Yeah, there's all of this talk on here about Scoot not being the elite level run/jump athlete that he was supposed to be. This worthless stat proves that talking point wrong. Out of all of the bursts of speed in the NBA this season, one of Scoots has been the fastest. That proves unequivocally that at least for north/south speed the dude is the elite of the elite.
I timed Scoot at 4 seconds from the time he got the ball to the time he released his shot in this sequence. That's about as fast as it gets.
So you are saying he can really scoot out there? https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/scoot I will see myself out....
Hyperbole, ever heard of it? If not, let me simplify it for you, genius: They aren’t on the same level athletically — and it’s not close.
What does sprint speed have to do with run/jump athlete? De’Aron Fox is fast as fuck. I don’t see him dunking on people like Ja Morant or Russ. Nor would I consider him as explosive as those guys (or prime Rose LOL).
Tony Parker if I recall was faster than Dwayne Wade. Parker is obviously the better run/jump athlete.
So you're sticking with the guy who has shown the fastest burst of speed in the league this season and looks about as big and strong for their height isn't close to as athletic as Russ was at his best??? Has the league just withered on the vine in terms of athleticism over the last four or five seasons? I'm not saying that I'm sure Scoot is or ever will be quite as athletic as Russ but it is and will be close.
Your comparing Scoot to pretty skinny guys but that's OK. We'll see in time, as Scoot gets more comfortable just how explosive he can be.
Yeah, I’m going to stick with that. And once again — I’ll bring up the dunk percentages. Scoot misses about half his dunk attempts. The people you’re comparing him to have over 90% dunk percentages. Scoot isn’t even close to the athlete those guys are. I’m really not interested in having this conversation (again). You can see it in the draft thread if you want to go through that heap again. But I’ll be nice and leave this link: https://deanondraft.substack.com/p/how-athletic-is-scoot-henderson No clue who he is, nor was he the guy who originally was talking about Scoot blowing an absurd amount of dunks, but he has a decent summary. Scoot is a good/great athlete. Russ, Morant, Rose are arguably some of the best athletes to ever play NBA basketball. So they would be .01% athletes. Even if Scoot was .02 (which he isn’t) that’s a world of difference from .01%. Have at it. Hope he is good. Hope he is a better athlete than I realize.
I’m flummoxed why our own fans are so quick to write off a 19 year old PG before he’s ever played 20 games in the NBA.
He made a nice assortment of shots last night. Dunks, floaters, mid-range, and 3s. The first dunk was encouraging. Anytime a guard can take off outside the restricted area and throw it down with force..... is impressive.
Same here… but, then I remember that the majority of people are fucking stupid &, unfortunately, our fan base is no exception.
Looked like the game was starting to slow down for him a bit last night. Hopefully this continues to be the trend for him.
