Comments on: Breaking down the Orlando Summer League roster

By: dave

dave — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:46:09 +0000

harden is not gonna be great he will more than likely be the worst guy on our team = worst player in the nba book it

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:29:09 +0000

Things will be clearer in Vegas with NBATV.

Summer league isn’t really the place players showcase defense usually but in the end it will matter a lot when the real season cranks up.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:15:50 +0000

Crow : Did Ibaka or DJ guard the opponent center? If it was Ibaka that is worth watching. Anderson did alright against the other guy. Who did Hendrix do most of his damage on? Was Livingston on Richardson? Pretty big numbers for him.

Actually Crow, the web feed isn't clear enough to see what exactly is going on. The jerseys are hard to make out, and you definitely can't make out facial features. I could only recognize three or four jersey numbers, the rest I couldn't even make out. So it's hard to say who Ibaka was guarding and who Livingston was guarding. They started Livingston at the 3, so I'd assume he was guarding the 3 as well. I also have to assume that Ibaka was guarding the 4 and 5, since he played with Mullens alot as well, and I'm not sure which guy he was guarding either.

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:28:51 +0000

Happy 24, looks like it is just live webcast.

I guess the opponent center was just 6′10 and low level so it wasn’t really like an NBA center opponent- this time. Still if you believe in 7 footers in your system you might play Mullens and Hardin more, to practice your system.

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:34:20 +0000

2 for 7 from 3 with just Harden hitting. Same pattern as last season. I’d think in summer league let em fly and try to find the stroke but I think there maybe heavy coaching to only take “good” ones. Well compared to a mid-range almost any 3 attempt is as good or better.

By: Crow

Crow — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:31:40 +0000

Did Ibaka or DJ guard the opponent center? If it was Ibaka that is worth watching. Anderson did alright against the other guy. Who did Hendrix do most of his damage on?

Was Livingston on Richardson? Pretty big numbers for him.

By: Happy247

Happy247 — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:31:19 +0000

Is there anyway to watch the game now that it is over. I had to work late and missed it.

By: Kev

Kev — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:21:44 +0000

Joe :There may be more minutes in Livingston’s future than originally thought.

good point people forget that Livingston is a pure point guard - he knows how to get the rest of the team involved . . . the only thing holding him back is his health . . .

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:35:26 +0000

@okcnba
I saw that too… his game seemed smoother than that to me. Maybe it’s just confirmation bias, I don’t know. It sure makes me look silly for raging on RW about his 4 turnovers – even if it was the erratic play early on that bugged me most.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:30:00 +0000

Here is what RW seems to do, at least from the perspective of an avid fan like myself and not a coach.

On offense, Russ seams to pay too much attention to the guy that is guarding him. He focuses in on that one thing and seems to get some sort of tunnel vision that prevents him from seeing the whole game.

It’s only when he runs out of options that he looks for a last second pass, instead of planning ahead and playing the angles and passing lanes. Fortunately, he is so athletic that he can usually manage to make something happen anyway. But, I would sure like to see him get to that next level soon.