kosta perovic update

by the evil monkey on Jul 14, 2007 1:42 PM PDT

http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/2007_summer_league_blog.html

if he, wright, and lasme can play, the team should be pretty deep next yr. it will also mean pob may be enjoying another yr in the d-league.

we can feature a team similar to last yr w/ baron, jax, kelenna, al, & andris - then go to a more conventional 2nd unit w/ monta, marco, lasme, wright, & perovic. i only put monta in the 2nd unit as a ball handler and obviously there will be some mixing and matching.

if we keep barnes, he'll obviously take kelenna's spot, moving kelenna's into lasme's, and putting lasme at risk for the d-league since the last two roster spots are probably foyle's and sarunas'. if powell is kept, he'll probably be on the inactive roster w/ those last two inactive spots either left open for call ups or belonging to camp invites.

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not.

Perovic is Garbovic.

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by coma @ Golden State Of Mind on Jul 14, 2007 1:46 PM PDT reply actions

Everything

you just said will make no sense. Perovic is like POB. Kelenna won't be a starter. Lasme plays down low and Kelenna is a wing, so how would he take Lasme's spot? Do a little research buddy and don't type for the sake of typing.

by J Rich 4 MVP on Jul 14, 2007 3:14 PM PDT reply actions

nah, you guys just need to read better

first of all, i said IF. neither i or you have seen perovic play. chances are, he's a stiff. but IF he can play backup minutes (especially in the conventional zone defense that i mentioned paired w/ athletes like wright and lasme).

2nd, i never said lasme was a SF, i said kelenna would take lasme's SPOT in the rotation/roster. but if you read the summer league info, you'd see lasme is a 15-18 foot jump shooter and he actually weighs less than steven jackson (same height). he might work at the top of the key in nellie's 1-2-2 zone.

If you had read correctly, i only put kelenna in the starting spot b/c i moved monta down for a ballhandler and like i said if barnes resigns or they find some other guy to be their rebounding small forward, he automatically fills that spot.

by the evil monkey on Jul 14, 2007 3:27 PM PDT up reply actions

weeee

You guys? WTF?

http://westcoastbiased.blogspot.com

by coma @ Golden State Of Mind on Jul 14, 2007 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

Most

likely it's either going to be Monta or Belinelli starting. I hope for our sake that Monta isn't the back up PG, he's really not ready.

by J Rich 4 MVP on Jul 14, 2007 3:52 PM PDT reply actions

You're right

and those are the two best choices talent-wise. an probably nellie will be forced to use one or the other.

Thing is, i'm under the impression that nellie prefers BD, Jax, "yet to be determined rebounding 3", Harrington, and Andris - based on what he said the team's needs are.

out of who is on the rest of the roster - monta, marco, kelenna, lasme, wright, kosta, sarunas, foyle, pob - i just threw kelenna in there b/c he seemed to best fit that description compared to the other 8.

time will tell whether we re-sign barnes or pietrus. or try to lure a FA on a 1-yr deal like Ruben Patterson or James Posey (since the heat didn't get williams, maybe we can even dump jassy for posey if we throw in pob). b/c the starting lineup is going to have trouble rebounding w/ subpar rebounders at their positions like jax, al, and either monta or marco.

maybe we should of drafted dominic mcguire instead
of lasme like some GSOM members have lamented.

by the evil monkey on Jul 14, 2007 4:39 PM PDT up reply actions

BTW

my previous post wasn't meant to come across as rude, so my bad.

by J Rich 4 MVP on Jul 14, 2007 3:55 PM PDT reply actions

no biggie

was a little taken aback, but i realize sometimes things sound harsher on forums than they would if we were actually talking.

by the evil monkey on Jul 14, 2007 4:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Kosta

If Kosta Perovic ever becomes a rotation-quality player in the NBA I would be very, very suprised.

He simply doesn't possess the skill and instinct neccesary to compensate for his poor foot speed and overall lack of athletiscm.

There was a time a couple years ago he was considered a player with top 10 pick potential - those days are long gone - for good reason. The novelty of his size invariably wore off as his skills have progressed at a sluggish pace.

