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Sam in the G League

Post by AggieMeister » February 10th, 2021, 10:40 am

Sam has been assigned to the Memphis Hustle in the G League. I believe all the G League games are available to watch on ESPN+.
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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by SweepDance » February 10th, 2021, 11:01 am

Yes! It's bad basketball but still fun to watch at 9:30 in the morning when working from home! Most games are ESPN plus with a couple of ESPN2 games mixed in:

https://memphis.gleague.nba.com/schedule/



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Aggie84025 » February 10th, 2021, 11:19 am

Thanks for posting this. Looking at the stats for today game, Sam did not play too well shooting the ball. He is currently 2/11 and 0/5 from 3. Has some rebounds and assists. Needs to get his shooting % up.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Roy McAvoy » February 10th, 2021, 11:19 am

Sam is 0-6 from the 3 so far in his first G league game.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/game/2022000002/



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Yossarian » February 10th, 2021, 11:35 am

Roy McAvoy wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 11:19 am
Sam is 0-6 from the 3 so far in his first G league game.

https://stats.gleague.nba.com/game/2022000002/
ouch. They use that Nike ball with the chip in it?


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Yossarian » February 10th, 2021, 12:10 pm

Looking at the box score

https://gleague.nba.com/games/20210210/AUSMHU/

Sam had a pretty horrible day. He started at small forward and played 31 minutes and scored 5 points. 2-13 shooting (0-6 from three). Three rebounds, 3 assists, a steal and a turnover. Not a good shooting day for Merrill. It was as if he played against BYU today.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AggieFanNate » February 10th, 2021, 12:20 pm

He is going to be pounding the court all night tonight. You could tell he was getting pretty frustrated and didn't feel too comfortable.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by sstrasser » February 10th, 2021, 12:22 pm

good thing I didn't get tickets to the Jazz game on Friday night to see him with the Bucks.
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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by tipitup » February 10th, 2021, 12:28 pm

how does he get that many minutes being that this team isn't affiliated with the Bucks? I was thinking he would hardly see the floor, but i'm wrong, getting 31 min and starting that's cool.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AggieFanNate » February 10th, 2021, 12:37 pm

sstrasser wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 12:22 pm
good thing I didn't get tickets to the Jazz game on Friday night to see him with the Bucks.
Still, it's gonna be a good game either way haha.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by usu99 » February 10th, 2021, 1:10 pm

he won't get those minutes anymore if he keeps shooting like that.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Cuchelain » February 10th, 2021, 1:25 pm

It’s obviously a bad game but it’s just one game. I am confident that he will do well over time.

One thing I do worry about is the selfish nature of players in the G league. It can be hard to play effectively with a bunch of guys who don’t care about anything but flinging up any shot they can get in an effort to stand out.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by sstrasser » February 10th, 2021, 1:31 pm

AggieFanNate wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 12:37 pm
sstrasser wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 12:22 pm
good thing I didn't get tickets to the Jazz game on Friday night to see him with the Bucks.
Still, it's gonna be a good game either way haha.
True, but we had an Aggie Basketball we wanted him to sign.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AgsRock » February 10th, 2021, 2:27 pm

I agree the selfish nature of the G league and the Bucks garbage time minutes is not in Sam's wheelhouse, but he needs to adopt the "if you cant beat em, join em" mantra or he won't last in the NBA. You got to do well with the limited time you have early in your career.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by GameFAQSAggie » February 10th, 2021, 9:16 pm

sstrasser wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 1:31 pm
AggieFanNate wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 12:37 pm
sstrasser wrote:
February 10th, 2021, 12:22 pm
good thing I didn't get tickets to the Jazz game on Friday night to see him with the Bucks.
Still, it's gonna be a good game either way haha.
True, but we had an Aggie Basketball we wanted him to sign.
This year, they probably don't let you get close enough to the court for it anyways.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Winning Team » February 11th, 2021, 11:44 am

I would love to watch today’s game. Is there any way to stream it if you don’t have espn plus?



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by tysteve20 » February 11th, 2021, 12:01 pm

Winning Team wrote:I would love to watch today’s game. Is there any way to stream it if you don’t have espn plus?
I’m pretty sure grindcitymedia.com will stream them all.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Winning Team » February 11th, 2021, 12:28 pm

tysteve20 wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 12:01 pm
Winning Team wrote:I would love to watch today’s game. Is there any way to stream it if you don’t have espn plus?
I’m pretty sure grindcitymedia.com will stream them all.


