Things I Would Like to See in Tonight's Preseason Game Against the Oklahoma City Thunder
by Tom Ziller on Oct 10, 2008 1:55 PM PDT
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Print* No injuries, please. Not even for the Thunder. We have collected our pound of flesh (Martell Webster) this preseason, keeping up the decade-long streak of preseason bonebreaking. The un-Sonics, in fact, have been recent victims of our exhibition rampage, losing Robert Swift two seasons ago because of an out-of-control Kevin Martin fast break.
* Brad Miller to Kevin Martin.
* Obviously, we would all like to see Spencer Hawes be a bit more successful. Many of us would prefer he venture closer to the rim on offense, and show a touch of patience with the ball.
* Force a few turnovers, please.
* Every time Donté Greene tallies an offensive rebound, an angel gets its wings.
* Please don't foul out, Jason Thompson. Every second of experience counts.
* Bobby Brown joining Martin on the court would be delightful, provided we can watch one fast break materialize during said episode.
* I really do want to see a bit of Quincy Douby for selfish reasons, but if he's injured I hope he will not play. No sense in pressing on with a bad set of cards at this point.
What will you be looking for?
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FG to prove he’s bench/MLE worthy. Sorry folks, still ain’t sold on ’em.
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Gimme
- An enthusiastic ARCO crowd. Come on folks! Forget the mortgage meltdown, the salary cap, the lack of a stadium deal, Kenny Thomas’ contract. Better days are ahead in Sac-town!
- Under Unfinished Business from the Blazers game: Donte Greene driving to basket instead of settling for the fall-away 3.
- More Spencer in the post, but not overreacting to criticism by trying to act like he’s Mutumbo, and letting the boos slide when he misses his first outside jumper.
- “I wanna see four passes before every shot.”
- Get Quincy in the flow.
by ttylerbballcamper on Oct 10, 2008 2:52 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Like to see
- Ball movement
- Player movement without the ball
- Assists, many assists
- Spencer, Salmons and Shelden hitting a few shots
- Better shot selection by Spencer and Greene
- Kevin doing what Kevin does
- Some up tempo offense
- Ally-oops to Martin, JT and Greene
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
I'll take
- A standing O for BJax (check)
- A true indication of how the new strong offense should work
- Drive and dish by Beno and Bobby Brown (and consequent easy buckets for the bigs)
- Guards taking and making open outside jumpers
- Efficient scoring and tenacious defense from Salmons and Garcia
- Thompson running with Wilcox and holding his ground in the post
- No Thunder center scoring over 8 points
- A hand in the face of every Durant shot and a big body stepping up on every drive
- A corndog. No, two corndogs.
No television coverage out here.
Anyone know if this game will be available online somewhere?
There're 2 links
here: MyP2P, but you’ll need to download sopcast or tvants to watch them(Can download here). Or you could wait until game time and hope a justinTV link shows up.
Ball movement ... is like jogging for most people: They do it occasionally, and it makes them happy. Then they go back to not doing it. - Henry Abbott
by Kfan in Korea on Oct 10, 2008 3:55 PM PDT up reply actions
Not that anyone asked, but...
Just to save any Mac users the frustration that I went through, I’ll point out that these programs (TVAnts, Sopcast, UUSee, etc.) only run on Windows. Apparently there are programs that allow Mac operating systems to run some sort of Windows clone, through which one can make these kinds of p2p live TV streaming programs work. But I couldn’t follow the instructions, so I’m going to stick with Justin.tv until someone writes a program for us Mac peeps. Boo hoo.
Nevermind.
None of these links are working for me, ugh.
Haha... way to open my mouth.
Apparently Justintv just feltl ike taking its time tonight.
I'd like
- Guards staying in from of their man on defense
- No one leaving a 3pt shooter to help in the paint
- Bigs working the ball in low & not taking quick shots
- Bigs waiting until they are doubled before passing out of the low post
- 50% or better shooting when your wide open
- A lot more picks & screens
- Ball movement to guys coming off of picks & screens
- Oh, yea, a win
"If you don't have anything good to say, LIE" - Mom
My short list
- Less dribbling and more team play from Salmons
- Some minutes for Shelden so we can see if he plays as well or better than last game
- Better play from Bobby Brown now that he’s got the jitters out of the way.
- More Spencer in the low post, both offense and defense. Take the criticism and make
something positive happen
- Our first look at Brad, will it be a repeat performance from last year? That would be
awesome.
- Absolutely dominant play from Kevin to set expectations for the rest of the team
- Better second half performance, keep the tempo going. How quick will they be out of
the gate at the beginning of the 2nd half?
For those who want to watch it online...
This should work if you use Internet Explorer
http://www.andromedanet.eu/tvtuner_sop_atdhe2.html
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The pleasure of watching home games
at ARCO, even during preseason, is a joy few other fans will know.
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Christopher Andrew
How do you find these broadcasts? I’m scared that one game you won’t be there to show me the way.
What I want to see
- Stop dribble penetration
- Contest shots at the basket. (No layups, dunks or alley-oops).
- Two passes before every shot.
- Get out and run more than twice.
- Hawes in the post trying to establish position.
- Don’t lose by 30 points.
- Lots of minutes for the young guys (Is it possible to have the one above AND this one?)
- Beno not hurting himself on the bench.
- Shelden Williams knocking someone to the ground.
- Someone besides Kevin Martin that can score the ball.
Shut up and Coach
I wouldn't be averse
to a Clay Bennet injury.
by Deleran on Oct 10, 2008 7:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Hmmm
Kenny Thomas goes up for a dunk but goes mroe horizontal than vertical, flying into the stands and accidentally smashing his knees into the crotch of one Clay Bennet.
Donte? Donte'! Donté?!?!
'spect da 'xtra E'
I knew it was fantasy
when you lead with “Kenny Thomas goes up for a dunk…”
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