Walker Kessler Hype & Appreciation Thread

[HermanG]

I need to see more dawg. Without more dawg, I prefer the 5-out combos in most scenarios.

Walker is in the right place to develop. Glad he's on the team.

Theoretically most of his offensive issues including "the lack of dawg" might just be because he is scared of the stripe. He seems like a dawg in the defensive end, and isnt even afraid to get posterized.

I think he is just trying to maximize his output on offense, and knows that wont happen from the stripe.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Theoretically most of his offensive issues including "the lack of dawg" might just be because he is scared of the stripe. He seems like a dawg in the defensive end, and isnt even afraid to get posterized.

I think he is just trying to maximize his output on offense, and knows that wont happen from the stripe.

I dont think that's the case.

He's on dog on D because he knows he's great at it.

He's timid on offense because he's hyper aware of his deficiencies and doesnt want to let the team down by failing.

 

[Mr. T]

I dont think that's the case.

He's on dog on D because he knows he's great at it.

He's timid on offense because he's hyper aware of his deficiencies and doesnt want to let the team down by failing.

Basically what both of you are saying is pretty much accurate. Almost same thing in different words.

 

[fishonjazz]

Speaking of bad free throw shooting...... Basically airballed 2 free throws on one trip to the line lol. Barely grazed the rim on the first attempt and didn't even come close to the rim on the second one. I think I have seen pretty much every free throw attempt of Kessler's career and he never did this

View: https://youtu.be/fMrLNqoPKRI?si=8268-e5OSoyS6nCr


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[Saint Cy of JFC]

Basically what both of you are saying is pretty much accurate. Almost same thing in different words.

I think it's less being scared of going to the stripe and just being scared of missing a shot or getting blocked.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

When Walker learns how to not to be a liability on offense he can be very good.

At some point other teams are going to start intentionally fouling him. The Jazz offense is becoming that good.

We're pretty much already at that point. The guys only pass the ball to Walker near the basket when it's an open dunk. You know he's gonna get fouled otherwise.

 

[fishonjazz]

We're pretty much already at that point. The guys only pass the ball to Walker near the basket when it's an open dunk. You know he's gonna get fouled otherwise.

Actually he gets the ball on the perimeter quite often. Almost always a handoff happens soon after. Occasionally he gets it in the corner for a three point attempt.

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[Tremendous Upside]

Actually he gets the ball on the perimeter quite often. Almost always a handoff happens soon after. Occasionally he gets it in the corner for a three point attempt.

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Yes, that's why I said "near the basket". He's not gonna get hacked on the perimeter, so it's safer to give him the ball there.

Or... at least we haven't yet seen him get fouled away from the basket. But in the playoffs, Hack-a-Walker will probably be on the menu if it's a way to put him on the FT line and take the ball away from the Jazz.

 

[fishonjazz]

Yes, that's why I said "near the basket". He's not gonna get hacked on the perimeter, so it's safer to give him the ball there.

Or... at least we haven't yet seen him get fouled away from the basket. But in the playoffs, Hack-a-Walker will probably be on the menu if it's a way to put him on the FT line and take the ball away from the Jazz.

Cy post spoke intentionally fouling him. (hack a Kessler) so I thought that is what we were talking about.
Would be a better strategy to do it on the perimeter. Do it when he is near the basket (where he shoots something like 70% I'm sure) and you risk a 3 point opportunity.

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[Tremendous Upside]

Do it when he is near the basket (where he shoots something like 70% I'm sure) and you risk a 3 point opportunity.

Kessler needs to go up a lot stronger to get those and-ones. Right now you just wrap him up and he can't score.

 

[fishonjazz]

Kessler needs to go up a lot stronger to get those and-ones. Right now you just wrap him up and he can't score.

Do you think he is more likey to get an and one further away from the basket? I have seen him get and ones before on dunks. Never on a jumper though.

I do agree that kessler isn't Shaq though.

Expecting Kessler to score when a player wraps him up is kinda dumb. He can go up as hard as anyone in the league but if he gets wrapped up he isn't going to score. Foul anyone in the league hard enough and they won't score.

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[fishonjazz]

Kessler leads the NBA in blocks per possession. Wemby is number 2. Lopez is number 3.

Kessler is third in the NBA in blocks per game. This is despite averaging 5 fewer minutes than Wembanyama (1st) and 8 fewer than Brook Lopez (2nd).

Walker only gets 4.3 fouls per 100, which is actually on the lower end for the top 10 in blocks per 100. Pretty amazing for a young guy.
Wemby only gets 3.7 fouls per 100, easily the lowest in the top 10. Crazy ****.

Wemby only contests 8.9 shots/game, compared to 11.6 for Kessler and 17.2 for Lopez. This could show how willing players are to even attempt a shot in these players area.


Wemby is going to be the reason Kessler can't win dpoy awards on the future lol. Wemby is really good defensively.
There is only one guy over 31 in the top 35 players in blocks per 100. Brook being #2 at 35 years old is just insane.
Kessler is simply an amazing paint defender.

Everyone knows I love me some Kessler. But the free throws and lack of offense in general makes me wonder if he should be part of the core going forward. I'm torn. Elite defenders like him are hard to come by but he has fatal flaws. I wonder what we could get in a trade for him. Young guy with an elite skill who is on a cheap contract and probably won't demand huge money on his next one would seemingly have some value but I don't know much about these things. @Handlogten's Heros @Saint Cy of JFC @Elizah Huge if we were to put him on the trade market would he have a lot of value?

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