The Unikornet
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While his wingspan is smaller, he has a longer standing reach than Timelord. He starts from a good spot just by getting his hands up high.
Kornet did shoot 36 percent from three on 4.1 per game over two seasons in the far back of the Knicks rotation in 17 mpg over 66 games when he first entered the league. If he does add the three that would gave the Cs three floor stretching centers. I remember reading somewhere they he purposely remade his game (pick setter, rim runner, rim defender) to find a spot in the league, eschewing the three ball.
I thoroughly enjoy him. His game for what it is and what is expected, the demonstrated joy, and his goofy personality. They need to feed him to 30/12 doub/doub just for the antics!
One of the side benefits of being careful with KP and shrink-wapping Al/KP in B2Bs is developing your own fungible 3rd string Center.
Brad should just give Luke an extension, he probably isn't looking for much more than a minimum guaranteed for multiple seasons (~3yrs/$10MM)
Brad should just give Luke an extension, he probably isn't looking for much more than a minimum guaranteed for multiple seasons (~3yrs/$10MM)
Given the Luke can get minimum money from the Cs any time, why wouldn't he test the market this summer and see whether anyone is feeling silly?
$10MM gtd to be a goofball in Boston, securing his future broadcasting career as he plays National TV games weekly (I'm not even sure if Brad is allowed to extend him anyway, there may be rules that prohibit that since he just was gtd)
OR walk the tightrope of being an NBA backup 5 while a new crop of 6'10" & larger dudes come from Europe/NCAA
The G-League is a lesser version of that old TV show Scared Straight! anyone that has gone that route probably wants gtd NBA jobs for as long as possible with gtd 8-figure money (the same goes for Hauser, to a larger extent)
Could easily see Kornet replacing Scalabrine in that seat for entertainment value.
Kornet getting his props from CJM for mastering their defensive system:
https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2024/03/celtics-reserve-big-applauded-for-mastery-of-defensive-system.html?outputType=amp
https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2024/03/celtics-reserve-big-applauded-for-mastery-of-defensive-system.html?outputType=amp
I’m sure there’s no way to track this but it seems like the majority of Kornets baskets are dunks.
The team basketball-reference.com page, under shooting, tracks this. 40.3 percent of his attempts so far are dunks. (https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2024.html)
Very close. He has 47 dunks made, and 49 made layups+hook shots. This link should work?
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kornelu01/shooting/2024
Gotta credit the man for this line:
View: https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1767756778421256357
View: https://twitter.com/NBCSCeltics/status/1767756778421256357
Can you imagine Kornet with Drew Carter doing the Cs broadcasts? My guess that it would be really good but even it were bad, it would be so spectacularly bad, it would be TV gold.
He needs to have a standing interview slot. After the Suns game in PHX, he dropped a “the eclipse was made for the sun.”
I'm waiting for Kornet to emerge as a stretch big in a meaningful playoff game. I think him not shooting threes for the past several years has been a long con
Luke has to be watching Tillman clank Corner3s and saying to himself "damn, I can do better than that"
Then again, Luke is 3/23 over the last 3 years with Zero 3PA this season.
With a dozen pretty meaningless games ahead and plenty of PT, just launch a couple every game
(he can even come up with some goofy celebration after he hits one)
Luke drilled a wide open three in the Milwaukee game. The Bucks left him completely uncovered and dared him to do it. It was his only 3PA of the season and he has played a career high number of minutes this year. Maybe he was saving it for the right time. Looked healthy enough and he does shoot a few threes in his pregame warmups.
I don’t remember the specifics. Did it come from an out of bounds play? It almost looked like a designed play for him but I could be just wishing that was the case.
I have to ask because I am having trouble wrapping my head around it (But the human body is weird....).
How does a guy who can play 20 minutes a night in the NBA be potentially "unhealthy" enough to take 2-3 3pts a game???
How does a guy who can play 20 minutes a night in the NBA be potentially "unhealthy" enough to take 2-3 3pts a game???