callmened wrote:exactly...ANYBODY can shoot when theyre wide open and unguarded...this was just a shooting drill dude...not to be taken seriously...it was just kinda cool to see (in my opnion)

Explain all the struggles with 3pt competitions, wide open 3's in games, etc?

I didn't even like the pick but that kid has the tools to be a very very good SG, including a beautiful stroke. Clean up his shot selection and he is a different player. That is perhaps the easiest thing to do, unless your name is JR (Smith!), which even he cleaned things up a bit.

Vmart wrote:

callmened wrote:lots of guys (including myself...boy was i a great shooter!) can shoot like this. but its still impressive to see his shooting form and practice. No this doesnt mean he'll be a great player or even a greater shooter. I just thought it was kind of cool (and for me somewhat nostalgic)

I just remembered that I dropped 19-20 high school three pointers hitting 15 in a row before missing. I couldn't even make the JV team because I sucked at everything else.

Well, I hit 8-9 straight threes against xNBA / NFL players at my local gym. And I was 39 yrs old (just turned 40). That has nothing to do with a young 6'6 Hardaway pedigree, that has a 38" vert, damn near hit every single jumper he took.....Inside and beyond the NBA 3.

I'm not worried about his release.....He will have plenty of time to get his shot off, when playing in the System. Feeding off of Melo double teams. There's more positives than negatives in this clip.....

- Nice Shooting Stroke
- Great Shooting Consistency
- Great work ethic
- Competitive

nixluva wrote:Man people are too much. We drafted Shump who had nowhere NEAR this level of shooting ability and all people can do is piss on T Jr. as if he's gonna be some bum. People have to take into account that sometimes players look worse than they are based on the system they play in and the coaching they get or don't get. Woody isn't gonna let this kid go out there willy nilly. He'll have more focus. Also after college most kids get legit pro instruction and for the 1st time they have all the time in the world to really work on their game. This is why kids often look much more impressive in the combines, cuz they've been working on everything after the end of the college season.

Also you can tell just by looking at a player if they have legit shooting touch and with a kid like T Jr. he probably was making some small mistake in his shooting form or shot selection that was messing up his %. I can't wait to see this kid for real and get a better idea of how he does on the next level. Hopefully he's the kind of solid perimeter player we need on this roster.

This reminds me of Kyrie Irving. I watched a couple of his NCAA games and he never looks like he would come close to a star in any of the games I watched. Once he was drafted dude turned into a superstar. Some people are just better at the NBA game than NCAA. One reason for the difference may be the zone.

blkexec wrote:

Vmart wrote:

callmened wrote:lots of guys (including myself...boy was i a great shooter!) can shoot like this. but its still impressive to see his shooting form and practice. No this doesnt mean he'll be a great player or even a greater shooter. I just thought it was kind of cool (and for me somewhat nostalgic)

I just remembered that I dropped 19-20 high school three pointers hitting 15 in a row before missing. I couldn't even make the JV team because I sucked at everything else.

Well, I hit 8-9 straight threes against xNBA / NFL players at my local gym. And I was 39 yrs old (just turned 40). That has nothing to do with a young 6'6 Hardaway pedigree, that has a 38" vert, damn near hit every single jumper he took.....Inside and beyond the NBA 3.

I'm not worried about his release.....He will have plenty of time to get his shot off, when playing in the System. Feeding off of Melo double teams. There's more positives than negatives in this clip.....

- Nice Shooting Stroke
- Great Shooting Consistency
- Great work ethic
- Competitive

I'm not saying its a negative, I'm just saying that practice shooting is not an indicator of anything at the level that NBA players play. They all can shoot with accuracy.

sidsanders wrote:

earthmansurfer wrote:

callmened wrote:exactly...ANYBODY can shoot when theyre wide open and unguarded...this was just a shooting drill dude...not to be taken seriously...it was just kinda cool to see (in my opnion)

Explain all the struggles with 3pt competitions, wide open 3's in games, etc?

I didn't even like the pick but that kid has the tools to be a very very good SG, including a beautiful stroke. Clean up his shot selection and he is a different player. That is perhaps the easiest thing to do, unless your name is JR (Smith!), which even he cleaned things up a bit.

pressure is on, fans watching, noise. lots more distractions compared to a draft workout.

Oh, so there is no pressure when you are playing for your draft position, your future? I think we are just talking perspective. If what you are saying was the case, then most guys would have incredible workouts, right? Anyway, if there was no pressure then the bar would be equal across the field, so it is irrelevant.

@callmened - My bad. Anything is possible but my point above is pretty valid I think. (Though the season will tell!)

callmened wrote:exactly...ANYBODY can shoot when theyre wide open and unguarded...this was just a shooting drill dude...not to be taken seriously...it was just kinda cool to see (in my opnion)

Let's take a trip down memory lane.....

And if this Dave Hopla shooting j's flat footed without jumping drill is so great, how come Jason Kidd couldn't hit layups at the end of the season? No muscle memory for old folks?

And no one could ever, EVER call me a Knicks hater.

Woodson will most likely be parking his azz on the far end of the bench until maybe the all star break.