Burying the dumb **** about Clayton Jr not being "athletic"
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seattlejazzfan
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The first highlight here should put any argument to rest
View: https://youtu.be/8LyDv1uHzeU?si=WSfvw4b2ZR7VrmkX
View: https://youtu.be/8LyDv1uHzeU?si=WSfvw4b2ZR7VrmkX
@Ferguson_Mellochill , in particular.
I've been on vacation for the last week, and haven't kept up on everything as well as I normally do. Are people really complaining about WCJ's athleticism?
He's not a 1% athlete or anything, but he's obviously an NBA level athlete.
He's not a 1% athlete or anything, but he's obviously an NBA level athlete.
What I learned, above all else, from this video is that he was teammates with Ben Handlogten’s son. @Handlogten's Heros this deserves its own podcast. Kid was born in December of 2003, too, so he’s a Jazz kid.
I mean, he was a D1 football recruit. That right there tells you he's probably an athlete given football is the most athletic american sport.
That just means he is a small guard. Do you really expect centers and power forwards to be more agile, fast and jump higher off the ground than small PGs?
My comment was that his limited size and athleticism limit his ability to get where he wants to go on the floor without using screens. Watch him try to playmake against NBA defenders. Sure, he's a good athlete overall, but he's not ideally your lead on-ball guard. He's not beating people off the dribble much on his own, and he's not big enough to make plays over the top.
I mean, the lane agility, shuttle run, and sprints suggest he is fast enough. If he needs a screen, then maybe it's his handle? That can obviously be improved in a way that speed and agility cannot.
I'm just pushing back on what I perceive to be any bromide against players that don't fit some idealized mold. You seem to be a guy who wants everybody to be plus-sized for their position and will lob lazy critiques if the player doesn't meet your 22nd century specifications.
RandyForRubio
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Clayton tests as a more than fine athlete, but this is really where functional athleticism comes to play for me. He never seems like he’s a bad athlete on the court, and ultimately, that’s all that matters.
