Dylan “Breaking” Windler is a Laker. How much help does LeBron need!?

[Blazie]

Well, since I can't change my take now, I'll just say again that he can't shoot...

Maybe I'll throw in the word "consistently" to mitigate my feelings of jackassery.

 

[texascavsfan]

You've been here 11 years. You should know the bipolar nature of RCF.

Might be one of the most profound manic depressive studies in the history of science...

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

The 180* turn on this board, from just last week, is pretty impressive...

I dunno about this in this thread, but in real time in the game threads I've seen a lot of people preaching patience on Windler since he came back from after missing those games early January. Some have projected that he's got good feel and we're just waiting for the game to slow down for him to start taking and hitting his shots since he stepped on the court for us.

The guys who have been killing him are probably the guys who kill all the young guys and dont see promise until they start producing like vets

 

[N7RobBob]

Well, since I can't change my take now, I'll just say again that he can't shoot...

Maybe I'll throw in the word "consistently" to mitigate my feelings of jackassery.

Windler after going 4 for 4 is up to 48%/42% on2's and 3's.

Making a bunch in a row helps, lol

you just add the word consistently to a someone who is up to 42% at 3p shooting while being a rookie. Rookie expectations in this forum are well overblown...

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

These are all pre-shooting streak

I actually like Windlers approach to the game and the way he crashes the glass.

He just needs to speed up his release so he can get it off cleanly in this ISO/PnR shit that we are running. If he were in a functioning offensive system with a role and ball movement that sought out shooters, I'd bet he'd look much better right now

His jumper is so pure, he wont take it

Starting to wonder if they are practicing with helmets and shoulder pads on. For weeks they've been passing on open 3's to get to the rim at all cost

I'd rather start Windler and Okoro at 2/3

REALLY impressed with Windler's IQ. He doesnt get those rebounds accidentally. If he can just slow himself down on offense when he has the ball...

I know he's 24 already but he has ideal length and great floor awareness/crashes the boards well.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Last player who I remember playing bigger and longer than his measurements like Windler does is THIS Santa Claus from Lubbock Texas


When we converted him to the backcourt next to Price, maybe it was because Price was 6'0 with alligator arms, but Eggs looked and played like he was a white Stacey Augmon (6'8 with a 7 footers reach) out there. I dont know how Eggs reach measurements but he played much taller and longer than 6'6. He was taller and longer than most 2 guards he matched up against (most back then were 6'3/6'4 like Joe Dumars, Sidney Moncrief, Hornacek, Byron Scott and the outlier was the 6'6 GOAT).

Really I just wanted an excuse to post this clip. This is my childhood in these highlights man. I remember vividly pretty much every one of these top 10 plays. We had season tickets and we rarely missed a game so I'll bet I was in person for half of them, and the #1 play with the Joe Tait call that sent Utah to the showers, I will never forget.

Great times.

If Windler will commit to working on his ball handling this summer, he's such a smart player that I can see him being the perfect 4th or 5th starter with his length, his knack for hitting the boards as a perimeter player and his feel for spacing the floor.

Great talent evaluation by Koby

I was at that last game with Ehlo's give and go. Place went nuts. We had some really great playoff intensity games against Utah back then.

Lenny was a master at the scripted out of bounds play.

 

[macbdog]

Feasible that he goes the rest of his career without missing.

Only after he gets released for throwing soup up at practice like LBJs old chaulk toss, soaking the coaching staff in butternut squash soup. He hen signs with the Lakers.

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

I was at that last game with Ehlo's give and go. Place went nuts. We had some really great playoff intensity games against Utah back then.

Lenny was a master at the scripted out of bounds play.

Man...

My Dad called me last year on the day Jerry Sloan passed and refreshed my memory on their tactical battles. Our season tickets came from his Chrysler stamping plant in Twinsburg union connections, and we would caravan with other season ticket holders from there for most games. We'd meet up at the Plant on 82 in Macedonia, drive down to 91 and drive through Hudson to 303 to get there. I was 6-10 yrs old when he started taking me and I remember listening to Tait pre-game on the drives up Darryl Road and 303 like it was yesterday.

The closest we ever sat was a few rows from the court for two games I remember distinctly. Utah and Indiana, I remember seeing Rik Smits and Mark Eaton in person close up as a kid and that was UNREAL!

Good times

 

[Kouki]

you just add the word consistently to a someone who is up to 42% at 3p shooting while being a rookie. Rookie expectations in this forum are well overblown...

His 3pt increased like 15% over three games. Thats the "inconsistency" though I wouldn't call it inconsistency, rather adapting to the game. Can't yet really judge consistency.

Also by old NBA standards it looks like hd would be listed at 6'8" (measured 6'7.5" in shoes). I feel like we need a sticky on the front page saying that the Cavs are actually adhering to the new standard of listing height barefoot to nearest inch.

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

Also by old NBA standards it looks like hd would be listed at 6'8" (measured 6'7.5" in shoes). I feel like we need a sticky on the front page saying that the Cavs are actually adhering to the new standard of listing height barefoot to nearest inch.

I dont know where, but I thought I saw something saying he was only 6'6? 6'8 looks more like it

 

[2 For The Brew]

The game Ehlo won in Utah — his shot was after the buzzer but the refs let it go. It wasn’t close.

 

[RchfldCavRaised]

The game Ehlo won in Utah — his shot was after the buzzer but the refs let it go. It wasn’t close.

They didnt have the red light on the basket at the time (think that came after Reggie in the playoffs early 2000's) so a little home cooking from the scorers table on the horn I'm sure made it possible.

Jeff Malone on Utah turns around incredulous like "No way he got that shot off"

 

[2 For The Brew]

They didnt have the red light on the basket at the time (think that came after Reggie in the playoffs early 2000's) so a little home cooking from the scorers table on the horn I'm sure made it possible.

Jeff Malone on Utah turns around incredulous like "No way he got that shot off"

That was a road game in Utah which is why it was so surprising. That would never have happened in MSG - the Knicks clock operator back in the day was notorious for starting the clock early or late at the death to help the Knicks. Joe Tait rated that guy #1 at that piece of home cooking.

 

[Man Called X]

That was a road game in Utah which is why it was so surprising. That would never have happened in MSG - the Knicks clock operator back in the day was notorious for starting the clock early or late at the death to help the Knicks. Joe Tait rated that guy #1 at that piece of home cooking.

I still wager that half of CP3's assists in New Orleans were the result of home cooking.

 

[daddywags]

I dont know where, but I thought I saw something saying he was only 6'6? 6'8 looks more like it

He measured 6'6-1/4" without shoes and 6'7-1/2" with at the combine. 195 pounds, 6'10" wingspan. He's plenty tall for a SF, although he could use 10 pounds of muscle/bulk, and could be a big 2-guard if he improves his ball handling. But I see him slotting in nicely as a starting 3 or, at worst, solid bench player.