Keyontae George progression watch this year

[NAOS_pt2]

The screenshot you posted is not the actual.

At the top of the screen:

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You need to click "Actual".

This is so lol.

But he’s needed to eat crow, stop crying, or admit he was wrong 10k+ times and had never done that.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Watching the film, keyonte does look like *** a lot tho

IMO he has undoubtedly gotten better defensively. A lot better? Maybe not, but simply just not complaining as much has improved his defensive ability and he does seem to "lock in" for the clutch possessions at times.

 

[rippimpc]

Think I got it to work this time. This was the highlighted play that felt egregious. Just one play but not great.

 

[outerspacefan]

How about defense?

We've already seen George contributions on D at some important moments of games.
He's just a really young guard at 22 without a monster physical profile but with a will to work hard... he will be ok and he's going to have a very nice NBA career.

 

[donAZ62]

Here's an interesting little tidbit of historical context:

In the past eight games, George has averaged 30.0 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 7.0 assists on a true shooting percentage of 65%–– which is a stat line only two players in NBA history at age 23 or younger have ever put together in the same timeframe: Luka Doncic and Michael Jordan.

 

[rippimpc]

Crazy that we have the next Luka Doncic / Michael Jordan

 

[NUMBERICA]

Gotta be runaway MIP, right?

Since I don’t believe rookie contract players should be eligible for the award (this is usually where the leaps happen), no.

 

[KqWIN]

Key being the #2 worst and not #1 being in a metric is being considered a win. That’s kind of where we’re at with that rn lol.

I think the best rationale for thinking Key is not actually this bad or can have a quick turnaround is the belief that our defense is artificially bad because of tanking/Hardy being bad or not caring about defense. Obviously we've had a lot of that these past few seasons so it's reasonable. A truer test will come when tanking is in the rear view. I could buy into the idea that he's just regular bad and not league worst. Like I was saying earlier, I kinda think there's a chance he's on a Garland or Lavine like trajectory (coming from a Lavine apologist). Could make a couple all star games that way.

FWIW, Lauri's APM stuff has remained constant throughout the tanking, but he's sitting out during the most tanky moments.