ChuckBuck wrote:

WaltLongmire wrote:

nyknickzingis wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:Rooks gonna rook. KP didn't have the benefit of Farm to NBA table system like Duke or Kentucky that Okafor and Towns had.

Sure the ACB was a Spanish pro league, but it's international play and different style of ball.

Once KP gets a few goto moves in the off season, his percentage will soar. Not worried about his shot selection at all.

Yep, as I've said a few times about KP, his niche and moves are not defined yet. He has an array of different things he can do, but there's no one particular aspect of part of the floor he's gotten extremely comfortable in. The easiest play that is available for him is the screen and pop, outside. He runs that play very well. His jumper isn't always on, but it's a play that is smoothly ran and he looks very comfortable. The rest of his plays has been up and down, dependent on his rhythm. He has shown great post moves, then poor plays inside as well. Off the dribble he has made some sweet plays, but also gotten the ball slapped away many times. Just many things he's shown he can do but not yet at that peak level. He's going to have to figure out where he's going to be his best against each match up and defense. And get stronger physically. This takes a few years. However as a rookie to be doing this is pretty incredible considering his game is more raw than Towns, Okafor or Russ. Yet he's producing on par with elite NCAA talent like Towns/Okafor. That says about his talent level.

KP almost has too many moves he can go to or is working on. Don't know if we've seen him do the same move on consecutive shots.

People outside of NY probably think of his two handed put-back offensive rebound dunks when they hear his name. Not sure anyone thinks of a particular signature shot if they do think of him.

He's done that spin jumper of his a few times, and you see more running hooks, but he needs around 4/5 go to signature shots that become automatic for him.

Will be very interesting to see what basketball moves he works on in the off-season.

Agree whole heartedly. Just needs an off-season of work and polish really. The raw talent is there, it's almost like Neo in the Matrix for the first time. He doesn't know he can stop bullets in real-time yet and that he can actually fly at the end.

Basically KP is Rey in the Force Awakens. He needs to be SkyWalkered in the offseason. Best case scenario is someone passes KP Hakeem's cell phone # for a nice summer session.

If Hakeem is not allowed do a stint with him, I think McHale and Jabbar might have some free time to earn some dinero. Would not mind him getting some time with Bill Walton, too.

McHale- Footwork, ball protection, interior creativity.

Jabbar- Sky Hook, big man mentality

Walton- use of the backboard, sense of humor, passing

Would not mind him getting some time with a shooting coach to work on his jump shot arc. I remember his brother commenting on this after he had a chance to watch Dirk shoot when we played the Mavs.

I expect/hope he has some quality time with Anthony again.

Also needs to work on his ball protection, since I expect to see him doing more driving next year...he should do the Pete Maravich thing where he is carrying a dribbling a ball wherever he goes.

Hope we get to see some of this going on in his Twitter feed.