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OK, so the best comp. I can come up with for Aaron Gordon is The Matrix - Shawn Marion

- Can defend 1-4

- Unreliable 3 pt shooter

- Gets his offense from put backs and dunks and the occasional 3's when he's hot

- Extremely athletic

- Potential Slamdunk Champ


Can I live with that? May be. Do I want to? Not really.
 
Hotttnickkk said:
OK, so the best comp. I can come up with for Aaron Gordon is The Matrix - Shawn Marion

- Can defend 1-4

- Unreliable 3 pt shooter

- Gets his offense from put backs and dunks and the occasional 3's when he's hot

- Extremely athletic

- Potential Slamdunk Champ


Can I live with that? May be. Do I want to? Not really.
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So you mean a poor man Marion. Marion can at least hit free throws and I trust Marion X1,000,000 more to shoot a 3pt shot.

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was just about to post 'a poor mans marion'

after Marion's rookie year he had a 7 year stretch where he averaged 19.3 points, 10 rebounds, 1.4blocks and 1.9steals per on 34% shooting from downtown
 
Hotttnickkk said:
OK, so the best comp. I can come up with for Aaron Gordon is The Matrix - Shawn Marion

- Can defend 1-4

- Unreliable 3 pt shooter

- Gets his offense from put backs and dunks and the occasional 3's when he's hot

- Extremely athletic

- Potential Slamdunk Champ


Can I live with that? May be. Do I want to? Not really.
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Even at that, you are being awfully kind to Gordon. In his one season at UNLV Marion averaged 19 and 9 on 52% FGs. He was a star. Gordon is just, well, sort of there. He'll run the break, get a put back here and there, play some defense, hit an occasional three (but misses too many as well) but he's not a guy you rely on, you run an offense through, the other teams game plan for. It's a shame we won't get to see him play another year in the NCAA. It's actually a shame we don't get to see all these freshmen another year in college. It would be interesting to see some or all of them get exposed for the potential mediocre players they are - like Harrison Barnes who was the same ****ty player as a soph he was as a freshman and is now stinking up the NBA. As freshmen, they get a pass for their inconsistency and mistakes, but as they play more years, that is no longer an excuse.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
Even at that, you are being awfully kind to Gordon. In his one season at UNLV Marion averaged 19 and 9 on 52% FGs. He was a star. Gordon is just, well, sort of there. He'll run the break, get a put back here and there, play some defense, hit an occasional three (but misses too many as well) but he's not a guy you rely on, you run an offense through, the other teams game plan for. It's a shame we won't get to see him play another year in the NCAA. It's actually a shame we don't get to see all these freshmen another year in college. It would be interesting to see some or all of them get exposed for the potential mediocre players they are - like Harrison Barnes who was the same ****ty player as a soph he was as a freshman and is now stinking up the NBA. As freshmen, they get a pass for their inconsistency and mistakes, but as they play more years, that is no longer an excuse.
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Great point about Barnes. Do you think GS would rather keep Draymond Green or Harrison Barnes?

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Yeah, Marion is an absolute ceiling for Gordon. I doubt that he's close to it.
 
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