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KqWIN said:
It’s early of course, but Grady is an example of how horrible a guy can look in early on in his rookie year and still pan out well. Sometimes the predraft view remains true even after an ugly start.
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For rookies you have to just look for the flashes, and then hope they get more consistent over time. I remember Hayward was really rough to start his rookie season as well, and then started to show promise by the end of the year.

You can tell the rookies are just trying to figure out where to be on the court. They get lost. They are thinking, not reacting. It's hard to look good until you at least get that stuff down.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
For rookies you have to just look for the flashes, and then hope they get more consistent over time. I remember Hayward was really rough to start his rookie season as well, and then started to show promise by the end of the year.

You can tell the rookies are just trying to figure out where to be on the court. They get lost. They are thinking, not reacting. It's hard to look good until you at least get that stuff down.
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I went back and looked at Gordon Hayward's rookie year box score stats: https://www.nba.com/stats/player/20...-11&SeasonType=Regular Season&PerMode=PerGame

I think this is what you might hope for, as far as rookie year progression, from Cody Williams. Hayward didn't have his first double digit scoring game until December 29th of his rookie season. He then had 2 double digit scoring games in January, 2 more in February, 4 in March, and then had a really good April. Similar to Cody, Hayward came in to the league physically weaker than everyone, without elite athleticism to make up for it. It took him awhile to figure out how to get shots off and where he could be successful on offense.

For the record I'm not saying that Cody is Hayward, just that you hope to see the kind of progression and flashes that we saw with Hayward in his rookie year.
 
HermanG said:
Way premature on Topic, but Bilal does look massively improved. He looks like one of those "super athletic raw talent" guys who lacked some fundamental basketball skills when they were drafted, but who actually ends up learning those skills.
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Guys who are considered high-level prospects at age 18 generally do have some extra development potential. At least, that's a conclusion I've come to over the years.
 
An incredible stat early on in the season....7'0 tall Deandre DominAyton has 67 FG attempts and only 3 FT attempts. Dude is one of the most skilled bigs in the league, but he uses his ability to avoid contact. I like to think he is protesting against modern day foul baiting.
 
Many of you are violating the 90-day moratorium by lustfully looking at other prospects in the Tay Henny draft. First offense is a warning.
 
SoberasHotRod said:
Hey, you started this thread. You wanted us to talk about non-Jazz players.
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It was supposed to be about teasing the Lakers. Only need to avoid the guys that were drafted in the 2023 draft that may have been options other than Taylor. Also, I'm kidding talk about whoever you want lol. Just do not use the phrase French Scottie Pippen as my sad heart can't handle it right now.
 
KqWIN said:
His name is too cool sounding for him to not get another shot in the NBA. If his name was Robert Jones he would need to start learning Chinese.

I though JHS was very obviously a bad prospect, but I didn't think Bronny would have a longer career than him.
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He will but the nba is so deep. Some of the guys that don’t make rosters are kinda shocking. Someone at least gives him a minimum tho and gets a good look at him.
 
The JHS news is really kind of crazy. I'm not sure I remember a team giving up on a first round pick this soon. It makes me wonder if there is something non basketball related going on.
 
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After being waived by the Bulls earlier this month, forward Kenneth Lofton Jr. has officially joined the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association.

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Lofton suited up for the Sharks for the first time on Thursday, per Asia-Basket.com, compiling 18 points and 10 rebounds across 19 minutes in his CBA debut.
 
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