Nice article about Juice in the Chicago Tribune:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/da...story.html

Good read.

Good luck to Juice. Plenty of hard work ahead.

I know being a fan sometimes makes you believe that your guys are better than anyone else but for the life of me, I can't understand why Juice isn't on some NBA summer D-League squad right now. After watching him over the past four years and seeing some of the point guard play right now in the NBA, I'd love to argue with someone who doesnt think he deserves a shot to make an NBA squad...

(07-09-2015 09:48 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  I know being a fan sometimes makes you believe that your guys are better than anyone else but for the life of me, I can't understand why Juice isn't on some NBA summer D-League squad right now. After watching him over the past four years and seeing some of the point guard play right now in the NBA, I'd love to argue with someone who doesnt think he deserves a shot to make an NBA squad...

I don't think he's ready to take a charge from LeBron yet.

He would be a defensive liability, not only because of his height but also because of . . . well, his defense. The could change, though. Juice won't get any taller, but there's no reason he can't make himself into a good defensive player. Juice is good offensively, but compared to other NBA players he's not so good offensively that it would make up for mismatches on the other end of the court.

Rian Pearson, on the other hand, I can imagine in the NBA.

(07-10-2015 09:03 AM)Dwight Wrote:  He would be a defensive liability, not only because of his height but also because of . . . well, his defense. The could change, though. Juice won't get any taller, but there's no reason he can't make himself into a good defensive player. Juice is good offensively, but compared to other NBA players he's not so good offensively that it would make up for mismatches on the other end of the court.

Rian Pearson, on the other hand, I can imagine in the NBA.

Any word on Rian Pearson? Is he playing somewhere?

(07-09-2015 10:26 PM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  

(07-09-2015 09:48 PM)Rocket_Fanatic Wrote:  I know being a fan sometimes makes you believe that your guys are better than anyone else but for the life of me, I can't understand why Juice isn't on some NBA summer D-League squad right now. After watching him over the past four years and seeing some of the point guard play right now in the NBA, I'd love to argue with someone who doesnt think he deserves a shot to make an NBA squad...

I don't think he's ready to take a charge from LeBron yet.

I think you mean that he's not ready to be called for a blocking foul against LeBron yet.

(07-10-2015 09:19 AM)Steve in NJ Wrote:  

(07-10-2015 09:03 AM)Dwight Wrote:  He would be a defensive liability, not only because of his height but also because of . . . well, his defense. The could change, though. Juice won't get any taller, but there's no reason he can't make himself into a good defensive player. Juice is good offensively, but compared to other NBA players he's not so good offensively that it would make up for mismatches on the other end of the court.

Rian Pearson, on the other hand, I can imagine in the NBA.

Any word on Rian Pearson? Is he playing somewhere?

He is playing for a pro team in Turkey.

Fowler will play in the league, Juice will not. Too small. Thats it. He's better than lots of NBA guards. I am better at ultimate frisbee than some pro's. I am 5"10 and cant run two miles without keilimg over. Some dudes are 6"8... That's life. Juice will ball up some other leagues when pinned against other small guards tho.