I see no reason why he shouldn't take those shots. We don't seem to have improved much in 3-point shooting, so if Drew can at least pretend to be a threat from out there, great.
Drew is a blue collar, gritty kind of player. Luka seemed en led with all his God-given.
But Poeltl must be feeling the heat with Drew improving every year. Drew now has outside shots, and continuing rmto improve. Drew is cementing that backup C position.
Did we win?
No but Pop assured them it's just basketball.
Good scrimmage to watch..Joshua Primo is making all of us doubters eat crow. Kid looks natural and smooth. White seems to be slowly rounding into rhythm ..his playmaking is still good...his shooting and scoring in the paint is coming along slowly. Dejounte Murray's jumper looks much better. Vassell is also showing a lot of good touch on midrangers plus his uber attentive help defense is still preternatural. Poeltl's involvement as a playmaker on offense is encouraging but his free throw shooting is still very bad. Eubanks seems a keeper while wieskamp is not a total bust. McDermott had an off night ...Bates-Diop works well within the system but his shooting mechanics seem off.
Oh yeah, and he’s also black like him…
Love hearing all the good stuff about Primo ... but always remember that George Hill looked like Kobe in those scrimmages ... still it seems that PATFO found another gem
If you know Pop an the Spurs, Primo is definitely going to the G-League. Forbes an Lonnie has to have mins. But Forbes has been shooting so well. I'd trade Lonnie, Aminu, & Thad for something if you ask me.
This is a big year for Lonnie. I'm not giving up on him. But he has the trade deadline. Unfortunately Murray or White need to go with Thad. We keep harping on about Primo but Jones should be ready for back up pg duties.
We'll know a lot more about what their plans for Lonnie are in a few days because they have until the 18th to give him an extension. It's been very quiet so far but if they can extend him to some figure smaller than his cap hold next summer ($13 mil), they'll probably do it.
For those who missed it (like me). Where was Lonnie?
Injured
nate oats has that program going places.
He's been pretty consistent with it all preseason. He's not gonna be Dirk or anything but definitely adds a valuable wrinkle to his game.
they definitely hustled a lot in this scrimmage ... it would not have been something for Luka
Im sure it was probably injury related but I wonder if Lonnie didn’t play in hopes that he gets an extension before the season starts
Primo has earned a role with the team. Dude is confident out there and never looks lost.
Didn't watch, but curious about Lonnie's status.
Glad Primo did well...I guess I'll have to start paying attention to 'Bama basketball from now on. Apparently they had a future NBA star on their roster getting limited run last year. They must be staacckked!
Love coach nate. Best coach alabama has had in my lifetime.
Not really. Coach nate put him in a limited role. I do think nate will do well recruiting moving forward.
He was the best player on the team. But coach nate wanted to keep herb jones more involved and put the ball in his hands alot.
Primo, being a team player, played within the confines of his defined role and deferred to the players with seniority.
Theres only one player from last years team still there who might make it in the nba. Quinerly (transfer from villanova). Would be a longshot. He can get in the lane at will but I dont know if he can finish at the nba level.
They said Lonnie got a knee to the thigh in practice but will probably be back for the final preseason game on Friday.
If he were to sit out, that would probably have the opposite effect of what he would hope for.
I think they’ll offer him what they should, $8-9M/yr, he’ll decline, and he’ll be restricted next summer, like Kyle. His analytics are horrible, so he probably won’t get any large offers.
Even Michael Jordan had to blend in at UNC because he had great players around him.
Primo is obviously no MJ (no one is) but it looks like blending in at Alabama may be to our benefit drafting 12 and getting him. Sometimes it works to your benefit.
I'll have to check out the scrimmage to see what he's doing.
Primo looks like a 12 YO kid. The Spurs may not have a great record this year and there will be some ugly games and stretches of games. But just going down a different path will be more interesting than the last year or two.
As they would say if Primo were a baseball player, the only thing he could learn in the minors is how to order a meal on the road.
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