TheRealSP wrote:Tactical unit wrote:longstrangetrip wrote:Terrific article...I agree that Belly is a very bright spot in this season. I watched a lot of his FIBA games this past summer and gushed about him on this board. But while his shooting and ball handling have been what I expected, his rebounding and defense have far exceeded my expectations. I see him as a legitimate starting option for us at PF.
I agree with Robson's take that Belly needs to pull the trigger every time he is open at the 3-point line, unless there is someone wide open under the basket. I mentioned that I watched him an hour before the October open scrimmage shooting 100 3's by himself, clearly frustrated that he was only hitting about half of them. But clearly his hard work has paid off in his adjustment to the NBA line, because he is probably our most reliable 3-point shooter.
I haven't said this often, so I will now...nice work David Kahn!
Not much was spent to obtain him by Kahn (no real risk on his part) and I would give the credit more to the foreign scouts than Mr. Kahn. With that being said #88 really is one of my more favorite players to watch and I think he has more to offer.
We can't slam him for everything he did wrong then take credit for what he did well away too. He deserves credit for how he handled the Rubio situation, making both Ricky and his family feel very comfortable with the Wolves. Regarding Belly, he deserves credit if nothing else for taking the advice of his scouts. As I recall Kahn should get credit for increasing the Wolves investment in scouting foreigners so the fact that those scouts were there is also partially attributable to Kahn.
If you want to bash Kahn not many are going to argue with you as there is plenty of material from which to draw, but Rubio and Belly shouldn't be among them.
I think Kahn should get credit for Bjelica if for no other reason that he actually seemed to have great interest in drafting 2nd round international guys which is something a lot of fans including many on this board were frustrated that this franchise seemed to not have much interest in. I like to joke a bit about not giving him credit for Bjelica but yeah I think he should get credit for that one not that it really matters much at this point.