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What Jan Vesely?

The reason the kid can't shoot is because he is 6-11. He's probably never been asked to shoot before he started playing pro. He just dunked on everybody(and he still is).

Here's the key though: After only one year he dramatically improved his 3 point shooting: 1 for 18 his first year and 12 for 30 this year. That is VERY encouraging.

First it means he's been working on it and second it means there is hope that he can continue to improve and add shooting to his arsenal.

Maybe, but European coaches seem to put emphasis on developing every players shooting. If his FT shooting was better, I would be more inclined to root for picking him, but its just gross how bad it is.
 
Maybe, but European coaches seem to put emphasis on developing every players shooting. If his FT shooting was better, I would be more inclined to root for picking him, but its just gross how bad it is.

Yeah, I really don't understand the free throws thing. If you are that athletic and coordinated to dunk it like that, why can't you shoot 65% on free throws? Not the worst thing to be bad at I guess. Relative to other aspects of basketball, it's easy to improve.
 
Yeah, I really don't understand the free throws thing. If you are that athletic and coordinated to dunk it like that, why can't you shoot 65% on free throws? Not the worst thing to be bad at I guess. Relative to other aspects of basketball, it's easy to improve.

It should be, unless there is a huge kink in his FT mechanics (like Shaq), but Ive seen him shoot and it doesn't look as bad as the %'s suggest.
 
Is he more athletic than Jeremy Evans? I am sure he would be a better pro but his highlights look very similar to Evans'.
 
He reminds me of Tom Chambers and he couldn't shoot when he first came into the league. His dunks would be fun to have on the Jazz. Much funner than "AK for three".
 
Watching his videos, I'm confused why more people(on the board) aren't taking Vesely at 3 seriously.

It has killed KOC to lose to the Laker's length year after year. After year. I bet he loves the sound of a 6-11 small forward.
 
Watching his videos, I'm confused why more people(on the board) aren't taking Vesely at 3 seriously.

It has killed KOC to lose to the Laker's length year after year. After year. I bet he loves the sound of a 6-11 small forward.

Yeah, his appeal is definitely that he is physically an NBA player. And he has shown that he can produce at a high level. Really early in this whole process (when it looked like we where getting the 6th pick) I was very much on the Vesely bandwagon. Then I got off it when I though about his FT shooting. I'm kind of hoping back on it now. I like his motor,heart, and physical ability. If he can ever get that shot down he could be a force.
 
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