2012 CB Draft Southeast Division Press Conferences

[riah32]

questions for those doubting Orlando.....who is going to score on me? We have one of the stronger defensive teams with lock down defenders at the 3 and the 5. Plus I'm not saying Amar'e is going to carry this team on his back. Their are 13 guys capable of carrying the team on their back and the team is a whole will lead themseleves to the championship.

Is McGee a lockdown defender?  I've always considered him a great shotblocker, rather than a great defender.  I think his fundamentals are way out of whack.

Well maybe he isnt totally a lockdown defender but he is a great shotblocker which means teams wont be getting to many easy baskets.

[Lucky17]

questions for those doubting Orlando.....who is going to score on me? We have one of the stronger defensive teams with lock down defenders at the 3 and the 5. Plus I'm not saying Amar'e is going to carry this team on his back. Their are 13 guys capable of carrying the team on their back and the team is a whole will lead themseleves to the championship.

Is McGee a lockdown defender?  I've always considered him a great shotblocker, rather than a great defender.  I think his fundamentals are way out of whack.

Well maybe he isnt totally a lockdown defender but he is a great shotblocker which means teams wont be getting to many easy baskets.

But he's only in there for half the available minutes at C. You'll have Amare and Mullens in there for the other half. I don't believe either are lockdown defenders. You do have good defense on the wings, though.

As for carrying the club, Amare is the primary scorer. After that, it's Deng, and then who? Teague? He's capable, but not consistent. If he's not scoring, can he create for others?

[Fafnir]

questions for those doubting Orlando.....who is going to score on me? We have one of the stronger defensive teams with lock down defenders at the 3 and the 5. Plus I'm not saying Amar'e is going to carry this team on his back. Their are 13 guys capable of carrying the team on their back and the team is a whole will lead themseleves to the championship.

Is McGee a lockdown defender?  I've always considered him a great shotblocker, rather than a great defender.  I think his fundamentals are way out of whack.

Well maybe he isnt totally a lockdown defender but he is a great shotblocker which means teams wont be getting to many easy baskets.

The way McGee goes for shot blocks in my view teams end up with more easy baskets. He'll jump himself out of the play entirely, similarly McGee is a good rebounder but overall when he's on the floor his team gets less rebounds than when he's off it consistently. He yields position to hunt for those blocks.

[riah32]

questions for those doubting Orlando.....who is going to score on me? We have one of the stronger defensive teams with lock down defenders at the 3 and the 5. Plus I'm not saying Amar'e is going to carry this team on his back. Their are 13 guys capable of carrying the team on their back and the team is a whole will lead themseleves to the championship.

Is McGee a lockdown defender?  I've always considered him a great shotblocker, rather than a great defender.  I think his fundamentals are way out of whack.

Well maybe he isnt totally a lockdown defender but he is a great shotblocker which means teams wont be getting to many easy baskets.

The way McGee goes for shot blocks in my view teams end up with more easy baskets. He'll jump himself out of the play entirely, similarly McGee is a good rebounder but overall when he's on the floor his team gets less rebounds than when he's off it consistently. He yields position to hunt for those blocks.

That was playing for a Wshington team that was not very good. I think playing next to Amare and playing for Doug Collins will make him better.

If Doug Collins can lead a team that had:
Pg:Holiday/Lou Williams
SG:Meeks/Evans
Sf:Iguadola/young
PF:BRand/Evans
C:Hawes/Brand

to a sixth team how could he possible not lead this team to an even better seed.

My team is basicallt the same except I think my parts are better and fit together better.

[Kane3387]

No presser from Miami? Anyone care to post that lineup? Curious to see how they would have stacked up.

Has Miami officially abandoned the league?  If so, that's too bad.  No wonder he wasn't responding to trade offers.

He wasn't exactly responsive when he was still around, either.

Haha I definitely blew his inbox up

[Fafnir]

My team is basicallt the same except I think my parts are better and fit together better.

This is true, but McGee was the same guy in Washington and in Denver.

The "gets rebounds but hurts his team's rebounding" effect occurred both places, its a feature of McGee not a bug of Washington.

[ronaldo943]

Washington

What kind of season does gortat have without playing with nash?

You have zero all star players. Pau gasol is the man. The last two seasons he has been under a lot of scrutiny. Kobe repeatedly called him out and his track record as the best player on a team is not good. He by far is your best player, so tell me why on this team he can take this team to a title?

