Hawks courting Joe Smith?
Joe Smith (32) gave the Hawks all they could handle as he and his Cavaliers swept the birds out of the playoffs in May. The Hawks are in the process of recruiting him to help solidify their frontline rotation.
HAWKSVILLE - Who said the Hawks were done chasing big men this summer?
You didn’t hear it around these parts, at least not officially (from me).
Barring a last minute change of plans, veteran big man Joe Smith is scheduled to visit town on Wednesday, according to two of my best spies. And the Hawks are not out of the running for Ben Wallace, who has yet to agree to terms with Detroit (though, one of my best spies up north insists that it’s just a matter of time before Wallace returns to the Pistons).
A 6-10, 225-pound veteran of 14 NBA seasons, Smith showed he has plenty left in the tank against the Hawks in the Eastern Conference semifinals, averaging 4.8 rebounds, 3.3 points and 1.2 blocks in a little over 21 minutes per game. He’s got that “old man” strength that belies his seemingly slender frame. I watched him push the Hawks’ around in that series whenever he was on the floor.
Smith’s numbers (10.8 points and 5.5 rebounds) in the Cavaliers’ first round sweep of Detroit were even more impressive. He’s capable of that kind of production off the bench for a quality team, which speaks volumes for the type of veteran and pro that he has become since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 draft.
Pair him on the frontline with Zaza Pachulia behind Josh Smith and Al Horford and the Hawks’ paper-thin frontcourt rotation suddenly takes on a different look. While it’s far from the “championship move” many have argued for around here, it’s certainly a move in the right direction (provided the Hawks are able to recruit him and sign him at some point between now and training camp).
The Hawks’ other big man options aren’t exactly ready to fade into the background. I mentioned Randolph Morris the other day and he’s shown well so far. Jeff Schultz caught up with him after Tuesday morning’s mini-camp practice for an interesting update on what he’s been up to this summer.
Another player to keep an eye on for a training camp invite is Othello Hunter. His minutes were sparse as a rookie last season, but the strides he made (physically and in his game) have been stunning to see from a year ago this time. It’s not clear right now what his future is with the Hawks. There are only going to be so many roster spots to go around. And without a guaranteed contract heading into camp, he’ll be gambling a bit if he comes to camp with the Hawks. But I like his game and what he brings in terms of a no-nonsense reserve that’s going to get to it whenever he’s asked.
I spoke with an Eastern Conference executive Tuesday afternoon that wanted to know what the Hawks were going to do with Solomon Jones. Funny, Jones asked me the same thing last week. I answered his question with the same question he asked me. He’s a restricted free agent, so you almost expect his summer to last a bit longer than most. Still, he’ll become an option for not only the Hawks but plenty of other teams looking to fill out the rotation with a long and athletic (even if he’s still a bit undersized) big that can play spot minutes when necessary.
Garret Siler has his chance to make an impression over the next 36 hours or so. He played well enough in summer league to get some looks from several other teams, so the Hawks will have to make a decision about what they want to do with him regarding training camp. One hilarious story that’s already made the mini-camp rounds is that it takes an entire roll of tape to properly tape up one of his ankles. I have to admit he is one of the largest human beings I can remember cutting corners in the hawks’ locker room during my time here. It’s on the floor, though, and particularly against Morris, Hunter and guys like Earl Barron, where we’ll be able to gauge Siler’s readiness for the rigors of the NBA.
There are still a few names left on the free agent radar, the most notable being Johan Petro. He hasn’t signed anywhere yet and could still be an option for the Hawks should things not work out with one of the other guys mentioned above.
Enough about these big men already. It’s time for some actual scrimmage action here shortly (the next time the Hawks have a mini-camp that has more drills than scrimmages in the first two days we should stage a non-violent protest in the name of the game). The blog will be open for business all night. I’ll be dipping back and forth between the blog and Twitter throughout the evening if you want to join the party.
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Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
1:20 pm
Teauge is a beast. Knows when toShoot, Penetrate, and pass. Good instincts. Great Balance to his game. I think we might have finally found our guy.
niremetal
July 22nd, 2009
1:27 pm
Damn…Korolev has a LIGHTNING quick release on his three. High release point too. That makes it very difficult to block. Can’t take too much away from just the clip, but that jumped out at me.
RandMo also looking much more limber out there now. Looks more like the RandMo from ol’ Kentucky…
Hoops
July 22nd, 2009
1:40 pm
I MUS WRITE,
It is being reported that the Kings are not interested in re-signing Diogu. I wonder if they would entertain a Solo & Morris trade for him. It sounds like Diogu needs a change of scenery.
