Training Camp News and Notes

[AHF]

1 minute ago, bleachkit said:

BC can board though.

Not particularly well.  Here are per minute college numbers:

Brook Lopez          10.2 rp40

Jaren Jackson Jr.   10.6 rp40

Brandon Clarke    11.0 rp40

Mike Muscala       11.5 rp40

 

Marvin Bagley     13.1 rp40

John Collins         13.5 rp40

DeMarcus Cousins 16.8 rp40

[Spud2nique]

Loved Clarke and watched him live a few times. He’s a game changer as far as energy and key offensive boards at times but he will never been a consistent top rebounding type of guy, I’d say he maxes out at around 7 boards a game. 

He will swat everything in sight and have some breathtaking put backs that will have you jumping out of your chair.

[Spud2nique]

WOOOOOOOOWEEEE COLLINS GIT IT!

 

That boy guuuuud!

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

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20 hours ago, sturt said:

I thought the general consensus is that Evan Turner is our back-up PG. No?

 

 

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Good quick snippets!!

 

 

 

 

[Spud2nique]

19 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

 

Small ball 4? Like what? Not many players on the team smaller than Evan. Trae, Bembry..?  

[JayBirdHawk]

1 minute ago, Spud2nique said:

Small ball 4? Like what? Not many players on the team smaller than Evan. Trae, Bembry..?  

Vince started at PF last season with Collins injured, he's 6'6", ET is 6'7".....just saying. 

He might have that old man strength at PF 

[kg01]

Couple things ...

- I forgot CLP coached Turner in PHI.  Sounds like he really liked(s) him.  Cooler than not, I guess.

Now onto my rant ...

- So apparently the Heat "banished" James Johnson from camp for failing to meet their conditioning requirements.  My reaction, you ask?  So fkng what.  Wake me up when you start talkin' bout voiding his contract or something.

I don't give AF that you told him to go home and do some windsprints.  You know just like I know that he'll be playing once games start.

I'm so sick and tired of the Heat touting they're fitness culture or whatever.  Every team has that type stuff in place for the most part. Ya'll ain't special.

... and speaking of not special ...

- So apparently Jimi Buttler comes out bragging about showing up to camp at 3am as some kind-a proof that he works hard or w/e.  Well, first of all, nobody questioned his work ethic.  They question him as as teammate and leader.

So are your teammates somehow less hardworking than you if they don't show up at 3am?  What if their team-initiated workout plan calls for them to arrive at 7am?  Is management wrong, Jimi?  Kobe showed up at 6am but ya know who didn't puff his chest out about showing up at 6am?  Kobe

Get over yourself, Jimi.

[MaceCase]

6 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Kobe showed up at 6am but ya know who didn't puff his chest out about showing up at 6am?  Kobe

Get over yourself, Jimi.

OJ Mayo would beg to differ.

 

And let’s not forget Kobe holding all the union arena staff in Miami hostage hours after a loss because he “wanted to get comfortable with the rims for a Finals showdown.”

[kg01]

3 minutes ago, MaceCase said:

OJ Mayo would beg to differ.

 

And let’s not forget Kobe holding all the union arena staff in Miami hostage hours after a loss because he “wanted to get comfortable with the rims for a Finals showdown.”

Hey shut-up, ma$e.  You and I still got beef, brah.

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

I'm so sick and tired of the Heat touting they're fitness culture or whatever.  Every team has that type stuff in place for the most part. Ya'll ain't special.

If every team had that culture then perhaps you guys would still have Spellman.

-Ur BIL

(Hey, this drink isn’t gonna refill itself kg hehehehehe).  

[kg01]

5 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

If every team had that culture then perhaps you guys would still have Spellman.

-Ur BIL

(Hey, this drink isn’t gonna refill itself kg hehehehehe).  

Well maybe we actually do have that culture and thas why that dude got shipped out.  Maybe we don't fake-banish a guy knowing full well he gonna be back with the team in a couple days.  Maybe you need to worry 'bout how you gonna eggsplain to Goran Dragic why y'all tryna force WinSLOW to be your pg while Jimi gonna be ball-hoggin' it out there an....

... wait, am I actually talking to my BIL?  I blacked out for a second.

[Spud2nique]

22 minutes ago, kg01 said:

Well maybe we actually do have that culture and thas why that dude got shipped out.  Maybe we don't fake-banish a guy knowing full well he gonna be back with the team in a couple days.  Maybe you need to worry 'bout how you gonna eggsplain to Goran Dragic why y'all tryna force WinSLOW to be your pg while Jimi gonna be ball-hoggin' it out there an....

... wait, am I actually talking to my BIL?  I blacked out for a second.

Just like Lebron wasn’t the GM of the Cavs....Jimi isn’t the point guard...

Jimi makes sure if Jimmy goes down, the whole operation goes down.

Real talk real Jimi.

[JayBirdHawk]

4 hours ago, kg01 said:

Couple things ...

- I forgot CLP coached Turner in PHI.  Sounds like he really liked(s) him.  Cooler than not, I guess.

Now onto my rant ...

- So apparently the Heat "banished" James Johnson from camp for failing to meet their conditioning requirements.  My reaction, you ask?  So fkng what.  Wake me up when you start talkin' bout voiding his contract or something.

I don't give AF that you told him to go home and do some windsprints.  You know just like I know that he'll be playing once games start.

I'm so sick and tired of the Heat touting they're fitness culture or whatever.  Every team has that type stuff in place for the most part. Ya'll ain't special.

... and speaking of not special ...

- So apparently Jimi Buttler comes out bragging about showing up to camp at 3am as some kind-a proof that he works hard or w/e.  Well, first of all, nobody questioned his work ethic.  They question him as as teammate and leader.

So are your teammates somehow less hardworking than you if they don't show up at 3am?  What if their team-initiated workout plan calls for them to arrive at 7am?  Is management wrong, Jimi?  Kobe showed up at 6am but ya know who didn't puff his chest out about showing up at 6am?  Kobe

Get over yourself, Jimi.

I like this ranting @kg01.

I now look forward to 'The rant of the day' 

I wonder what's on tap for Friday? 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[kg01]

10 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

I like this ranting @kg01.

I now look forward to 'The rant of the day' 

I wonder what's on tap for Friday? 

Preview: Ben Simmons "falling in love with the game" again.  F it, I can't wait ...

So Ben Simmons claims he's fallen in love with basketball again?  Really?  Dude, you're freaking 23yo.  If you've fallen "back" in love with the game again, when were you ever in love with it?

Sounds to me like you've never loved the game in the first place.  Which would jive with the fact that you're the same player today that you were when you went through orientation at LSU.  Maybe that's why you're 3+ years into your pro career but you're still scared the mean gurls gonna point 'n laugh whenever you pull up for a jump(sic) shot(sic).

What are we supposed to do with this information, that you "love" basketball again?  This mean you gonna stop walking around as if you have Lebron's resume?  Newsflash, you don't.

This mean you gonna accept the fact that you're a playmaking 4 and not a point guard?

No?  Yeah, I thought not.

Jus' keep being you .. so's Embiid sees your limited game puts a cap on his winnin' and he decides to walk to come play for his favorite ex-coach. 

[Blunt91]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Between Bruno and Damian, whomever is able to shoot the 3 point shot with consistency will probably get the nod for Backup at Center.