I can’t say I’m all that impressed though. I didn’t see anything that spectacular honestly. Its so hard to not get excited with all the hype but I just don’t want to fall into the same trap as last year.

That video clip was awesome.

I know its just practice, but Greg’s movement looks fluid. It’s hard to tell where is weight is at. I think Nate said he wanted him around 260. I think he played around 285 last year. But he’s talking on defense, making Kevin Love look small, and catching would-be shot attempts. On one hand, it only been 8 weeks since slow-and-sluggish Greg. On the other hand, there’s a chance that next season we could be saying “remember when we were worried about Turkey-loo and Ronnie Milsap not signing?” – and laughing all the way to conteneder status.

He looks quick and powerful. It’s often forgotten that he couldn’t run, much less play ball, for the entire year prior to last season.

The last two offseasons, he couldn’t do anything. Hard to believe the kid put up a PER over 18 without being able to practice, actually. It will be EXTREMELY interesting to see what he can do with a full summer to play ball.

I am now officially pumped up for next season. Greg can be a dominant player next year. He’s only had 8 weeks so far. Wait until the season actually starts, and the extra weight is gone… watch the &^%$ out.

This team can contend for a championship next season if Greg and Nic both take a major step forward.

I’ll wait for the next batch after the 4th.

But he also looked really quick too yay!

Its encouraging.

jump two pick and rolls (got back well on one and passable on the other) and let a driver pass only to block from behind.

No late jumps, no hip checks. Hooray. Let’s hope it’s a trend.

He’s going to be a force if he keeps improving.

Not necessarily on the 2010 world championship team (not many spots left, and I suspect they’ll go with a smaller versatile big man who can throw outlet passes like Love, a wing shooter like Durant to replace Redd/Prince, and Rose or Harris for the last PG spot over Kidd). But in that group of very good NBA players. He’s not looking like a foreign object that moves awkward and shouldn’t be there. He boxed out very well against the big guys like Lopez and Love, elevated well for rebounds, and made it harder for everyone to score by taking up space and quickly trying to break up picks. Encouraging.

On the 2012 Olympics team he and Roy could be in.

It’s hard to tell who is fatter, stronger, skinnier, etc……..the one thing that was obvious, was that Greg looked quite a bit more fluid and quick.

Go back and watch the video. Greg was wearing 47, not 52. Durant was wearing 52. I think most people know that, but some of the comments I have seen describe things that Durant was doing.

and did you see the pin on Devin Harris….nasty

Greg looked like a Man out there with those guys. He moved well, looked confident, smiled a few times… He also made some smart plays with his feet instead of reaching. Very positive stuff…