JJ Redick is in my opinion one of the best in college hoops. Now he could be selected top 5 in the draft so do you think he will be like chris paul next year because he will obviously be on a team that will suck. Can he be the same as he was in duke in the nba?
I've spent hours disecting his game as it translates to the pros. Take into account history is not on his side. last summer when I was working out with guys in pre-draft camps and in Summer League's a lot of scouts were concerned about things he just can not control, and the ones he can, he has not improved on. As a shooter, he impacts the game. but he is a volume shooter who needs 20-25 shots per game. He is a hot and cold scorer. Other than shooting, he has no impact on the game. He doesnt defend, he doesnt create, he doesnt rebound. He's listed at 6-4, maybe more like 6-3. And he has no point guard skills what so ever. He has improved on creating his own shot, however, he will not be able to get his shot off against NBA caliber defenders or NBA sized guards. He will be a better player than a Steve Kerr or John Paxson or even Trajan Langdon, however, bad team or not, he wont get left on the floor for 40 minutes like he does at Duke. All signs point to him being a gunner off the bench. Can he be a weapon like a Kyle Korver on the right team? Maybe. However Korver is 6-7 and can get his shot off. Working him off screens like Reggie Miller and Rip Hamilton is the only way he is going to get off quality shots. On the same hand, any team running plays and starting there offense through Redick is in worse shape than they think. I give him credit as a great college player, fantastic! However, he does nothing that sets him apart from all the other undersized shooting guards who dominated in college, and couldnt play in the NBA. Example, how can Fred Jones survive as a 6-3 shooting guard and score double figures off the bench? Because he is a superior athlete, plays defense, and posesses qualities that allow him to be physically superior to guards bigger then himself. JJ does not what so ever.
I agree with Kicks on this one. He will be another great college player that won't be a star in the NBA. He won't be a top 5 pick. He WILL be a solid role player if put in the right spot(like end of lottery or out of lottery).
Kicksdaddy summed it up very well. In college he gets his 20+ shots and gets good scoring stats because of it but its not often that jump shooting guards get that many shots in the NBA. To be effective, he'd have to be run off of screens like a Rip Hamilton, Reggie Miller, or Kyle Korver but they have height and athleticism (except Korver) on him. He'll probably be a solid role player off of the bench in the NBA because he doesn't defend well and really only provides a scoring punch.
I still consider him a late-mid first round pick at best. Last year he was considered a 2nd round pick, because he lacked any skills to complement his shooting. While he's dominated college, I've yet to see him address any of the concerns that were put forth last year. IMO, the weak draft class has been a bigger reason for his rise in rankings than his performance.
I don't think Redick will be a top 5 pick. He is a star in college but he will not be one in the NBA. He plays kind of like Peja. The problem I see with Redick is, if his shot is off, he can't really do anything else for you.
Redick will be nothing in the NBA IMO. A guy who can do nothing but shoot, and can't do anything else doesn't usually translate well in the NBA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Bobcats:</div><div class="quote_post">Redick will be nothing in the NBA IMO. A guy who can do nothing but shoot, and can't do anything else doesn't usually translate well in the NBA.</div> I agree. Reddick, as mentioned before, was an excellent college player and will go down as one of the best in NCAA history, but the NBA is a whole different level. Reddick lacks size, quickness, athleticism, and just about everything the average NBA player needs. Undersized players like Wade and Jones can survive because of their physical qualities and the fact they have more depth to their game. Reddick is a one-dimensional gunner and considering his lack of other qualities, I think he'll be an average at best NBA player.
Why do you guys dwell on the future? Look at what he's doing now and appreciate it. Im a Redick fan so Im kind of bitter because people think that he's going to be a bust, or atleast not a good player. I beg to differ, JJ is undersized and has minimal ball handling skills but he's shooter, he can be a Ray Allen esque player, no way will he be that good am I saying Im saying his playing style could be the same.
I think as long as the NBA stays in love the 3-point line, and uses it to stretch defenses I think that Redick will find a good role on some team.
Well the thread is called J.J. Redick in the NBA, so I think we're entitled to project how his game will pan out in the future. He really has nothing similar to Ray's game, except for his shooting. And IMO, he's not even the same type of shooter as Ray. Considering his lack of passing, defense, dribbling, size, and athleticism will limit him to a specialist off the bench. He'd be too big a liability otherwise. The biggest problem that I think could make him a complete bust, is that he's a volume shooter. If he's coming off the bench to hit that open 3, his team won't have the patience for him to shoot enough to get back in the rhythm.
Pretty much everything I forgot to mention, the last couple guys nailed it shut even more. Fan or not, you gotta know if your boy is gonna be a bust or not. I LOVED Louis Bullock's game at Michigan, but I knew he wasn't gonna be an NBA PG, however, he went overseas, lights it up, and has made probably more money over there than he would have suckin it up over 10 years in the NBA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting KICKSDADDY613:</div><div class="quote_post"> I LOVED Louis Bullock's game at Michigan, but I knew he wasn't gonna be an NBA PG, however, he went overseas, lights it up, and has made probably more money over there than he would have suckin it up over 10 years in the NBA.</div> Good point. Bullock was AWESOME in college. He was all the commentators talked about the whole game. He was the man, just not destined for NBA success. Little Mark Price wasn't supposed to be as good as he turned out to be either. Nobody thought he was going to be able to get shots off in the NBA, but he was able to score and do alot more. Fact is, we can guess all we want but nobody knows what a player is going to do until a player walks into their first NBA-camp. Steve Kerr was also THE MAN in college. He ran the show at Arizona, and once again he was one of those guys who we we weren't sure about how successful he was going to be in the Pros. Kerr is simply an awesome shooter that worked his ass off to win some NBA rings and years of NBA pay-checks.
ray allen is famous for dunks in his NCAA days and rookie/sophomore years in NBA i think then he basically abandoned dunking and just shoot 3s however, that also shows he is atheletic, not just a typical shooter like stojakovic is Meanwhile..reddick just shoot...shoot....what else does he do? nothing much therefore in the NBA...i just see him as a specialist at most won't be starter
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting johnny33:</div><div class="quote_post">imo - best case comparison: kirk hinrich, worst case comparison: trajan langdon</div> hinrich plays more defence than reddick besides..hinrich is not human, he is an elf (look at his pointed ears and hair) you can't compare human with elf totally different
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting johnny33:</div><div class="quote_post">imo - best case comparison: kirk hinrich, worst case comparison: trajan langdon</div> These are really two different scenarios. Kirk Hinrich is a point guard who plays defense, who has very good passing skills. Reddick is a volume shooter, who can do nothing else. He's too one-dimensional.
