[SportsRadio 610] JVG to be on in the morning (6/20/06)

I do think that Redick will have trouble defending great SG one-on-one, but like JVG said, everyone has trouble with those guys. JVG believes in *team* defense more than one-on-one defense, and great team defense can be taught.

Listening to JVG this morning it doesn't sound like he wants Brewer at all because of his lack of outside shooting. My guess is if the Rockets stay at #8 they draft Redick, or they move up and get Roy, or they move down with Orlando for either Redick or Carney.

 

JVG wants a shooter?

We should be in the mix for the #1 and Adam Morrison, as draftexpress mentioned today. We do have the assets. Let's see what happens.

Because Adam Morrison is the one player in this draft who can shoot.

 

Any deal to move up, we'd have to give up Luther Head...

 

Just like it's been said that Reddick is almost as athletic as D-Wade.
Or that there was a "strong rumor" that we offered the #15 and EG for the #9.
Or that JVG openly said that he didn't want Hayes and Head.

Uhhh, yeah. David Wesley has been an established defender in the NBA throughout his career. And now it's an absolute that some college kid is better already than him?

Stop pulling things out of your ass.

 

To be clear JVG did say that he did not want Hayes and Head....and that he was wrong...he said that Dennis Lindsey wanted both players.

DD

 

I believe high school and college is 19-9

international is 22

and NBA is 23-9

BTW Yao actually hit 17 out of 25 three's in his workout and Jon Barry said something last year about seeing Yao nail 22 out of 25 once for kicks in practice.

18 out of 25 is not very impressive at all wide open against an empty court and during a workout in an empty facility.

 

Redick made an amazing improvement in D from his junior year to his senior year, whether you acknowledge that or not, does not change that it actually happened.

Just like his ball handling, one on one, creating and passing skills all dramatically improved.

 

...and that doesn't matter because he hasn't played a single minute in the NBA, hasn't shown he's better than Wesley "already" like you claim. (of many claims)

 

What if the Rockets are going after the #1 and trying to get Orlando's #11?

 

18 out of 25 is not impressive from the NBA 3 pt line? by my public education math skills that relates to a 72% shooting percentage. Seems pretty good to me...

 

Tayshaun?

 

On my high school team most guards could easily hit 18 out of 25 in a shooting drill.

I remember hitting 23 and 24 several times.

You have to realize once you get into a game how that percentage will drop.

Boki hit 75 out of 80 in his workout.

23-25
24-25
28-30

that's 93.3 percent

He has shot 35 percent so far in his career from 3, and shot 37 percent as a Rocket with all those wide open looks off of Yao.

18-25 is not good my freind.

Really Yao shot 17-25 in his workout, and Barry claimed he hit 22 out of 25 once in practice for kicks to show everyone he can shoot the 3.

Brewer has what you would call NBA 3 point range.

He is not a good shooter by any stretch, He also has one of the ugliest shots I have ever seen.

Now Carney is a pretty decent shooter.

 

I'm not sure how many people make down to this far in the thread by reading each post, but here's my question:

If JVG saw him work out in the summer and he is still questioning Carney's intensity, shouldn't that be a BIG turn-off?

I mean, it's one thing to talk about intensity of a season, or whatever. But I would imagine that if you're in a try-out for the NBA draft you'd be giving it all you've got. If you can't get motivated enough to give it all you've got during the tryouts, then you have a SERIOUS problem. And so, if this happened in tryouts, why in the world would you think his intensity would get any better?

Just curious.

 

He's a very smart basketball player. I could see him using his body a lot to defend, since it would be pretty hard to keep up with some of the faster players. I think the best outcome for his defense might be Manu, where he draws a lot of charges.

Watching the Finals, I wish we still had Posey. Every game he would cause a charge or two.

 

I think it's worth it. Head is a solid backup, but that's all he'll ever be because of his size, and inability to play the point.

Morrison, Roy, and Gay are "can't miss" players. Any of them could be an allstar in the nba for years to come. Unfortunately, we can't say that about Head (as much as I do like him).

 

Toronto will need a PG if James bolts. Toronto is also notorrious for shoot first PG's.

Althought Colangelo does prefer true PG's.

But I'm sure Head would be enticing to them considering they might be losing James real quick.

 

i would be siked if Toronto was interested in a package of Head, our pick, and so on, for the #1; however, I wonder if it's a new day in Toronto with Colangelo taking over. I fear those days of signing shoot-first point guards and two guards are over. See Raja Bell and Nash for details.

However, I wouldn't call Head a shoot-first combo guard, as he is a well-rounded player, and he would minimize the negative effects of losing Mike James.

You might be on to something.

 

That's a good question. However JVG has given indication that judging on workouts isn't a definitive means of assessing players, but rather he believes that their college career performance are a better source of information for assessing players.

 

Yeah but who knows, maybe he's like Swift but then again other players got that lazy label and it turned out untrue.

It's probably too big a gambe to rick it though if he has shwon signs of being lazy.

 

True which might be a bad sign for Carney.

Because he was benched by his college coach for "lack of effort."