guard game to be considered as a true combo guard to me. He is actually quite similar to Bobby Jackson now that I think about it. Only he is bigger, more athletic and worse at defense. But yes, he is in the mold of that type of player.
Prigioni is their backup PG, so if he's injured Llull has to play more PG minutes, like has happened. With the return of Prigioni is expected to see Llull playing as SG the very most of his minutes, this is true. He has played as PG in the Euroleague, believe me. I agree that Prigioni or Rodriguez are both more solid PGs to run the half court offense, but he's not that horrible, he has been a PG for a lot of years. This is not true, absolutely. He can defend PGs very strongly. He's not slow laterally, he's able to do a full court pressure against good PGs and cause em problems, I have seen it in Euroleague, ACB and with the Spanish national team. In fact this is one of his strengths at that position. If you can see the video I posted, Hinkie talks about him as a "big PG" for the NBA.
Thanks for all the insight regarding Lull. He is a player in my mind kind of like Scola. Very talented palyers who may be better coming to the NBA when they have more confidence in their games. Scola was an MVP in the Spanish League, and when he came to Houston his rookie season he was 10 pts and 6 reb in 24 minutes. Compare that to right now, Scola is scoring 21 pts and getting 9 rebounds in 33 minutes. Scola has grown quite well into his role as an NBA borderline all star. Martin/Scola/Lowry are a very good core!!!! :grin:
Sergio Llull is nowhere remotely close to the level of player that Scola is. You need to greatly lower your expectations.
Thank you A Kar and anchel for your valuable opinions, both of you seem to have watched him well enough. By the way, what makes you follow the Euroleague? I am confused and the ideal thing is for me to go check him up myself but is not sane to make assesments with highlights as your source. Do you know where I can catch him via internet broadcasting if their are available?
From the people who know what they're talking about, it seems like Sergio Llull is just a black Luther Head...
Someone else asked me this and I asked if it is allowed to post that here. Some sites ban you for posting that. So I will tell you where you can watch games if you can tell me if it is allowed to post that here or not. I don't want to get banned. I watch the Euroleague because it is an amazing basketball competition. Real hardcore basketball fans should absolutely love the Euroleague. And in case you are interested to know, most NBA fans that start watching the Euroleague generally come to prefer it over the NBA. IMO, Llull is a way better player than Luther Head is.
It must be safe for you to post it as there are many here who share and need those kinds of links like atdhe.net to watch the Rockets (I just noticed they have it, and just googling Real Madrid vs Lottomatica Roma gave me like 15 options) so feel free to post your suggestions (the better ones) I might get hooked on the Euroleague.
Llull playing right now. Euroleague game. He has 13 points at the start of the 4th quarter. http://www.atdhe.net/19337/watch-brose-baskets-vs-real-madrid