Also how many minutes are Williams and smith planning to play together?

Gortat's confidence has grown he is still going to be dominant without Steve Nash its kind of like Rondo, he wasnt that good but the big 3 made him seem good at first but then he got a lot of confidence and now he doesnt need the big 3 if anything they need him.

I can care less how many all star players i have. I'd say we easily have the best big men. Marcin Gortat is a 15 and 10 guy. Pau Gasol is a 17 and 10 guy. We also have Gerald Wallace, Steph Curry, J.R. Smith, Lou Williams and well actually all our players on our team are quite good, i'd take this group over a team with 3 all stars. Also i never said he would take us to a title, we dont see this team as a championship or bust team we see it more as a first lets make the playoffs then start thinking about winning the championship. Also how do you expect him to carry a team that has these guys as their starters Chucky Atkins, Hakim Warrick, Terrence Kinsey, Dahntay Jones?

Lou Williams and J.R Smith will most likely be together on the court Williams will play way more than J.R.

I would never put Gortat and dominant in the same sentence, but in looking at his per 36 minute numbers I think Gortat can keep up solid play without Nash.

As for Gasol. He played with solid players in Shane Battier, Jason Williams, and Mike Miller. He had talent around him to win 50 games, but 0 playoff games in three years? He couldn't lead his team to one win? I don't get it. He's just not a number one guy.

You say you don't care about having All-Star caliber players. That's fine, but the NBA is a star driven league and Quality wins over Quantity every time. Look at the Nuggets. Look at the Sixers. They play a nice game but they aren't taken that seriously in the grand scheme of things.

Also while you have quantity I don't see the chemistry. It's one thing to have quality and lack some chemistry because top tier talent usually overcomes most things. But teams that lack both top tier talent and chemistry usually just make the playoffs.

Williams gets points but he doesn't shoot well. He is a volume scorer. Hollinger below:

Williams' shot fake is so tempting that defenders bite on it virtually every time, even though he's not much of a threat as a jump shooter. He's a career 33.0 percent 3-point shooter who made 34.2 percent last season; he also made 37.0 percent of his long 2s and 21.1 percent from 10-15 feet. Let him shoot it, guys.

Lou Wiliams averaged 4.7 apg per 36 minutes. Hollinger says this about him:

Because Williams drew so many fouls on the perimeter, he also had a remarkably low turnover rate for a player with so many free throw attempts. While it was low for other reasons (like how rarely he passed, for instance), the results was that Williams led the Sixers in PER and ranked ninth overall among point guards.

It was one thing for Pau to sacrifice shots to Kobe, but Lou Williams? I can see the passive aggressive quotes to the media already.

It's not just Williams but Smith, Beasley, and Nelson are scorers too. Gasol is your best facilitator after Curry and Billups (too HUGE injury concerns) so why is ball movement not going to be an issue?

id take my team over westbrook gasol griffin our big men are better than yours and the rest of your team is decent players, no floor spacing way less chemistry, We talking about chemistry?!

Haha Come on man, quit playing chicken  We can do this in the playoffs.

Seriously can you answer the questions I have asked? If not it's cool, but don't just say look at the PER. PER is cool but it is far from the end all be all and IP showed why William's PER is what it is.

How about the cohesiveness of your lineup.
How about the fact that Gasol is 32 and on the downside, but is your best player and leader. Why is that not a concern
How about why his playoff averages were pedestrian the last couple of years.
How about Beasley, Smith, and Williams in the same locker room and on the court together looking for shots.
How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team. What is each player's role on the team?

If you can't answer these or are unsure then that isn't an issue. I think everyone has been asked questions about their roster that they are unsure how to answer. If that's the case just say so, but please address the questions if you can. 

First of all you didnt even ask me any questions in the second part so im not playing chicken
Gasol is 32 that doesnt matter he went for 17 and 10 yes you keep on saying he is our best player but not by a longshot we have a lot of good players.

As for the player's they are professional and will play whatever role they are asked to play.

Also i have a question for you:
You say it is championship or bust for your team and say that there is no chance for IP's team to beat you but they are probably number one in the east and you guys arent in the top 3 so my question is, why do you think your team is better than IP's?

[Rondo2287]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

[ronaldo943]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

i just looked at it and he only asked me one question at the end.

