Training Camp Thread

[dav7z]

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/201...-add-four.html

I see no real talent with thease guys .
It doesn;t look like we addressing power foward at all .

THOUGHTS

[isguros]

I like DaJuan Summers, he plays good defense. both Owens and Horne were on the summer league team, so if Dunlap wants to invite them to trainingcamp he got my blessing.

[spectre]

Using this as an offseason/training camp thread:

Early Bobcats: More Thomas, less Diop

I think that's one of the best articles Sorensen has ever wrote about the Cats.

[adam187]

i can feel myself getting sucked in again. excited for the new season.

[spectre]

UK basketball notebook: Kidd-Gilchrist getting his jump shot NBA-ready

Though believing that former Kentucky standoutMichael Kidd-Gilchrist needed to improve his perimeter shooting, first-year Charlotte Bobcats Coach Mike Dunlap waited for the right moment to broach the subject.

That moment came as Dunlap watched Kidd-Gilchrist's frustration rise as he missed shots more often than the other players in an informal shootaround.

"I went to him when no one was around and I said, 'Can we get this thing to where you want it?'"
Kidd-Gilchrist eagerly accepted the offer. "God, coach, let's do it," he said.

So began a process that Dunlap hopes can make Kidd-Gilchrist a better shooter. Like most NBA teams, the Bobcats begin formal pre-season camp this week. But the effort to improve Kidd-Gilchrist's shooting is already well under way.

During his time in Lexington recently for UK Coach John Calipari's Fantasy Camp, Kidd-Gilchrist said he was accompanied by a shooting coach. The player cited the flaws in his shooting motion that he wants to eliminate.

More at the link.

[dav7z]

Great links and good finds . Interested to see inprovments . If TT and DIOP can contribute would be a great help.

[QC Thundercats]

UK basketball notebook: Kidd-Gilchrist getting his jump shot NBA-ready

More at the link.

I think the biggest thing I took from this article was Dunlap's understanding of athlete psychology, and an example of his natural leadership abilities.

Any coach could diagnose MKG's problems with shooting, but its how you approach something like that that could actually be career defining. If you just come right out and criticize a player's flaws right away, then, as any self-assured competitor would do, the player would likely become very defensive and resistant, and no other kind of harping or "coaching" would get through, as they would want to show the coach and try to prove that their way is better. And after a few years of wasted time, things may get so ingrained that a fix will never come.

However, if you exhibit patience and let someone realize their problems on their own, then you have them in the palm of your hands. They will then come to you to seek out help, and would be motivated to do anything to become successful. It seems insignificant, but it can have a butterfly effect, especially if a player is like MKG, who is such an obsessive, ultra competitive person, who wont stop working until he conquers his flaws.

[dnbman]

Using this as an offseason/training camp thread:

Early Bobcats: More Thomas, less Diop

I think that's one of the best articles Sorensen has ever wrote about the Cats.

Good read. Reaffirms the optimism if Sorensen is feeling it!

[ziggy]

Bobcats want to defend themselves against NBA bullies

This was pretty much off of Dunlap's interview on Bobcats.com...but what Ricky failed to mention was that Dunlap said the player he was MOST surprised about was Jeff Taylor, mostly about how he was able to cover the court defensively.

I know most find it boring...but I SOOOOOO love a defensive team.

Put me in the camp does NOT find defense boring.

Do you remember that one month of amazing defense under Larry Brown ( January 2010 I believe ) where the Bobcats were destroying everyone on the defensive end of the court... I'll take that kind of basketball any day of the week.

[Scottley Crue]

Put me in the camp does NOT find defense boring.

Do you remember that one month of amazing defense under Larry Brown ( January 2010 I believe ) where the Bobcats were destroying everyone on the defensive end of the court... I'll take that kind of basketball any day of the week.

I absolutely remember that. It was a thing of beauty...if they decided the other team wasn't going to score for a few minutes, that team did not score for those minutes. Period.

Shutdown defense like that is well worth it's weight in gold, especially when it can become your calling card. That kind of reputation can get in another team's head before tipoff and help win the game before it starts.