Claver impressive at Copa del Rey

29:34min, 19pt, 5/7 2p, 2/4 3p, 3/4 ft, 9rb (5 off), 4as, 2st, 0To

Victor Claver led Valencia to the final four stage beating Valladolid 83-60.

Next game is today at 18:00 CET against Sergio Rodriguez's Real Madrid. Sergio also had a great game (17pt 7/10fg) against Taurean Green's (10pt, 4/8fg) Gran Canaria in the quarterfinals.

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His new coach has decided to play him at SF (with some PF moves in offense), putting end to the "man in the middle between SF and PF" curse.

He is also taking more responsabilities in and off the court as team captain. He still lacks lateral quickness and, apparently, passion. Very nice and quite guy.

Claver highlights in that game: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3573-crey-20102011-copa_del_rey-001-la_exhibicion_de_batman_claver

Gracias Dani!

by amlmart1 on Feb 12, 2011 7:26 AM PST reply actions 1 recs

"Batman" Claver at SF?

Is he trying to unseat Batum, or what?

Stealth > Wealth

by 500dogs on Feb 12, 2011 11:14 AM PST up reply actions

that little up-and-under move at the rim is not gonna work in the NBA

But the dude clearly has skillz. I wouldn’t mind seeing him and Freeland given a chance in the association.

Both teams played hard and ball don't lie. Rasheed is the Yogi Berra of hoops. We should start calling him Yogi Sheed.

by vavoom on Feb 12, 2011 3:15 PM PST reply actions

that little up-and-under move at the rim is not gonna work in the NBA

Oh I don’t know, it’s worked for Andre for 10+ years. Depends how hard you sell the pump fake

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Feb 12, 2011 4:39 PM PST up reply actions

Can we trade Babbit to Spain and get Claver over here. I'm sure he'd play better defense than Luke.

by BRoyInThe4th on Feb 13, 2011 3:14 AM PST reply actions

I'm not sure why Portland keeps drafting similar-sized 'tweeners

Batum, Cunningham, Claver, Babbitt—that’s just in the last 2-3 years. Then they signed CJ last month who is even skinnier?

how many stretch 4s (or, stretch 4 wannabes) does one roster need? Of those names only Batum can adequately defend a decent NBA SF

Mr. Cho, please stop the madness before the team is doomed to be beaten down in every playoff series from now until 2020!

When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!

by two4larue on Feb 13, 2011 1:11 PM PST up reply actions

earth2larue

Batum is not a tweener

Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

by blacknoiseNW on Feb 13, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions

And Claver really has a SF skillset, he was just playing out of position

So really you’re looking at Cunningham and Babbitt getting the opportunity to replace TrOut as that bench Flex4. Defense or Offense.

by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 13, 2011 7:57 PM PST up reply actions

Which one plays which?

The Dude abides.

by BrewDude on Feb 13, 2011 9:52 PM PST up reply actions

Dante for D, Babbs for O (eventually. hopefully)

by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 14, 2011 12:03 PM PST up reply actions

can Victor defend NBA 3s?

until I see him in the association, I remain unconvinced

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by two4larue on Feb 13, 2011 10:19 PM PST up reply actions

I'll bet he can defend bench NBA 3s

Which is all he’d be asked to do for a while.

by TheThinWhiteDuke on Feb 14, 2011 12:04 PM PST up reply actions

I agree that he shouldn't be

but Nate occasionally chooses to play Nic at the 4 in a small lineup, so it’s not my idea

as far as I’m concerned, Batum should be the Blazer’s starting SF for the next 10 years, and that includes the upcoming weeks when Brandon Roy returns to the lineup (hopefully, as a 6th man)

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by two4larue on Feb 13, 2011 10:17 PM PST up reply actions

I'd be easier to convince of Mathews starting over Roy

if Mathews was a better player. He wouldn’t even need to be better than Roy, per se – but Mathews is just as likely to have a bad game as have a good game.

The caveat here is that if Roy returns to 80% of his previous effectiveness, that would put him in A. Miller performance territory – and would make him the starter by default.

Law of Logical Argument
Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

by blacknoiseNW on Feb 13, 2011 10:33 PM PST up reply actions

I’m not in the camp of “the best 5 players need to be on the floor at the beginning of each half, by default” Especially when the current starting 1-4 are 8-9 games over 500 since Roy has been out.. Brandon can bring his best effort off the bench and still contribute mightily to the team’s success in the second half of the season. Even Roy acknowledged LMA’s dominance and his teammates improved ball movement, during his comments last night

Why interrupt their rhythm if it’s not necessary?

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by two4larue on Feb 14, 2011 9:47 AM PST up reply actions