yup when you're not even in the position to draft him, you fake it and portray the clear worse player as some preferred choice. Got em! fools plenty of gullible folks don't worry there's a week left. and after that all these random dart throws will go away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, heard the same **** about Jalen Green (and many others along the way). “Eat, sleeps, and breathes basketball!” “Gym rat” “Undeniable work ethic” “Wants to be great!” _____________________________ “[Green is] very coachable and he’s willing to do the work, put in the work and he’s hungry to learn. He asks a lot of questions about players in the league. And so, when you have that kind of enthusiasm, willing to do the work and not only just do the work, but just the desire to learn as much as you can about the game and what you have, that’s a joy for any coach. And he understands that because he’s so highly talented that he’s already been subjected to people coming at him and trying to knock him off his perch because of where he’s been ranked and the expectation level of him. And he comes every day with that attitude that I’ve seen in some of the special young players that I’ve coached that get it right away. It’s like they don’t want to just make it to the league. They want to impact the team and make a place for themselves and be special. So, he’s always wanting to work. I had to tell him [once] after I cut practice a little short … he said, ‘Coach, I want to be great.’ And I said, ‘You will be great. You keep that attitude, but you also have to let your body rest sometimes and recover.’ … He has that NBA bounce. He has that ‘it’ factor that when you see it you say, ‘OK, I’m keeping an eye on this guy because he has a chance to be really special.’ _____________________________ So obsessed and focused, neither twin has a shot. But they sure can jump out of the gym!
Tilman has already signed off on the Amen selection according to sources. Tilman - "What's the kids name, Amen? A good christian man right there, get it done."
It's actually not good to start specializing in a sport at age 8. Age 14 is the earliest. For orthopedic reasons and for mental reasons. Check out the "American Development Model" for more info on a well-researched approach to developing athletes. It started with hockey* but then expanded to most sports. *US hockey adopted the model from Norway, who dominates the winter Olympics despite having a population the size of Minnesota.
No, they start at 5-6. But they cross train, doing several sports. Emphasis is on learning basics and having fun - not in winning. Training time is limited to no more than 3 hours per week for the first few years. By 14 is when you start to specialize and go hardcore - assuming, of course, the child actually wants to specialize in that sport.
If Amen lands here it will be quite a ride next season when guys are trying to excuse away the bricks and terrible defense in favor of "development" and "court vision". Throwing darts.
Gym rat for over a decade, basketball freak, still can't shoot the ball. So how does that change when, from all accounts, he can't work any harder at it? It's not from a lack of effort, he just can't shoot the basketball.
If Amen steps in and immediately provides court vision then that is already a Day 1 improvement over our fearless leader Kevin Porter Jr. Even "terrible" defense would be an improvement over KPJ, as well.
Think one of the articles said they didn't have a shooting coach until they got to OTE (and even then, it sounds like they switch between the OTE shooting coach, Mike Miller, and who knows if others are involved?). Not saying it is great, but Amen's shooting numbers did improve between year 1 and year 2 (especially his FT% numbers). Also increased his 3PA per game (from 2.0 to 2.9). I have no idea how long it takes to "fix" a shot, especially if you need to work nearly from scratch. I'm not sure if they just tried to tweak his shot at OTE or completely re-work it, but if it was the latter, I'm guessing that takes time.
Impossible. Upside does not matter. Shooting is all that matters, which is why we should take Grady Dick at #4.