The reason you (and others) are so down on Bari is because Silas is playing him like he is an Ariza - spot up shooter type.. The man (Bari) has so many other skills besides standing in the corner waiting for a pass. Now it's up to this child to figure out how to play in an offense that does him no favors or even features his strengths on offense. Silas is making all these talented players into garbage because he wants them to fit into a trash offense that don't maximize their strengths. Bari, Sengun, Jalen are all suffering because Silas wants them to be players they are not.
This could be true. I really want Jabari to get more shots and at least be given the chance to take more risks on offense. If he turns out good I will happily eat crow and buy his jersey. But for now, he is the most one-dimensional top pick I have ever seen. Just jump shooting at low efficiency. We knew he had bad handles and rim finishing beforehand but he's not really getting a chance to improve on it in game. I do love his attitude though but it means nothing if he doesn't develop. I love Bev's attitude too etc ... Man I'm just bitter. At least with Jalen last year you could see the otherworldly athleticism even though his shots weren't falling. Our top pick before that Yao ... Once he got going in his rookie season, every game he did something that made you go WTF how does a man that size do that ... And we improved from being bottom tier to almost making the playoffs. You could argue STAT had the better career but when healthy there was no arguing that we had the best player from that draft. Can't believe we almost beat the Champion Lakers without Yao, without Deke, and with TMac's 21mil corpse cheering for the Lakers. And before that, Stevie, he relied on his supreme talent and never developed his game properly ... So when his athleticism went so did his career. But in those early years, he was one of the top PGs in the league. I just want another home-grown superstar dammit. Hopefully something changes soon, Silas, Gordon, whatever. Just give Jabari more opportunities and lets see what we've really got.
What a dumb ****ing comparison and analysis. Of course this ultimate homer gonna compare our #3 overall rookie pick to the #3 greatest Power Forward OF ALL freaking TIME. I want Jabari to succeed but damn y’all mfers make it hard sometimes. Their games are literally NOTHING alike and you don’t know shiiiet about KG clearly. Here’s our 6’11 Bari looking like a SG/SF with no handles playing smaller than he is. Here’s KG showing elite footwork, quick bounce and natural comfort around the hoop, legit post skills as a 19 year old rookie and playing bigger than he is. Definitely “no big man skills whatsoever” here .
I disagree. KG’s footwork was great early, with Jabari it may be his biggest weakness. Luckily Jabari can improve on it but he needs to really work at it.
I suppose they suck ass if you’re trying to win a title. James Harden feels me. This man literally put on a mid range clinic to win a title. He shot a total of only 11 three pointers over 6 games. When the whistles dry up, you go cold from 3 and the paint is locked down a strong mid range game is absolutely necessary. https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/dwyane-wade-shot-chart-in-the-2006-nba-finals
Pretty short sighted post. An upgrade on Ariza is his floor, right now. You know what a 6'10 Ariza is? A future star. Can he develop into a superstar in the future? Who knows, but EVERY contending team would love to have a 6'10 shooter who can defend multiple positions.
He’s getting better with his drives. He still needs tk learn how to depend on his hieght on defense. He really doesn’t need to leave his feet so dramatically to defend. Battier needs to earn his paycheck and get in the gym with this guy.
We should genuinely pay Battier big money to teach the more talented defenders on the roster how to prepare for a game the way he did. Imagine Bari's skills with Battier's approach to the game? That's a multiple DPOY quality player if that happened.
That’s his floor and he’s already there. As a rookie Lewis shot 17% from 3 and 33% in his second year. Jabari is already at 33% from 3. And yea I know he is under 40% overall. He’s a rookie in a garbage offensive system. But as a tweet above acknowledges he’s improved on his drives and finishing at the rim. His perimeter defense last night was fantastic. He struggles with smaller quicker players but lumbering oversized wings like Luka he can get very low and stay in front of. I feel like he’s actually ahead of schedule offensively. He attacks the boards better than I expected especially given his lack of weight and strength.
A 6’10 Ariza is just a 6’10 Ariza. Being taller doesn’t solve not being able to create his own offense. And I don’t doubt your point, I’m just not going to pretend to be happy with a role player at #3. Do y’all reserve the same optimism for ALL young Rockets? What is it about Jabari specifically? Good attitude yes, tries on D yes, good size but limited athleticism, currently doing the one thing on O he’s supposed to be elite at poorly, missing plenty of open shots.
I guess this is the fundamental difference between you and I; I don't give a damn if he's able to create his own offense at all. I literally give zero craps about it and if he never does, I still give zero craps. You seem stuck on this weird notion that one has to be an elite shot creator to be a star whereas that is just one possible aspect of being a star to me. If he can become a consistent dead eye shooter on one end and our defensive anchor on the other, I will be 100% satisfied. That means he can be a #2 option to any superstar similar to Klay and Curry. Plus, once he establishes that turn around midrange jumper that he's flashed already this season, that would be his shot creation. I reserve optimism for all rookies and to a decent extent, sophomores. Going from collegiate to NBA is jarring. Some people make the transition easier than others, but I am not going to be upset about a rookie struggling or a sophomore struggling after opposing teams have sufficient scouting data on them. As for his shooting woes, I similarly don't give a crap. I am willing to bank on the hundreds of long range bombs that he rained on opposing team at near 40% accuracy prior to the huge step of joining the NBA. While there are no doubt some special cases, most great shooters don't just forget how to shoot.
And if stats are being established into alphabet gang sections (PER / VORP etc) by morons then there is no need to really use the game film for anything, they may as well just turn the league into all star weekend format inclusive with a game of horse and call it a day
Of course he was wavering because he told them he wanted 5million$ more than what they originally offered and OKC was being cheapskates and traded him for a cheap package in return
He was wavering because he didn't want to leave a great situation. They gave him like a day to decide.
Yeah I have to agree it's a pretty horrid comparison! Young KG was quick, fluid and explosive! The EXACT OPPOSITE of what Jabari has shown so far! Only thing they really have in common is that they're both skinny! Jabari's young and looks to want to improve at least and from what I've heard he's got a strong work ethic like Jalen does so there's hope long-term. He needs a plan this offseason though! You've gotta practice SMART in addition to long and hard! I wonder if Locas will try to shorten his gather and release to speed up his jumper like he did with JG?
