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Raja Bell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4047 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

And there are things that in other situations where,

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

you know, in the NBA because they don't play just to spring Steph for shots or play off of his movement.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

And then like that, that matures into what you think it could be.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

It's in a weird way.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

It's hard for them to be in the top of the lottery and then have that person become what you think he could become playing the way they play, if that makes sense.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

I get what you're saying.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

Yeah.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

It's weird because like, you're going to take that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

You're gonna be like, man, you see all that shit he did in college.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

You see, you see the upside in that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

And then you're gonna be like, all right, now run around and set screens and then just slip to the basket.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

Yeah.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

So you're really, you're, you're in a weird spot with that in my, and I don't mean to like, look, Steph is incredible.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

Everyone knows how I feel about that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

And the style of play is appropriate, but

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

When you're drafting incredible talents, at least what you think should be incredible talents offensively, and then to some degree saying, hey, this is the way we play.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

You got to fit into that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Hitting the Panic Button on the Pistons | Real Ones

It could limit their ability to actually grow in the way to reach that upper level of their potential.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

No, I don't ever profess to be a genius, but I don't think it takes one to diagnose what happened late in that game.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

That game was over.