Jarred Vanderbilt Discussion: The Vandalorian

.... as much as MMA violence?


jk :THT Heart Hands:

Like Fedor ... last Saturday night .... yikes, hope that was worth the paycheck. At least the abuse lasted like only 30 seconds. Just saw the clip.

 

Didn't realize we had a reunion here

 

Oh sweet, both incredible hustle guys.

 

https://www.silverscreenandroll.com...ed-vanderbilt-highlights-trade-stats-analysis

 

Yeah I never imagined Vanderbilt was available when the Jazz package was rumored over the summer. I guess the emergence of Walker Kessler made Vanderbilt available, Jazz tried to play them together and that didn't go well.

 

I am sure there will be problems with all the new guys but the hustle I see from Vanderbilt and Bamba looks like a super positive improvement for our lackluster defense.

 

I'd like to see them all out on the court first, in order to gauge who fits best with who. While most folks are excited about shooting, 3pt percentage, or " spacing ", I'm not sure that was really the biggest issue. Did we really miss KCP all that much? I thought Monk shot better than he did. Lebron has continued to get to whatever spot he wants, and when we decide to get AD the ball, he hasn't had much problem scoring either. We just need guys to do a better job, of knocking down those open shots, that they've been getting all season.

I thought we missed the athleticism and size from the bigs more. Vanderbilt is a bigger version of Stanley Johnson IMO, all the things folks liked about Johnson, we just got a longer, more versatile and athletic version of that in Jarred. Bamba is a poor man's Myles Turner...he can hit the 3, block some shots, and seems comfortable playing 4 on offense. Me and Abeer chopped it up over the summer about getting one of these kids. That RFA status made it unlikely, it's crazy that we ended up with both anyway.

 

why then?

 

So glad that we picked him up. Watching this team play “defense” lately has been very painful.

 

the reason we miss(ed) kcp is because he was a good on and off ball defender who also made defenses respect his shot enough not to have them just sit in the paint. i'd take him back any day.

i love that two of our pickups are known for defending and have good size and athleticism.

i also think vanderbilt will learn where he's going to get his shots and make enough of them that his not being a marksman won't hurt us.

having rui and vando as options really changes the way we can play, night in and night out. i'm still really surprised we managed to get what we did at the deadline for what we gave up.

 

IDK man...we'll see. I think I saw somewhere, that Beasley is like 4th in the NBA in made 3's over the previous two seasons. Rather surprising to me, I never paid much attention to him in Minnesota. Allegedly he's a pretty decent defensive perimeter guy. He has his shot to be another KCP for this team.

 

Robber Baron with the railroad money played with a ton of energy tonight.

 

Nice. Vando... but, why no minutes down the stretch? Although, Rui played nicely.

Such a nice problem to have...