Holfresh's cherry picking continues to amaze me, sometimes. I'm sure if Winslow had shown anything to excite folks in Orlando, his name might have replaced Mudiay's in this thread title, but that did not pan out, I guess, as he not only got injured, which is unfortunate, but also was kept out of one game for "general soreness," and only played 7 minutes of another game.
Porzingis came into SL with a rep for not being strong enough yet, and that was confirmed to some extent, although he clearly showed some toughness some were not expecting.
People thought he might not be able to play D, but that was disproven, and you only have to look at the second half and the final minutes of the Philly game to see what he will have to offer in the future. Can't recall who he had those 3 blocks on, though.
I don't think KPs shooting was as good as we would have wanted to see, but he has a track record which tells us this will not be a problem for him.
Mudiay came into the SL with a rep for being some kind of superior athlete...I saw no evidence of him being anything more than a fine athlete with excellent length for a PG.
Mudiay came into SL with a reputation as a good passer, which he is, yet his turnover rate was not very good at all, and in his final 3 games it was at a 1/1 ratio.
Mudiay, who does not have a history of being a good shooter, and was probably passed over in the draft because of this, showed that he is not a good shooter. 38.5 FG%...14% from the 3!...50% FT. His shooting stats would have been even worse if he had taken any 3's in his last game. Unlike KP, though, there is nothing in his past that makes you think that his SL shooting was not the norm for him at this point.
eason G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
2015 DEN 4 4 30.5 0.385 0.143 0.500 0 14 3.5 5.8 1.2 0.2 5.00 2.75 12.0
DateOpponent Result MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OFF DEF REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Jul 16 at ATL L 73-82 27 4-9 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 7 3 8
Jul 13 at MIA W 86-83 34 4-13 1-5 1-4 0 3 3 8 0 0 5 5 10
Jul 12 at SAC W 98-76 35 7-15 1-5 4-7 0 3 3 10 3 0 6 2 19
Jul 10 at ATL W 86-71 25 5-15 0-4 1-1 0 5 5 4 0 1 2 1 11
The most ironic any hypocritical comment by the OP is this, though...
All players have areas they need to work on..We drafted a 7 footer who can't post and can't rebound..But we took a chance..Mudiay seems like an above IQ player and skilled we have lacked at the position since Clyde..We had no problem going all in on a longer shot player than Mudiay..Rose learned to shoot...Wall is learning shoot..Jimmy Bulter learned to shoot..Tony Parker learned to shoot..If Mudiay had a jumper we wouldn't have a chance to get him.
...because ONLY the players he likes or wanted in the draft have the potential to improve, or so it would seem. He makes broad condemnations of KP, even if they are not true, and glosses over Mudiay's weakness,
which have dogged him since HS, by the way.Mudiay will do this or that to improve, but it would seem that Porzingis will never mature physically or get stronger, and the kid you see now will be all you ever see in the future.
Lot of hatred here...no doubt about it. Where its coming from, I don't know, but it's palpable, and I expect to hear more of it during the season.
EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
