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Following potential 2015 draftees

Cy said:
His ball handling is completelt average. Strictly a straight line driver. I don't think he will have much play-making ability his first year in the league. He can't work a PNR like Hood can.

He would be like our version of Harrison Barnes.
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Only Barnes shoots 40% from 3 and is much better athlete...
 
stitches said:
Only Barnes shoots 40% from 3 and is much better athlete...
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Damn, Harrison Barnes shot that well from 3 in college?

*Checks stats, Stitches is completely wrong*


Dekker has the potential to be a 40% 3pt shooter in the Warriors offense with all the wide open looks, especially from teh corner, like Barnes gets. Also, it took Barnes 3 years to get to 39% (not 40%).

As far as athlete goes, everyone was flabbergasted when Barnes put up a 40'' vertical because he doesnt play athletic at all. I felt that Dekker actually played more athletically in college than Barnes did, despite playing in a much slower offense. Barnes is the superior athlete, but I think Dekker is the more aggressive athlete.
 
Cy said:
Damn, Harrison Barnes shot that well from 3 in college?

*Checks stats, Stitches is completely wrong*


Dekker has the potential to be a 40% 3pt shooter in the Warriors offense with all the wide open looks, especially from teh corner, like Barnes gets. Also, it took Barnes 3 years to get to 39% (not 40%).

As far as athlete goes, everyone was flabbergasted when Barnes put up a 40'' vertical because he doesnt play athletic at all. I felt that Dekker actually played more athletically in college than Barnes did, despite playing in a much slower offense. Barnes is the superior athlete, but I think Dekker is the more aggressive athlete.
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You could be right and he might get there, nothing is out of the question(even Demarre got to 40% without ever being known as a shooter in college), I just don't see it right now. Nothing in his shot translates to being a 40% shooter. It's very inconsistent, even the ones that were going in in the tournament looked flingy and weird. His FT% also doesn't look great and that's one of the main predictors for future 3p shot potential. If I had to bet and I were getting even money I would bet he never gets to 40%(or even 38%) in his career(on a respectable number of shots).
 
stitches said:
You could be right and he might get there, nothing is out of the question, I just don't see it right now. Nothing in his shot translates to being a 40% shooter. It's very inconsistent, even the ones that were going in in the tournament looked flingy and weird. His FT% also doesn't look great and that's one of the main predictors for future 3p shot potential.
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Shot 39% Freshman year when he had a smaller role on nearly 4 attempts per game....
 
Cy said:
Shot 39% Freshman year when he had a smaller role on nearly 4 attempts per game....
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Well he shot about the same number of shots in last two years(it would matter how many of them were on the catch, rather than off the dribble in the different years - anybody has that stat?) and he never came close to 39 again. He's actually been below average for last two years.
 
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Myles Turner coming in for a workout tomorrow. He's my guy now. Probably this order:

Turner
Kaminsky
Johnson
Booker
Payne
 
stitches said:
Well he shot about the same number of shots in last two years(it would matter how many of them were on the catch, rather than off the dribble in the different years - anybody has that stat?) and he never came close to 39 again. He's actually been below average for last two years.
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Yeah, that the point was in a smaller role where he was probably more focused on simple things he shot well. Shows that he has potential to be a pretty good shooter.
 
Cy said:
Yeah, that the point was in a smaller role where he was probably more focused on simple things he shot well. Shows that he has potential to be a pretty good shooter.
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Possible, but when you consider all other factors - inconsistent form, relatively low FT%, it is more likely indicative of the sample size being noisy than of actual potential.
 
stitches said:
Possible, but when you consider all other factors - inconsistent form, relatively low FT%, it is more likely indicative of the sample size being noisy than of actual potential.
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4 attempts a game is a pretty good sample size. He shot 34.8% from during his 3 year career, which I think might be .5% off the great "40% 3pt shooting" Harrison Barnes during his 2 year college career.
 
Cy said:
4 attempts a game is a pretty good sample size. He shot 34.8% from during his 3 year career, which I think might be .5% off the great "40% 3pt shooting" Harrison Barnes during his 2 year college career.
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Not every player(or not even most) that shoots 35% become great shooters. Shooting 35% in college usually doesn't translate to being a good shooter in the league. Barnes is more an exception than the rule.
 
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