[Rondo2287]

-How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team. What is each player's role on the team?
-How about Beasley, Smith, and Williams in the same locker room and on the court together looking for shots?
-How about the cohesiveness of your lineup?
-Gasol is your best facilitator after Curry and Billups (too HUGE injury concerns) so why is ball movement not going to be an issue?
-It was one thing for Pau to sacrifice shots to Kobe, but Lou Williams?
-As for Gasol. He played with solid players in Shane Battier, Jason Williams, and Mike Miller. He had talent around him to win 50 games, but 0 playoff games in three years? He couldn't lead his team to one win?

[Kane3387]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

i just looked at it and he only asked me one question at the end.

I will try this again.

Why do you have no concerns about the cohesiveness of your roster?
What numbers do you expect out of Gasol for next season as your number one option? How can you ensure he will get the amount of touches he needs to achieve these numbers when he is playing with so many scorers?
Are you concerned  that in the last two years he has played poorly in the post season? If not then why?
I have never heard Beasley and Smith mentioned as professional. Why will that change on your team? How much will two of Beasley, Smith, and Williams play together? How much will all three play together?
How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team? What is each player's role on the team?

[ronaldo943]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

i just looked at it and he only asked me one question at the end.

I will try this again.

Why do you have no concerns about the cohesiveness of your roster?
What numbers do you expect out of Gasol for next season as your number one option? How can you ensure he will get the amount of touches he needs to achieve these numbers when he is playing with so many scorers?
Are you concerned  that in the last two years he has played poorly in the post season? If not then why?
I have never heard Beasley and Smith mentioned as professional. Why will that change on your team? How much will two of Beasley, Smith, and Williams play together? How much will all three play together?
How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team? What is each player's role on the team?

i dont know, i just dont have any concerns.
17 points and 10 rebounds. He will get the right amount of touches that he needs, last year he was playing with kobe and bynum so i think he will do good this year scoring wise.
Concerned? A little bit.
All three of them will never really play together sometimes williams with beasley but not a lot.
Ill give them all free milkshakes so they wont me mad about their roles

[Kane3387]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

i just looked at it and he only asked me one question at the end.

I will try this again.

Why do you have no concerns about the cohesiveness of your roster?
What numbers do you expect out of Gasol for next season as your number one option? How can you ensure he will get the amount of touches he needs to achieve these numbers when he is playing with so many scorers?
Are you concerned  that in the last two years he has played poorly in the post season? If not then why?
I have never heard Beasley and Smith mentioned as professional. Why will that change on your team? How much will two of Beasley, Smith, and Williams play together? How much will all three play together?
How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team? What is each player's role on the team?

i dont know, i just dont have any concerns.
17 points and 10 rebounds. He will get the right amount of touches that he needs, last year he was playing with kobe and bynum so i think he will do good this year scoring wise.
Concerned? A little bit.
All three of them will never really play together sometimes williams with beasley but not a lot.
Ill give them all free milkshakes so they wont me mad about their roles

Thanks for the response. TP

[ronaldo943]

Ronaldo he did ask you questions a couple of times actually, but please don't ask him questions about his team vs IP's his division already had a press conference.  This should be about the southeast

i just looked at it and he only asked me one question at the end.

I will try this again.

Why do you have no concerns about the cohesiveness of your roster?
What numbers do you expect out of Gasol for next season as your number one option? How can you ensure he will get the amount of touches he needs to achieve these numbers when he is playing with so many scorers?
Are you concerned  that in the last two years he has played poorly in the post season? If not then why?
I have never heard Beasley and Smith mentioned as professional. Why will that change on your team? How much will two of Beasley, Smith, and Williams play together? How much will all three play together?
How about how you plan on making everyone happy with their role on the team? What is each player's role on the team?

i dont know, i just dont have any concerns.
17 points and 10 rebounds. He will get the right amount of touches that he needs, last year he was playing with kobe and bynum so i think he will do good this year scoring wise.
Concerned? A little bit.
All three of them will never really play together sometimes williams with beasley but not a lot.
Ill give them all free milkshakes so they wont me mad about their roles

Thanks for the response. TP

i got you

[riah32]

All three of them will never really play together sometimes williams with beasley but not a lot.


THis concerns me a lot your three best bench players arent going to play together. One who have to think this will greatly effect the starters.