He plays a pivotal role for this year's Celtics team. He's ballast.Is Yabu here to offer veteran leadership or something?
Its not a great game and Tacko is the star. That said, Yabuesele hasn't been totally terrible. But he is doing nothing to make a case to keep him around.I can't get the game from my hotel and even reading about Yabu here is making me irritated. Get this guy off the damn team I don't care about his salary!
https://twitter.com/maxacarlin/status/1148410003478515713Max Carlin is a great Twitter follow for people looking for SL analysis, complete with quickly edited clips. He’s doing most games, but he’s a Celtics fan at heart, and a hardcore Grant and Carsen stan. @maxacarlin
The best sign is that the team was at its best when these guys were running the show rather than the camp invite types trying too hard to make an impression. Once the typical SL guard heroball stopped they resumed dominance.Some numbers:
Arson: 14 points, 6/10 from field, 3 rebounds, 2 assists
TimeLord: 10 points, 4/9 from floor
Waters: 11 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals
Grant: 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, team leading +20
Tacko: 12 points, 5/5 from floor, 2/2 line, +9 in 11 minutes
And they ALL showed something.
He is also a key member of WCTMax Carlin is a great Twitter follow for people looking for SL analysis, complete with quickly edited clips. He’s doing most games, but he’s a Celtics fan at heart, and a hardcore Grant and Carsen stan. @maxacarlin
Carlin had Grant Williams rated 4th on his draft board!Max Carlin is a great Twitter follow for people looking for SL analysis, complete with quickly edited clips. He’s doing most games, but he’s a Celtics fan at heart, and a hardcore Grant and Carsen stan. @maxacarlin
Just for reference, do you remember Jerome Moiso? Fab Melo?Yabu is one of the worst players I've ever seen make the Celtics roster.
Hey man, thanks for popping in and reminding a whole thread of folks that know a lot about basketball that this is just summer league. I was afraid we were all thinking we were going to roll this same squad out in the fall and win 50+ games, but I know better now.Just for reference, do you remember Jerome Moiso? Fab Melo?
I think Waters is going to be in the NBA a long time. He's a perfect backup PG already. How far he will go will depend on whether he can turn his shooting fom good to world class.I came away from the game really impressed with the play of Tre Waters. This kid can ball.
Most of us do, but they atleast offered physical upside and raw games. Yabu is an scared bear in a china shop. So if you want to make that assessment, what does Yabu do better than them?Just for reference, do you remember Jerome Moiso? Fab Melo?
That play was the inspiration for my hot “Grant is good” take.
Now that Jam went and got himself a podcast, I feel like it’s gone mainstream. I had a plan to splice up all of Smarf’s charges-taken and loose-ball dives, along with the gifs of him doing the kip-up ninja move, then set it to Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping, with clips of Danny giving his shit-eating grin during the “Oh Danny Boy” refrains, and bask in the warm WCT glow, but it seemed like a lot of work and I think most of them are too young to know Chumbawumba anyway, so I never got around to it.He is also a key member of WCT
I am here for that if you do it. I would watch that on an endless loop.That play was the inspiration for my hot “Grant is good” take.
Now that Jam went and got himself a podcast, I feel like it’s gone mainstream. I had a plan to splice up all of Smarf’s charges-taken and loose-ball dives, along with the gifs of him doing the kip-up ninja move, then set it to Chumbawumba’s Tubthumping, with clips of Danny giving his shit-eating grin during the “Oh Danny Boy” refrains, and bask in the warm WCT glow, but it seemed like a lot of work and I think most of them are too young to know Chumbawumba anyway, so I never got around to it.
Here's a half-hearted defense of Yabu.Most of us do, but they atleast offered physical upside and raw games. Yabu is an scared bear in a china shop. So if you want to make that assessment, what does Yabu do better than them?
I mean isnt this all lip service? Of course DA is going to pump up a player under contract on the team. Im sure hes said something along these for a guy like Orien Greene or similar players. Or any player really. I mean that quote contains so much coach and gm speak if anything its redundantHere's a half-hearted defense of Yabu.
But more importantly, don't forget what DA himself said when the Cs picked up Yabu's option (quote from reddit article):
I think this goes way beyond GM-spaek but YMMV.I mean isnt this all lip service? Of course DA is going to pump up a player under contract on the team. Im sure hes said something along these for a guy like Orien Greene or similar players. Or any player really. I mean that quote contains so much coach and gm speak if anything its redundant
Sounds like Zion Williamson without the ability to get off the floor.Here's a half-hearted defense of Yabu.
But more importantly, don't forget what DA himself said when the Cs picked up Yabu's option (quote from reddit article):
Grant Williams seems to know how to let the game come to him. That can overcome undersized.Don't mean to sound like a buzzkill with all the Grant Williams love, and no doubt he can play, but he's still an undersized (short) PF with probably limited potential because of that
I keep expecting Yabu to show some upside skill. When he was drafted, the word was that he could hit the 3-pointer. Maybe, but he hasn't yet. The other word was that he had an impressive vertical leap. Once upon a time, perhaps, but he hasn't gotten any thinner and gravity is always going to hold him down. Yabu is down there with Marcus Banks among the Ainge whiffs.Most of us do, but they atleast offered physical upside and raw games. Yabu is an scared bear in a china shop. So if you want to make that assessment, what does Yabu do better than them?
The similarity is all in the facial hair grooming. I'd rather lose Strus and keep Tacko.Now I have seen Strus play, and I'm doubling down on the Abdel Nader comparison.