So so so happy for X as all his hard work since his fr season. He wasn’t my favorite player at M the time he was in AA for nothing. I hope this starts a long career in the LEAGUE.
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Stauskas is currently on the Celtics roster and doesn’t play. I’m not sure his status is that different.
The thing I am most interested in is Walton’s ability to shoot and score in the G League and not the NBA. If like ANY of that could travel I’d think he can play - his COVID time with the pistons suggested he could run an offense.
I think someone will take a flyer on Wilson - the Rockets were saying they’d like him back, then never did it.
The issue with all these guys is that they (not Stauskas who by CBA is getting the 82-game amortized league minimum contract) should be able to make make more money abroad. Like Rahk and JMo almost definitely make more, and Walton/Stauskas have shown they can play in large Western European leagues.
Arguably the guy who showed best in his COVID contract was Chaundee?
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I suspect that playing overseas, while more financially beneficial, has a lot of drawbacks. Many of the mid level teams have questionable stability, living in foreign countries has challenges, there are rarely long term contracts, many leagues only allow a limited number of Americans.
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Yeah definitely. But Stauskas was on Barcelona iirc, and Walton on Alba Berlin who are both pretty reputable orgs - not the gauntlet JMo has had to run to get to a stable league (finally)
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Simpson isn’t just playing, he’s starting! Wow!
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He hit a hook in the NBA!
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Is there a clip???
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My goals for the evening have been met.
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That clip made me smile. He may not stay in the NBA long, but it was awesome to see him hit that shot.
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10 points, 3 reb, 5 assists, 5-12 FG. 0-1 3PT, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 2 TOs in 43 minutes of a 98-94 win
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He had the go-ahead FG late in the 4th as well along with THREE hook shots!
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Clean yourself up now and head to bed.
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It was great to see him play again. Even just to notice the way he runs or dribbles - mundane stuff - brings back fantastic memories. Still so wrong his last postseason was taken from him.
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Damn what if he had redshirted in 2016-2017.
Doing it for the Pistons lottery odds
Simpson is averaging 2 blocked shots a game in the NBA. Who woulda thunk it?
Of course, Derrick Walton averaged 1.3, so maybe the younger legs led X to outdo his mentor.
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Iggy with a big night tonight in the Magic’s upset of the Cavs.
20 points (8-16 FG, 2-6 3-PT, 2-4 FT), 6 boards, and 2 assists.
Moe had 15/3/3 (6-8 FG, 3-4 3-PT).
Franz did play, but only for 7 minutes. He had 2 points.
LeVert had 11 (4-8, 0-1, 3-4), 4, and 4 for the Cavs.
Iggy’s had a pretty decent stretch over the last 5 games: 13.8/3.6/1.4 averages, shooting 53% from the floor, and 42% from 3. Only one of those games did he shoot below 50%.
I hope he gets to linger around at least another year.
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The NBA is just not ready for X’s hook shot.
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