Atlanta Braves Thread XI (Gary Sheffield edition)

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GWN, here's a little bit of Joel Berry love.

Paul Biancardi: To perform at this level, a coach needs a player he can trust to deliver from a physical and skills standpoint while staying under control during crunch time. Joel Berry is someone who will bring that “next play” demeanor to North Carolina as a leader. He certainly has the talent to make an open shot or drive the lane for a basket or an assist. He can make a defensive stop because he locks in and has the body and determination. He will be one of the few freshmen who can lead, process and compete all at the same time. When he doesn’t shoot well or when he turns it over, it rarely affects his next possession. That’s what coaches want and need during major moments of a game. I‘ll take this two-time Florida state champion (at Lake Highland Prep) to make a big play, whether it’s on offense or defense.

Adam Finkelstein: A good point guard is critical to a team’s defensive efficiency, and North Carolina signee Joel Berry is as good an example as there is in the ESPN 100. There is nothing that breaks down a defense better than penetration to the middle of the floor, especially when it comes from above the free-throw line extended, and Berry will be able to guard against that in transition, isolations and ball-screen action alike. Instead, he’ll be able to “level off” the dribble, influencing it toward the sidelines and baseline, where the weak-side defenders have more defined rotations. Big men are going to love playing with Berry on that side of the ball because his ability to funnel the ball away from the middle of the floor will both protect his bigs against foul trouble and defensive rebounding challenges, while simultaneously making it easier for them to block shots and take charges when penetration comes along the baseline.

And some remarks about Theo Pinson.

Paul Biancardi: We talk about Theo Pinson's high level of versatility and athletic ability, but mostly on the offensive end. He will be able to utilize those talents sooner on the defensive end, as he did when he first entered high school. I have witnessed Pinson defending smaller, quicker players, keeping them out of the paint with his lateral foot speed and length. The 6-foot-6, 190-pound Pinson can chase shooters off of screens with his speed and agility while contesting shots with his wing span. If he is involved in any screening actions, point guard through through power forward, he easily can switch. The final part of a defensive possession is rebounding, which he does with alertness and an impressive vertical jump. North Carolina is winning games this season because of its defense, perhaps more so than its offense. The addition of Pinson gives the Tar Heels a wild-card defender who will make individual defensive plays such as steals and blocks, and he will be a good team defender in time. The Tar Heels convert from defense to offense as well as any team in the nation, and Pinson fits perfectly in their system
 
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OD Lineup:

HEYTRAIN RF
BJ Uptown ballin CF
Freddie Freeto 1b
J-UP LF
Gatt C
C Johnson 3b
Danny Uggs 2b
Simmons SS
Colombian Jesus P
 
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Regulator said:
GWN, here's a little bit of Joel Berry love.

Paul Biancardi: To perform at this level, a coach needs a player he can trust to deliver from a physical and skills standpoint while staying under control during crunch time. Joel Berry is someone who will bring that “next play” demeanor to North Carolina as a leader. He certainly has the talent to make an open shot or drive the lane for a basket or an assist. He can make a defensive stop because he locks in and has the body and determination. He will be one of the few freshmen who can lead, process and compete all at the same time. When he doesn’t shoot well or when he turns it over, it rarely affects his next possession. That’s what coaches want and need during major moments of a game. I‘ll take this two-time Florida state champion (at Lake Highland Prep) to make a big play, whether it’s on offense or defense.

Adam Finkelstein: A good point guard is critical to a team’s defensive efficiency, and North Carolina signee Joel Berry is as good an example as there is in the ESPN 100. There is nothing that breaks down a defense better than penetration to the middle of the floor, especially when it comes from above the free-throw line extended, and Berry will be able to guard against that in transition, isolations and ball-screen action alike. Instead, he’ll be able to “level off” the dribble, influencing it toward the sidelines and baseline, where the weak-side defenders have more defined rotations. Big men are going to love playing with Berry on that side of the ball because his ability to funnel the ball away from the middle of the floor will both protect his bigs against foul trouble and defensive rebounding challenges, while simultaneously making it easier for them to block shots and take charges when penetration comes along the baseline.

And some remarks about Theo Pinson.

Paul Biancardi: We talk about Theo Pinson's high level of versatility and athletic ability, but mostly on the offensive end. He will be able to utilize those talents sooner on the defensive end, as he did when he first entered high school. I have witnessed Pinson defending smaller, quicker players, keeping them out of the paint with his lateral foot speed and length. The 6-foot-6, 190-pound Pinson can chase shooters off of screens with his speed and agility while contesting shots with his wing span. If he is involved in any screening actions, point guard through through power forward, he easily can switch. The final part of a defensive possession is rebounding, which he does with alertness and an impressive vertical jump. North Carolina is winning games this season because of its defense, perhaps more so than its offense. The addition of Pinson gives the Tar Heels a wild-card defender who will make individual defensive plays such as steals and blocks, and he will be a good team defender in time. The Tar Heels convert from defense to offense as well as any team in the nation, and Pinson fits perfectly in their system
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Good reads on both. Sounds like Pinson could use a little size, but will be a difference maker even as a frosh.
 
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Weezy said:
A retired pilot called into Rush (yeah, kill me) about this yesterday.

Retired 777 Pilot Calls the Show - The Rush Limbaugh Show

I see wiggle room in both arguments.
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I clearly have no expertise in this at all, so all I can do is listen to the various experienced pilots try to refute each other. And as this guy points out, Occam's Razor is about all we've got to go on. Until they find something or more information comes out, I've got to think that it's several times more likely that something mechanical happened with the plane, followed by a Payne Stewart situation, than that an experienced longterm pilot with nothing in his history jumped the other guy and deliberately crashed his plane into the ocean for no discernible reason. I hope we eventually find out. The plane or its wreckage has got to be somewhere, obviously, but so does Amelia Earhart's.
 
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