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stitches said:
Hezonja played 17 minutes today against Crvena Zvezda in the Euroleague... Statline:

12pts(4/10FG, 2/5 3pFG, 2/2 FT), 5 rbs, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1to... Good game in a win for FCB

Porzingis with another great game the other day in the Eurocup vs Lietuvos Rytas. Statline:
23mins, 18pts(6/11 FG, 2/3 3pFG, 4/5 FT), 4 rbs, 1 ast, but had 4 TOs
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Wow Porzingis seems legit from 3's. He's pretty consistent on that.


Gobert / Favors / Porzingis would be a BEAST front court lineup for years to come.
 
ONE LOVE said:
Wow Porzingis seems legit from 3's. He's pretty consistent on that.


Gobert / Favors / Porzingis would be a BEAST front court lineup for years to come.
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*stitches pulls up the statsheet*

So, he's shooting 15/41 = 36.6% in the Spanish league from 3 and 14/30=46.7% in the Eurocup. Combined 29/71 = 40.8%... usual sample-size disclaimers apply... but looks good.
 
Cy said:
I'm not really down with tanking, but I would tank for Russell.
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Me too. Russell can flat out ball. Not the MOST athletic, but certainly not deficient athletically, good shot, good handle, good passer, good driver, etc.
 
mhindy said:
Me too. Russell can flat out ball. Not the MOST athletic, but certainly not deficient athletically, good shot, good handle, good passer, good driver, etc.
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Just think him and Exum would be a good Ying-Yang backcourt. Both similar size and both can be PG/SG. Russell is the offense first guy and Exum is the passer/defender.
 
Cy said:
Just think him and Exum would be a good Ying-Yang backcourt. Both similar size and both can be PG/SG. Russell is the offense first guy and Exum is the passer/defender.
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Imagine Russell on the other side of Exum's drive and kick-outs. We desperately need some shooting and scoring. Let alone he seems able to create his own shot and shoots it extremely well off the dribble.

The thing with Russell's man-on-man defense is... we can't really see if he's any good at it because OSU plays mostly zone. His contests on jumpers haven't been great, but his size is pretty good, 6'5, 6'8.5'' wingspan from 1.5 years ago(he might have grown a bit since then) and I don't see a reason why he can't be at least above average defender. He doesn't seem to be explosive or extremely quick, but I guess we can use Exum guarding the quicker/more dangerous guy from opponent's backcourt duo if Russell has a problem with on-man defense.

To cut it short - I've been extremely impressed with him and I'd be willing to put him very close to the top of my board this year.
 
stitches said:
Hezonja played 17 minutes today against Crvena Zvezda in the Euroleague... Statline:

12pts(4/10FG, 2/5 3pFG, 2/2 FT), 5 rbs, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1to... Good game in a win for FCB

Porzingis with another great game the other day in the Eurocup vs Lietuvos Rytas. Statline:
23mins, 18pts(6/11 FG, 2/3 3pFG, 4/5 FT), 4 rbs, 1 ast, but had 4 TOs
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Is Porz much of a rebounder?
 
orangello said:
Is Porz much of a rebounder?
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Good offensive rebounder thanks to length, size and athleticism, but not so good defensive rebounder because of lack of strength... opponents move him really easily and he has trouble fighting for position.
 
Russell will probably not be a very good defender, but who cares, we have Gobert and Favors down low. It's not like Steph Curry really plays defense, but he has Bogut and Green down low and Thompson on the wing.

Favors and Gobert are our Green and Bogut, and Exum is our Thompson (defensively speaking).
 
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