I just finished watching as much of the scrimmage as was on the replay and I had the following observations:
1. Kanter isn't hesitating any more on offense. Also his post game is kinda into choose-your-own-adventure. He has counter ready for everything.
2. Favors didn't look that bad- Kanter was occupying the low post so Favors stayed out of his way. He did have a very nice face-up and drive with a cross court pass for a wide open corner 3. I thought he looked fine.
3. Burks was mostly just messing around. He did blow by almost everyone at will. He just got stuck against the help D and tried wild layups.
4. Hayward was pressing a little.
5. Richard Jefferson helped make a bunch of positive plays happen.
6. Burke looks like he is doing most of the hard work to score and make plays. He is just botching the finishes. He looks fast in the open court and decent at getting around screens. I am not concerned about Burke yet.
7. Gobert looks like he belongs. For a lot of big guys the NBA game looks to fast for them. Gobert caught the ball and made plays right now. He has his rough edges but I think he plays.
8. Ian Clark athletically belonged. His moves were quick and he stayed in front on D for the most part. He had nice play where he curled off a screen and got a step on Burks. He then stopped, let Burks go by and layed it in from about 10 feet. On the plays where he could use a screen he got open consistently.
9. Evans looked about the same- which isn't bad. I just worry about rebounding with him.
10. Biedrens ...... I don't know what to say.
11. Holiday is a very quick, lean and long wing defender. Burks and Hayward didn't really get must going against him. On the other hand he looks out of control when he dribbles. He did hit one 3 pointer at the beginning. In the D league last year he was a very good 3 point shooter.
12. Machado played well on offense. I want to see more of him on D. I think that is why he got cut in Houston.
13. McGuire was interesting. He is kinda a point forward. He made a bunch of nice little passes on the move and off the dribble. He didn't take a 3 and took a lot of 20 foot jumpers. He looked like he should be a good defender but he doesn't have Holiday's great quickness.
But all in all it was just a scrimmage.
1. Kanter isn't hesitating any more on offense. Also his post game is kinda into choose-your-own-adventure. He has counter ready for everything.
2. Favors didn't look that bad- Kanter was occupying the low post so Favors stayed out of his way. He did have a very nice face-up and drive with a cross court pass for a wide open corner 3. I thought he looked fine.
3. Burks was mostly just messing around. He did blow by almost everyone at will. He just got stuck against the help D and tried wild layups.
4. Hayward was pressing a little.
5. Richard Jefferson helped make a bunch of positive plays happen.
6. Burke looks like he is doing most of the hard work to score and make plays. He is just botching the finishes. He looks fast in the open court and decent at getting around screens. I am not concerned about Burke yet.
7. Gobert looks like he belongs. For a lot of big guys the NBA game looks to fast for them. Gobert caught the ball and made plays right now. He has his rough edges but I think he plays.
8. Ian Clark athletically belonged. His moves were quick and he stayed in front on D for the most part. He had nice play where he curled off a screen and got a step on Burks. He then stopped, let Burks go by and layed it in from about 10 feet. On the plays where he could use a screen he got open consistently.
9. Evans looked about the same- which isn't bad. I just worry about rebounding with him.
10. Biedrens ...... I don't know what to say.
11. Holiday is a very quick, lean and long wing defender. Burks and Hayward didn't really get must going against him. On the other hand he looks out of control when he dribbles. He did hit one 3 pointer at the beginning. In the D league last year he was a very good 3 point shooter.
12. Machado played well on offense. I want to see more of him on D. I think that is why he got cut in Houston.
13. McGuire was interesting. He is kinda a point forward. He made a bunch of nice little passes on the move and off the dribble. He didn't take a 3 and took a lot of 20 foot jumpers. He looked like he should be a good defender but he doesn't have Holiday's great quickness.
But all in all it was just a scrimmage.
