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Luke Babbit Almost a Pelican?
"Former Portland Trail Blazers forward Luke Babbitt and the New Orleans Pelicans were in the final stages of reaching an agreement on a deal for the remainder of the season, one league source informed CSNNW.com"
https://www.csnnw.com/blazers/source...ng-new-orleans
Thoughts? Are we looking for more shooting? Competition for Al-Faroq and Darius?
Last edited by DefensiveMind; 01-29-2014 at 01:29 PM.
More scrubs great
Look at the passion in his eyes, he is exactly what this team needs.
He looks like a pelican. Lol
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We could use another 3pt shooter...and the Blazers aren't hurting for wings that can shoot, so...eh.
I'm not against it.
Bring back the tank ??
we do have 2 roster spots open
A poor man's Wilson Chandler or Chase Budinger! It can't hurt!
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Poor man's homeless man's Wilson ChandleeOriginally Posted by TheDawg26
Can't get out of his contract it appears-
http://www.hoopsrumors.com/luke-babbitt
Championship.
'ship
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who needs Doug McDermott?
Jeff Withey needs a friend at the end of Monty's bench. Also, the Kremlin won't let Babbit leave. He's in too deep.
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I don't like the signing. Babbit's strengths are passing and shooting. Darius Miller has the same skills with far more upside. There's nothing Babbit would give us that Miller doesn't in my opinion.
.......if healthy
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if he's Billy Babbit's brother I wouldn't sign him
We had quite a few interesting conversations as we pondered and navigated the nightly canopy.
The crop to choose from (free agents) are all scrubs.
You're kidding, right ?
I mean, just compare the two players on what they've done at the same stage.
During their rookie years both played in the D-League, let's see the stats :
Babbitt 29min (14 games) 20.1 points (55 2P%, 37.5 3P%, 88.1 FT%) 7.4 rbds 1.5 asst 0.9 stl
Miller 27.2min (11 games) 9.9 points ( 41.9 2P%, 51.2 3P%, 76.9 FT%) 3.5 rbds 1.6 asst 0.6 stl
So except for the 3point shooting and the assist, Babbit perfomed better than Miller. He dominated in D-league.
Then let's compare their stats as sophomore in the NBA :
Babbitt 40 games 13.4min 5.1 points (41 FG%, 43.0 3P%, 85.0 FT%) 2.4 rbds 0.4 assts
Miller 22 games 13.2 min 3.1 points ( 42.6 FG%, 39.4 3P%, 90.9 FT%) 1.3 rbds 0.8 assts
So again, except for the assist, Babbitt performed better at the same stage of development.
Now, let's take a look at how he performs this year in Russia :
VTB United League 9 games 19.4 minutes 13.3 points (47.9 2P%, 51.6 3P%, 81.3 FT%) 3.7 rbds 1.3 asst
Eurocup 9 games 16.1 minutes 13.2points (55 2P%, 63.3 3P%, 85.7 FT%) 3.7 rbds 1.2 asst
For comparison's sake here are the Eurocup stats of Dario Saric :
10 games 32.1 minutes 12.9 points 8.3 rbds 2.7 assts
Babbitt's number are just stellar. So he proved he could fit quickly in a new culture (life in russia, serbian head coach), that shows some great maturity.
IMO he's clearly more ready to contibute this year than Miller.
Now about the "far more upside" thing, did you know that Babbitt is only 9 month older than Miller ? He's also taller (by 1 inch) and has longer wingspan (by 2 inches). I mean he may not be as athletic as Miller is but it's not like Darius is using it to beat the opponents.
Babbitt seems to be a poor man's Gallinari and he's low risk gamble, so I like this signing.
Last edited by Blattman; 01-30-2014 at 02:25 AM.
Omg I loved this guy in college. Huge fan
Hope we can get The Babbit.
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I've hoped for a while that we would sign this guy so I hope it happens.
This however sadly means the end for Aminu in my opinion.
So can someone explain to me what the situation is with his contract in Russia?
Does it simply come down to a buy out with the Russian club or is he stuck with them for one year?
I think the reason why the Pel's did the deal with the Nets for Tyshawn Taylor was to get Benson money to buy out Babbit and sign him
for the rest of the season.
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