Buzelis is gonna come out gunnin' and play 2 games. Noa will look lost and out of his depth. Lachlan is gonna kill summer league in all ways and then we'll never see him again.
It's ultimately irrelevant (see above), but I wouldn't expect Noa to look lost. Might happen, but I wouldn't expect it. He's produced at every level and situation he's played in so far. Summer League is even stupider than preseason, but he put up 20 and 8 on 14 shots against the Blazers as a 17 year old in preseason last year.
What I will say, is the NBA, unlike Europe, has quite a few players of the type who will make Noa's life miserable. Like in that Blazers preseason game. He worked over the centers they put on him. He worked over the guards they put on him. But he couldn't do shit against Avidia. 6'8ish, strong, and good on defense will smoke him until (if) he develops more strength and skill.
this may be its own post in the future, but it sure is weird that the Bulls invert the use of their active and two-way rosters
the two-way guys are 21, 24, and 25, and never get used in the regular season
Meanwhile other 'fringe developmental projects' like Dalen Terry and Julian Phillips are 23 and 22 yet taking up active roster spots
Phillips I understand would maybe get claimed on his minimum contract. Terry would pass through waivers and they could re-sign to a two-way deal if they still believed in him, and it would make their roster no longer 'full'
Grill played at Iowa State so watched him a lot then. Left under mysterious circumstances but had some big scoring outbursts, including bunches of 3s. And seems like did that his last yr in college too. He can get hot and not afraid to shoot
I would like to know if the General Manager of the Bulls is even interested in basketball enough to know the players on his team? If he watched any of the games that the Bulls played in, he should know that they do not need any more point guards and that building a small ball team will probably keep the Bulls in purgatory just like the past 4 seasons. They need a shot blocker/defender and preferably someone taller than 6'10". I do not really want to comment on Giddey at this point. Hopefully we can keep White. I just do not trust the front office getting a good return for him.
Noa on defense was interesting to watch. He easily stays in front of players 6 inches shorter than him, and has great foot work. I think whatever they were doing with the full court zone in the first quarter was dumb as hell, but Noa is so long it really seemed to give Toronto problems.
Underselling Yuki he is awesome. Unfortunately 5'8". If he stays on a two way the Windy City Bulls become worth watching.
Buzelis is gonna come out gunnin' and play 2 games. Noa will look lost and out of his depth. Lachlan is gonna kill summer league in all ways and then we'll never see him again.
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It's ultimately irrelevant (see above), but I wouldn't expect Noa to look lost. Might happen, but I wouldn't expect it. He's produced at every level and situation he's played in so far. Summer League is even stupider than preseason, but he put up 20 and 8 on 14 shots against the Blazers as a 17 year old in preseason last year.
What I will say, is the NBA, unlike Europe, has quite a few players of the type who will make Noa's life miserable. Like in that Blazers preseason game. He worked over the centers they put on him. He worked over the guards they put on him. But he couldn't do shit against Avidia. 6'8ish, strong, and good on defense will smoke him until (if) he develops more strength and skill.
this may be its own post in the future, but it sure is weird that the Bulls invert the use of their active and two-way rosters
the two-way guys are 21, 24, and 25, and never get used in the regular season
Meanwhile other 'fringe developmental projects' like Dalen Terry and Julian Phillips are 23 and 22 yet taking up active roster spots
Phillips I understand would maybe get claimed on his minimum contract. Terry would pass through waivers and they could re-sign to a two-way deal if they still believed in him, and it would make their roster no longer 'full'
Maozinha also played in the Uruguayan league recently, helping Nacional of Montevideo win the title last June.
Watched him in the finals and I'm not impressed.
Josh Primo gonna shock the world homies (I'm not Josh Primo).
your username is so convincing.
Remember everyone: summer league and preseason are literally meaningless, as well as unpleasant to watch.
And such small portions!
Josh Primo now no longer on the roster. I'm sure we'll find out nothing as to why they keep signing then waiving this guy
https://bsky.app/profile/drew-h-stevens.bsky.social/post/3ltpimqej4k2r
Grill played at Iowa State so watched him a lot then. Left under mysterious circumstances but had some big scoring outbursts, including bunches of 3s. And seems like did that his last yr in college too. He can get hot and not afraid to shoot
I would like to know if the General Manager of the Bulls is even interested in basketball enough to know the players on his team? If he watched any of the games that the Bulls played in, he should know that they do not need any more point guards and that building a small ball team will probably keep the Bulls in purgatory just like the past 4 seasons. They need a shot blocker/defender and preferably someone taller than 6'10". I do not really want to comment on Giddey at this point. Hopefully we can keep White. I just do not trust the front office getting a good return for him.
and please for Pete's sake trade Vuce and Patrick.
Not that we didn't already know this, but holy shit Billy D III cannot coach.
Noa on defense was interesting to watch. He easily stays in front of players 6 inches shorter than him, and has great foot work. I think whatever they were doing with the full court zone in the first quarter was dumb as hell, but Noa is so long it really seemed to give Toronto problems.
I know the expectation was that Noa would look bad. But man did he ever look bad...