I hope he gets it going. I thought he was going to be Rondo with a better shot. Not the case so far.

I really liked him too. I’m not sure why he didn’t perform in Memphis.

Maybe it will take five more teams, like it took for Chauncy Billups before he reached his potential.

I appreciate it when anyone sticks their neck out and starts promoting the drafting of some particular college player by the Celtics. It helps me to get a better idea of who to pay attention to. And I admire the fact that by endorsing someone, they’re risking their own credibility. And I especially admire anyone who will go back and own up if the player they had touted doesn’t deliver in the big league.

(I know I’ll have something to come clean about if Gabe Pruitt and Patrick O’Bryant prove to be washouts.)

They play that spread offense that, on the floor, is translated to something like “ISO Mayo or Gay and let them play 1 on 5 with the other guys watching; here and there allow Gasol to dish from the top of the key to a baseline cut. Oh, and run, but not too much because our defense sucks and we have to protect it”. I think Iavaroni has been doing a terrible job. And this is a very bad situation for Conley.

That said, Conley has two big problems:
- the one The Babe identified.
- maybe as a by-product of the environment he is immersed, a puzzling lack of aggressiveness and confidence.

I wasn’t a big fan of him when he was drafted, but I believe he’s talented enough to be a solid starter in the league. In order to do that, he needs to move away from Memphis. Playing for Skiles would work wonders for him.

OTOH, Sessions is not a pg yet, rather a ballhog with some creative skills. His ball-handling is suspect, he’s too mistaken prone, he has limited court vision, and he needs the ball on his hands indefinitely to create. And he’s not far from being the worst defensive guard in the entire league (no hyperbole, I’m serious). Ridnour has been outplaying him by a big, big margin. Sessions has a future, but as a PG for a Skiles team? I’m very doubtful of that.

Alexander is a bad player with an average ceiling. A 6th man in a good team or a starter in not so good teams, something around that.

I think this trade would benefit essentially Conley and Sessions. I’d like it to happen for that reason.

I didn’t explain exactly why. That kind of offense heavily reliant on clearouts and players creating off the dribble for themselves doesn’t fit a player with Conley’s skill-set: reading the reactions of the defense, getting the ball to his scorers and keeping everyone moving and happy.

The Bucks motion offense, on the other hand, requires exactly that from the PG (and it’s a pleasure to watch Ridnour running the show, it’s amazing how some players thrive if they’re put in the right situation but become worthless in the wrong one).

Well, one lesson is that point guards ought not to come out early. Telfair is just now turning into a creditable— not great— point guard. I remember Jason Kidd as a young player (who left school after his sophomore year) and he was pretty bad playing for those old Dallas teams. He turned to ball over time after time.

The exception has been Chris Paul.

If Conley had stayed in school without Oden he might have been a second round pick. Better to work out your issues on a multi-million dollar deal, rather than seeing your draft position eroded. At the end of the day, even if he never signs another deal, he’ll make enough off this one to make up for 20 years of work for most people.

Pure basketball-wise, I think it means that teams drafting a PG need to have a vet starter, would he be okay if he had played behind Fischer or something? Also Rondo came out after his Sophmore year, and he has improved rapidly to be a near All Star in year 3.

can you say sebastian telfair? some guys just weren’t made to succeed at the nba level and conley may be one of those. John Lucas would be a good guy for conley to base his game on . Lucas could shoot though which COnley can’t. It’s funny but Gabe Pruitt may turn out to be a better pro than Conley. It just goes to show you how speculative the draft is. this year’s draft looks really weak at this point so I don’t mind that we don’t have a 1st round pick although I still wonder where we’re going to get a young big man to develop

Chris Wallace suffers from Kevin McHale disease (if you’re a fan of their teams) – absolutely a great guy to make a deal with. Not surprised by Conley. I think Wallace may get the better of this one. Straight up for Ramon Sessions sounds right

i thought conley would be good too. one problem is that he is slight. rondo looks slight until you see his muscles up close and he can take a banging. conley’s low confidence might come from getting banged when he drives. i hope we’re not all drunk on gabe and that he’s the real thing. i like his shot- his height- and his defense. as a backup to rondo, he will eventually get better at driving and dishing.

Conley is intelligent and talented and will find his way.

Add me to the Conley-believers camp prior to the draft. I’m surprised he hasn’t done more to date.

I was worried about him entering the season, having to play alongside two touch happy scorers on the perimeter. I don’t think he’s going to fulfill that potential alongside those two guys.