Hoops
July 22nd, 2009
1:47 pm
niremetal,
Maybe the Hawks should hire Korolev to teach Josh Smith how to shoot!!!
It would be worth using a roster spot for Korolev if he could get that done!
Ken Strickland
July 22nd, 2009
1:50 pm
BIG RAY-We’re on the same page. I just wish Woodson would either understand or accept the idea of neutralizing the advantages of a player like Shaq rather than trying to beat him at his own gm. Cleveland doesn’t have a single Big that can match our frontline’s speed, quickness and athleticism. We now have 2 new players, Crawford and Teague, that can keep the ball moving and give us the advantage in open court.
Our braintrust seems to be entirely focused on matching up to other teams rather than how we can create mismatches with other teams. That type of narrowminded thinking is why our braintrust has so much trouble coming up with any strategies for stopping the oppositions Bigs, especially during gms.
ARIOSE-Our braintrust is so committed to playing a switching DEF to cover Bibby’s DEF liabilities, we don’t seem to have any other DEF options. How many times can you remember seeing us immediately run a hard double team on a Big like Shaq to force the ball out of the post? I’d much rather force a team like Cleveland to shoot jumpers than allow their Bigs to challenge us inside one on one. With every jumper they miss, we should attack their transition DEF, run the ball down their throats and get easy baskets.
Let’s face it, no matter who we sign, we’re not going to get the type of Big that can go up against Bigs like Shaq or Howard one on one. We need to expand our OFF and DEF schemes to take better advantage of what we do have instead of constantly crying about what we don’t have.
I MUS WRITE
July 22nd, 2009
1:54 pm
Hoops – I like diogu he has a nice low post game-he also has a crazy wing span somethinng like 7′2 -thats really good for a 6′8 guy………. I would atleast bring him to camp -he may flourish here -kind of like when Diaw went to PHX………… He’d be a nice back up PF ……
Hoops
July 22nd, 2009
1:56 pm
Ken Strickland,
Preach it brother! Preach it!
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
2:00 pm
Ken- for the Hawks to take advantage of speed and quickness on the front court. Quite simply Josh Smith has to work the post more. They run plenty.
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
2:08 pm
Diogu is a restricted free agent so we would have to give up something to get him as well as pay his salary. He is intresting, but I doubt the Kings would take RandMo off our hands.
I will go on and say it. Only Jeff Teague will make any difference for the Hawks out of the players at this mini-camp. Everyone looks good for 10 sec on a youtube highlight clip.
O'Brien
July 22nd, 2009
2:09 pm
Well said Ken Strickland.
I would also say that after a game, our Braintrust can tell you exaclty what the other team did, and why we had no answer for them. But during the game, he has no clue, and therefore makes very little (if any) adjustments. Woody’s idea of adjustments is to play with more intensity, more energy etc.
Anyways, I agree that the Hawks need to run more. And running more will result in Josh giving the ball up on the break, rather than bringing up himself. I can see the alley oops now…
Yes, to be a better running team, you must defend and rebound, but you can still run off made baskets too.
Stein
July 22nd, 2009
2:13 pm
Hawks just getting better. Now they will have a very good PF/C rotation to go with there very good PG/SG rotation, assumning they add Joe Smith. Can never have to many shot blocker s who also know how to shot the ball.
Hoops
July 22nd, 2009
2:14 pm
Daniel,
You are talking strategy now. Most coaches run the lead pivot (the one that doesn’t get the rebound) to the ball side post on the break. He can stay in the post until the trail pivot gets there or just stay in if you run a 4 out 1 in offense. I believe that Josh settles for the perimeter too much. In my opinion, Josh would be much more effective cutting and posting. That would eliminate his three point shots. You can’t shoot three’s if you are cutting inside and rebounding!
Sorry, I started coaching there for a moment!
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
2:17 pm
Hoops-
You know we saw a little of that in the playoffs. I even saw Josh with a couple of up and under moves. He would become deadly if he employs that more.
Two questions:
Why isn’t Nestrovic on our radar?
How about Ty Lue?
(both in addition to Joe Smith)
I MUS WRITE
July 22nd, 2009
2:25 pm
Ken ur preaching to the choir my man …. I agree with you tho -Proactive instead of reactive…….. daniel -I’ve been calling for Nesterovich the great for the last month….. He is’nt a sexxy pick up but he will definitely help us ….He is also NBA proven. Nesterovich and Joe Smith would be great…. Then we could sign Siler possibly and Throw Mo evans/Solo and R Morris out there to see what they can bring back….
