I didn’t see the last game but the eye test in garbage time makes me feel as though he has more upside than either old Gay or Paschall. Probably need to see more to make a proper comparison between him and Paschall though.
I still think Gay getting his legs back has the highest upside, although as I've said my hope in that happening is quickly diminishing. Paschall has more upside as an overall player, but Juancho brings more length and rebounding which are sorely needed in many of our lineups. I'm honestly not sure what Juancho's upside is as a shooter. His shot has looked pretty bad for us so far. Looking at his 3P% over his career it has kind of been all over the place. He's a career 34% shooter on 668 total attempts, so that's probably what we should expect.
Agreed. Though I also agree with SoberasHotRod that Gay playing up to his past ability is the best case scenario. I just dont think its ever going to happen at this point. The Rudy Gay that many of us thought we were getting was exactly what this team needed. To bad it didn't work out.
I liked his one hand lay-up with the left hand. Add to the list of truly ambidextrous players on this team.
I like him… I think he’s the most averageish forward though. Hopefully we keep him around on a minimum deal next year.
too much arc on that shot. but also there was a nice bounce pass to Rudy that reminds me so much of Mike Conley.
He really seems to only be able to shoot when he is truly spotting up and has a few seconds to get his feet set. Any motion at all, a simple single dribble, or a slight step to the side, or catching on the move, or a slight breeze pushing him minutely off-balance, is enough to send his shot careering wildly against the rim at some weird angle. I haven't seen many shooters miss so utterly randomly as he seems to. One shot off the back of the rim, one between the rim and backboard, one off the left side of the rim, one barely glances off the right front of the rim, an air ball. one nearly hits the side of the backboard. The dude is just all over the place. But we have seen if he can just sit there, have his feet set, and catch and shoot it without any other movement he can hit the shot. But wow, I think he is the most inconsistent "shooter" I have seen. The shooting coaches have their work cut out for them.
You have seen Russell Westbrook shoot, haven't you?
He is easily the biggest and best surprise in all this. I did not expect that kind of energy or especially skill on defense. He can hit the open 3 if he is set, and he seems more consistent at it than NAW, missing usually long or short like someone who can actually shoot the ball. Good shooters tend to miss on distance, not direction. NAW misses all over the place, but Juancho tends to miss long or short. He will be a good asset in the playoffs if he can just give us 10 minutes of energy and pesky D. I like the lineup with Butler, NAW, Paschall, Juancho, and Whiteside. Yeah odds are we won't see that in the playoffs but they have a different energy to the starters sometimes. At least worth some burn in the regular season. Make us surprisingly deep as a team.
I wasn't counting clowns. Lots of clowns with worse shots.
