Comments on: Tuesday Bolts – 3.24.09

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:09:13 +0000

KD-Thabo pair another tough result -13.
Per 48 minutes is still losing at close to -30.

Thabo’s 2 best 5 man lineups he is clear SF is one and probably is the other if Weaver is the SG. That is the way it should be at least.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:57:54 +0000

Light on passing especially minus Watson, which is coming someday.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:55:32 +0000

Thabo second best on/off team defensive rating (to Krstic by a samll bit) but second worst team offensive rating on/off among top 8 guys (to Watson).
On this comparison Thabo has Weaver by about a point on defense but Weaver’s lead for team offensive on /off is 7. There is a reason Chicago eventually moved away from Thabo. No 3 pt game and light passing. this team is so short on both was he really the best fit? Maybe for a stopper role. Another guy for Presti’s bench mob. Including starters.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:40:09 +0000

Weaver seems like a better fit for the role than Thabo. at least on paper.
Weaver vs Gelly pretty close. Will Gelly be on the Lakers next season? Too early to say but he probably gets a look.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:35:43 +0000

3 pt FG% – Gelabale last season 43%, Thabo now at 17%, Weaver 34%.

Counterpart PER at SG – where they probably need to play most- Weaver is by far the best. The other 2 sure look like SFs on defense. But Gelly is the better SG on offense while the other 2 do better at SF. So Thabo is the least good fit at SG by the counterpart numbers.

Passing at SG? Gelly and Kyle abot a tie, Thabo well behind.

But Thabo is the higher profile Presti pick so of course he’ll start.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:19:39 +0000

Gelly’s injury was a factor but not being Presti’s personal pick seems like it did too. They’ll all be Presti’s picks pretty soon. Collison the only possible exception but I doubt he finishes out his contract with the team.

By: Crow

Crow — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:16:15 +0000

No way Gelly comes back after Presti waived him and left him to recover from injury out of work. I can understand the business decision but that ain’t high “culture”.

By: Vega

Vega — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:32:22 +0000

Gelly could be a very valuable piece off the bench as Durant’s backup. Sign him right now, cause if there is one thing we need, it is bench depth.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:03:05 +0000

I am very happy for Gelly. Two years ago they sent him down to the Idaho Stampede and he ripped it up. 18 points and 4.5 boards. He clearly is an NBA player. I liked him a lot. I am not sure he is better than Thabo though. Very similar. But Thabo is really a warrior on defense, and Gelly is more like Weaver on defense.

Chad Ford is typically about the worst source of “inside” information in the NBA. It’s no better than talking to your neighbor over the fence. He really is off the wall a lot.

By: Vega

Vega — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:46:32 +0000

Sign Gelabele. Now. We desperately need a backup SF.