Adou Thiero Discussion: Welcome To LA

Definitely looks like we may already have our defender.

 

It’s you riding the unicorn like abeer.

 

Well there's a history of a team with aging all time great with two stars in their prime suddenly finding a huge wing who was also freakishly athletic fall into their laps. That huge wing also had great anticipation on defense and was an elite pickpocket. Way to much to think that Theiro is going to have a Klaw like rookie year but damn a young Kawhii looked and played like this archetype

 

Kawhi was a good shooter to begin with. If Adou can show any shooting touch, it would be amazing.

 

kawhi shot 21% and 29% from three in college. It’s a big part of why he wasn’t a top five pick.

 

He was pretty elite in college. Great defensive player but he was a mid range guy and it worked for him then.

 

Was he interested in trees even back then?

 

Kawhi college Aspirations were many, one is to see money grown on trees

 

I meant his first year. He was 49/38/77 that first year. So what I meant was, if Adou can show some shooting in his first year as well, we’ll be golden.

 

oh yeah, i forgot the context for a minute. i don't think thiero is poised to have a leonard type rookie season, but i think it's in the realm of possibility that he could function like that year when we traded cook for ariza, and unexpected contributions from an athletic forward helped nudge us up a notch.

 

“Oh, you scouted him too?”

—-Lebron (Probably)

 

Some dumb rookie fouls so JJ pulled him. Have to continue to give minutes to see what you got before the trade deadline still

Those are the mistakes you do with inexperience (unless your name is Rui lol)

 

Adou’s quickness seems to be getting even better as he gets minutes. The guy for his size can really move laterally …. and for any size because of the ground he covers.

 

This is what I keep saying, no need to trade for what we already have. 20+ a night and I would be starting him before too long to get the chemistry building. Barring a catastrophic event for OKC, no one is catching them in the regular season but we can beat them in a seven game series if we start preparing now. JJ appears to be seeing that as well.

 

I actually really like JJ as a coach and you can see that he makes moves based on performance for the most part, but it's frustrating that he didn't throw Thiero out there. Watching quick GUARDS blow by Rui and just out hustle/muscle, you have to see if Theiro can take that role. I guess it was a cup game but it was real frustrating seeing Gabe/Jake/Rui just out mactched out there when you had a dude that stuff wouldn't work with

 

Seriously give him all the Gabe minutes right now.
Watching this OKC SAS cup game and the Spurs with Fox is a completely different beast. Everyone seemed to have forgotten about him but he was the best player on a playoff team and OKC of all teams is having a hard time with Spurs athleticism

You have to see if he's a player who fixes the athleticism/motor issues before deciding your trade targets. Team may need Theiro and one more defensive wing to be real competitoenfor the title

 

I want to see Thiero get some run too, but let's remember that this is a second round rookie who was injured/rehabbing all summer and missed training camp. He probably doesn't have the best grasp of the playbook or our defensive coverages yet. I'm okay with the old school approach of making rookies earn every minute of playing time through practice, film study, team meetings, etc.