Wish they’d waited till Tuesday.Does this signing make it a Tacko summer?
Tacko and the smurfs.This summer league team is going to be fun to watch
for an average height of 6'6"...makes senseSo, starting in the second round, the last three guys they picked up were 6'1", 5' 11", and 7'6".
No, but when he plays with Time Lord it really will be Tako Time.Does this signing make it a Tacko summer?
That's either Tackoy or Tackoing on, I can't figure out which.I was hoping Ainge would have drafted Bol to give us a potential Tacko Bol front court.
I wouldn't write him off so fast. This is a guy who has dominated the college game under the radar for the past three seasons despite teams collapsing 2, 3, and ever 4 players on him when he touched the ball on the low block and altering opponents offensive sets on the other end.......Fall was a total game changer. He isn't a stiff. He will however have challenges adjusting to the NBA game.He's not going to stick obviously, but he was really fun to watch in the tournament. Seemed to give Duke fits when he wasn't on the bench, they didn't know how to deal with him.
This brings back memories of the Rhode Island Gulls in the mid-80's of the now-defunct USBL. That team had Manute Bol and Spud Webb on it (two feet of height difference), John "Hot Rod" Williams while he was awaiting his point-shaving trial from his Tulane days, Martin Clark from BC, and Coached by Kevin Stacom who would then bring the team to his tavern in Newport after the games at the Rogers High gym.So, starting in the second round, the last three guys they picked up were 6'1", 5' 11", and 7'6".
At about 40 seconds in, The Celtics may have found their weapon of mass destruction.
He subs out?What happens when he plays a Horford or Lopez who wants to bring him out to the deep end of the pool?
New Haven had a USBL team at the time and a couple of us went to the old New Haven Coliseum to see the Rhode Island team just for the spectacle. Bol played college ball at the University of Bridgeport so there was media hype about his return. I remember we were disappointed that Spud Webb didn't dunk, and Bol looked like a giant even against other tall people.I wouldn't write him off so fast. This is a guy who has dominated the college game under the radar for the past three seasons despite teams collapsing 2, 3, and ever 4 players on him when he touched the ball on the low block and altering opponents offensive sets on the other end.......Fall was a total game changer. He isn't a stiff. He will however have challenges adjusting to the NBA game.
This brings back memories of the Rhode Island Gulls in the mid-80's of the now-defunct USBL. That team had Manute Bol and Spud Webb on it (two feet of height difference), John "Hot Rod" Williams while he was awaiting his point-shaving trial from his Tulane days, Martin Clark from BC, and Coached by Kevin Stacom who would then bring the team to his tavern in Newport after the games at the Rogers High gym.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1pck10/manute_bol_77_next_to_spud_webb_57_for_the_rhode/?st=jx71pnld&sh=9098f1f7
I'm excited for the signing and even though I get the punchline reactions, I'm with this.His struggles are with conditioning and foul trouble. I think his best case scenario is a 10-15 mpg guy that you can bring in as a change of pace. He’ll be exploited on switches but he’ll exploit some mismatches himself. He has good hands and solid fundamentals close to the basket, if he gets inside the restricted area he can handle an entry pass and it’s all over.
Just for clarity, I think he can do more than above. Just bring him along slowly, build up his confidence. Get creative with defensive schemes/rotations.Tacko is interesting, maybe Brad could use him situationally on a 2 way, as the 16 or 17th player on the roster
Someone suggested on inbounds or defending the inbounds at the end of quarters.
5 minutes pushing Embiid around
Boban upside?
He doesn't look like a klutz and moves much better than Boban (that's a very low bar). Tacko runs like an athlete, no hitch. He seals, doesn't avoid contact around the hoop. Has decent footwork down low. 310lbs, not a twig.We didn’t call this Too Big to Fall, for shame.
Good signing but he has never impressed athletically. Not really sure he makes a top 9.
As Marv Albert said often in my youth......."Phil Jackson in for the windmill effect on the inbounds."Someone suggested on inbounds or defending the inbounds at the end of quarters.
He could be an interesting Giannis counterplay.He probably needs a year of G-league seasoning, but it looks like he could become bizarro Theis — unplayable against bigs who stretch the floor well, but a good defensive option against more traditional bigs who can bully their way to the basket too easily against smaller, “stretch” bigs like Theis.