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Posted: 2/20/2012 9:33 AM
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Could anyone see him signing with the Cavs in the offseason? From the interviews and everything else this weekend he seemed to miss playing for Cleveland. Would you want him back on the team as a back up?
I personally think he would be an upgrade to Erden, Samuels and Hollins.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 9:36 AM
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Physically, he's an upgrade because of his athleticism and wingspan. Mentally, JJ looks like he's already checked into his retirement years. I would look a different way. Lots of different ways.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 9:43 AM
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I've never been all that impressed with Hickson, and watching him last night I'm even less impressed than I used to be. I just never liked that Coach Scott had to continually call his effort out in the press to get him motivated. Not the type of player I usually like.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 9:55 AM
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I personally don't think he is happy with the Kings and thats hurting his play. He would offer more in the scoring department than a Hollins or Samuels. I hope they look into him because he is an upgrade and would come cheap.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 10:04 AM
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I for one used to be a JJ pimp, absolutely was sold on his athletisiscm and his new found jumper and occasionally his ability to get up and smack shots. as well as his finishing ability on the break. That being said, after what four years in the league? his brain and BB IQ still is not there, he costs the team at least 4 to 5 buckets a game in Duh where am I supposed to gop on switches and just plain dumb mistakes, like the foul on Jamison yesterday shooting a 3point shot. SO I just don't think hje will ever get it. PASS.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 10:08 AM
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I definitely would not look toward JJ. Sure he would be an upgrade over the end of our bench, but I'd like to see them go after better upgrades. We already know what we'd get in JJ. No need to go down that path again.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 11:19 AM
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When we drafted TT it was pretty clear that the Cavs front office and coaching staff had made the decision to give up on JJ. Scott squeezed everything there is to get out of Hickson last year, and the result just wasn't worth the effort.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 11:26 AM
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I don't like the way Hickson plays, his mentality, his stonehands, his insane athleticism that goes unused, etc etc.
The fact that he can't find his way onto the court with the Sacramento Kings tells you all you need to know.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 4:16 PM
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The guy is way too high maintenance. Let somebody else try to get through to him.
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Posted: 2/20/2012 5:07 PM
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BTW - how bad of a dumpster fire must Sacramento be if Hickson misses Byron Scott?
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Posted: 2/20/2012 5:07 PM
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Like Dean said, he has always had all the tools but needed to improve his mental game. Unfortunately, the mental game has remained unchanged. As it stands, he's nothing more than a 4th big. I guess if you could get him for $2 million or less, I'd do it, but otherwise, you'd be better off with a vet lacking the athleticism but with the basketball IQ
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Posted: 2/21/2012 8:55 AM
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He would be an upgrade over who's at the end of the bench, but that would still put him at the end of the bench. And that's where he is now.
The tradeoff is that he could provide scoring and energy off the bench. The downside is that you'd still have the second coming of a slightly scaled down Drew Gooden: horrible defense, mental lapses, wildly inconsistent production.
Good teams don't populate themselves with these kinds of players.
Unless, of course, they're still in their tanking phase.
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Posted: 2/21/2012 11:05 AM
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OhioRaiderNation wrote: Like Dean said, he has always had all the tools but needed to improve his mental game. Unfortunately, the mental game has remained unchanged. As it stands, he's nothing more than a 4th big. I guess if you could get him for $2 million or less, I'd do it, but otherwise, you'd be better off with a vet lacking the athleticism but with the basketball IQ I've seen better heads on beer...........  In the end our only regrets are the chances we never took. |
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