Can’t speak for the OP but I think this was the point that was obviously implied.
Keyonte George Hype & Appreciation Thread
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Yeah, whatever the point is, I'll bet on the MVP candidate having the better career.
Wasn't it the other way around during his college season?
seattlejazzfan
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same. i will turn it over to other nba games or nfl, college fb/bb, when i know George will be sitting for a stretch. tht, clarkson, olynyk, are insufferable to watch.
George W
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Key's main downside is a lack of strength. He looks a lil thin out there when he's driving into the trees.
His shot -- mechanics, confidence -- are excellent. Capable passer, smart player who really cares. He lacks strength on drives (always looks like he's gonna break a limb in there). Once the drives start going his midrange will open up. He's 10-15lb of muscle away from being a consistent all-star threat
- George
His shot -- mechanics, confidence -- are excellent. Capable passer, smart player who really cares. He lacks strength on drives (always looks like he's gonna break a limb in there). Once the drives start going his midrange will open up. He's 10-15lb of muscle away from being a consistent all-star threat
- George
Domino
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He lost a ton of weight after college to get down to an nba weight so I’m sure he’s trying to rebuild that mass in muscle
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Tremendous Upside
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The truth is that all the numbers still point to Keyonte being one of the worst rotation players – if not THE worst – so far. His shooting percentages are off-the-scale horrible and he's at the bottom of the barrel in all the most important defensive metrics, together with Clarkson and Sexton.
Now, the fact that he's a rookie combo guard playing the most difficult position in the league means that I'm not gonna get that down on him at this point. He'll learn and improve. But I'm pumping the brakes on calling him the surefire starting PG of the future or a #1 building block.
His shooting will most likely improve, it's not like he's missing badly(except off the glass while driving) or taking bad shots he just isn't there yet. He showed us he could play in control at PG when just focused on distribution. The AST/TO ratio at that point was exceptional, if we could shoot well his AST numbers would have been exceptional. Lately with the green light he's doing a pretty good job. The three isn't dropping but last nights performance showed he can drive and score or draw a foul. The eye test shows he is confident, can put himself anywhere on the court and generally makes good passes, even if we don't convert wide open looks. Most importantly his timing is really good and if we were a good team he would look a lot better. On defense he looks pretty good at times but it's obvious his focus is on offense. He's not going to have it all instantly. Considering his age and experience he's a pretty stellar talent, let's hope he gets better at shooting.
jom2003
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He has to. His shooting percentage is the worst in the league by a fine margin for players with significant minutes/volume at 34.7%. Leagues average is like 44% so he's shooting a whopping 10% below the leagues average. Shooting this poorly simply negates everything else he does on the court. Not to mention he also happened to be one of the leagues worst defenders. I mean people wrote Kilian Hayes off and labeled him a bust everywhere on the internet when he was also like 20 yrs old(still just 22 today) and even he shot a higher percentage while being a much better defender.