Recent content by HermanG

I'm very encouraged by Ace thus far. He is both confident and coachable, and it feels like his decission making is improving fast. Combine those with his shooting (quick trigger and form), size, athleticism and intangibles and I think he is gonna be a very very good player. Whether he actually...

Mental issue.. sure. But ask yourself this: is it about his mindset or personality? Only one is theoretically fixable. People around this sport often talk about a player having "dawg" in them. What is Codys "dawg level" from 1 to 10?

I reaöized the other day that I dont think Ive ever seen a single clip where Cody looks sharp, decisive or aggressive. All the game tape, workour vids... its always the same. He just is flegmatic. I think I'm ready to let go.

#2 has everything to do with the value of your players/contracts. You dont give up value from #1 to get #2 generally, you trade players to get the picks. Besides my comment didnt have much to do with the Bulls game, but the fact that people are demanding the FO intervenes with us playing good...

Many smart people in here completely fail to acknowledge that assets come in three forms: - Your own picks - Other teams picks/swaps you own - Value of your players/contracts I dont get how those in favor of tanking are so blind to #2 and #3. The way Lauri and Keyonte are building up their...

Do I need to go watch some Mavs games or can someone explain why Flagg is -133 for the season while their second worst guy is PJ Washington at -64? Sure he has the most minutes on a bad team, but Max Christie is their 2nd in minutes and he currently stands at -20. I know Flagg probably mucks...

Watching Ace play his best game made me think where we are right now in this rebuild. He may be long way of developing from "flashes" to "consistent force", but man the flashes look good. Dude actually has effort all around and tries to do a lot of different things. Tonight his decission making...

Nico being fired is the least surprising FO move ever. His public image is so tainted he is probably untouchable for any NBA roles outside of LA Clippers.

Playing him out of position means he wont be practicing what he is supposed to be practicing. Its not like he is so good at perimeter defense that he has job security for years.

So you want to sabotage TH development by putting him to practice something he has no future in? I thought you were all about development. I dont think TH can waste a season being a fish out of water if he wants a long NBA career, no pun intended.

I gotta resurrect this after reading Sam Amicks article about Ja which said that according to team source Minnesota is "monitoring" the Ja situation. In itself, its a nothingburger news that doesnt have any implications.... but as a theoretical debate it sounds fun. Would people here want Ja to...

Taylor needs to learn how to defend the perimeter first and foremost. If he had Vando's energy then maybe he could have a future as an undersized stretch 5 because unlike Vando he can actually shoot.... but energy and effort are not something people generally learn... they either have it or they...

Wow this sucks for Walker. He was looking like he is gonna take another step but now he wont get to prove that and get paid accordingly.

So good basketball is relevant to development, but minutes matter more. Got it. Hard disagree but whatever. No one cares about Svi. Replace him with any placeholder who just plays how Hardy wants him to play. Unfortunately the two kids that are left out apparently dont, which is why they are...

Is good vs bad basketball completely unrelated to "how to develop guys the right way", or can you see a connection there?