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IN A KAWHI-LESS WORLD, CAN LONNIE WALKER HELP THE SPURS WIN?
https://www.ozy.com/the-huddle/in-a-...a04bf10a595031
Good stuff, thanks.
After the whole Number 2 fiasco, I wouldn't expect Lonnie to be playing even in Austin if the big club's doctors weren't damn sure he's 100% healed.
IN A KAWHI-LESS WORLD, CAN LONNIE WALKER HELP THE SPURS WIN?
Yeah, da really loved Parker didn't he.
If he can help us win games, please don't play him this year
He dominates in the G League. I'm not sure Dante Cunningham could dominate like that if he played for Austin. Give him rotation minutes ASAP
it wasn't an ad hominem; it was my honest advice (this goes back to the leonard injury). and, yes, he did that at the u also. NBA TV even commented on it on draft night.
Sure it was, you tried to refute my argument by calling into question the credibility of SAGirl. Classic ad hominem.
Nevermind that I made my observation based on the video, and only mentioned SAGirl because she's the one that I remember pointing out the one-foot landing thing. Saying that she was wrong about Leonard's injury has nothing to do with Lonnie's landing form on jumpers.
I don't know, the only blatant one-leg landing I saw was at 1:34. The rest of the time he kicked both feet out slightly.
On this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgq-0MaQQiE he kicks one foot out a few times, but lands on both feet each time. The camera work doesn't help, it zooms away from his feet almost every time, but a few of the shots show what I'm talking about.
The Austin video shows Lonnie landing on one leg for two of the three jumpers he made, and he kicked out the other leg on each one. It looks somewhat unusual for him, even judging by his Miami highlight videos.
Could be doctor or physical therapist recommended cause I had meniscus removed and they told any kind of jumping or landing had to be done opposite leg for bracing for a couple of weeks
To slowly land normal
Former G[D] Leaguers in NBA this year.
Kent Bazemore, Avery Bradley, Lorenzo Brown, Trey Burke, Clint Capela, DeMarre Carroll, Jordan Clarkson, Quinn Cook, Robert Covington, Allen Crabbe, Dewayne Dedmon, Spencer Dinwiddie, Yogi Ferrell, Tim Frazier, Rudy Gobert, Danny Green, Gerald Green, Montrez Harrell, Justin Holiday, James Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Cory Joseph, Shaun Livingston, C.J. McCollum, Khris Middleton, Marcus Morris, Dwight Powell, Andre Roberson, Terry Rozier, Dennis Schroder, Pascal Siakim, Jonathon Simmons, Fred VanVleet, T.J. Warren, Derrick White, Hassan Whiteside, Lou Williams
First shot, a j very near the baseline. Lonnie landed on his right foot. The reason is obviously that he was leaning slightly to his right, to be certain of clearing the edge of the backboard.
Second shot, a 3 from the top of the arc. Lonnie landed on his left foot because he shot from a right-foot-forward stance, and he was leaning back to be sure of clearing a defender who was closing. He landed on his left foot for no other reason than it being his back foot.
Third shot, a driving layup. He launched from his left foot, as is natural for a right-handed shot, landed on both feet after the shot, and then braked primarily with his right foot as he turned to his left.
Fourth shot, a layup from the right side, with his left hand. This is an unnatural motion which he executed extremely well. He used the left hand to get his release as close to the basket as he could. He launched from his right foot, landed on both, then primarily braked with his left as he turned to his right.
Fifth shot, a 3 from the left wing. He jumped with both, and landed on both, his right foot forward, as is normal for a right-handed shooter.
Sixth shot, a high-difficulty floater near the basket, where he delayed and changed his motion in midair to avoid a defender who had gotten into position for a block. That is an extremely dexterous 'make' that most NBA players could not do. His foot position for the launch is obscured by a defender, but he landed on both and kept his balance.
Seventh shot, a dunk. He launched with power from his right, landed on his left, normal footwork given that space and timing. He showed no hesitation in using his right leg to power the jump.
Eighth move, a pass from the paint, on a drive, to a teammate to his right out at the arc. He jumped off his left foot, to power the pass toward his teammate. He landed on his left foot to maintain balance against the reaction the pass created. ("For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." That is Truth.)
Ninth, a very nice, whippy overhand pass, with both hands, from the arc to the baseline, done while moving to his left. He jumped from his left foot to transfer power from his leftward movement into the pass. He landed on his left for balance because his attempt to cancel all lateral motion when he jumped did not quite succeed.
Tenth, a drive into traffic in the lane for a short jumper, which he had to change in midair to a push shot, which he made, after a collision with a defender. His footwork was dictated by the traffic, and the collision.
Eleventh, a layup on a drive down the middle. Moderated, not at high speed. He launched from both, the left leading, and landed at a stop on both.
Twelfth, a simple little layup where he got behind the defense. Jumped off both, landed on both.
What is it, again, that people claim to be seeing on that video? You do understand that in analyzing footwork, one has to take into account if a person is leaning, or if he is moving, and which direction and how fast. Right?
Yes, it sure does. And has anyone noticed that his hair stands on end? That can't be right...also, very awkward.
Those are the ones I was talking about, just the jumpers. Especially the second and fifth shots because those were spot-up jumpers, where a shooter should have the most control over their footwork. I thought that those would be the shots most likely to potentially show evidence of him favoring one side. I think it's mostly inconclusive due to small sample size.
I also didn't look closely enough at the fifth shot the first time, it looked like he landed on one foot, but while he did kick his right leg forward he landed on both feet.
Still, most of his jumpers from the Miami highlights had him kicking both feet forward almost equally, while the jumpers in the Austin video had him kicking one foot forward each time. I'll plead guilty to overreacting to a small sample size, as well as not having watched any of Lonnie's Miami highlights before today.
None of those are stars. They’re nearly all scrubs.
Umm CJ, Gobert and Middleton are max players. Whiteside is getting paid like one. Many other solid rotation players in there.
Meh. Call me when they make their first all star or all nba team tbh. Excluding Rudy because he’s a foreigner and doesn't count and he barely played there tbh.
What in the is that noise I hear in that video?
Yeah he needs to change that his knee won’t hold up to that
Kid really needs to rethink that hair though.
Bring him up.
And bring DJB up too--Just to see PlayBlair cream his pants
When this glass dude gonna play again
is it me or does lonnie plays like a young sprewell with too much energy?
He's already played in like 4 games for Austin.
tonight vs salt lake
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