It is basically one poster who is pumping this guy up (which is fine, everyone needs a cause to support). I see the potential, but he is a long ways from fulfilling that imo. This kid isn't going to help you win games even next year. 2 years away from being 2 years away is a great quote.
“Not interested in playing defense.” If you’re going to hop in this thread and be condescending at least know what the fuck you’re talking about. If you watched him play and had a different opinion, ok. But its obvious you didn’t and just cherry picked some stats. False stats too because I know those turnover/asssists numbers are wrong.
Nope sorry. I ain't buying it. He has the length to play defense but the advanced stats paint a different picture. And this is in the G league. Don't go all "if you watched him" on me and tell me he is a defensive juggernaut because it ain't so. This dude can't shoot and doesn't drive to the hoop well. Then he doesn't seem to bring the deflection/steal stats either. Again this is against guys that can't make a team. So yes i do know "What the Fuck i am talking about" Now tell me again why this dude is important enough that he gets this much attention? Oh and yeah it's 2.8 TO's a game and 5 asts. Not much better but yes they were wrong.
And there is no stat that can properly gauge an individuals defense. That’s one of those things you just have to watch. And yeah I’m going to be a dick about it, because when someone (who’s going strictly off a spreadsheet) tells me something that I know is false, I’m going to respond. The one consistent part of his game in the g league games I watched (I missed maybe one or two) was his defense. Locked everyone up. He also averaged over two steals a game. You don’t average over two a game if you’re not interested in defense. Get outta here. The shooting concerns are legit, but I will add that he was playing with a wrap on his shooting hand, and that may have affected his shot. But maybe it didn’t. That’s an actual debate to be had.
Actually i totally agree. Absolutely hate defensive stats as they are the "Team" part of the game. I watched three of the games he played. He had troubles with foot speed. but he made up for it with his wing span. A few times he got called for reaches and then he shied away from defending. Could have been bad matchups. Bad matchups can also be due to switching and in some cases coaching the players available in the game. One of the games was a pretty bad loss that he seemed to lose interest in. That also can happen. Now that you have watched 14 games compared to my 3. One of which he didn't play much i guess you would know better than i do. But IMHO he is quite a ways away from seeing NBA action.
He is fine. If that was the worst thing he ever said we could be best friends. I pretty much say it daily......
