Overall very nice job of scouting KP's Summer League performance. I do think perhaps you're being a bit too tough on his fit for the Triangle tho. I don't think he's had the best coaching up to this point. Most of his issues are merely bad big man fundamentals. Very teachable things. Of course a lot of it will be addressed with physical training and getting stronger. IMO KP is WAY behind other young prospects in term of strength and conditioning. He's gonna look like a totally different player when his body is brought up to NBA levels.

I hope the coaching staff gave KP a list of things he needs to improve on so he can share that with his Trainer. I'd love to see them really work him through some rebounding drills and give him some tips on anticipation of where the ball will come off and using leverage against his opponent. I'd throw him tons of passes and lobs to see if we could improve his eye to hand coordination on catching the ball.

His post game should be one area where he can make a huge amount of growth by learning better post moves. I think he's got the coordination to be able to do that. There's no reason he can develop the needed skills to be able to thrive in the Triangle. It's mostly just fundamentals and basic moves that will allow KP to be able to beat his man more consistently. His moves are very rudimentary at this point, but again this is all very fixable. I don't think it's because he CAN'T do it but rather that he hasn't been taught how to do it yet. This kid just needs a big man camp badly.

nixluva wrote:Overall very nice job of scouting KP's Summer League performance. I do think perhaps you're being a bit too tough on his fit for the Triangle tho. I don't think he's had the best coaching up to this point. Most of his issues are merely bad big man fundamentals. Very teachable things. Of course a lot of it will be addressed with physical training and getting stronger. IMO KP is WAY behind other young prospects in term of strength and conditioning. He's gonna look like a totally different player when his body is brought up to NBA levels.

I hope the coaching staff gave KP a list of things he needs to improve on so he can share that with his Trainer. I'd love to see them really work him through some rebounding drills and give him some tips on anticipation of where the ball will come off and using leverage against his opponent. I'd throw him tons of passes and lobs to see if we could improve his eye to hand coordination on catching the ball.

His post game should be one area where he can make a huge amount of growth by learning better post moves. I think he's got the coordination to be able to do that. There's no reason he can develop the needed skills to be able to thrive in the Triangle. It's mostly just fundamentals and basic moves that will allow KP to be able to beat his man more consistently. His moves are very rudimentary at this point, but again this is all very fixable. I don't think it's because he CAN'T do it but rather that he hasn't been taught how to do it yet. This kid just needs a big man camp badly.

I agree that his scouting report on kp not fitting the triangle is false... kp has the skill set to flourish in the triangle he can really spread the floor with his shooting he also has a high basketball iq and it shows with his passing ability from the high post... again its summer league and kp is only 19... what i really liked that is very triangle oriented is kp's off the ball movement to get open looks in the high post...he'll give melo a nice option to dump the ball to ether in the high post or outside when he is double teamed. the triangle is going to make kp's transition into the nba very easy for him because the triangle suits his ability to hit the open shot, as well as pass to the open man from the post... i to would like to see a signature move from him but that will come with time and a signature move is not needed for a pf or c in the triangle, we can leave that to melo... ewing didn't have that turnaround baseline fadeaway at 19 ether.

Nalod wrote:Triangle non fits are few and mostly attitudinal attributes. Granted, a high volume shooter in a contract year might not be down for the system, or a player with very raw athletic ability.

At 7-3 and mobile this cat can hit from anywhere on the court and he is gonna get a lot of free looks. At 7-3 he can either shoot over parameter defense and if a big comes to to get him, he can go right by them, or dribble to a double and hit an open man.

Even that'she not a given. Look at how much Trevor Arizona was able to develop with the lakers. Krista has shown the ability to hit the I and move without the ball. Those attributes will keep him from being a total liability in the triangle. Plus, I think we can expect to see more PnRs thrown in if the summer league is any indication.