He takes the tougher shots, sometimes dumb and loses a lot of dribbles, easily stripped .... but he is a well built tank that can bully you like Giannis and Mini Shaq. Reminds me of what Zion should have been......ironically Bball IQ growing.
So far the top 3 of the 22 draft are playing oddly in line with my expectations in terms of strengths and weaknesses. Banchero is a really polished and excellent offensive player, but doesn't look franchise carry good and his 3 ball has been inconsistent. Holmgren is easily the most valuable player of the 3...and he's also already missed a full season due to injury. Jabari's offense is lagging behind the others, but he's showing himself to be a very valuable 3 and d frontcourt player.
Paolo's improvement in 3pt shooting takes him to another level. Everything else is aligned with expectations.
This is what Jabari needs to be doing. Scoring off the dribble. You can't be a franchise player waiting for set shots.
Franz Wagner elimination game 1-15. CF told me he was the star of the team. Meanwhile, Paolo dropped 38 points and 16 rebounds.
if firestone didn't go on a lunch date with ranchero, magic gm wouldn't have gotten jelly and drafted him at 1.
LOL, when did they tell you that? In 2022/23, they were near equal. All this season, Paolo has clearly been better. Wagner must become a dangerous 3-point shooter to be a star. If Paolo does that, he might become a top-5 player.
I'm still fine with him going #1. We have the better big in Sengun and Smith is a better fit next to him.
