I watched his highlights and i didn't see any effort by his side in defense, no hustle, no tenacity, so that's what i am worried of. He looks like a skilled guy, so thats good, but i don't think he will become another Wade or something. At best he can be like a Kenyon Martin which is good.
There was no defense displayed by anyone on the court. This was a glorified Utah All-Star game. We can't take anything defesively out of this game.
Dude give me a break. He posted up against Enes 3 times, and then every other time was against freaking evens. Of course he looked unstoppable.
I'm not saying he looked bad or anything, I'm a huge big Al fan. But trying to say he looks that much better or unstoppable is just stupid.
Can a few of you who watched please give me an accurate update on how much Al transformed his body? Use a 1 to 10 scale to rate his body last season and now this year, 10 being Dwight Howard, 1 being Dave Ballou.
Personally, I hope Utah does NOT have a top-10 scorer. I'd rather see good balance. If we have 2 players around 18-20 pts, a couple at 14-17 and then two more in the 10-13 range, that totals about 90 pts. Then the reat of the bench chips in 20 or so on average. That would put Utah at 110 pts/per. Perfect average, keeps the main 7-8 guys happy and the team is hard to stop if everyone is a threat to score.This year the 10th top scorer in the league was nowitzki. So he has a longgggg way to go in order to be a top 10 scorer in the league. He should first learn how to play defense, get major mins, and then we will talk about how good scorer he will be.
He may be good but being the most talented 2 guard during a 3 year stretch is not impressive. Ronnie Brewer, Kyle Korver, CJ Miles and Hayward. Hayward looks decent but the others didn't do much
Personally, I hope Utah does NOT have a top-10 scorer. I'd rather see good balance. If we have 2 players around 18-20 pts, a couple at 14-17 and then two more in the 10-13 range, that totals about 90 pts. Then the reat of the bench chips in 20 or so on average. That would put Utah at 110 pts/per. Perfect average, keeps the main 7-8 guys happy and the team is hard to stop if everyone is a threat to score.
Gordan Giriceck.