Kind of know what you mean, especially in the last few years, but I feel like I remember the first handful of years Quin much more animated.
Yeah. I obviously meant permanently.
Agree... he had more genuine emotions early. At times it just felt like he was like "well time to get a tech".
I watched a lot of video of him in the euros and he seems to have good defensive instincts. Could be a sneaky good 3 & D perimeter defender type. Had a good nose for help defense and quick hands. Made up for his basic athleticism pretty well I thought. Once the NBA game slows down for him, he could be a real find. His shot is just so pure that even acceptable D and athleticism is enough to get him priority minutes.
I never read Quin's emotions as fake. I thought he was super genuine. The guy looked like coaching was physically killing him he cared so much about it.
Simone has the somewhat unlikely combination of slowish feet and pretty good bounce. Hence, I think he has some untapped rebounding potential, but as long as he's playing a spacer role, patrolling the perimeter, he's not gonna get that many boards.
That's a problem in its own right. Same with managers I have worked with. The ones who are intense and never let up tend to burn out and be harder to work with. But you can be intense, and driven, and still have a looseness to your style that helps you be more resilient and you will get better results and not kill yourself by the time you are 40. Sounds like Quin just burned himself up and that explains an awful lot from that last season really.
100%
Part of it is just basketball. rarely is a player perfect at everything on both ends at all times.
Ochai BPM per 36 minutes was a fairly solid +432.
| Period: Q4 | Time: 00:14.8 | Call Type: Foul: Personal | Committing Player: Kelly Olynyk | Disadvantaged Player: Jordan Poole | Review Decision: CNC | Video Url: Video | |
| Comment: | After gathering the ball, Poole (GSW) brings his arms up as Olynyk (UTA) steps forward toward him, and contact occurs to Olynyk's face. Poole is entitled to his vertical space (even though he is not shooting) and since he did not extend his arms forward into Olynyk or appear to seek out contact, the contact is deemed to have occurred because Olynyk is moving forward towards Poole's space. Given the fact that Poole is not in a shooting motion, a no call is appropriate. If a foul were warranted, it would be on Olynyk. |
