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Tristan Thompson

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D-Wreck said:
One player's development has nothing to do with another's
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Considering they're both foreign-born power forwards developed by our FO that came into league with relentless motors and little else I'd say it's pretty relevant to compare their developments.

You're ignoring Andy's improvements over time because it's convenient to your belief TT isn't going to develop the same skills. What makes you think TT is done improving?
 
I'm continually encouraged about the increasing value of this guy's game. And a lot of what he's already doing.

One thing I think makes him that much more dangerous is his developing comfortability jumping off one leg and finishing on the run. We're getting teasers once in a while and when it happens it looks efficient and hard to stop because he moves well for a guy his size. Usually if we see it it's in transition but if he can add more of that to his half court game I think he'd start to become a more regular scorer. We see that one foot jump from Andy as he rolls to the basket for a quick dunk often so we know our system has the potential for more of this from Tristan too.

It doesn't look as natural for him as jumping off two feet. I don't know the obstacles to developing this. Reps obviously would be good for coordination, and getting his legs more comfortable and balanced with these movements. Maybe his handle on the ball is restricting him a little. Doesn't look like he's as comfortable finishing with one hand, and I don't know if his hands are big for effective palming of the ball. I also think he's still filling in some strength to his body, and extremity strength gets a lot better as he goes through his 20's, and so will coordination.

In general one handed layups where the stretch of that one arm gives a guy a clear spatial advantage, whether he's jumping off one leg or two, is something I hope he can (continue to, I assume) work on and add to the Cavs repetoire. The two hands can have a lot of advantages, but it's obviously tougher to extend that ball out of the reach of a block in some situations without having as much one handedness (and one leggedness) to his game so far.
 
blommen said:
but what are you basing your assumption on? It seems like you have already decided that TT won't develop a jump shot and you completely disregard any argument against that assumption. Wether you want to admit it or not, and this has been adressed earlier in the thread, Andy was a lot more raw in his game than Thompson at that age and he still developed a jumper and became a magnificent player. His basketball IQ got better with the years and he developed a solid mid-range game. Why are you just flat-out denying that Tristan could go the same way and why are you acting like he is a finished product when there are tons of stuff about his game that can be improved through hard work? I'm not trying to start an argument here, but you seems almost hellbent on writing Thompson off despite pretty much all the signs point towards him not being near his ceilling as a player.
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Never did I say that he was a finished product. I said he was close to his offensive ceiling. Tristan's game is mechanical and reactive, that puts a cap on what he can do as a player. Any improvements he makes from here on offense will more than likely lead to increased efficiency rather than an increase in volume.

doctorK said:
Considering they're both foreign-born power forwards developed by our FO that came into league with relentless motors and little else I'd say it's pretty relevant to compare their developments.

You're ignoring Andy's improvements over time because it's convenient to your belief TT isn't going to develop the same skills. What makes you think TT is done improving?
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Being born in Canada and playing HS and College in the US is very different than being born in Brazil and developing in the Euroleague.

Outside of their motors, they are very different in the way they approach the game.
 
Watching this comeback validates what Grant saw in this kid. He definitely has some holes in his game, but he's relentless. He brings so many intangibles to this team and it will only grow more evident as he becomes a veteran.


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Would be amazing if this kid could somehow turn these types of games in consistently.
 
SteelSmack said:
20-10 game followed by a 19-10 game. Kid is a beast. 7 of his last 8 games were double-doubles.
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He's still a wasted pick. We could have had Reggie Jackson or Isaiah Thomas, some real floor spacers. And instead we picked a guy who's obviously reached his ceiling as the next Dale Davis.
 
doctorK said:
He's still a wasted pick. We could have had Reggie Jackson or Isaiah Thomas, some real floor spacers. And instead we picked a guy who's obviously reached his ceiling as the next Dale Davis.
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:chuckles:
 
doctorK said:
He's still a wasted pick. We could have had Reggie Jackson or Isaiah Thomas, some real floor spacers. And instead we picked a guy who's obviously reached his ceiling as the next Dale Davis.
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Wait, what?!

:lol::shocked:
 
That was some encouraging play from our 6'9 center in the second half.

He capitalized on DeJuan Blair being a dumbass and taking himself totally out of a game he was dominating. I DONT think Tristan had a great game by any stretch of the imagination. Id trade the statistical 19&10 in for a guy who has the ability to stop or discourage Dallas from throwing oops and scoring on inside layups/tip-ins everytime Kyrie's hot shooting looked like it was going to fully take momentum away from Dallas. We chipped away but Dallas still scored inside with Brendan Wright and even Dalembert going to the freethrow line and playing bigger than our bigs.

You cant get caught up in stat lines.

He imposed his will for that little stretch of the 4th quarter where the Cavs were rolling and the Q was rocking. What stopped him from playing with that kind of aggression and spring in his jumping in the first half? I am going to watch it again later, and see how aggressive Blair was playing after having that blowup and being benched for almost an entire quarter in that second half.

(shrugs) Cant knock Tristan for being physical down there in the late 3rd/and through the 4th. He really had some Tractor Traylor with the Zoo Crew to him down there.
 
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