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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 7, 2009 20:28:54 GMT -5
If you are standing under the basket you aren't playing good defense.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 7, 2009 13:31:18 GMT -5
That arc rule doesn't seem to have anything to do with charges. It sounds like you can't guard people under the basket. What a ridiculous rule. I think it just means you can't "establish position" in the sense of being able to legally draw a charge.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 7, 2009 10:39:56 GMT -5
I don't see the benefit of not adding the circle and leaving up to the refs' discretion.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on May 6, 2009 20:54:52 GMT -5
Yes, I absolutely hate having a fast food chain that sells well priced quality food in my neighborhood. I'd much rather have to rely on folksy overrated restaurants like Booeys. hey now what do you have against booeys? i have to say I think it's pretty good If only they had more turkey-based sandwiches
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 22, 2009 11:12:53 GMT -5
Ewing was a top 100 player, but obviously I can't say how much of that was name.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 22, 2009 9:02:22 GMT -5
I don't think anyone really has a problem signing Vee - he seems talented and fills a need.
Benimon is a lot trickier. I don't think the comparisons to Green are instructive, as local people were extremely high on Jeff and he was very well known - even around here nobody knows squat about Benimon. Yea, maybe he becomes the rugged rebounding 4 that we need. But it sounds more likely to me that he ends up being an undersized, unskilled tweener who rarely sees the court. That can be fine if we have solid depth on the rest of the team (Crawford) but bad if he ends up being forced to play due to transfers/injuries/early entries (Nikita, Omar).
I'm obviously hoping for the best, and I'm excited to see him in Kenner. Far from sold on this, though.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 22, 2009 8:50:06 GMT -5
For those of you guys who know a lot about recruiting, how pivotal is the pickup game with the team? I like the idea of it, and it seems like a good way of telling a lot about how a player is going to respond to being around players better/more experienced than he is (see Dashonte Riley). How big of a tool is this in evaluating players? And how did Jerrelle do? If I recall correctly, a big reason we took Omar was because he got hot in a pickup game. With regards to Benimon, I'm pretty ambivalent. Yea, he might be a diamond in the rough, but more likely he never sees the court. I agree that we can't have all studs, but apparently even borderline walkons aren't willing to hang around if they aren't playing. If he gets big enough to play PF, I suppose he could help a bit. If he's a 3, I don't really get it.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 17, 2009 9:00:44 GMT -5
That probably should have said "for" rather than "over". Point was that Nikita might keep the starting 3 spot to start the year, and he's a solid rebounder at the 3 spot. Definitely better than Austin and probably better than Hollis. Nikita, Henry, Greg on paper is a pretty good size frontcourt and should be able to rebound competently. What are you basing Nikita's rebounding prowess on? Percentage-wise he was the worst rebounder on the team last season on the defensive boards, and only better than Wright and Wattad on the offensive boards.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 14, 2009 16:09:27 GMT -5
Which part of we don't make the rules is unclear? Who cares? We can still say what we think about them.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 14, 2009 14:36:20 GMT -5
How well must the rest of your life be going that you're gonna spend time whining about and/or debating the validity or sanity of the rules of this board? Wow. The rules are the rules. Follow them. Is it that difficult? I'm just glad the mods spend the time they do to provide the forum... a service I'd gladly pay for but, thankfully, don't have to. Why don't you save the mods some time and follow the rules instead of crying about them. It's their board. Simple. Terrible post. We all spend a fair amount of time on this board each day, so if we think a change could make it better why not say something?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 14, 2009 10:26:02 GMT -5
Shocking that hoyatables supports the admins.
Obviously they can change the rules as they see fit - it's their board. That doesn't mean that they are right. The "poster's rights" argument in a silly strawman.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Apr 13, 2009 19:45:54 GMT -5
From the outside it's very hard to figure out Omar's thinking, for the reasons outlined by Jack above.
I wonder where he'll go - I'm not sure he is starting caliber at the decent mid-major level.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 30, 2009 23:21:17 GMT -5
This thread would have been better if you waited for the next 2 guys to leave, so we could really go crazy.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 30, 2009 21:46:33 GMT -5
This game feels so far away
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 27, 2009 13:33:38 GMT -5
We're in JT opposite land right now and we have to find a way out. Remember thinking "JT, just freakin' recruit a shooter and teach him how to play defense?" Well now it's "JTIII, just freakin' recruit a kid who can play defense and teach him the offense!" We have guys that can shoot?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 25, 2009 11:21:06 GMT -5
I think Hoyas need another guard. Unless they waitin on things to open up. I wonder why no love for Vinson? I thought that Vinson played more like a PF with a SF's body.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2009 17:40:56 GMT -5
I still think Monroe should go to the camps. I still think it makes a huge difference if the GM with the #4 pick says I am going to take you versus the #13 pick. Hearing something like that should be Monroe's signal to stay in the draft. There is zero chance that Greg participates in pre-draft camps. Top 10 locks don't do that. If he has already decided to come back there is little upside to throwing out the cash so he can fly around to workouts. "Learning about the process?" Come on. The downside isn't huge either, but again - why bother?
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 24, 2009 11:05:12 GMT -5
I agree that there is no point for Monroe to declare if he is sure he wants to come back. For a borderline 1st rounder, maybe it makes sense - but there really isn't even a point for a top 10 pick to waste his time if he knows he wants to come back.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 21, 2009 16:55:09 GMT -5
I don't care about Austin's weight, but I do care that he is slower and much less explosive than he was in HS. If dropping weight is the answer, great. If it's something else . . . well, do that.
A big problem with Austin's shot this year is that because of his lack of lift, low release, and low arc, if anyone jumped out at him he had to adjust his shot, and the results (side of the backbaord) were often ugly.
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Post by hoyaboy1 on Mar 12, 2009 9:20:21 GMT -5
I think an instructive comparison might be the Triangle Offense. It's notoriously difficult for younger players to learn, which is one reason why rookies and other young players typically get so little playing time on Phil Jackson's teams. Look at Adam Morrison, who's gone from regular and at times extensive playing time with Charlotte to somewhere between DNP-CD and 3 minutes per game with the Lakers. And yet, no one seems to be calling for Phil to ditch his system. This isn't really a good comparison, since NBA teams will tend to have mroe experienced players (and will rarely control their best players for only 1-2 years), and because Adam Morrison is one of the worst players in the NBA. If it really does take multiple seasons for players to operate efficiently in this offense (which I don't really buy), it better be the best offensive scheme in the country. Otherwise we would be trading inefficiency for players' early years without any gains over other offenses in later years.
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