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dcarter4kobe
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Zubac put up some big numbers but still struggled with the speed of the game on defense. He will be a good one. Very valuable experience right now
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D-Fenders WIN 118-110!
Nice comeback LA.D!
ZUBAC 22 POINTS 11 REBOUNDS (GREAT SECOND HALF).
MAGGETTE (18 PTS 13 DIMES) & BLUE (27 PTS) WERE AWESOME AS USUAL. |
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DancingBarry
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22 and 11 for Zubac. Good fourth quarter. Still needs
Work on the D. |
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pio2u
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Maggette is an assist machine & is steadily moving up in the all-time D-League Assist record book.
Zu is still young and this experience will definitely help him even though the D-League game is different from the NBA. He will learn to adapt. |
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KindCrippler2000
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| dcarter4kobe wrote: | | Zubac put up some big numbers but still struggled with the speed of the game on defense. He will be a good one. Very valuable experience right now |
D-league games typically play at a faster pace than NBA games, and the style of play favors guards more than big men, which is why it's a little difficult to scout big men. Zubac did lead the team in +/- so his impact on the floor kind of supersedes the statistics he's putting up. Just my two cents. |
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dcarter4kobe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| KindCrippler2000 wrote: | | dcarter4kobe wrote: | | Zubac put up some big numbers but still struggled with the speed of the game on defense. He will be a good one. Very valuable experience right now |
D-league games typically play at a faster pace than NBA games, and the style of play favors guards more than big men, which is why it's a little difficult to scout big men. Zubac did lead the team in +/- so his impact on the floor kind of supersedes the statistics he's putting up. Just my two cents. |
He flat out has to improve his defense on the perimeter. It will always most likely be a weakness but it was pretty non existent tonight.
Was good to see him go up vs a big with NBA experience in Henry Sims
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krisobe
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| We found a gem guys. This guy will be a stud in 4-5 years. WOW. I see the moves, the footwork, the shooting, the form. It's all there. It's all mental here on out. With a couple years more training from an NBA level trainer, dietician, skills coach, this guy has Marc Gasol written all over him. |
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pio2u
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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NEXT GAME:
D-Fenders vs. Vipers
DEC. 3, 2016 - Saturday, 8:30 PM |
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pio2u
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| Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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| krisobe wrote: | | We found a gem guys. This guy will be a stud in 4-5 years. WOW. I see the moves, the footwork, the shooting, the form. It's all there. It's all mental here on out. With a couple years more training from an NBA level trainer, dietician, skills coach, this guy has Marc Gasol written all over him. |
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| Future HOF |
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pio2u
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D-Fenders Defeat Stars
| Quote: | EL SEGUNDO – Los Angeles made franchise history with a 118-110 victory over the Salt Lake City Stars at the Toyota Sports Center on Thursday. Now at 7-2 on the year, the D-Fenders are off to the best start in a season since the team’s inception 10 years ago.
Vander Blue notched his eighth 20-point game of the year with a team-high 27. Los Angeles Lakers assignment Ivica Zubac had a dominant showing, notching his second double-double of the year with 22 points and 11 rebounds, and point guard Josh Magette also contributed a double-double effort – his fourth of 2016 – with 18 points and 13 assists. Justin Harper (13) and Julian Jacobs (11) each finished in double figures. |
http://dleague.nba.com/games/20161201/slclad/ |
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D-Fenders fall to the Vipers, 140-125
| Quote: | Three Los Angeles players scored more than 20 points and the D-Fenders totaled 125 points of offense, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a fiery Rio Grande Valley squad as the home team fell to the Vipers, 140-125, at the Toyota Sports Center on Saturday.
The difference-maker in the contest was Vipers guard Gary Payton II, who finished with a career-high 51 points and 11 rebounds on 20-of-29 shooting. Houston Rockets assignee Kyle Wiltjer added 27 points and former D-Fenders guard Darius Morris had 19 to ensure the victory for Rio Grande Valley.
Los Angeles (7-3) was guided by 24 points from Justin Harper, while Vander Blue (21 points, five rebounds) and Ivica Zubac (21 points, nine rebounds) also had 20+ scoring efforts. Troy Devries scored 13 points, Jeff Ayres contributed 12 and Josh Magette added his fifth double-double of the year (10 points, 10 rebounds) to round out LA’s double-digit scorers. |
http://dleague.nba.com/games/20161203/rgvlad/ |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:28 am Post subject: |
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NEXT GAME: 12/08/16
Reno Bighorns @ Los Angeles D-Fenders |
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tnell
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| So dudes just decided not to play any defense against GPII huh lol. |
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KindCrippler2000
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| tnell wrote: | | So dudes just decided not to play any defense against GPII huh lol. |
That's why they call it the d-league. 
Scoring is a dime a dozen. Scouts have to look outside the stats to see how players fit in to the NBA. |
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deal
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What's the story with Vander Blue? I looked at the dleague page and seems to be 1st in line, according to the writer, for a callup.
Obviously he scores, but he must be missing D or something but I've not seen him at all.
Just curious..
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KindCrippler2000
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| deal wrote: | What's the story with Vander Blue? I looked at the dleague page and seems to be 1st in line, according to the writer, for a callup.
Obviously he scores, but he must be missing D or something but I've not seen him at all.
Just curious.. |
He played for the Mavs summer league team, but did not receive a training camp invite from any team. From what I gather, he was playing 1 on 5 ball and teams figured it out pretty quickly. He needed to be more of a distributor. NBA intervention in the SPL is what makes SPL competition a few notches above d-league competition.
I've been rooting for him to make it to the NBA, but it seems like he's blacklisted or something right now. Scoring is vastly exaggerated in the d-league, as teams play a faster pace than the NBA. Blue doesn't particularly fill any niche role that some NBA team requires (defense, passing, hustle, three point shooting, stretch 4/5, etc). If he defended well for his position, that's an easy call-up for him, but he just doesn't do anything well outside of scoring. I noticed Justin Harper got a call-up before him last season, but that was because the Pistons needed a stretch four. |
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pio2u
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D-Fenders Can’t Corral Payton, Vipers
By Joey Ramirez | December 4, 2016
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The D-Fenders had no answer for Rio Grande Valley’s Gary Payton II, who erupted for 51 points on 20-of-29 shooting in his team’s 140-125 victory. With his Hall of Fame father sitting courtside, Payton splashed seven 3-pointers while making it a double-double with 11 rebounds. |
http://losangeles.dleague.nba.com/news/161203-dfenders-vipers/ |
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| Quote: | L.A. D-Fenders@DFenders
OFFICIAL: The Los Angeles @Lakers have recalled rookie Ivica Zubac.
He averaged 17.3 points, 8.5 rebounds in six games with the #DFenders. |
https://twitter.com/DFenders/status/805838173624356864 |
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L.A. D-Fenders @DFenders
OFFICIAL: @ivicazubac has been re-assigned to the @DFenders and is expected to appear with the team in tonight's game versus Reno. |
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HALFTIME - #LADvsRNO 📊
• Ayres: 13p/5r
• Zu: 10p/4r/1a
• Veezy: 9p/4r/1a
• Harp: 5p/9r/4a |
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