I don’t agree at all. We should not be worrying about fit this early in the rebuild. Take the best player possible. Tony just said last night Lauri is the only player he would guarantee getting 30 mins on opening night next year.
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He’s a hesitant shooter as we saw last night. I mean the guy literally is 9/38 from three in his last 13 games.
Also, Topic is a better player and prospect than Keyonte. I’m not passing on him because we have Keyonte. I think that’s wild. So are we passing on Sarr because we have Kessler too?
You pass on Sarr to draft Edey
I definitely need to watch some more Topic film because I didn't come away with your level of confidence when I watched some of his film earlier this year.
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I also read that Sheppard was in the 99th percentile of PNR efficiency.
Bawse Dawg
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If he didn't have shooting concerns he'd be a top 5 lock no matter the draft. Seems like most of the lotto picks have shooting concerns lately. People loved the Thompson twins and Black, and Bilal last year and they had even fewer shooting chops, in a better draft class.
If you watch him play and the admittedly rare times he shoots, I really don't know what people see that makes them so certain he'll never be respectable from three point distance. Feel free to save this post, I will be stunned and eat all the crow if a lack of even an average catch and shoot game ends up washing Castle out of the league, or makes him a fringe player. There is a much better chance he becomes an above average shooter and >40% on open catch and shoots imo.
Sheppard would be a very nice get for the Jazz.
The biggest thing for me is it just doesn’t go in. Of course he can improve and become respectable. He is a hesitant shooter too which doesn’t bode well for his confidence shooting the ball.
Except that it clearly isnt a confidence thing all that much rather than a team concept and dominating his role.
Reed Sheppard took 3 threes against Oakland. Isnt that a bigger admission of lack of confidence if someone as good at shooting as Reed is failing to step up in a game that should have been an easy win?
I mean, if a guy is literally daring you to shoot and you don’t it’s definitely a confidence thing. A wide open three is one of the best shots available (might be the best?).
Reed absolutely played the worst game of his college career against Oakland. A lot of factors went into that but I don’t think Reed has any confidence issues shooting the ball. That is grasping at straws to the highest degree.
Seems like people are acting like he's a top 5 lock and don't see his shooting as a concern at all. I might actually have him in the top 5 of my board, but I still think it's an oversight to see the obvious concern. Most players that are extremely hesitant to shoot and shoot 27% from 3 do not turn into above average shooters. Please do not pull up some anecdotal name that did, that's not how it works. Like I said, there's always a chance a bad shooter turns into a good one, but the extreme confidence people have in him either improving or that it doesn't matter is a bit much for me.
I'm more convinced when people can acknowledge both sides to a topic. Seems like people are just turning a blind eye on Castle's shooting.