thebuescherman

From someone looking at just gamecasts the last few weeks (no streaming over here), it looks like starting a defensive center and having Vuc anchor the bench has been the key. Maybe I'm completely off base, hard to tell when I can't see it in person.

That was an entirely awful possession coming out of a time out.

Elf with a steal and deflection on back to back plays.

I didn't get to watch the game, but it's good to see Payton with 8 assists and only 1 turnover. Fournier and Vuc are balling, at least on offense (can't tell how they are on defense looking at a box score).

I agree. He's played with above average defense, leads the summer league in assists, is a good rebounder, and an efficient (if not high volume) shooter. Smart definitely has a scorer mentality, but he's been inefficient through four games, shooting below 30%. He's probably the better defender of the two, but it's not a huge discrepancy.

Payton needs one rebound for a double-double.

You just jinxed him. Couple lazy passes that were easily intercepted. He's still having a good game.

Well, at least the defense will be very good with Payton/Oladipo/Gordon guarding 1-3.

I missed the game but I'm happy to read that Gordon played well defensively. The offense will come with time, he's still a teenager.

Four top picks in the last two years, and Philly drafts two PGs and two Centers.

Just tuned in. My god, are we actually a good team again? And we don't even have T12 back yet.

Isn't Otto under 200 lbs? Not good for a NBA forward. I think Noel will be the same way. A 206-lb center with a history of weak knees isn't going to cut it. So glad Henny avoided Noel, Porter, and McLemore.

With healthy vets, Harkless, and Vucevic we went 12-13. When the vets started going down, especially BBD, we went 8-49. 25 wins with Harkless, Vucevic, Oladipo, and Tobias playing big roles would be improvement from last year while still maintaining the tank.

You mean that 4-23 shooting performance didn't impress you? Oladipo didn't shoot well either, but he drew a ton of fouls, made a living off of FT's, had a good number of steals, and I saw he held his opponents to the lowest FG% for the summer league. :happypuppy: No doubt in my mind he was the best choice for us.

Nicholson: 3 points, 2 rbs, 4 fouls, and 6 TO's in 18 minutes. :shard: The one good bit of news from this game is Oladipo getting 14 FT's. 32 in 3 games.