(03-19-2024, 01:35 AM)SleepingHero Wrote:


Omax highlights

(03-19-2024, 08:47 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: I am really having trouble evaluating G league.  I have no idea what translates.  The games are high scoring and everyone scores.  I have watched a few games....not in full but small watches.   Omax will have some really nice plays that you see in the highlights, but then he goes like 5 minutes where you don't even notice him on the court.   Then he will get a rebound and take it for the full length of the court and score in an impressive manner.  Then disappear again.  It is weird.  But again, I have no idea how to evaluate these games.

(03-19-2024, 10:47 AM)michaeltex Wrote: A little different topic...

I saw somewhere a mention of DL2 putting on a 3 point shooting display at the combine that generated a lot of buzz. Does anyone remember that? Does he really have 3pt skills. I love the current role he is playing as a 5, but is it possible he could play PF in some future rotation?

Found this on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjGsEgF0aI

(03-19-2024, 10:47 AM)michaeltex Wrote: A little different topic...

I saw somewhere a mention of DL2 putting on a 3 point shooting display at the combine that generated a lot of buzz. Does anyone remember that? Does he really have 3pt skills. I love the current role he is playing as a 5, but is it possible he could play PF in some future rotation?

Found this on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQjGsEgF0aI

(03-19-2024, 10:57 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: You don't want him at PF regardless, but he could become as versatile as Wemby (not as skilled, I know, but still a star player) if he developed a game-usable 3. Kidd probably gave him the red light this year to make sure his confidence stays high. If there's one thing Lively has not been this year, it's as timid as the typical rookie, so Kidd has done quite well with him. I detest Kidd as our coach, but he has done great with Lively this year.

(03-19-2024, 11:36 AM)michaeltex Wrote: I say PF, but I'm thinking just something more than a dunker (although he's filling that role admirably). If he's a distance threat, even if it's just to the foul line, then he could loosen up the middle to the advantage of Luka and Kyrie's creativity.

(03-19-2024, 12:49 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: The value of Lively potentially shooting 3's, in my opinion, isn't to further muck up the works by playing him with another center, it's to give the offense a sense of versatility and unpredictability by creating space inside, not only for Luka and the ball-handlers (in a 5-out sense), but also just so there's room inside for guys like Washington, DJJ, etc. That way, they can play the kind of "in the paint" ball they seem to want to play regardless of what pre-switches the defense employs. Small guy on PJ? No problem, just pull the opposing 5 out to the perimeter (because Lively has become a shooting threat), get PJ the ball in the paint and prosper. 

The best part, however, will come into play as Lively ages, way down the road. Once he stops being able to space vertically on every play, he'll still be a difference maker on defense, at least in a drop-coverage way. Being a threat as a shooter, at that point, will extend his career significantly. See Lopez, Brooke.

(03-19-2024, 03:11 PM)HoosierDaddyKidd Wrote: https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1770152611661885579


PJ vs GW since the trade.

(03-19-2024, 03:11 PM)HoosierDaddyKidd Wrote: https://twitter.com/statmuse/status/1770152611661885579
PJ vs GW since the trade.

(03-19-2024, 04:17 PM)MFFL Wrote: Mavs Net Rating:

With Grant Williams -3.45
With PJ Washington +8.75

(03-19-2024, 11:18 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: You may see this in time, but I am so glad Lively came into the season and didn't want to show everyone he could shoot threes (The opposite of Mo Bamba).   I would like to see his Free Throw improve first though.

In all honesty though, I know everyone is in on five out spacing and I admit I like to see it to.   But with Lively, I almost prefer him near the rim.   Let defenders make decisions if they want to come to stop Luka or protect the rim.   Lively is there for the dunk or the rebound.   I almost think this is more valuable than him shooting 36 % on 3 threes a game.   Everyone else can spread the floor.

(03-20-2024, 03:15 AM)WillE Wrote: I remember a similar video of Willie Cauley-Stein during his first summer with us. And I was similar excited to see him shoot 3s in real games.

End result that season: 1-11 3PT