Depth of Talent on this Team...

[New Pal Boiler]

Do you really think Painter is sitting on him?

I’m sure Colvin and Heide are better in practice. But they haven’t been good in games for a while, and I can’t imagine Waddell being significantly worse. I’m not saying a permanent spot in the rotation, just an opportunity.

I’m a huge Painter supporter, but I disagree with him every now and again.

 

[bonefish1]

We’ll revisit this in a couple years.

So, are you saying that he'll become a better shooter or he'll add another dimension to his game? I remember this always being the hope for Morton and it never happened.
If MC has any NBA aspirations (and that's a long, long way off at this point), he has to become a dead eye 3 pt shooter. He's 6'5 and athletic, but there's tons of 6'5 athletes who can't shoot.

 

[bonefish1]

I’m sure Colvin and Heide are better in practice. But they haven’t been good in games for a while, and I can’t imagine Waddell being significantly worse. I’m not saying a permanent spot in the rotation, just an opportunity.

I’m a huge Painter supporter, but I disagree with him every now and again.

I actually love this idea. Tell Waddell to go in, play D, rebound, run the floor and if you get an open 3, let it fly. Agree, really can't be any worse right now.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

So, are you saying that he'll become a better shooter or he'll add another dimension to his game?

I’m predicting he will be a bigger, stronger, more confident athlete, more confident shooter, who will use his strength to bull his way to the basket, which will in turn open up better looks from the perimeter.

Between his age (turned 19 in August) and his relative lack of experience playing against high level competition, he’s just way behind.

But drive and genes tend to catch up.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

I actually love this idea. Tell Waddell to go in, play D, rebound, run the floor and if you get an open 3, let it fly. Agree, really can't be any worse right now.

I was 10 or 12 rows up in Mackey when Painter put him in a few times to D up either Kam Jones or David Joplin a couple years ago. He can play defense.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

I actually love this idea. Tell Waddell to go in, play D, rebound, run the floor and if you get an open 3, let it fly. Agree, really can't be any worse right now.

Oh but it can lol

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

I was 10 or 12 rows up in Mackey when Painter put him in a few times to D up either Kam Jones or David Joplin a couple years ago. He can play defense.

Kam jones and Joplin are miles better than what they were a few years ago.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

I’m sure Colvin and Heide are better in practice. But they haven’t been good in games for a while, and I can’t imagine Waddell being significantly worse. I’m not saying a permanent spot in the rotation, just an opportunity.

I’m a huge Painter supporter, but I disagree with him every now and again.

 

[New Pal Boiler]

Kam jones and Joplin are miles better than what they were a few years ago.

I’d disagree on Joplin. He poured in 21 points in 21 minutes, on 11 shots. Mostly in the 2nd half if I remember correctly.

 

[bonefish1]

I was 10 or 12 rows up in Mackey when Painter put him in a few times to D up either Kam Jones or David Joplin a couple years ago. He can play defense.

If i recall correctly, did he have the second best vertical after Heide?
There's also the rumor of some NBA scouts at a practice or something a year or two ago to watch Edey but ended up asking who Waddell was.
Could be urban legend though.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

If i recall correctly, did he have the second best vertical after Heide?
There's also the rumor of some NBA scouts at a practice or something a year or two ago to watch Edey but ended up asking who Waddell was.
Could be urban legend though.

Watch ivey**

I think that was pre ACL tear for Waddell?