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KqWIN said:
I did a lot of this last draft cycle, so maybe I can find it, but small guards are overrepresented in all star games than pretty much any other group when you consider their draft position. I think they fall in the draft because of the obvious issues with small guards, but there are lots of them that turn into good players. Just this year in the all star game we had Dame, Mitchell, Trae, Maxey, Brunson, and Steph. If you're looking for the MVP type guy I think this falls apart. But if you're just looking for a really good player, I think small guard is not a huge deterrent because there are just so many of them that are.

For Jase, I think he's at the intersection of two things that we underrate. One we be the small guard thing I just mentioned. I think the fact that they are an undesirable archetype makes them underrated to some extent. The other thing would be lower usage players and their star potential. When you exclude the obvious elite prospect (this year would be Flagg and Harper), lower usage guys turn into stars at about the same rate as high usage players. It's almost 50/50, but I'm not sure people view it is a 50/50. When you're trying to find a star, I think the ability to scale up is something we should think about more.

I did notice that he was very left hand dominant and yes it does worry me a bit. But I guess I'm a little biased because I saw how successful Mitchell was despite being so right hand dominant.
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Take away the fact that mid tier players from the East are made all stars because of the moronic way we pick all stars and these small guards woukd not overly represented.
 
rippimpc said:
Sarah Todd needs a hug
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My take on Sarah Todd is that she wants to be an NBA reporter but she has to cover the Jazz. I feel like she would take any other assignment over the one she has. The fact we ate tanking and irrekevant makes things worse.

Because of this she is almost constantly salty.
 
Okay, I'm pretty sure the 76ers prefer Kon at 3.

If you look at Morey's track record of hits, it's guys who were limited by either their situation or by their terrible coach. Harden came off the bench because Durant and Westbrook had such high usage. Tyrese Maxey, Justin Edwards, and Jared McCain all had terrible coaches and a ton of teammates taking their possessions.

Who is a guy who was potentially limited by a terrible coach and other players taking up a ton of usage? It's Kon. Kon is questioned for not taking shots off the dribble in college... But maybe he didn't because his teammates were so good that it was pointless to do so. Maybe in the NBA he will be able to do this and that will make him a much more dangerous offensive player.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
He's not. He's a solid tier or two above Key, or Brice for that matter.
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A tier or two above Keyonte is fair but Brice is shooting 46% FG and 42% 3FG last season on 5 3s a game. I can't see how Tre is going to shoot better than Brice by the percentages. I assume you mean by volume but whos to say Brice can't maintain his percentages if he was given more shots? Perhaps Tre will be better in the ancillary stuff but how much better? Tre's other skills aren't all that noteworthy.
 
Basketball Novice said:
A tier or two above Keyonte is fair but Brice is shooting 46% FG and 42% 3FG last season on 5 3s a game. I can't see how Tre is going to shoot better than Brice by the percentages. I assume you mean by volume but whos to say Brice can't maintain his percentages if he was given more shots? Perhaps Tre will be better in the ancillary stuff but how much better? Tre's other skills aren't all that noteworthy.
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Brice's issue is that he's slow. His decision-making is slow, his handle and shot setup are slow, his shooting motion is slow. I love his shooting and I like his ability to play at his own speed, but he needs someone else to create time and space for him to do these things. Right now, he's a floor-spacer, a catch-and-shoot player who can attack a closeout a bit. He's not a primary offensive player. Whereas, Tre is. You'll see the difference right away if they're ever on the floor together.

The best thing Brice can do is to keep working on his body, keep working on his defense and ball movement, and see if he can be the Jazz's version of Aaron Nesmith.
 
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