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Tacko blocking....fans!

Tacko signed by Danny Ainge to Jazz after trading Rudy Gobert. They play Summer League tonight at 9 on ESPN2.
Coming out party for Holmgren....at minimum, Tacko needs to watch that film, develop some offensive skills and get much more aggressive if he wants to play any significant minutes in the NBA.
 
Coming out party for Holmgren....at minimum, Tacko needs to watch that film, develop some offensive skills and get much more aggressive if he wants to play any significant minutes in the NBA.
He looked terrible. He has no shot at learning to dribble and shoot more than 6 feet from basket. I have a feeling this is his last NBA stop. He either makes team or should go overseas.
 
He looked terrible. He has no shot at learning to dribble and shoot more than 6 feet from basket. I have a feeling this is his last NBA stop. He either makes team or should go overseas.
In the D League everybody looks like a shrimp next to Tacko...but with Holmgren's length, he didn't. He's skinny but long. Without that length differential, and if he can't improve his outside O skills, Tacko has to focus on powering the ball to the basket inside and be willing to play defense out to the 3-point line. He did neither. I'm still rooting for Tacko but he's really got to get more aggressive around the basket (Holmren stuffed him on a layup which should never happen) and defend opposing centers out to the 3-point line (Holmgren made 4 of 5 3-pointers in the first half alone). If he can't do those two things consistently, you may be right.
 
In the D League everybody looks like a shrimp next to Tacko...but with Holmgren's length, he didn't. He's skinny but long. Without that length differential, and if he can't improve his outside O skills, Tacko has to focus on powering the ball to the basket inside and be willing to play defense out to the 3-point line. He did neither. I'm still rooting for Tacko but he's really got to get more aggressive around the basket (Holmren stuffed him on a layup which should never happen) and defend opposing centers out to the 3-point line (Holmgren made 4 of 5 3-pointers in the first half alone). If he can't do those two things consistently, you may be right.
Holmgren took Seth Curry to basket and scored on him when he was in high school. Tacko doesn’t have those skills. He had his back to basket with a guy 9 inches shorter on him and Tacko just threw ball in air. Didn’t even come close to basket.
 
Not a bball person but I love seeing clips of him disrupting the whole game with his size. Also love him as he's a very nice guy.
 
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