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| Warriors on NBCS |
| @NBCSWarriors |
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HAS OUBRE TURNED INTO LONG TERM PIECE?? (WOULD BE GREAT 6TH MAN ENERGY GUY WHEN KLAY COMES BACK)
| Anthony Slater |
| @anthonyVslate |
Kelly Oubre: "When I was shitty, I was just getting better each and every day. In the gym, working out, working on my craft, adding tools to my bag. In due time, those tools will blossom and grow." 2/23/21, 7:42 PMSam Vecenie
21. James Wiseman | 7-1 center, 19 years old | Golden State Warriors | Contract: 4 years, $39.6 million, last two years team options | PR: 2020 Draftee
We’ll close out this one with the third-to-last rookie on this list. So far, I’d call Wiseman’s rookie season about as successful as could have reasonably been expected. He’s a teenager on a team expecting to compete where he started the season in the starting lineup. He only played three games last season. It was going to be a process. There are some bumps in the road, and he’s taken his lumps. But he’s still producing, averaging 12.2 points and 6.1 rebounds with 1.3 blocks in just 21 minutes per night. The Warriors are better with Draymond Green at the five or with Kevon Looney in the lineup, but that doesn’t diminish the signs that Wiseman has shown. He’s enormous, he’s extremely athletic and has looked very coachable.
Offensively, he’s been useful due to his athleticism. The Warriors have used him in the dunker spot and in pick-and-roll as a finisher, and he’s succeeded there. His ability to high-point the ball above basically any other center mixed with his terrific hands allows him to be a constant lob threat at the rim. He takes a few too many midrange jumpers that tank his overall shooting percentages. He needs to either work an awful lot on his floater, or he needs to stop taking it because he’s missed all 10 that he’s taken this season. He’d probably be a bit more successful if he excised everything but the 3s and shots at the rim from his game at this stage, but the Warriors are clearly encouraging him to explore and expand his skill set. It’s always tough to balance development versus wins for a player early in his career, and the Warriors have largely erred on the side of letting Wiseman do his thing versus limiting him in the moments when he’s on the court. But the place where he’s really made an impact is out in transition. Wiseman runs the floor hard every time there is an opportunity for an easy bucket. He presents as an easy target to hit for an easy 2, and his presence draws defenders toward the rim, creating easier looks for Stephen Curry to attempt his lethal transition pull-up 3s.
Defensively, he’s still really figuring out where he needs to be. Particularly, he’s struggling with his depth in drop coverage. Teams can catch him stuck in no man’s land in the gap and hit him for pull-ups or lobs. If he gets locked out on the perimeter, his rotations can be a bit rough. But when he’s around the rim or in position to rotate from the weak side, his tools are readily apparent. He’s a monster around the basket inside already due to his 7-6 wingspan. Teams already have to account for his presence if he’s there. He’s not awesome on that end yet, but you can see the world where he’s going to learn from Green and pick things up quickly.
Ultimately, ranking Wiseman here is a bet on a very intelligent, hard-working kid coming through on the immense physical tools he has and becoming a force. It’s not an exaggeration to say that given his length, athleticism, balance, shooting ability and shot-blocking instincts that Wiseman could very quickly morph into a top-10 center. The Warriors are basically the perfect place for him to do so as well, given the presence of Curry and Green along with a great coaching staff. And at the very least, he’s going to be productive in the minutes he plays.
I’m not quite as high on him becoming an All-NBA guy as some are, given that I have some real reservations about his shot creation and his passing ability. With what we see from other centers on the offensive end, it’s tough to imagine him reaching the level of a Jokic or an Embiid on that end of the floor. He might just be a super high-level defender who finishes enough plays to make some All-Star Games if things really break right. But that’s a hugely valuable player and worthy of a ranking like this even if the floor is just a run-of-the-mill starting center at some point.
1. Steph Curry (27.9% of his mentions were negative)
2. Russ Westbrook (24.6%)
3. Joel Embiid (22.3%)
4. LeBron James (22.1%)
5. Kevin Durant (21.7%)
6. Kyrie Irving (20.7%)
READ: basketballnews.c
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| Which NBA players receive the most POSITIVE tweets? According to the study: 1. Kevin Love (53.3% of his mentions were positive) 2. Steph Curry (47.5%) 3. LeBron James (46.7%) 4. Blake Griffin (46.7%) 5. Carmelo Anthony (46.1%) MORE INFO: basketballnews.c | |||||
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| Dennis O'Donnell |
| @DennisKPIX |
Per LA Times: Tiger suffered a shattered ankle, two broken legs, compound fracture @KPIXtv 2/23/21, 4:11 PMIn a statement posted to Tiger's Twitter account at 12:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Dr. Anish Mahajan, the chief medical officer and interim CEO of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, said Woods suffered comminuted open fractures -- bones that were broken into more than two pieces and with breaks in the skin -- in the upper and lower portions of the tibia and fibula of his right leg.
Mahajan said surgeons there placed a rod into the tibia of Woods' right leg, and they used a combination of screws and pins to stabilize injuries to his foot and ankle. Mahajan said Woods also suffered trauma to the muscle and soft tissue of his right leg, which required surgeons to release "the covering of the muscles to relieve pressure due to swelling."
Mahajan's statement did not include details about Woods' left leg. In an earlier statement on Tuesday, Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, said he suffered "multiple leg injuries."
The statement said Woods was "awake, responsive, and recovering" after surgery.
| Josh Dubow |
| @JoshDubowAP |
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| Manhattan wine store's entire $300,000 inventory stolen: police trib.al/T1CcAaL pic.twitter.com/ | |||||
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