O Hunter looks better but i dont know if he’s our answer at back up Pf………………Yeah to rid ourselves of Solo/Gardner/R Morris and replace them with…. Joe Smith/Nesterovich/ and Hakim Warwick/Gooden would make me happy……
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
2:34 pm
IMUS-
I don’t know how to feel about the fact that you and I are in agreement. somehting must be wrong…..
The Truth
July 22nd, 2009
2:42 pm
Guys I am officially on vacation. During my absence, I am leaving Ken Strickland in charged to answer all my comments.
UGA
July 22nd, 2009
2:46 pm
IF this kid from Russia (Yaroslav) can keep shooting like this, he is worth looking at. I think I read he is signed on for something overseas next year, but there is always room for a shooter.
I would be we try to invite the following to our training camp: Hunter, Siler, Barron and maybe Lucas and Frank Robinson.
I would also like to see us keep Mario West on our 15 man roster, if someone ever gets hurt, he is worth bringing onto the roster. He knows his role.
If Solo leaves for Indy, maybe we can get another pick for him.
A Tribe Called Quest
July 22nd, 2009
2:49 pm
Beer here is absolutely amazing. 10000x better than that trash in America
A Tribe Called Quest
July 22nd, 2009
2:54 pm
Thanks for the wishes, everyone.
I am negative about this team because I expect much more than a 2nd round exit next year, which is what will happen with our current roster, even if we resign Marvin and add a big. We need Smoove and Horford to elevate their games if we are to compete next year
lou hudson
July 22nd, 2009
2:56 pm
So far, I think GM Sund has done a good with his off season moves. There’s no point in overpaying bench players. There were no major 5s available for trade/FA signings. The final pieces should be first: sign M. Williams 5yr/37-40 mil, resign Flip 3yr/6-7 mil, sign Joe Smith. Next with the resigning of Flip, the Hawks no longer need Evans(2.5 mil) because JJ will be playing some SF. That’s frees up money for several uses ex: sign Theo(cheap), West, and develop(sign) Siler, you can’t teach size, and O Hunter (sleeper). Morris doesn’t have it; he and Evans could be packaged for a player, draft pick, or simply save the money for your developmental players. Say bye to Solo.
Guards: JJ, Crawford, Bibby, Teague, and West.
Small Forwards: MWilliams, Mo Evans
Porward Forwards: Jsmoove, Joe Smith,
Centers: Al, Zaza, Morris,
Developmental Group
Siler, Cenk Akyel, and Hunter.
Hopefully with these moves, the lack of scoring(Crawford and JJ(MWilliams)on the floor at the same time), interior defense(Theo, Smith, and maybe Siler – size and 6 fouls), and rebounding. The Hawks with health and a little luck can be compete in the playoffs.
I MUS WRITE
July 22nd, 2009
2:57 pm
Refresh my memory Daniel…… I dont remember key board sparring with you -Either way itz all good man no harm no foul…..Its the middle of the summer and im going thru sports withdrawl so……
I get a little crazy sometimz but im harmless….
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
2:59 pm
EXTRA LARGE Twitter Feed!!! BRACE YOURSELVES!!!!!
sekousmith01 “Blue and White back at it this morning in the Hawks’ mini-camp.”
sekousmith01 “Teague with a slick assist and a steal and layup for Frank Robinson. This thing is starting the same way as last night.”
atlanta_hawks “Scrimmaging just getting underway at Philips Arena for the morning session.”
atlanta_hawks “Yaroslav Korolev getting it going early on with a few buckets inside and out”
sekousmith01 “Randolph with a nice block. Korolev working inside today. Nice bank shot, too. He’s looking good again.”
sekousmith01 “Teague is directing traffic nicely, Christmas with the finish.”
sekousmith01 “Siler is at the line again. He’s attacking around the basket for the White team. Teague goes wherever he wants on the floor.”
sekousmith01 “Subs on the floor. White up 8-7.”
sekousmith01 “Brian Hamilton dtains a nice jumper at the shot clock buzzer for Blue.”
sekousmith01 “That was supposed to be “drains.” Typing without looking is killing me right now. Ha.”
atlanta_hawks “Lewis Clinch for 3!”
