Vegas Game 4: Open Thread

Looks like James Harden played pretty well.

Tonight he did two behind the back passes, one for a nice assist for DJ I think right at the cup, the other one was a complete whiff he threw into the stands.....ha ha.

He played in a three guard offense at WSU, and he handled the rock, but he wasn't the primary PG, but I think he can be sort of the utility guy for us.

Oh, and even the pay site NBA deal had a clear picture, but the feed kept blacking out every few seconds. It was nerve wracking.....grrr.

@Joe
Kyle can definitely be the 3rd PG, and I think in a few years he could be a backup PG if necessary. I haven't been able to watch this summer league (bad computer, bad!) but it sounds like he's trying to do too much. I wonder if he's trying the fancy stuff because he knows it doesn't matter if we win, so he's trying new stuff out. I know he didn't handle the ball too much last season but I don't remember him racking up this many turnovers per minute played either.

Daniel :
Turnovers are a result of not having a primary ballhandler. As much as the team wants to believe Weaver is a 1, he’s not.

No, I agree, Kyle isn't a true point, but i think they are taking a good look at him as a third point guard. A lot of teams have to use a roster spot on a 3rd pg, rather than having a guy who can get a few minutes there in a pinch, but who can do other things. I think Kyle can be that guy. If RW is the true PG, and Liv gets the rest of the minutes, Kyle can be the guy who gets 10 min or so if one of the others gets into foul trouble or has a minor injury. But, I agree, not a natural point. He has handled the double team and the trap fairly well tonight; just that he tries to make tricky passes and gets turned.

harden just went right!! haha
and that stuff about not being athletic is ridiculous. he showed really nice hangtime to avoid the block and draw the foul on that play

Shooting better in the 2nd half so far. 47-49 down by 2. KD on the mic!

Turnovers are a result of not having a primary ballhandler. As much as the team wants to believe Weaver is a 1, he's not.

I think the 13 first half turns, 9 of which were in the second quarter were the biggest culprit.

Turns were our undoing in dozens of games last year. I hope they emphasize valuing the rock in training camp.

31 points in 20 minutes. Pathetic. Maybe it's because we don't have a point guard on this Summer League team.

haha the color guy was talking about our team and just said he likes Earl Watson off the bench. Obviously he doesn't know we waived him today.

Here's the box by the way. http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/games/boxscore.jsp?gameId=1520900040

man the stream is horrible