Comments on: Sonics Media Day: I need your help http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/ Sports, politics, entertainment, and another jackass with his own domain name Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Pinto http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-744 Pinto Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:00:10 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-744 Why don't you just questions relating to "pop-culture musings and pseudo scouting, quasi-investigative journalism, silly lists, suggestions for nicknames and uniform styles that players are unlikely to appreciate, and secondhand accounts of player partying"? It's gotten you this far. Dance with the one who brought you, I say. Why don’t you just questions relating to “pop-culture musings and pseudo scouting, quasi-investigative journalism, silly lists, suggestions for nicknames and uniform styles that players are unlikely to appreciate, and secondhand accounts of player partying”? It’s gotten you this far. Dance with the one who brought you, I say.

]]> By: Damon http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-737 Damon Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:11:17 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-737 Good call on the Hubie Brown squad. No more Corliss?! It seems like just yesterday I was watching him at the Kingdome, as Toby Bailey (where have you gone?) & co. ran roughshed over the vaunted Richardson press. One of my favorite things about Williamson is the way he changed his game--dropping the bulk and going from low-post operator to more of a slasher. I'm always amazed at how pro players redefine their games (e.g. Ron Harper, Michael Finley, and Brent Barry turning themselves into 3-point shooters). Good call on the Hubie Brown squad. No more Corliss?! It seems like just yesterday I was watching him at the Kingdome, as Toby Bailey (where have you gone?) & co. ran roughshed over the vaunted Richardson press. One of my favorite things about Williamson is the way he changed his game–dropping the bulk and going from low-post operator to more of a slasher. I’m always amazed at how pro players redefine their games (e.g. Ron Harper, Michael Finley, and Brent Barry turning themselves into 3-point shooters).

]]> By: Seth http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-719 Seth Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:04:34 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-719 I seem to recall that, under Hubie Brown, the 2003-04 Memphis Grizzlies used a modified 10-player platoon system to keep up the intensity ala Richardson's championship Arkansas team (and, on this day, let us bid happy trails to Corliss Williamson who just announced his retirement). Also, a quick Google search revealed that Bob Cousy’s Holy Cross team used that substitution strategy for the same purpose. But that is not quite the same as having two units that play different styles and I couldn’t find any examples of that. The best analogy that I can think of is the offense/defense substitutions one sees during the endgame of close matches. I seem to recall that, under Hubie Brown, the 2003-04 Memphis Grizzlies used a modified 10-player platoon system to keep up the intensity ala Richardson’s championship Arkansas team (and, on this day, let us bid happy trails to Corliss Williamson who just announced his retirement). Also, a quick Google search revealed that Bob Cousy’s Holy Cross team used that substitution strategy for the same purpose. But that is not quite the same as having two units that play different styles and I couldn’t find any examples of that. The best analogy that I can think of is the offense/defense substitutions one sees during the endgame of close matches.

]]> By: Damon http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-714 Damon Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:58:47 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-714 Btw, Camp, RaCharmin' is one of the finest NBA nicknames I've encountered. Well done. Btw, Camp, RaCharmin’ is one of the finest NBA nicknames I’ve encountered. Well done.

]]> By: Damon http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-713 Damon Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:51:50 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-713 I like that idea, Seth. I dunno how difficult it would be to coach and plan for two different styles; I'd hope you could just keep the same system in place and let the players' propensity to run or not run take over. I'd want to give Jeff Green some time with the running platoon, though--that dude was shackled at Georgetown and needs an opportunity to show what he can do. On a bit of a tangent: The platooning idea made me think of Nolan Richardson's "40 minutes of hell" and the Loyola Marymount teams of the late 80s/early 90s--and their modern love child at Grinnell College in Iowa (the team presses, doesn't contest layups, and tries to shoot 100 shots and 50 3's a game). Has anyone seen them play? I really want to watch one of their games. I like that idea, Seth. I dunno how difficult it would be to coach and plan for two different styles; I’d hope you could just keep the same system in place and let the players’ propensity to run or not run take over. I’d want to give Jeff Green some time with the running platoon, though–that dude was shackled at Georgetown and needs an opportunity to show what he can do.

On a bit of a tangent: The platooning idea made me think of Nolan Richardson’s “40 minutes of hell” and the Loyola Marymount teams of the late 80s/early 90s–and their modern love child at Grinnell College in Iowa (the team presses, doesn’t contest layups, and tries to shoot 100 shots and 50 3’s a game). Has anyone seen them play? I really want to watch one of their games.

]]> By: mantis http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-712 mantis Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:14:04 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-712 A quick inquiry to our Robert Swift- just how Asian are you? A quick inquiry to our Robert Swift- just how Asian are you?

]]> By: Camp Jones http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-710 Camp Jones Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:04:10 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-710 Pet names: Reshard Lewis. I like to call him RaCharmin due to his ever lasting softness. question: Every home game I goto seems like the fans are on Zanex. I understand that the past few years have been painful but where is our fan support? If I have my city pegged correctly we are too busy critizing everyone/everything and thinking we are too cool for school to stand up and shout at the top of our lungs, "Let's GO SONICS!!" Pet names: Reshard Lewis. I like to call him RaCharmin due to his ever lasting softness.

question: Every home game I goto seems like the fans are on Zanex. I understand that the past few years have been painful but where is our fan support? If I have my city pegged correctly we are too busy critizing everyone/everything and thinking we are too cool for school to stand up and shout at the top of our lungs, “Let’s GO SONICS!!”

]]> By: Nirav http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-705 Nirav Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:14:32 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-705 Seth, that's pretty ingenious, playing offense like lines in hockey. Has anyone ever tried it? Seth, that’s pretty ingenious, playing offense like lines in hockey. Has anyone ever tried it?

]]> By: Seth http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-704 Seth Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:45:00 +0000 http://www.damonagnos.com/2007/09/25/sonics-media-day-i-need-your-help/#comment-704 Although I don't think that the Sonics will win a ton of games this season, the roster arguably is almost 100% stocked with a combination of quality role players (former All-Star Szczerbiak, Thomas, Wilcox, Ridnour, and West) and young prospects (most notably Durant, Green, and--to a lesser extent--Swift) all of whom deserve time. Given this, I wonder if the Sonics might consider trying a platoon rotation system, albeit one that keeps Durant on the floor. If I had to design a platoon system, I would work on creating 2 units that played different styles of ball. For example, one could start Wilcox, Collison, Durant, Wilkins, and Ridnour as a fast unit and then have Swift, Thomas, Green, Szczerbiak, and West be a change of pace (i.e., more half-court oriented) second unit. Although I don’t think that the Sonics will win a ton of games this season, the roster arguably is almost 100% stocked
with a combination of quality role players (former All-Star Szczerbiak, Thomas, Wilcox, Ridnour, and West) and young
prospects (most notably Durant, Green, and–to a lesser extent–Swift) all of whom deserve time. Given this, I wonder
if the Sonics might consider trying a platoon rotation system, albeit one that keeps Durant on the floor. If I had to
design a platoon system, I would work on creating 2 units that played different styles of ball. For example, one could
start Wilcox, Collison, Durant, Wilkins, and Ridnour as a fast unit and then have Swift, Thomas, Green, Szczerbiak, and
West be a change of pace (i.e., more half-court oriented) second unit.

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