sekousmith01 “Taggart with the dunk on a nice feed from Hamilton. Clinch for 3!”
sekousmith01 “Earl Barron is struggling with his shot. I think everyone expected him to come in here and standout more.”
sekousmith01 “Huertas with another 3!”
sekousmith01 “Clemente Martin with the finish. He’s been a pleasant surprise.”
sekousmith01 “Subs out, Blue up 23-13.”
sekousmith01 “Teague with a nice drive but the floater bounces out. He got fouled, though.”
sekousmith01 “Randy with the nice spin move and jumper.”
sekousmith01 “Teague with a charge on Homicide. Nice pass from Homicide to Ivan Harris for a jumper.”
atlanta_hawks “Nice pass from Homicide gets Ivan Harris an easy jumper. Harris has shot pretty well the past couple days.”
sekousmith01 “Great pass from Teague on a drive but Hunter blows the finish. Robinson makes up for with a fast break dunk. Teague with a nice steal.”
sekousmith01 “Christmas bails Teague out with a nice drive and finish plus the foul, but he blew the free throw.”
sekousmith01 “Blue up 32-20 at the end of the first period.”
atlanta_hawks “First 20 minutes of play done with – Teague’s team leading 32-20″
atlanta_hawks “John Lucas III opens the second half scoring by going coast to coast.”
sekousmith01 “Subs in to start the second 20. Joe Smith not expected until later this afternoon, after the afternoon session.”
sekousmith01 “John Lucas III with back-to-back buckets. A third rims out but he was fouled.”
sekousmith01 “Hamilton with another strong finish over the much bigger Chris Ellis, who answers with a nice jumper on the other end.”
sekousmith01 “Sundiata Gaines with a spot up 3!”
sekousmith01 “Barron with a strong finish inside over Taggart.”
sekousmith01 “Gaines with a pretty reverse layup and the foul.”
sekousmith01 “Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins and NBA TVs Eric Snow in the building.”
sekousmith01 “Barron has suddenly come alive. Another strong finish at the rim.”
sekousmith01 “Teague swishes the jumper!”
atlanta_hawks “Othello Hunter shows off a nice dribble drive as he scores against his old OSU teammate, Ivan Harris”
sekousmith01 “Hunter over Harris. Where is the Buckeye love? Both have played well thus far.”
sekousmith01 “Teague with another slick pass underneath to Hunter, who blew the layup.”
sekousmith01 “Siler doesn’t have any pep in his step today. Strange. He was the most active big last night.”
sekousmith01 “Korolev with a 3. And Teague with another strong drive and the foul. White team is complaining that he’s pushing off. Not really.”
sekousmith01 “Randolph with the finish.”
hawksPRman “The current JT (Jeff Teague) reminds me a lot of 1 of our other JT’s (Jason Terry), but one difference is that Teague is a true point guard.”
sekousmith01 “Christmas with a 3 on a sweet feed from Teague.”
sekousmith01 “Lucas with a big 3 over Teague to cut Blue’s lead to 10 (62-52).”
sekousmith01 “Homicide with the crazy drive and finish. Streetball works!”
sekousmith01 “Teague with the drive, finish and foul. Nails the FT!”
sekousmith01 “Korolev knocks down another 3! He looks much better in a scrimmage than in drills.”
atlanta_hawks “Yaroslav Korolev is a guy who looks much better in a game than he does in drills. He has continued his hot shooting today”
sekousmith01 “Blue wins 65-54. But Woody told ‘em to shoot FTs and get water before going one extra period.”
sekousmith01 “Siler has been working out for months and playing non-stop for a couple weeks. Looks like the grind might have caught up to him.”
sekousmith01 “Another 20 on the clock. Here we go again.”
atlanta_hawks “Second 20-minute scrimmage comes to an end, 65-54 Teague. Looks like Woody’s going to have them go one more 20″
sekousmith01 “Chris Ellis with the donkey kong jam!”
atlanta_hawks “Oooh! Chris Eliis starts the third scrimmage off with a filthy dunk inside.”
sekousmith01 “Ellis with a baby hook. Big fella is starting to heat up.”
sekousmith01 “Akyol with the finish on the break from Gaines.”
sekousmith01 “Ellis with a lefty hook. Goodness!”
sekousmith01 “Gaines goes coast to coast. White team is on fire. 68-69.”
sekousmith01 “Akyol with a 3!”
sekousmith01 “Hamilton goes high for a block on Harris.”
