Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Honestly, until I read your post I have never heard the name Jaren Jackson Jr. before. I watch NBA games solely to watch the Duke players, or to root against carolina players when they're in the same game. I have no interest in the other bodies on the court.
And yes, the "Jason" instead of "Grayson" was a brain fart!
Ozzie, your paradigm of optimism!
Go To Hell carolina, Go To Hell!
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Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Mason gets several paragraphs of Zach Lowe snark in this week's "10 Things"
https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/sto...cks-competence
RJ gets love in a discussion of the Knicks' defense, some other small Duke player mentions as well.
Dang, sorry about that, I am cookied so I don't pay close attention to what is free and what isn't.
Basically he showed a clip of Mason making an iso move from the elbow and called it as boring as the NBA gets. He said Mason is a competent center but that watching him enjoy a larger role in the Detroit offense is not how he would choose to spend his time.
Imagine my surprise to turn on Nets v Hornets and see Vernon Carey starting at the 5. Imagine my surprise a few minutes later to see him start 4-4 including a 3 in the first 5 minutes!
I agree, I don’t fault Mason for getting paid and seeking a starting role, but I think he would really help any contender off the bench, as he did behind the Joker in Denver (his defensive miscue against the Lakers notwithstanding). He gets a lot of guff for making Team USA over Bam in 2019 but that’s not his fault.
Pels had the game in hand tonight in the 4th quarter. Then Brandon went cold in final minutes and Alonzo again couldn’t throw it in the ocean. Going to OT. I don’t understand Van Gundy substitutions.
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
Yes. And if Lonzo can’t be consistent from outside, they don’t need him. Plenty of other role players who can fill in around Zion and Brandon. Trade Lonzo and Bledsoe for a real shooter. Oh wait, they had a shooter but traded him. They should have gone after Seth Curry.
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
I dislike the front page histrionics when a Dukie has one good game. (Spoiler, Zion had a bad night.) But check out Vernon Carey's game -- even though I always hope the Hornets lose...
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
It's frustrating to watch the Pels lose again and again after a double digit lead late in the fourth quarter. Ingram is rushing shots. Zion doesn't get enough touches, and when he does there's no movement around him. Bledsoe will chuck the ball too early in the shot clock instead of passing it around. Holy moly. This team needs a confident PG down the stretch to control the game.
The coach needs to take some responsibility. Instead of calling a timeout and drawing up a play to get a high percentage shot to restore confidence and momentum, Gundy does largely nothing except make weird substitutions.