apollotsg wrote:not to say Stiemsma is anything at all - BUT the guy averages 6% blocks for his (very short) carrer - that would put him in the top 5 any given years - just saying. He might have been a horrendous player overall - but that part of his game, especially his first year - he did well at.
I think you did it wrong. Abe said his scoring stats in college. Those must be the ones that equal whether or not he is a good shot blocker. :) I'm gonna go out on a limb here...Stiemsma wasn't in the league to score...even further out on a limb...I'm guessing he wasn't worried about fouls being called in practice.
Anywho it was a good listen overall. Lots of good stories and I think some actual insights in there from Ryan.
Bottom line: Stiemsma... good shot blocker or not... never made it. He's 33 and on the sidelines or video room as a coach. Andrew Wiggins dunking on him in practice means nothing.
Heck, Andrew Wiggins dunking on Rudy Gobert multiple times 3 seasons ago is just as meaningless at this point.
That's fine (I'm mostly giving you a hard time) but stating his college scoring numbers didn't prove anything...to some extent it's more the opposite. Let's be honest about Stiemsma...he is really a success story. The guy played over 200 games and 40 starts for 4 NBA teams to earn nearly 7 million dollars in salary. That doesn't mean he was good or made it but considering what he was in college it's beating the odds. Now he seems to be working his way into coaching. Not bad for a guy that was dealing with a lot of depression and other issues in college.
I don't think the Stiemsma/Wiggins/Towns story was supposed to mean anything. I think it was more of an interesting story and it's kinda fun to see that the Wolves have some assistants that can physically challenge their players. Stiemsma seems like he was always a great dude but he was also plenty willing to mix it up out there on the floor. It might be nice to have some of that around. Will it rub off? Probably not but I wouldn't mind having someone try. I remember back in the day Stiemsma was stuffing Blake Griffin multiple times in a game probably in summer league...but that's not nothing because Griffin was quite the freak athlete back then.
Are you insinuating Calvin Booth and Rick Brunson weren't regularly schooling the young Wolves with their devastating PnR game during practice?
How dare you besmirch those two!
Unfortunately we know what Rick Brunson's devastating game was...
Yeah. Who was that who knew about that guy's shadiness and assaultery?
apollotsg wrote:not to say Stiemsma is anything at all - BUT the guy averages 6% blocks for his (very short) carrer - that would put him in the top 5 any given years - just saying. He might have been a horrendous player overall - but that part of his game, especially his first year - he did well at.
I think you did it wrong. Abe said his scoring stats in college. Those must be the ones that equal whether or not he is a good shot blocker. :) I'm gonna go out on a limb here...Stiemsma wasn't in the league to score...even further out on a limb...I'm guessing he wasn't worried about fouls being called in practice.
Anywho it was a good listen overall. Lots of good stories and I think some actual insights in there from Ryan.
Bottom line: Stiemsma... good shot blocker or not... never made it. He's 33 and on the sidelines or video room as a coach. Andrew Wiggins dunking on him in practice means nothing.
Heck, Andrew Wiggins dunking on Rudy Gobert multiple times 3 seasons ago is just as meaningless at this point.
That's fine (I'm mostly giving you a hard time) but stating his college scoring numbers didn't prove anything...to some extent it's more the opposite. Let's be honest about Stiemsma...he is really a success story. The guy played over 200 games and 40 starts for 4 NBA teams to earn nearly 7 million dollars in salary. That doesn't mean he was good or made it but considering what he was in college it's beating the odds. Now he seems to be working his way into coaching. Not bad for a guy that was dealing with a lot of depression and other issues in college.
I don't think the Stiemsma/Wiggins/Towns story was supposed to mean anything. I think it was more of an interesting story and it's kinda fun to see that the Wolves have some assistants that can physically challenge their players. Stiemsma seems like he was always a great dude but he was also plenty willing to mix it up out there on the floor. It might be nice to have some of that around. Will it rub off? Probably not but I wouldn't mind having someone try. I remember back in the day Stiemsma was stuffing Blake Griffin multiple times in a game probably in summer league...but that's not nothing because Griffin was quite the freak athlete back then.
Are you insinuating Calvin Booth and Rick Brunson weren't regularly schooling the young Wolves with their devastating PnR game during practice?
How dare you besmirch those two!
Unfortunately we know what Rick Brunson's devastating game was...
Yeah. Who was that who knew about that guy's shadiness and assaultery?
It was Bleed that's shared his co-worker's experiences with Brunson.
Also have we moved on from all the negative guys around the organization players and others? The only guy I can think of around the team that has anything questionable about him now is Jordon Bell.
apollotsg wrote:not to say Stiemsma is anything at all - BUT the guy averages 6% blocks for his (very short) carrer - that would put him in the top 5 any given years - just saying. He might have been a horrendous player overall - but that part of his game, especially his first year - he did well at.