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Thanks! Unfortunately it says that the program is blocked in my area... (Utah)



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Winning Team » February 11th, 2021, 1:28 pm

Winning Team wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 12:28 pm
tysteve20 wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 12:01 pm
Winning Team wrote:I would love to watch today’s game. Is there any way to stream it if you don’t have espn plus?
I’m pretty sure grindcitymedia.com will stream them all.


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Thanks! Unfortunately it says that the program is blocked in my area... (Utah)
Scratch that. It works now that the game is going.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Yossarian » February 11th, 2021, 1:40 pm

Winning Team wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 1:28 pm
Winning Team wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 12:28 pm
tysteve20 wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 12:01 pm
Winning Team wrote:I would love to watch today’s game. Is there any way to stream it if you don’t have espn plus?
I’m pretty sure grindcitymedia.com will stream them all.


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Thanks! Unfortunately it says that the program is blocked in my area... (Utah)
Scratch that. It works now that the game is going.
So did Merrill start this game?


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by SweepDance » February 11th, 2021, 1:43 pm

Yes, looking much better in the early going. He had 5 of the team's first 10 points with an assist and a steal.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AggieMeister » February 11th, 2021, 1:49 pm

There is a LOT of selfish play in the G League. Not a lot of team ball to be seen. Also, I don't like the free throw rules in the G League. All shooting fouls are only 1 free throw and, if you make it, you get either 2 or 3 points depending on where the shooting foul happened.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AGGIEinIOWA » February 11th, 2021, 2:04 pm

AggieMeister wrote:There is a LOT of selfish play in the G League. Not a lot of team ball to be seen. Also, I don't like the free throw rules in the G League. All shooting fouls are only 1 free throw and, if you make it, you get either 2 or 3 points depending on where the shooting foul happened.
Serious!!? Wow, didn’t realize that. I suppose they want to speed up the games.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by usu99 » February 11th, 2021, 2:12 pm

Sam is the only White guy on either team LOL


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by SweepDance » February 11th, 2021, 2:19 pm

Unless David Stockton was adopted there's a lot of evidence to suggest he came from white heritage:

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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Yossarian » February 11th, 2021, 2:28 pm

So in 6 quarters of G League ball, Merrill has the following:

49 minutes played
12 points
5/18 from the field
1/9 from three
4 rebounds
7 assists
2 steals
3 turnovers

At least the assist:turnover ratio looks good.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by usu99 » February 11th, 2021, 2:44 pm

Yeah he isn't exactly lighting it up :( Had a great first quarter, but nothing good since.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AgsRock » February 11th, 2021, 2:49 pm

Beautiful, pull-up three from Sam. Straight butta



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by SweepDance » February 11th, 2021, 2:53 pm

AgsRock wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 2:49 pm
Beautiful, pull-up three from Sam. Straight butta
Off of a steal too. The rare G-League defensive play!



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » February 11th, 2021, 2:53 pm

He has 10 points on 4 of 8 and 2 of 4 from 3 with 5 assists and 2 steals in 22 minutes and is +13. He seems to be doing just fine.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by jpswensen » February 11th, 2021, 2:54 pm

Yossarian wrote:So in 6 quarters of G League ball, Merrill has the following:

49 minutes played
12 points
5/18 from the field
1/9 from three
4 rebounds
7 assists
2 steals
3 turnovers

At least the assist:turnover ratio looks good.
Throw away the first game and this game looks great.


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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by AggieFanNate » February 11th, 2021, 2:54 pm

I have been impressed by his defense quite a bit actually.
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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Aglicious » February 11th, 2021, 3:11 pm

Sam lighting it up now.

This G League is some really bad basketball. How do you evaluate who is any good? It is just chucking up 3's all game long....no D. Looks like an NBA All-Star game.
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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Aggie formerly in Hawaii » February 11th, 2021, 3:13 pm

Merrill is having a good game and Freddie Gillespie has impressed me too.



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Re: Sam in the G League

Post by Yossarian » February 11th, 2021, 3:23 pm

Aglicious wrote:
February 11th, 2021, 3:11 pm
Sam lighting it up now.

This G League is some really bad basketball. How do you evaluate who is any good? It is just chucking up 3's all game long....no D. Looks like an NBA All-Star game.
I am not watching the game - just following the live box score. To be fair, the Memphis team had 14 assists on 18 made field goals in the first half. That has gone way down in the second half. I think the players know they are going to have to score and be as aggressive as they can one-on-one to stand out. Making an extra pass doesn't draw a lot of attention to one's self.


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