I believe he is similar to ZBO. Longer arms though for sure. He should watch footage and learn some of his post moves.
You don't think Vonleh has better range and handles than Zach at this stage? I watched Zach at this stage too. And I watched (and liked) both Vonleh and Zach in college.
ZBO is solid out to 20 feet, or do you mean after just 1 season in the league? ZBO came in raw, but having to practice against Sheed and those guys really helped. If Vonleh can become HALF the player Zach has become, I'd be happy!
Vonleh looks like he has a lot of potential to me, but he still seems to lack composure/confidence, like he is a little unsure of what he is supposed to be doing. Once he gets settled in, I am hoping we see his game flourish a bit.
They're all crazy bitches. Stats, experts, scouts, analytics, player rankings, blah blah.....whatever. The sum of the parts can exceed the ingredients. The new Blazers look like they are going to work hard on D, go after rebounds, have big men that actually give a shit about contesting shots, setting screens, and rotating defensively. Hustle, scrap (lol), effort and lots of running means easy baskets because they sure aren't coming from jump shots or at the FT line. No certainty in any of this ever, but they may surprise some people. When do playoff tickets go on sale? Signed, Homer Magspeed
From what I've learned on this board, there is only one thing about John the corresponds with "small". :O
Zach wasn't hitting threes when he was Vonleh's age. Zach has touch that Vonleh may never have, but his range and ball-handling are better than Zach's are now, let alone at the same age. They have some similarities and some differences. There is no doubt that right now Zach is a better player, but that isn't really the comparison we are looking for.
It will be interesting to see how Lillard deals with the loosing when he was use to winning his previous years in Portland though.
Von just need time on the floor and watch his ball go through the hoop and he will build his confidence. Right now he not sure when to take shots. Last night he had couple open look and he hesitate to shoot the ball. He need to not think to much and just play.
I think the scout is poorly saying this: He takes shots that centers shouldn't take traditionally; the look crazypants toeven take. But he succeeds in those "crazy shots" by having the best shot selection in the game, period. He didn't play 1500 minutes last year, so people discount his 50/40/90 year, but he played way more minutes than the fluke 50/40/90 guys on the list.
