Always go for defense?

[BENTLEY]

I haven't worked out this whole theory, but my belief is you never take a wing whose only sure ability is defense in the lottery. A defensive center you do take, but you have to be absolutely sure he's legit defensively. And in general, you draft offensive players over defensive players.

This.

 

[Dr. Jones]

I haven't worked out this whole theory, but my belief is you never take a wing whose only sure ability is defense in the lottery. A defensive center you do take, but you have to be absolutely sure he's legit defensively. And in general, you draft offensive players over defensive players.

VERY good point.

 

[LogGrad98]

And I laugh that anyone thinks other people necessarily should see things the way they do. It's not that clear cut. Personally, I think you and others are way overselling Biyombo, but I can see why you'd disagree. I'm guessing as well that GMs are not of one mind about this either.

Personally, I see Biyombo as a project who will have about as much impact on the league as, say, DeSagana Diop.

I admit, though, I may very well be wrong.

This, and I don't think you are wrong. He is a project, of that there is no doubt.

 

[NotDeadYet]

Truth is we need MORE than we likely can get for this year; we SHOULD get better this year, but we're looking at a 2-year or more project before we sniff an NBA finals. It starts at the TOP, and I'm hopeful Greg Miller, Kevin O'Connor, and Ty Corbin buy into the philosophy used in Dallas as described in this article. Being WILLING TO CHANGE AND KNOWING WHAT TO CHANGE WHEN, for each upcoming game AND even as a game is going on, are HUGE. It starts with the staff, but the PLAYERS have to buy into it, and NOT whine about their minutes. WINNING games is the goal, not MINUTES. I can't emphasize this enough; the supposedly superior Heat were a step behind after game 3 and totally out-coached in this series!!
https://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/30227/carlisle-pushed-all-of-the-right-buttons

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

And I laugh that anyone thinks other people necessarily should see things the way they do. It's not that clear cut. Personally, I think you and others are way overselling Biyombo, but I can see why you'd disagree. I'm guessing as well that GMs are not of one mind about this either.

Personally, I see Biyombo as a project who will have about as much impact on the league as, say, DeSagana Diop.

I admit, though, I may very well be wrong.

This is what I was responding to:

Quote Originally Posted by sojodave View Post
I laugh that people think that Knight, Singleton, and Bismack are going to be great defenders. They haven't guarded one person in the NBA. I think we saw with Brewer what happens when you get a player that can't play well on offense. I doubt any teams drafts thinking, "man, we can teach that player how to play offense. "

See the irony?

 

[zman1527]

Truth is we need MORE than we likely can get for this year; we SHOULD get better this year, but we're looking at a 2-year or more project before we sniff an NBA finals. It starts at the TOP, and I'm hopeful Greg Miller, Kevin O'Connor, and Ty Corbin buy into the philosophy used in Dallas as described in this article. Being WILLING TO CHANGE AND KNOWING WHAT TO CHANGE WHEN, for each upcoming game AND even as a game is going on, are HUGE. It starts with the staff, but the PLAYERS have to buy into it, and NOT whine about their minutes. WINNING games is the goal, not MINUTES. I can't emphasize this enough; the supposedly superior Heat were a step behind after game 3 and totally out-coached in this series!!
https://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/30227/carlisle-pushed-all-of-the-right-buttons

Very nice article. I hope that Ty and Greggy read it more than once.