All medium sized players?

mikeod wrote:I hope Morris is resigned. I, too, was impressed by his play last year. Again, I think a lot of players on the team were not happy with KI’s need to have the ball in his hands so much of the time, resulting in them seizing any opportunity to shoot. If what we are reading about KI and Stevens disagreeing about the scheme is at all true, it explains a lot of the locker turmoil.

Re: players all about the same height. Doesn’t that fit with positionless basketball? Isn’t that a hallmark of Steven’s teams? IDK. Truthfully, I’m also a little bewildered about what’s been going on. Baynes, to me was a prototypical Celtic. Not flashy, just a workmanlike effort every game. There was a noticeable drop off in wins when he was out. Was it him, or just the loss of size/bulk in the front court?

dboss wrote:

bobheckler wrote:

mikeod wrote:Tweener. Where have I heard that before? Oh. Yes, that was the rap on the kid from San Diego State. Kid named Leonard. Now, not saying any of the picks will or have the potential to turn out so good,  but sometimes you just don’t know how a young kid will mature and grow. Just like some of the sure things, flame out in the pros. Maybe they all become pieces in a trade set up before the draft for a FA. Danny apparently has something in the works, or already finalized.

Mike,

And I've always had a blind spot when it comes to tweeners.  Kelly Tripuka, Corliss Williamson, Adrian Dantley, Mark Aguirre and Chris Mullins.  I never saw them coming until they were already here.


bob


Bob I am not sure that I agree with your list of 5 players that you consider tweeners.  I guess I need to say what I think a tweener is.  I think of a player whose height is below the average at a particular position relative to most players that also play the same position.  There are physical attributes that can help to compensate for a person's height.  For example wingspan or girth.    

On your list there are two players that I think fall into the tweener category based on the position they played.  They include Corliss Williamson who played mostly PF at 6' 7"  and Adrian Dantley who played SF at 6' 5"  I would not classify the other players as tweeners.  Tripuka was a 6' 6" SF.   Chris Mullins was a 6'7"  SG/SF and Mark Aquirre was a 6' 6" SF.

Boston has too many PF tweeners like Semi, Morris, Theis, Yabuselle and they also Tatum and GH both 6' 8" guys at PF.   Morris is pretty solid but still undersized at PF.  So Boston has 6 players that will man the 4 spot and all of them are tweeners.  All of them are undersized to effectively play that position at both ends of the court.  Their new PF tweener at 6'7 1/2 adds to the inadequacy of a front line that is just too small.  

Considering that I have been hammering away on this issue for a long time, my puzzlement on how this team has been configured will continue.

Of course now that we have a 7' 7" center the averages can increase, at least on paper.  lol

 

worcester wrote:Swish, who would we trade for Sabonis?

worcester wrote:Sounds sensible to me Swish

worcester wrote:Swish, who would we trade for Sabonis?

kdp59 wrote:I'd trade Brown for Turner, but not for Sabonis...he has the skinniest shoulders in the NBA I think, maybe have the size his dad was...LOL.

wideclyde wrote:Sabonis is a decent player, but is not going to have the career that Brown will have so I would not trade Brown for Sabonis without at least a first round pick added to the deal by Indianapolis

cowens/oldschool wrote:I don’t think any GM would trade Jaylen for Sabonis, robbery!!