Comments on: 2010-11 Scouting Report: Kyle Korver

By: uber_snotling

uber_snotling — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:42:37 +0000

Korver didn’t play a lot of minutes for the Jazz, but a significant fraction of those minutes were crunch time and fourth quarter minutes. Part of this was because Sloan liked to have Brewer/Matthews in the 1st/3rd and Korver in 2nd/4th, and partially it is because Korver is money from the free throw line and his 3-point shooting is .

I couldn’t find any stats to back this up, but I’d bet you at least 33% of his minutes were 4th quarter for the Jazz last year. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up doing the same thing for the Bulls with their poor choice of shooting wings. The choice is between Brewer and Korver at the 2, and Korver can make a shot from farther than 3 feet from the basket. He may be a defensive liability, but Noah and Deng can probably make him look better than Okur and CJ Miles did.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:04:29 +0000

He’ll play the 2 and 3. Sometimes starting due to injuries but mostly coming off the bench. I see him getting about 25 minutes a night backing up Brewer and Deng.
He gives the Bulls exactly what we need: an outside threat that will hopefully open the floor for Rose.

By: Inception

Inception — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:09:32 +0000

those Korver highlights remind me of myself in a youth basketball league.

anyway, hope he’s a bigger version of Steve Kerr.

By: LOS LOBOS

LOS LOBOS — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:28:41 +0000

@chris on van,

LOL!!!

By: XsiKal

XsiKal — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:26:59 +0000

Korver doesn’t need to be an All-Star. He needs to be exactly what he is… a spot-up 3-point shooter on a team which has none, to help punish the opposing team’s defense when it tries to sag on Boozer/Rose.

By: Billiam

Billiam — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:23:16 +0000

That Korver video is kinda weird. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to have him on the Bulls. Still, it’s a creepy video.

By: PTFC

PTFC — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:18:31 +0000

Was I the only one that saw the very end of the video, of the sophomore rookie game, see Hinrich assist Korver and not miss Kirk a little bit? Only if the Bulls didn’t over pay him he could be the back up PG for Rose next season.

By: chris in van

chris in van — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:11:17 +0000

how can you scout kyle korver’s efense without posting pics of his patented move? you know the one, because i saw it on basketbawful.

something like this:

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j141/ECKoolAid/lolsports/korver-plays-defense-2.jpg

or this:

http://www.the700level.com/images/2008/03/04/korver.jpg

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:40:32 +0000

Actually, Kyle Korver will be an All-Star!….in the 3-point shooting contest.

By: thirdsaint

thirdsaint — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:35:39 +0000

I wanted Korver last year mid-season when I saw he’d be a free agent. Why? We need our Steve Kerr/BJ Armstrong to hit the open 3 and either swing games or put a dagger in the other team. We got him. Anything else he can do is gravy.