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The Athletic Interview with David Griffin
Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:25 am
Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:25 am
Jeff Duncan interviewed David Griffin recently. I'll include a couple interesting takeaways below:
Griffin when asked about Zion's weight:
Griffin on Frank Jackson:
Griffin on other rookie Summer League performances:
Much more at the link:
LINK
Griffin when asked about Zion's weight:
quote:
Yeah, I don’t know that we can determine a weight yet. Zion’s still growing. One of the things that’s lost in this whole process is that, like Jaxson Hayes, Zion is still getting taller.
But, for the most part, we don’t know what he’ll end up looking like because he’s still growing. When he entered Duke he was clearly shorter than R.J. Barrett, and I think you saw (at the Vegas Summer League) he was clearly taller than R.J. Barrett. So it’ll be interesting to see where that goes.
Griffin on Frank Jackson:
quote:
That’s the one performance you can take away that I think was significant. Frank Jackson has a chance to be a really, really good player in this league.
He’s big. He’s strong. He’s super athletic. He can shoot the ball. And when he decides he’s going to impact the game and plays with that level of confidence this is a kid that should have very high expectations of himself. We need to get Frank to be that player more often in his own head.
That’s the one performance that you could maybe take from the summer league and have some expectation that he could do this on the varsity.
Griffin on other rookie Summer League performances:
quote:
Summer league is a bit overrated in terms of the timing of when you expect players to arrive on the team with the varsity. Summer league is really a good opportunity to gauge where someone is, but it’s not a great opportunity to gauge where someone’s going to go
What we saw in summer league that excited us quite frankly is the basketball IQ. Like Nickeil Alexander-Walker, by way of example, that’s something that will translate (to the NBA).
I would temper the expectations of all of the rookies. Certainly, the things we saw in Jaxson Hayes in terms of his athleticism, his length, his ability to actually make basketball plays, I think people can certainly be excited about that as a foreshadowing of his talent. But I don’t think anybody should expect very much quickly relative to those kids.
Much more at the link:
LINK
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Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:49 am to Epic Cajun
quote:
It sounds like you’re adding a lot of new staff and not just to the front office. How much more staff will be in the building?
Oh, for sure. Quite a bit more. We’re going to be a much deeper franchise in a lot of different areas, Aaron Nelson’s area certainly being one of them, where we’ve invested in process and technology there that didn’t exist before. On the coaching side, we’ll have a larger presence from a player development standpoint and we’ll also have a larger former player presence. It’s very important that you surround guys with as many former players as you can, guys that are contributing to winning and that are adding something to the process, and we’ve certainly done that. And our third point, we’ve put a big emphasis on scouting, in addition to the hiring of Trajan (Langdon) and Swin (Cash) from an executive staff standpoint. So I think this will be a significantly more robust staff in many ways. And we are also going to be elevating some of the really quality people that were already here. I’ve said this before, there were some very good people here. It might not have been pointed in the right direction, or it might not have felt like everybody was pulling in the same direction, but there were some quality people here in this building, and recognizing who those people are and helping grow them has been a lot of fun, as well.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:52 am to cgrand
quote:
I think more than anything else what Toronto’s championship really validates is that if you invest in the process at a really high level and you really surround yourself with the best and the brightest, typically good things will happen. And championships can’t be the only mark of success in the NBA. You need to be a championship-caliber franchise. And if you can put yourself in the conversation of being in the Final Four and playing in the conference finals, you’ve really done what you can do, and then you just have to hope that it comes together at the right time.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:56 am to cgrand
Griff
I have a boner
I have a boner
Posted on 7/26/19 at 9:57 am to Vanilla Ice
how the sausage is made
quote:
We were really fortunate that Dennis Lindsey and Justin Zanik, who run the Jazz, felt a real obligation to Derrick to send him to a place where Derrick would be happy and where Derrick could see himself fitting in. So early on in the process it became our goal to convince Derrick and his agent, Wallace Prather, that we were that team. And fortunately Justin Zanik gave us the opportunity to speak with Wallace and Derrick and try to sell them on our vision. Because everything happened rather quickly, and because of that relationship that we were able to build early on, it was significant and fortunate for us.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 10:09 am to Epic Cajun
quote:
One of the things that’s lost in this whole process is that, like Jaxson Hayes, Zion is still getting taller.
Gonna need to see a doctor in 4 hours after reading this
Posted on 7/26/19 at 11:08 am to Cap Crunch
quote:If he grows to like 6'9" that will remove one of his biggest criticisms (obviously others are weight and shooting). But that would be huge.
