Notes from 8/26 Press Conference (CCM and Maymon)

#102
#102
BigZiti09 said:
Exactly my thoughts. He's 6' 7" and had surgery a year ago.
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You really think its that simple to come back from an injury involving your knees and just dunk? Lol. Dislocated my hip in November and just now getting back full flexibility. Getting your vertical back is apart of recovering.
 
#103
#103
SJAVol32 said:
You really think its that simple to come back from an injury involving your knees and just dunk? Lol. Dislocated my hip in November and just now getting back full flexibility. Getting your vertical back is apart of recovering.
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He's 6'7" and "near 100%" and had surgery like a year ago. Not to mention his injury/recovery has been a huge mystery. Him just now being able to dunk makes me think that he's never going to be near 100% and they know it but just won't say it.
 
#104
#104
BigZiti09 said:
He's 6'7" and "near 100%" and had surgery like a year ago. Not to mention his injury/recovery has been a huge mystery. Him just now being able to dunk makes me think that he's never going to be near 100% and they know it but just won't say it.
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I would agree with this if we were talking about say McRae. As I mentioned above, Maymon struggled to dunk his junior year at Tennessee. I would guess his vertical to begin with was about 25", he has about as much ups as Stokes. Pull up highlights of Maymon at Tennessee, how many dunks do you see?

Him being able to dunk tells me he's actually just about 100%
 
#105
#105
bleedingTNorange said:
I would agree with this if we were talking about say McRae. As I mentioned above, Maymon struggled to dunk his junior year at Tennessee. I would guess his vertical to begin with was about 25", he has about as much ups as Stokes. Pull up highlights of Maymon at Tennessee, how many dunks do you see?

Him being able to dunk tells me he's actually just about 100%
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Good point. Just watched a highlight video. It's 3 minutes long and he dunked just a couple of times.
 
#106
#106
BigZiti09 said:
Good point. Just watched a highlight video. It's 3 minutes long and he dunked just a couple of times.
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Right. I honestly don't remember but one dunk his junior year, and it was a break away in which he was only able to dunk one handed...nothing fancy at all. He just isn't a guy who had a good vertical to begin with, and really could barely dunk as was...the fact he's back to being able to dunk is encouraging IMO
 
#107
#107
BigZiti09 said:
He's 6'7"
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Same as Charles Barkley was 6'-10" while at Auburn then somehow got 5" shorter when he entered the NBA.

I'd guess Maymon at 6'5" or less. Doesn't really matter as he plays a horizontal game, not a vertical one. Encourage to see his progress!
 
#108
#108
Sounds like we won't be winning many tips this year. I vote we start Pops just for the tip, and then sub him out! lol

I kid, I know its just the tip.
 
#109
#109
BigZiti09 said:
He's 6'7" and "near 100%" and had surgery like a year ago. Not to mention his injury/recovery has been a huge mystery. Him just now being able to dunk makes me think that he's never going to be near 100% and they know it but just won't say it.
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I'm not going to worry about it yet. During rehab he would be lifting to strengthen the muscles around his knee, but the best way to increase your vertical is with fast, explosive movements (like jumping). Doubt he got a chance to do much of that during rehab, so he's probably just now getting back to doing a lot of jumping and other plyometric-type exercises.
 
#111
#111
It's safe to say that Steven Pearl might have more hops than Maymon lol. I can't really remember Maymon dunking much. Maybe on a break away? Don't know why everyone is so worried? Dunking isn't his game.
 
#113
#113
Stoked4Zo said:
It's safe to say that Steven Pearl might have more hops than Maymon lol. I can't really remember Maymon dunking much. Maybe on a break away? Don't know why everyone is so worried? Dunking isn't his game.
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Maymon wishes he had Pearl's unstoppable reverse layup though...
 
#115
#115
When I first saw Maymon his sophomore year, I was so hard on him for being slow, unable to dunk and hardly any offensive game. I'm not going to repeat anything that's already said as most of you do, but Maymon is going to be great this year; maybe not for the first 5-6 OOC game but his game will eventually kick-it in high gear.
 
#116
#116
I just read in tweet thread (in football forum lol) Maymon tweeted he dunked a basketball today. Good news, but I thought he was 100% a month or two ago.
 
#117
#117
bleedingTNorange said:
Fwiw he could barely dunk the ball before, were not talking about a guy with a 40" vertical.
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I read an article where they stated Maymon's vertical jump was 36 inches however I read another that 25 inches. Let's split the difference and say 30.5 inches. Nevertheless I think Maymon has a long way to go before he is 100% and in game form. But I am not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
 
#119
#119
patrick said:
I read an article where they stated Maymon's vertical jump was 36 inches however I read another that 25 inches. Let's split the difference and say 30.5 inches. Nevertheless I think Maymon has a long way to go before he is 100% and in game form. But I am not a doctor but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
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I suppose it depends what your definition of "long way to go" is.
 
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