sekousmith01 “Hunter with a nice spot up jumper. Blue starters come back and immediately regain the lead.”
atlanta_hawks “Othello Hunter said yesterday he’s been working on his jumper all summer – the work is paying off today so far”
sekousmith01 “Korolev with another huge 3!”
sekousmith01 “Randmo with a tip. Siler answers with a dunk on the other end.”
atlanta_hawks “Randolph Morris has been relatively quiet today, but just tossed in an offensive rebound and a turnaround J.”
sekousmith01 “Siler with a great finish on offense and a huge block on Teague. Maybe he’s not as winded as he looked earlier.”
sekousmith01 “Siler has his second wind, finishes with a nice up and under layup.”
sekousmith01 “Homicide with the spot up 3.”
atlanta_hawks “2 minutes left, and Teagues are down 5. Can they pull off the comeback?”
atlanta_hawks “Homicide! Nice drive and-1 opportunity”
sekousmith01 “Teague with a great feed to Hunter for a layup. Blue down 3.”
atlanta_hawks “Teague back the other way draws the defense then leaves it for Hunter for the lay-in. Down to three 93-90″
atlanta_hawks “Homicide misses on one end, and Randolph scores on the other to cut it to 1″
sekousmith01 “RandMo hits a jumper to make it 93-92. Korolev hita a layup to make it 3 again. Scramble on the other end Teague finds Hunter for dunk.95-94″
atlanta_hawks “Heating up in here! Korolev lay-in puts his team up 3, then after a scramble for a loose ball on the other end Teague finds Big O for 2.”
atlanta_hawks “95-94, 22 ticks left. John Lucas III at the line”
atlanta_hawks “Hits em both. Christmas misses a 3 and Randolph is forced to foul. Chris Ellis heading to the line”
sekousmith01 “Christmas misses a 3 that could have tied it. Ellis drains second of two FTs for a 98-94 lead for the White team”
atlanta_hawks “Ellis makes 1-2, gives his team a 98-94 lead with 8 secs left. Could be over…”
sekousmith01 “8 seconds left. RandMo putback cuts it to 2. Game over. White wins”
atlanta_hawks “Randolph scores on a tip-in but it’s too late, the Teagues fall 98-96″
hawksPRman “Hawks guard Jeff Teague will speak with the 2 Live Stews today at 1:45 pm on Atlanta’s WQXI 790the Zone.”
G-Man
July 22nd, 2009
3:01 pm
hey guys, the video of “The Dunk” is going to be released tonight on TMZ at 6:45!!
STRETCH
July 22nd, 2009
3:01 pm
Anakin Joe – if Antonio McDyess is Jack Daniels, then Joe Smith Wild Turkey! LOL!
I MUS WRITE
July 22nd, 2009
3:04 pm
Daniel daniel daniel……Sigh did you really just say Ty Lue…… Ok that may be the reason we were sparring-Y would u want him back-we are set at the guard positions and he wouldnt get any playing time if he was brought in…….. we already have an old slow chucker who does’nt play D….. just my 2 cents
Joe's place Joe speaking
July 22nd, 2009
3:15 pm
G-mAn how do you know??
I MUS WRITE
July 22nd, 2009
3:15 pm
Who is homocide…..
Brandon
July 22nd, 2009
3:16 pm
The dunk video has already been released http://bit.ly/12JGJU
Its a little grainy and view isnt all that great…
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Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
3:39 pm
I.Mus, Read this Aricle from Slam on him. Homicide:
http://www.slamonline.com/online/other-ballers/streetball/2009/07/where-they-at-2/
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
3:40 pm
See, That dunk wasn’t even that bad lol. LeBrick is an idiot. He made it more news than it should’ve been LMAO.
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
3:42 pm
Highlights from the Hawks mini-camp morning scrimmage session at Philips Arena:
http://www.nba.com/hawks/video/2009/07/22/Scrimmage2.nba/index.html
~Sir Links A Lot~
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
3:58 pm
If we dont want to bring back flip, Sundiata Gaines looks like a nice backup PG….to Teauge in the future….nice 3rd PG IMHO…
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
3:59 pm
Yuorslav Korolev was the truth again today. We might have to take a serious look at him. Lights out from beond the Arc.
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
4:04 pm
JemelleHill “LeBron acted like he got dunked on by Patrick Chewing.”
ROFL!!!
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
4:06 pm
I MUS- we have disagreed on Woody in the past. I tend not to get too confortational. I am only throwing out Lue as a true back up pg. We are talking minimal money here. Just to round out our roster with veterans to help groom Teague.
