Jarred Vanderbilt Discussion: The Vandalorian

So effective on D, just atrocious on offense lol

 

Guy just makes an impact as soon as he hits the floor.

 

Just an elite motor





Really liked that crashing board & dunk he got us on that Bron miss from the baseline. Textbook Vando play.

 

Ok..I'll say it out loud. Vanderbilt looks more impactful than Finney-Smith on defense. Finney-Smith is the better shooter though, that pairing could be something special by April. I'm looking forward to seeing them play together, for a stretch in New York. It really sucks that AD is out

Vando moves like he could have been playing, a couple of weeks ago to me too. I don't have a problem with being cautious, we might have played him, a bit too soon last season.

 

Has Vando lost a game he played in this season?

 

Nope

 

yet laker hater nation (and quite a few fans!) mocked people for suggesting the team might look different if they had him.

i'm still mad that after the conference finals run we basically never got to see that starting lineup again.

 

Ham explains why

 

Maybe because of the constant wanting these things in your time frame whether in reality it’s even possible or not. We all want the same things but the constant do your job and do it now just ignores everything that needs to happen to get value at this point with what prime assets we have.

 

the point of a post like that is to make people think about sneering about the value of injured players, as if it's not a real consideration.

people were acting as though gabe and vando's injuries didn't matter and had no impact on what happened last year. they did.

vando and/or gabe might get injured again, and that would suck. but the fact remains that we invested 20 million in players who definitely filled important roles, and they were unavailable, and that impacted the wins column.

ol' bob todd signed good players at market or below-market value. when we have them, we're better. these are just facts that irwin must live with.

if you never made fun of the idea that it was hard to evaluate the team without vando, this post doesn't apply to you. if you did, it does.

bingo.

 

New pod appearance with a familiar face

 

not sure how it's "fans versus front office". can i say the same about siding with biased bloggers? it's just a difference of opinion. i don't give a s*** about rob pelinka.

i "go to bat" for things i think are true. in this case, it's that vando's a good, valuable player, and there were DEFINITELY people (maybe not you, and i didn't name you) who mocked that very idea. i'm "batting" against that dumb s***.

i'm not trying to be a "better fan", whatever that means.

 

The point is why not save it all and find out first what Rob does or doesn’t do by the deadline when logically THAT will be the BEST chance to get the best results? Rather than making this about picking the FO to defend over siding with a fellow fan. I explained my point above and abeer his and you don’t even acknowledge. Just keep saying the same thing when both those are valid counterpoints. Try explaining why they’re not.

 

Lol..

 

Robert Todd Pelinka Jr