I think you did it wrong. Abe said his scoring stats in college. Those must be the ones that equal whether or not he is a good shot blocker. :) I'm gonna go out on a limb here...Stiemsma wasn't in the league to score...even further out on a limb...I'm guessing he wasn't worried about fouls being called in practice.
Anywho it was a good listen overall. Lots of good stories and I think some actual insights in there from Ryan.
Bottom line: Stiemsma... good shot blocker or not... never made it. He's 33 and on the sidelines or video room as a coach. Andrew Wiggins dunking on him in practice means nothing.
Heck, Andrew Wiggins dunking on Rudy Gobert multiple times 3 seasons ago is just as meaningless at this point.
That's fine (I'm mostly giving you a hard time) but stating his college scoring numbers didn't prove anything...to some extent it's more the opposite. Let's be honest about Stiemsma...he is really a success story. The guy played over 200 games and 40 starts for 4 NBA teams to earn nearly 7 million dollars in salary. That doesn't mean he was good or made it but considering what he was in college it's beating the odds. Now he seems to be working his way into coaching. Not bad for a guy that was dealing with a lot of depression and other issues in college.
I don't think the Stiemsma/Wiggins/Towns story was supposed to mean anything. I think it was more of an interesting story and it's kinda fun to see that the Wolves have some assistants that can physically challenge their players. Stiemsma seems like he was always a great dude but he was also plenty willing to mix it up out there on the floor. It might be nice to have some of that around. Will it rub off? Probably not but I wouldn't mind having someone try. I remember back in the day Stiemsma was stuffing Blake Griffin multiple times in a game probably in summer league...but that's not nothing because Griffin was quite the freak athlete back then.
Are you insinuating Calvin Booth and Rick Brunson weren't regularly schooling the young Wolves with their devastating PnR game during practice?
How dare you besmirch those two!
Unfortunately we know what Rick Brunson's devastating game was...
Yeah. Who was that who knew about that guy's shadiness and assaultery?
It was Bleed that's shared his co-worker's experiences with Brunson.
Also have we moved on from all the negative guys around the organization players and others? The only guy I can think of around the team that has anything questionable about him now is Jordon Bell.
It definitely depends on what you deem as "questionable" and whether or not you're speaking in terms of just off court behavior or overall.
apollotsg wrote:not to say Stiemsma is anything at all - BUT the guy averages 6% blocks for his (very short) carrer - that would put him in the top 5 any given years - just saying. He might have been a horrendous player overall - but that part of his game, especially his first year - he did well at.
I think you did it wrong. Abe said his scoring stats in college. Those must be the ones that equal whether or not he is a good shot blocker. :) I'm gonna go out on a limb here...Stiemsma wasn't in the league to score...even further out on a limb...I'm guessing he wasn't worried about fouls being called in practice.
Anywho it was a good listen overall. Lots of good stories and I think some actual insights in there from Ryan.
Bottom line: Stiemsma... good shot blocker or not... never made it. He's 33 and on the sidelines or video room as a coach. Andrew Wiggins dunking on him in practice means nothing.
Heck, Andrew Wiggins dunking on Rudy Gobert multiple times 3 seasons ago is just as meaningless at this point.
That's fine (I'm mostly giving you a hard time) but stating his college scoring numbers didn't prove anything...to some extent it's more the opposite. Let's be honest about Stiemsma...he is really a success story. The guy played over 200 games and 40 starts for 4 NBA teams to earn nearly 7 million dollars in salary. That doesn't mean he was good or made it but considering what he was in college it's beating the odds. Now he seems to be working his way into coaching. Not bad for a guy that was dealing with a lot of depression and other issues in college.
I don't think the Stiemsma/Wiggins/Towns story was supposed to mean anything. I think it was more of an interesting story and it's kinda fun to see that the Wolves have some assistants that can physically challenge their players. Stiemsma seems like he was always a great dude but he was also plenty willing to mix it up out there on the floor. It might be nice to have some of that around. Will it rub off? Probably not but I wouldn't mind having someone try. I remember back in the day Stiemsma was stuffing Blake Griffin multiple times in a game probably in summer league...but that's not nothing because Griffin was quite the freak athlete back then.
Are you insinuating Calvin Booth and Rick Brunson weren't regularly schooling the young Wolves with their devastating PnR game during practice?
How dare you besmirch those two!
Unfortunately we know what Rick Brunson's devastating game was...
Yeah. Who was that who knew about that guy's shadiness and assaultery?
It was Bleed that's shared his co-worker's experiences with Brunson.
Also have we moved on from all the negative guys around the organization players and others? The only guy I can think of around the team that has anything questionable about him now is Jordon Bell.
It definitely depends on what you deem as "questionable" and whether or not you're speaking in terms of just off court behavior or overall.
