Bear Down Wildcats

YoDeFoe wrote:

UAdevil wrote:Soon no more Lute era players in the L... Time's a bitch.

Iggy and Frye still in the league.

YoDeFoe wrote:Trier is fucking COOKING in these preseason games. Looks even more dangerous with the added spacing of the NBA game.

He's got 20 in the first half of today's game.

prh wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:Trier is fucking COOKING in these preseason games. Looks even more dangerous with the added spacing of the NBA game.

He's got 20 in the first half of today's game.

Who's a more under appreciated Wildcat, Zo or Foggy? I think I know your answer

YoDeFoe wrote:Bayless into the Ring of Honor after clearing the "10yrs in the NBA" hurdle.

prh wrote:

YoDeFoe wrote:Trier is fucking COOKING in these preseason games. Looks even more dangerous with the added spacing of the NBA game.

He's got 20 in the first half of today's game.

Who's a more under appreciated Wildcat, Zo or Foggy? I think I know your answer

Jefe wrote:Steve's shot mechanics haven't changed in 30+ years. Taught me at age 9

84Cat wrote:Bulls fan must be glad they have Lauri and not Butler anymore. Butler is sounding like a royal pain in the ass

Knicks coach David Fizdale said rookie shooting guard Allonzo Trier is on the radar for making the 15-man roster — and even cited LeBron James’ rare knack for chase-down blocks
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“Maybe, maybe,” Fizdale said of Trier’s chances of making the team. “He’s good, man. He’s a good player.”

The coaching staff has credited Trier for six chase-down blocks since summer-league practices started and through the first three training-camp sessions.

Trier said he had one classic chase-down block on Kadeem Allen on Wednesday.

“That’s just one of those deals when most guys won’t make that effort when they’re 10, 15 feet behind a guy,” Fizdale said. “But this kid, he just runs guys down, and at the square [of the backboard], he’s just pinning that thing against the glass. So it’s just very few players that have a knack for that, and he’s one of them.”

If Trier is to make it and sign a regular minimum deal ($838,000), third-year guard Ron Baker would be a likely candidate as odd man out.

“I don’t want to put a cap on him,’’ Fizdale said of the 22-year-old Trier. “The LeBron block. You just don’t see that that often that a guy can run somebody down and meet him at the apex and block it. That’s a real gift right there. I don’t want to say G-League with him or he’s up with us. I just want to see what happens with him because he’s a talented kid.”

“When I started watching film on him, I could see why some people might have passed on him because in college there was no space for him to really move around,’’ Fizdale said. “You can really pack it in in college. But all of a sudden with the floor spread, his game has opened up. Scott Perry saw that in him.”

Knicks rookie forward Kevin Knox was well aware of Trier’s marksmanship at Arizona.

“Allonzo has been playing really well lately, getting to the basket, making 3s off pick-and-rolls,’’ Knox said. “I think he has a really good shot at making the team, making the roster. Just got to keep playing with intensity, defensively getting better, offensively just being able to make the right reads.’’

YoDeFoe wrote:Trier making the NBA by beating Kadeem Allen with a defensive play would be some really "I did not see that happening" shit.

YoDeFoe wrote:Trier making the NBA by beating Kadeem Allen with a defensive play would be some really "I did not see that happening" shit.

azcat49 wrote:Never thought Fultz was a PG and doesn't Simmons like the ball in his hands as well

prh wrote:

azcat49 wrote:Never thought Fultz was a PG and doesn't Simmons like the ball in his hands as well

They are both PGs and they are both not PGs. NBA is moving to a spacing, 3 point shooting league, and the Sixers are pinning their hopes on PGs who can’t shoot at all and don’t really handle the ball well.

I’ve said before that they have failed at roster construction and I’ll stick by that. They would be better off if they had dumped Simmons and Fultz to get Kawhi and a 2 guard who can shoot and play defense.

RichardCranium wrote:

prh wrote:

azcat49 wrote:Never thought Fultz was a PG and doesn't Simmons like the ball in his hands as well

They are both PGs and they are both not PGs. NBA is moving to a spacing, 3 point shooting league, and the Sixers are pinning their hopes on PGs who can’t shoot at all and don’t really handle the ball well.

I’ve said before that they have failed at roster construction and I’ll stick by that. They would be better off if they had dumped Simmons and Fultz to get Kawhi and a 2 guard who can shoot and play defense.

In every interview to Oz papers (and there were a lot, they are slobbering all over him) Simmons referred to himself as a point guard.

NYCat wrote:

84Cat wrote:CF
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DrWildcat wrote:

NYCat wrote:

The NBA game suits him.

CalStateTempe wrote:

DrWildcat wrote:

NYCat wrote:

The NBA game suits him.

What is it about the nba game that works for him that the college game didn’t?

I don’t know enough to say one way or the other which is why I’m asking. I know o was hard on tried when he was here mainleg cause we could all see his potential, and it’s good to see that his potential might be finally paying off on the big stage.