Posted by BigC:
Posted by Paladin55:
His 3 pt shooting will be just be fine- it is not something you should worry about.
He does have a postup game from what I saw in all those YouTube clips, but it is not as developed as his jumper and driving. Don't know if he has had a lot of experience in posting up against big guys, because a lot of European teams seem to have guarded him with shooting guards, but lets face it- with the way he can handle the ball, he will be putting up shots off the dribble and driving on a lot of the bigger men who cover him, and only posting against the little guys.
Yup- he needs to get stronger, but some of that is simply a lack of physical maturity at this point. If he was coming into the league at 22 or 23 (like Bird did), his strength would not be as much of an issue.
If he does eventually become a PF, his rebounding, especially on the defensive end, may be an issue. Wonder if his rebounding will ever get above 8 RPG? As he gets stronger, I assume he will become a better defensive rebounder. He can't be pushed around if he has established block-out positioning, though, which I recall happening the other day.
The injury, however slight, was a bummer.
[Edited by - Paladin55 on 07-17-2008 5:28 PM]
I still think the he might have to work on hit 3 because it is an adjustment. The NBA range is further out plus a man will be in his face. Many people can hit the 3 in college but can't in the NBA. Not saying he will have big problems but it is something you have to work on. Kenny Anderson use to be mr 3 pointer then he came to the NBA and could not adjust. The use to call him and Dennis Scott the 3 triple threat.
As far as his postup moves, he has to add strength in order to be successful unless players will push him out of the box. The powerforward position is one of the most stacked position in the game. It's not easy to post up players.
I'm not worried about him getting his 3 off for a few reasons:
First two things are that he has a quick release and he releases it very high up (much harder to block).
He has that move where he goes into the player then fades back - That is going to be near impossible for big 4's to defend.
His form is just perfect, honestly, just effortless.
His thing will be, as others said, getting stronger and defending. I think on the offensive side he will be mostly ok, minus strength issues (but he appears to combine finess/intelligence with being agressive ;)
EMS
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