Play Mickey

[Chris22]

Jordan Mickey looked good in the preseason.
I would give him a look given our rebounding problems.

[Tr1boy]

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[BitterJim]

I don't think playing Mickey is a good solution to our size or rebounding issues

[KG Living Legend]

 Chris are you related to Triboy?

[A Future of Stevens]

I don't think playing Mickey is a good solution to our size or rebounding issues

But I thought Mickeys long arms, hops and strength made him play like he is 7'11" tall?

[The One]

Yeah, that might be worth a look given the help needed on the boards.

He averaged 9.9 rebounds his last year at LSU and 10.3 rebounds in the D-League last year.

In general, rebounding translates to the pros.

[celticsclay]

I have read that Mickey may actually be quite tall. Anyway we can verify this?

[Bobshot]

Agree Mickey deserves a shot as an inside guy. Though the knock on him has been his D. I don't know if he's the answer, as he's undersized for a center.

Horford is a fine player, but he's no big rebounder. Never was in Atlanta. They need a big guy to get the ball, as they don't have good enough outside shooters to make enough first shots.

The situation is kind of like when the Celtics had Ed McCauley in the middle. They had a ton of offense, but McCauley was more O than D, like the rest of the team. So Red traded for Russell, and the rest is history. They became unbeatable with the big D guy in the middle.

[PickNRoll]

Our rebounding problem is symptomatic of another problem.  We haven't been very good on defense at the point-of-attack.  We're chasing the ball too much.  When you do that, rebounding suffers.  Late rotations give up offensive boards.  If you watch our best D possessions in the preseason, Smart, Bradley and Crowder are stuffing the opposition and the pressure starts near half court.  Opponents were taking bad shots late in the clock and it was all green jerseys in the paint.  We've been a step behind on D for the first 2 games.  Will be great to get a healthy Smart back.

[Tr1boy]

I have read that Mickey may actually be quite tall. Anyway we can verify this?

Mickey is 6'8 with a 7'3-7'4 wingspan , 8'11 reach and 37 inch max vert

He has beefed up also and is prob around 245-250 now

Mickey deserves a shot...  Jerebko is just bad these days...

[Chris22]

I have read that Mickey may actually be quite tall. Anyway we can verify this?

Mickey is 6'8 with a 7'3-7'4 wingspan , 8'11 reach and 37 inch max vert

He has beefed up also and is prob around 245-250 now

Mickey deserves a shot...  Jerebko is just bad these days...

I just thought the second unit played better in preseason with Mickey on the court.

[Tr1boy]

I have read that Mickey may actually be quite tall. Anyway we can verify this?

Mickey is 6'8 with a 7'3-7'4 wingspan , 8'11 reach and 37 inch max vert

He has beefed up also and is prob around 245-250 now

Mickey deserves a shot...  Jerebko is just bad these days...

I just thought the second unit played better in preseason with Mickey on the court.

The SU did play better

[fantankerous]

I didn't realize fans actually want this team to miss the playoffs.

[celticsclay]

I didn't realize fans actually want this team to miss the playoffs.

Much in the way that some think the Nets will try harder just to spite us, some think we may tank just to give them a slightly worse pick in the swap.

[csfansince60s]

I have read that Mickey may actually be quite tall. Anyway we can verify this?

Mickey is 6'8 with a 7'3-7'4 wingspan , 8'11 reach and 37 inch max vert

He has beefed up also and is prob around 245-250 now

Mickey deserves a shot...  Jerebko is just bad these days...

I'd like to see them give Mickey some run, too, and I agree on Jerebko. I was glad to see that 3 fall for him last night. Problem is that Stevens trusts Jerebko and not Mickey, at least not yet.

I like Jonas, BUT, 2/11 on FGAs and 1/6 on 3s in the first two games is a REALLY bad start. He looked awful shooting. Maybe he needs his arse sat down and let Mickey play in front of him to motivate him.

I remember that he had problems shooting early on last year. Hopefully he snaps out of it soon.