Theoretically Ante Zizic

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

Waczynski's the only guy I've even heard of tbh...I'm just making the point that it's hard to win games consistently if you're leaning on just 2-3 players to create every single time down the floor. Things get predictable and too easy to defend. I'm surprised they didn't involve Zizic more in the second half to mix things up.

Croatia shouldn't at all be easy to defend. Zubac is also an above average euro player.

Croatia's coach lost the game. This guy is just clueless. 74-75 game and he sticks with his small ball lineup instead of inserting a center that can score inside. Too bad.

 

[Cavatt]

4 NBA players should win a game against Poland.

 

[Cavatt]

How did he look today?

 

[tocov]

How did he look today?

Pretty good. 13 points and 8 rebounds in 20 minutes. Looks like he's starting to get a rhythm going and moves much better on the court.

 

[Simmy]

Pretty good. 13 points and 8 rebounds in 20 minutes. Looks like he's starting to get a rhythm going and moves much better on the court.

That's awesome. I'm super amped to see what Zizic does this season, assuming Lue and his lackeys give him the creative freedom to do work out on the floor. We've seen a lot of glimpses and flashes but he hasn't been given enough of a consistent run for us to make any kind of accurate determination about the kind of player he can be. Hoping that comes this season.

 

[Adam]

he's definitely willing to bang around the paint and set a hard screen

 

[Jstock12]

What a mess that Croatian team is. Poland isn't horrible, but still... They should NOT win that game. Croatia's 4 NBA players aren't some scrubs, 2 very solid starter level players and 2 good young prospects. I guess Croatia once again lives up to their reputation as perennial under-performers. Disappointed.

 

[tocov]

That's awesome. I'm super amped to see what Zizic does this season, assuming Lue and his lackeys give him the creative freedom to do work out on the floor. We've seen a lot of glimpses and flashes but he hasn't been given enough of a consistent run for us to make any kind of accurate determination about the kind of player he can be. Hoping that comes this season.

I think the key with Zizic will be conditioning and a good PG. He started the qualifiers quite slow and heavy, but as he got more playing time and got used to the pace of the game, he became much more agile. We've see this last season too. When he was fresh he played very well, but got winded quite fast and had to be rested.
So that's one thing. Also Z needs a good smart PG. He sets very very good screens, rolls to the basket very well and he's smart when reading plays and picking his positions. Every minute he played with LeBron he basically played like a good NBA starting C. LeBron knew where to find him and how to take advantage of his screens and rolls.
A good 3 pt shooting PG with a quick pass will be important to Z's success, I think.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

I think the key with Zizic will be conditioning and a good PG. He started the qualifiers quite slow and heavy, but as he got more playing time and got used to the pace of the game, he became much more agile. We've see this last season too. When he was fresh he played very well, but got winded quite fast and had to be rested.
So that's one thing. Also Z needs a good smart PG. He sets very very good screens, rolls to the basket very well and he's smart when reading plays and picking his positions. Every minute he played with LeBron he basically played like a good NBA starting C. LeBron knew where to find him and how to take advantage of his screens and rolls.
A good 3 pt shooting PG with a quick pass will be important to Z's success, I think.

Zizic would have absolutely thrived with Lebron.

 

[tocov]

Zizic would have absolutely thrived with Lebron.

Every minute he was on court with LeBron last year he looked like an All Star potential.

 

[The Human Q-Tip]

Every minute he was on court with LeBron last year he looked like an All Star potential.

LeBron also got a ton of value out of Mozgov as well. He was really expert as using the gravity created by a big man to open up space, and to use his interior passing ability to hit a big man rolling to the basket.

 

[greenlaker]

LeBron also got a ton of value out of Mozgov as well. He was really expert as using the gravity created by a big man to open up space, and to use his interior passing ability to hit a big man rolling to the basket.

Le Cedi will do it this year.

 

[Cavatt]

Le Cedi will do it this year.

They looked great in summer league together. Cedi would see him unlike other guys.

Looking forward to Cedi and Sexton running the break too.

 

[Nathan S]

Coming off the bench behind Zubac, then getting benched down the stretch in favor of a worthless small-ball lineup featuring Krunoslav Simon has prepared Zizic well for coming off the bench behind Tristan, then getting benched down the stretch in favor of a worthless small-ball lineup featuring Rodney Hood.

 

[Sir'Dom Pointer]

unathletic huh? He needs to be on a good conditoning and strengthetning program. At the core he is very athletic for a white 7 footer.

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