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[orangello]

I do hate to bring up Calipari too often, it's not a homer thing, as much as it is I just happen to know more about his style and philosophies than that of other coaches ..

Anyway, Calipari tells his teams every year, "I want you to end the season ranked #1 in your league in defense while being ranked dead last in steals."

I initially found that a very interesting concept/thought .. now it's just ingrained and instinctual.

To me that tells me he understands that most of the time when people are getting steals they are gambling. If you look at it from a possession standpoint it tells me that unless you are averaging an abnormally high amount of steals that you might be gambling too much which leads to easy buckets which means bad defense.

[Zulu]

It doesn't ring a bell. PM me a link of some sort. I finished Bleach a while ago and I have been looking for something new and good to replace it.

The only reason I know it is cuz when I was making your picture for the BFF league of doom, I google imaged orangello and there was this anime girl who has that name from Vandread...

Looking at the other characters from Vandread there is a guy who wears all orange... The pic I used for you is some guy dressed up as that orange wearing guy!!

I was thinking this is where you maybe got ur name and was going to blow ur mind with that pic I made of you!!!

Oh well!!

[orangello]

The only reason I know it is cuz when I was making your picture for the BFF league of doom, I google imaged orangello and there was this anime girl who has that name from Vandread...

Looking at the other characters from Vandread there is a guy who wears all orange... The pic I used for you is some guy dressed up as that orange wearing guy!!

I was thinking this is where you maybe got ur name and was going to blow ur mind with that pic I made of you!!!

Oh well!!

Nope, I got my name from that racist joke about the african-american woman that named her son Lemonjello because she likes lemon jello. My favorite color is orange, that is where it come from. I know, not unique or cool like Zulu the African Prince!

[Zulu]

Nope, I got my name from that racist joke about the african-american woman that named her son Lemonjello because she likes lemon jello. My favorite color is orange, that is where it come from. I know, not unique or cool like Zulu the Warrior tribe of Africa!

Fixed!!

[orangello]

Fixed!!

You're still a prince to me!

[PKM]

I bumped a thread that hadn't been posted in in almost 17 months, is highly relevant, and I want to know, of all places, why is this HERE??!?

Zulu, every time I see the A to Zion commercial I think that guy is you with a buzz cut.

That's hot!!!!

OG you like anime??

Some. I used to watch much more. Any specific one?

Robotech is one of my favs. I am excited to see if the can pull it off in a live action movie. Toby McGuire is supposedly going to be in it.

I'll have to check it out. I usually just watch the stuff my brothers tell me to. At first I was hesitant but I grew to love it quickly.

Ever watch Vandread???

It doesn't ring a bell. PM me a link of some sort. I finished Bleach a while ago and I have been looking for something new and good to replace it.

The only reason I know it is cuz when I was making your picture for the BFF league of doom, I google imaged orangello and there was this anime girl who has that name from Vandread...

Looking at the other characters from Vandread there is a guy who wears all orange... The pic I used for you is some guy dressed up as that orange wearing guy!!

I was thinking this is where you maybe got ur name and was going to blow ur mind with that pic I made of you!!!

Oh well!!

Nope, I got my name from that racist joke about the african-american woman that named her son Lemonjello because she likes lemon jello. My favorite color is orange, that is where it come from. I know, not unique or cool like Zulu the African Prince!

Fixed!!

Your still a prince to me!

[Zulu]

Don't hate...participate young man!!

[Zulu]

Your still a prince to me!

Precious!!

[Zulu]

Ya Kanter is going to be a beast he will average 16 & 16!!!

[orangello]

I bumped a thread that hadn't been posted in in almost 17 months, is highly relevant, and I want to know, of all places, why is this HERE??!?

Are you threatened because the conversation isn't about you?

Just playin. If it wasn't valid for months then why not let Zulu and I do our thing?

[orangello]

Don't hate...participate young man!!

We should come up with some good anime for him to watch as well. PKM, what kind of stuff do you like besides treasure hunting? and basketball?

[orangello]

Ya Kanter is going to be a beast he will average 16 & 16!!!

Good thing I have him on my BFF team!

[PKM]

It's okay you cartoon craving corpse of posters, I'll just bump a couple posts past the commercials.

Kanter's defense has been the biggest surprise for me.

Way back then, most everyone on this board was calling defense 'blocks.' I remember going round and round with too many people that blocks and steals are two of the most overrated statistics in basketball and far from an end-all indicator of elite defense. My saying his defense was suspect was in direct response to so many wanting shot-blockers. OhGee - You remember coming into the 2012 thread and asking if I was surprised to see a particular great block by Kanter in one game last year. I said I was ..

I never really doubted Kanter's overall defense, because I had seen his strength, motor, and willingness to use both .. but I also knew he wasn't going to be a 'defender' in the ilk most here thought they wanted/needed.

[orangello]

It's okay you cartoon craving corpse of posters, I'll just bump a couple posts past the commercials.

Fine, I'll try and keep it on subject from now on. Zulu, we need to take our discussion somewhere else.

[GVC]

Kanter's offensive game has been coming along nicely. Looking at the mysynergysports.com stats, there are a couple problems that stand out. Fortunately, both seem fixable.

1. Kanter turns the ball over at an alarming rate. Median team turnover rate is 13.4%. Kanter's stands at 21.6% (Favors: 13.2%; Millsap: 10.4%; Jefferson: 6.9%). Kanter is tops among the 4 bigs in postup points per possession at 0.84 (Millsap: 0.84; Favors: 0.83; Jefferson: 0.82; league average as of December 14th: 0.83), despite turning the ball over on 32.8% of his postups (shots, shooting fouls or turnovers).

2. Kanter converts offensive rebounds at a very poor rate. 21.2% of Kanter's scoring opportunities come off offensive rebounds (league average as of December 14th: 6.5%...although this is certainly much higher for bigs). On these opportunities, he puts up 0.85 points per possession. League average PPP on offensive rebounds is 1.10; league average PPP on all non-transition scoring opportunities (postups, Pick and rolls, cuts, spotups, etc.) is 0.92 (both league average numbers as of December 14th).

Dude needs to pass when shots aren't there. On offensive rebounds, if you can get a shot right away, take it. If not, reset the offense. In postups, protect the ball, and pass it out when stuck in traffic. Seems easy enough.