If he ever steps foot on an NBA floor it will be as the 10-12th man, coming off the bench. I'm sure that Mullin and the rest of the front office looks at Kosta as a player with a very small chance of contributing this year or in the future. They simply have to hold on to him because of his size and the position he plays.

by Warriorfan88 on Jul 14, 2007 6:55 PM PDT reply actions

has anyone actually SEEN him play?

Seriously, who here has really seen much of Perovic to say that he's fast, slow, athletic, not athletic, skilled, not skilled?

I know he's white and European and really, really tall. I don't subscribe to the Agaean League Pass, so I haven't been keeping up with his game this year, and doubt too many of you have either. Most of us are going on what we've read from other source, and I suspect many of those sources haven't seen more than 10 minutes of clips of him and I'm being generous with that time estimate. Many more seem to repeat what another site has posted without any new info.

I doubt he's really any good because most big men aren't, but I've read that he is both slow and runs the court well in the same sentence at Draftexpress. That sort of sentence makes me think that they're basing their evaluation on, well, nothing.

Chances are he'll suck. Chances are he lasted to the second round because people who are paid to watch more than game clips thought he was a project at best, but they've been wrong in the past about foreign players and I suspect many of them read the pop reports because they're not really sure what they're seeing either and hell, it's easier than trying to order coffee in Croatian while on a scouting trip. I'd just caution that most of us are going on third hand reports about him, so projecting anything should be done with extreme caution.

by jae on Jul 14, 2007 8:30 PM PDT reply actions

I second this...

Do I even dare bring up the Andris Biedrins example AGAIN! Nobody really knows about this kid... and when I say nobody... i mean like 99% of us. I'm keeping an open mind about this guy b/c as I have learned, and I feel that everyone else who has at least been with the warriors for the past 3 years should have learned, is that just b/c someone doesn't seem to be good in their first or second season in the NBA, doesn't mean they're going to continue to stink it up.

Although with the Warriors, that may seem like a stretch... but yes, think about AB. Nobody gave a damn about this kid until this season, now everyone, including a large chunk of the members on this forum are all over him and some of you probably even want to have his babies... lol

by david240z on Jul 15, 2007 8:11 AM PDT up reply actions

They say he's pretty fly for a Montenegran Guy

by Daddio @ Golden State Of Mind on Jul 15, 2007 5:01 AM PDT reply actions

Kosta Perovic

Perovic is unlikely to even be a solid bench player or else we probably would have signed him up by now. Although there is a very slim chance that he might dramatically improve and be halfway to being as good as AB, I think it is more sensible to trade him for a draft pick, especially as our roster may be quite full if we sign powell and lasme as well as Azubuike (who has already signed).

by zaki on Jul 15, 2007 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

I have seen him play

Believe it or not, three of his games were broadcast to World Sport HDTV on my DishNetwork. I caught it by chance - I wasn't impressed. Guys his size should be straight DOMINATING these cupcake leagues, but he wasn't. He is slow, but shows some quickness in his post moves, but he can't get up and down, that's for sure.

I have the games saved on my TiVO and I've meant to watch them again. We'll see how his contract situation goes down before I sit through that pain again.

by pree on Jul 16, 2007 12:32 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks.

That's interesting. Glad to hear someone's seen more of him than you can get on YouTube. And it seems to confirm my prejudice that you cannot trust what you read on all of the draft-analysis views. DraftExpress says he runs the court well, you said he has problems getting up and down.

I'm assuming that he, like 99% of all big men who get drafted, will be busts. The interesting thing is that it doesn't seem like some of the mid-to-late lottery guys are any more likely to be worthwhile. It's just a hunch, but I suspect there's as good a chance of finding a Brad Miller (or at least the version that played up until last year) who went undrafted as there is of getting a player of equal caliber with a 7-14 pick. The advantage of lucking into a guy in the second round or after the draft is that they don't cost much when you do find them.

by jae on Jul 16, 2007 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions