I was there for 3 qtrs. Mickey was by far the best player on the court.
James Young looks like he's just going through the motions. Great
Athlete though. Thornton was nailing all his 3's in warmups, but not
During the game. Thornton has excellent ball skills, and can get to
Wherever he wants, needs to hit his shots.

tp for you
-how was coty clarke-seems like the red claws go quite a bit of talent
what makes young a great athlete-

athleticism and youth

young isn't quick ,can't move laterally, can't get over a screen,can't go more than two dribbles right,isn't explosive but duh you got young right-
and of course i am open minded-given facts

You can't draft solely based on college stats though, especially with Freshman.  Have to try to project what the player will become, which is why it's such a crapshoot.  This is especially true when it comes to shooting. Young was only 18, putting up decent numbers.   There was reason for optimism.

Missing on his lack of quickness though, that's tougher to excuse.  Good scouting should have seen that.

Here's Mickey's highlights from the game:  http://dleague.nba.com/games/20160310/erimne/

Good to see him score in a variety of way, including putting the ball on the floor and getting to the rim 3 times.  Hit one mid range jumper too.

tp for you
-how was coty clarke-seems like the red claws go quite a bit of talent
what makes young a great athlete-

Sorry Rollie long day at work and then a 3.5 hrs drive home. First I have to disagree with your
assessment that he's not quick. In person he's very quick for someone 6'7" and when he wants to
can get plenty of hang time. I guess when I say he's a great athlete, I'm just stating the obvious
in that he's got better then average NBA potential. IMO 95% of all NBA players are great athletes.

He does have this weird pigeon toe thing with his feet, when he's warming up. It looks awkward
 but he loses it when he's in the game. It could effect his lateral quickness though? 

Until you see Coty Clarke play he doesn't draw much attention, he's got that tweener look about
him. Of course that all changes after you watch him for about 5 mins, because he got such a high
BBIQ. Has real good mechanics, always seems to make the right play. Not sure how that will
translate at the next level?

I can't explain how Mickey, Clarke and Young for that matter can all be standing next to each
other, and Mickey looks much taller for some reason? But he's not.

Anyway, it was real cool to these guys only a few feet away. Playing for the love of the game
and for most of them, just a glimmer of hope.

Quote from: rollie mass on March 11, 2016, 07:27:38 AM

tp for you
-how was coty clarke-seems like the red claws go quite a bit of talent
what makes young a great athlete-

Sorry Rollie long day at work and then a 3.5 hrs drive home. First I have to disagree with your
assessment that he's not quick. In person he's very quick for someone 6'7" and when he wants to


can get plenty of hang time. I guess when I say he's a great athlete, I'm just stating the obvious
in that he's got better then average NBA potential. IMO 95% of all NBA players are great athletes.

He does have this weird pigeon toe thing with his feet, when he's warming up. It looks awkward
 but he loses it when he's in the game. It could effect his lateral quickness though? 

Until you see Coty Clarke play he doesn't draw much attention, he's got that tweener look about
him. Of course that all changes after you watch him for about 5 mins, because he got such a high
BBIQ. Has real good mechanics, always seems to make the right play. Not sure how that will
translate at the next level?

I can't explain how Mickey, Clarke and Young for that matter can all be standing next to each
other, and Mickey looks much taller for some reason? But he's not.

Anyway, it was real cool to these guys only a few feet away. Playing for the love of the game
and for most of them, just a glimmer of hope.

another tp for a 3.5 hr commute and eyes on ground info
i love watching basketball in gyms like maine
to hear the trainers squeek the ball bounce and players communicating on court
AND players playing for love of game and a chance to move up
grisholm wrote a short book called"playing for pizza"-about a pro drummed out and forced to play european pro football
so thanks again
till yesterdays game, i thought frazier a better point guard than rozier till somebody showed me the shooting stats frazier put up with portland /philly--
when young was in his first year i thought he may have had deceptive speed and went back and looked for that player from old kareem lakers team to compare,now he was smooth
 the red claws seem to have some high character players
we have a pro team here in england  alot of american college players and i found the best pizza, ,which isn't easy in england and brought them along with some budweiser for after practice
better than chips and a pint-i scored big TPs for that from the players,even the english ones
my sons premier league 18-under was affilated with this pro team the chester phoenix

I am reading good things on Coty Clarke.

http://www.csnne.com/boston-celtics/clarke-ready-add-energy-and-effort-celtics

"He was with us in training camp," said Kelly Olynyk. "Great kid, been following him in the D-League obviously with Maine and he's been putting up some great numbers down there not only shooting the ball well but rebounding and passing the ball well. Double-digit assists the other night. So he's a great guy, a really, really tough worker, hard worker, and he's a great guy to have around."

“First and foremost, as I told our team today, he was by no means given a 10-day," said coach Brad Stevens. "He was rewarded (for) his great play. He really has played great. Our front office has been thrilled about him and thrilled about his play in Maine the whole year. We obviously have a familiarity with him from being here in the fall, and so we thought it was a great opportunity to bring a guy on board while we have some practice time to really get a chance to evaluate him within our system, with our team, as the season has progressed. He’s kind of an undersized shooting forward and so we’ll see how it all goes from there. But he’s had a really nice year.”