Gonna need to see a doctor in 4 hours after reading this
Posted on 7/26/19 at 11:42 am to Epic Cajun
Jeff Duncan writes for the athletic now?
Posted on 7/26/19 at 11:43 am to geauxtigers87
Yes and while I’m sure many appreciate all these quotes on here since it is behind a paywall, the local writers would appreciate subscriptions. So please stop posting multiple quotes outside of the OP and get more people reading and supporting our local media.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 11:48 am to quail man
quote:My intention was to share a bit of the article to just get the conversation started. I intentionally only included parts of 3 of his answers as to not "leak" the entire article that is behind a paywall.
Yes and while I’m sure many appreciate all these quotes on here since it is behind a paywall, the local writers would appreciate subscriptions. So please stop posting multiple quotes outside of the OP and get more people reading and supporting our local media.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 2:15 pm to Epic Cajun
I want to support the athletic but the days of paying for sports related content are well behind me
Posted on 7/26/19 at 2:46 pm to Epic Cajun
Griff is right, need to lower expectations for NAW and Hayes. NAW should become a solid rotational player next year and Hayes in year three.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 2:51 pm to Townedrunkard
Sounds like he was low key implying it to Hayes more than NAW. NAW will be in the rotation this season at some point. He’s too skilled on both ends of the floor to be kept on the bench. A role will be carved out for him easily since he’s so versatile.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 3:18 pm to geauxtigers87
quote:
I want to support the athletic but the days of paying for sports related content are well behind me
its like 30/yr
way worth it
Posted on 7/26/19 at 3:26 pm to supe12sta12z
Griffin doesn't want to put pressure on any of the rookies. He's going to downplay expectations for them. He definitely hopes that they will contribute more than he is saying.
Posted on 7/26/19 at 3:42 pm to quail man
I get where you are coming from but this is kind of a contradicting statement.. You get subscriptions from followers and you can't get followers if no one knows the quality and information you put out. If I'm paying for something I'd like to see if its quality and if I like it first.
Posted on 7/27/19 at 7:21 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:
. We’re going to be a much deeper franchise in a lot of different areas, Aaron Nelson’s area certainly being one of them, where we’ve invested in process and technology there that didn’t exist before
I'm hard rn
Posted on 7/28/19 at 10:33 am to Dantheman504
quote:
If I'm paying for something I'd like to see if its quality and if I like it first.
There's a free trial option. You have a week to check it out with no charge.
Posted on 7/29/19 at 10:25 am to Epic Cajun
Another quote worth making note of:
It was talked about a bit with some of those scouting videos, but it seems Griffin as well has a ceiling of him being basically the floor general. Which would be huge if it ever happens. As you are talking about a Lebron/Green/Jokic/Simmons type offensive archetype disruptor that allows you add so much more diversity to how you construct rosters and rotations and takes away the need of having a full time facilitating point guard.
quote:
The thing about Zion, though, that excites us is, it’s not that he’s going to carry you offensively, it’s that he’s going to be able to facilitate offense. If you look at him as an extremely athletic Draymond Green type who may be able to facilitate all things for others and get out in transition and make plays … that’s exciting. And because that’s what he natively really does, we’re not going to ask him to carry an undue burden (offensively). We’re going to ask him to be Zion, to figure out how that player interfaces with the rest of the pieces we have and how it can be equative to winning.
It was talked about a bit with some of those scouting videos, but it seems Griffin as well has a ceiling of him being basically the floor general. Which would be huge if it ever happens. As you are talking about a Lebron/Green/Jokic/Simmons type offensive archetype disruptor that allows you add so much more diversity to how you construct rosters and rotations and takes away the need of having a full time facilitating point guard.
This post was edited on 7/29/19 at 10:26 am
Posted on 7/29/19 at 11:34 am to Bronc
quote:This is at least the second time that he's mentioned that Zion seems himself as a "super Draymond" (I'm paraphrasing as I can't remember the exact term he used). I think that's a good place to position himself in his rookie season. Just do the little things that contribute to winning basketball. Play good defense, run in transition, act as a secondary playmaker on offense. He doesn't need to force anything, the Pels can be good this season, even if Zion is the 4th best player on the team.
It was talked about a bit with some of those scouting videos, but it seems Griffin as well has a ceiling of him being basically the floor general. Which would be huge if it ever happens. As you are talking about a Lebron/Green/Jokic/Simmons type offensive archetype disruptor that allows you add so much more diversity to how you construct rosters and rotations and takes away the need of having a full time facilitating point guard.
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