Bones Hyland believes he’s the answer at the point for the Clippers, ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk writes. The Nuggets dealt the disgruntled young guard, who fell out of their rotation, and Hyland is thrilled with opportunity.
“For me, I feel like I never had that opportunity to showcase my playmaking ability and be able to play that point guard role a lot and show that I’m just more than just a scorer,” he said. “I’m actually a point guard, you know? And I offer that at a high level and if you put me in that position, I’m going to thrive in that position as well.”
Hyland was routed to the Clippers as part of a four-team deal. He’ll battle current starter Terance Mann for minutes.
We have more from the Los Angeles teams:
- In the same press conference, the Clippers also introduced two veterans they added before the trade deadline, guard Eric Gordon and center Mason Plumlee. Gordon believes he can take some of the scoring load off Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, Youngmisuk relays in the same story. “I can space the floor for them. And I can create my own shot,” Gordon said. “And I see that they switch a lot on defense. I’ve been doing that the past seven, eight years. And I guard bigs, too. You got to have a two-way mindset playing offense and defense. And I think I’m able to bring that.”
- While Hyland fortifies the point guard spot, George reiterated that he wouldn’t mind if his former Oklahoma City teammate, Russell Westbrook, chose to take a buyout from the Jazz and join the Clippers, according to Janis Carr of the Orange County Register. “I’m a big believer in him and a fan of what Russ’ work is, having had one of my best seasons in my career alongside of him,” George said. “I’ve seen what he can do, night in, night out and I think he’s still got a lot of game there.”
- LeBron James hasn’t played since breaking the league’s scoring record on Tuesday. The Lakers superstar will miss his third consecutive game on Monday due to left ankle soreness, Jovan Buha of The Athletic tweets. He was spotted icing his feet after the team’s shootaround in Portland, Kyle Goon of the Orange County Register tweets. The Lakers have one more game — at home vs. New Orleans — before the All-Star break.
- Speaking of Westbrook, Goon takes a deep dive on the veteran guard’s two-season stint with the Lakers.
So, Bones thinks he’s the answer at the point for the LAC-? He should let KL or PG-13 know that, from here on, the offense runs through him. Lue too, since he lists himself as point HC.
DXC ;
NBA players don’t come onto a team with humility – hoping for playing time to do what they can to help their new team win.
They come on selling their brand, and politicking for things the FO and coaching staff are responsible for.
That way, when they – and / or the team fails – it’s always someone else’s fault.
Hyland never said the offense needs to run through him. He said he feels he can fill the Point Guard role for the Clippers. If you’re the Point Guard Clippers that means you knock down jumpers, attack the basket on the closeout and make good passes while Leonard and PG run the offense.
You have to be super confident and have a healthy ego to even make it to the NBA. Do you honestly think the greats like Jordan, Bird, Jabbar and James got there with humility? You can be confident and still be coachable.
Not Tre Mann?
Denver made Bones their primary 2nd unit playmaker for almost a year, which they never do for guys that young. He literally had all the chances in the world. But he disdains defense and his “playmaking” only turns on if he’s scoring. If he isn’t, he’s just chucking from 35 feet. Teams figured out he has no game inside the paint, so they played him tight and he declined badly. And still played no defense. Talented shooter and ballhandler and a vibrant personality, but he’s completely full of himself here.
PG vouching for Westbrook but left em dry when Kawhi came calling lmao.
That’d be Terance Mann there, Dana.
Since Lebron’s scan came back negative, maybe he’s just pouting because he didn’t get his way in the trades?
You can be in intense pain even with a negative scan. Stop looking for reasons to hate the man.