thoughts after the game tonight
Irving will be our starting PG very very soon...kid takes it to the hole and gets to the FT line alot...was surprised by how much he was attacking the hoop...made some dumb mistakes which can be expected...if he stays healthy he will be a all star no doubt about it...loved what i saw from him...didnt start and led the team in scoring
Thompson had a terrible first half...had 4 fouls and no points...2nd half when he came off the bench he relaxed, had 2 blocks and had some great offensive rebounds followed by some nice putback dunks...he will be a defensive impact for this season and when he works on his offensive game he will be a complete player...not a true center but he will be our starting PF eventually...i dont see the comparisons right now to LeMarcus Aldridge besides they both came from Texas...Aldridge's outside game is far more superior at this point...i do see Tristan being a better defensive player tho...he will be a solid contributor this year
Samardo Samuels impressed me the most...i thought he had a great 2nd half of last season when he got PT...he was a beast inside tonight...be interesting to see what happens if we trade verajo because samardo is another guy i could see starting for us in the future at PF...he plays hard on both ends and is just a great rebounder...i really like his game and i am glad we took him on after summer league where he showed up DeMarcus Cousins
Eyenga has improved a little bit, mainly on D...he shows flashes of being that guard that we hoped would blossom into something great when we drafted hiim in the first round awhile back...just one game but he has alot of upside...just needs to put everything together
those were the guys on the bench...most of the starters i wont touch on to much because alot of them may not be around for long or have no impact on our future like anthony parker, jamison and sessions...sessions did look good...i really liked when we picked him up last year but his trade upside is too great to not get something in return for when u got your future PG sitting on the bench...alonzo gee...whatever...and verajo looked good...typical great D and flops...had some new moves on his inside game and his jump shot looks improved from about 25 ft out...this is his 8th season playing so its to the point where we either get rid of him now and get something good in return, or hold onto him and make him part of our future...i would rather trade him if the return value is good enough...but i do like verajo...he is our starting C no doubt about it
for the rest of the year i hope we show signs but i hope we do not win many games which we wont...hopefully chris grant does what he did last year and just try to acquire as many draft picks as possible...thats the key to rebuilding...next years draft should be loaded so im sure more teams will be more reluctant to get rid of 1st round picks as easily as they did last year...but we have some pieces and a shitload of future draft picks that we could exchange for more draft picks this year
bottom line i like this team...i will watch probably every game to see how irving and thompson do...irving, if healthy is no doubt the future of the team...thompson could develop into something awesome, so i am so far happy with how last years draft went
Good luck with either of those two. Jamison's contract is ugly, and other NBA teams would rather have Candice over her brother.