Here would be my dream lineup
PG: Bibby, Teague, Lue
SG: JJ, Crawford
SF: Marvin/ Evans
PF: Smith/ Smith/
C: Horford/ Za/ Nesterovic
Developmental contracts with: Siler/ Gardner/ Rio
Daniel
July 22nd, 2009
4:07 pm
Ariose-
I like Sundiata too. But, is he really any better than Rio?
UGA
July 22nd, 2009
4:11 pm
Do you like Lue over Bobby Jackson (who is not the shooter but maybe a better penetrator and defender)?
Agree with Nesterovic, but I have read he is likely to go back to Toronto.
bigdave
July 22nd, 2009
4:14 pm
Teague release looks a bit slow and low… he’s wet though…
niremetal
July 22nd, 2009
4:16 pm
Ariose,
Haha…Micah must be a Bulldogs fan, because every third clip was Gaines. I can dig it, I’m a born and bred UGA fan, and I saw a lot of Gaines when he was in school. But the stuff from those clips would have been tossed into the third row against decent defense. Notice that all the clips of him are basically the same thing – he gets by a weak on-ball defender and goes up or around a weak help defender. It’s not like he was blowing by people or getting Tony Parker-esque angles off the glass. And he can’t shoot. At all. And he never looked The form on his jumper is ugly and slow, he shot like 60% from the line in college, and basically was useless outside 15 feet from the basket. So a big “no thank you” to him making the roster.
Can’t tell much from clips, but I still like the form and release on Korolev’s trey. He can get that shot off in a hurry…
Frank Robinson has a smooth game too.
UGA
July 22nd, 2009
4:17 pm
I know we are just looking at clips and Twitters, but Teague seems to be pretty dead-gum good. I really like how he passes the ball.
People may say competition is weak or whatever, but these guys were good players in college and I don’t think Law ever thrived like this in summer ball either.
Brandon
July 22nd, 2009
4:26 pm
another angle on “The Dunk”
http://ebaumnation.com/2009/07/22/jordan-crawford-dunks-on-lebron-james
O'Brien
July 22nd, 2009
4:28 pm
I would pass on Gaines, T. Lue, Bobby Jackson. Give me a true pass first PG to be our 3rd stringer.
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
Nire, I hear ya lol. I watched Gaines too. Was decent, didn’t have too much talent around him at UGA. Micah got me good though lol. Trying to convert us into Sundiata fans lol.
Brandon, thanks for the extra footage I’m checking it out now!
UGA
July 22nd, 2009
4:30 pm
Who do you suggest as that PG?
Melvin
July 22nd, 2009
4:31 pm
bigdave,
I thought the same thing when I saw Teague shoot that jumper. Looks like he shot it from his hip similiar to Chills but he does look impressive. Korolev shot is automatic. If he can create off the dribble then I think we have found our backup SF. RandMo look improve from last year and I think Siler could be a surprise. In closing, I think Siler and Korolev should replace Gardner and Hunter on the bench.
Brandon
July 22nd, 2009
4:33 pm
Ariose,
No problem. Appreciate the extra links you’ve posted on the blog, as well. Keep ‘em coming.
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
4:36 pm
T.Lue? Bobby “36 years young” Jackson? Ummm…..PASS!!! Bring Back Flip so we can stop the nonsense. Teague dosn’t need to learn how to be a good benchwarmer/not quite good enough PG(T-Lue) he needs to learn how to be a beast, an Assassain, a Mercenary, a GOON!!!!!!
FLIP! FLIP! FLIP! FLIP! GAME OVER!!!!
Hoops
July 22nd, 2009
4:39 pm
Melvin,
Based on what I saw on the clips from the scrimmages so far, I would have to agree with you. I would invite Siler & Korolev to training camp. Morris will be there because of his contract. He is fighting for his NBA future!
Teague is the only guard in the mini-camp that can make the team.
Ariose
July 22nd, 2009
4:40 pm
From that angle LeBrick, was barely even in the play, and it was clear that his head was turned. WHAT AN IDIOT, HE’S KILNG HIS OWN REP WITH THIS FOOLISHNESS. HE SHOULDA JUST LET WHOEVER HAD THE TAPES KEEP EM. WOULDA SAVED HIM THIS WHOLE PR-NIGHTMARE BECAUSE OF SOME LESS THAN SPECTACULAR DUNK.