Honestly Clingan as the primary back up to Sengun would look real nice now given Sengun's back is iffy now. But the Rockets front office probably didn't want to optics of drafting a guy 3rd who's position is the same as the team's young star player.
I compared Bari and Reed college careers - Bari was far more aggressive and took way more attempts than Reed
I think Reed, just like Jabari is struggling with the longer 3pt shot. College it is 20' all around the court. In the NBA it is 22' in the corers and 23'9" along the top, I believe that is the struggle atm....just needs to focus on his middy game and practice the longer distance for a while until it gets good as well. DD
Too early to call Reed a bust in his rookie year, but he needs to work on a lot of things this off season.
This is just prep and film study. He did better towards the end of the game. That's where his "sneaky" athleticism matters. He's a great athlete. If FVV can do it....Reed sure as hell can so it. Reed's only issue is between the ears. He thinks too much. Jabari did this as well but Reed can at least dribble and chew gum at the same time. He was part of the unit that got us the lead (it was his steal that did it). I thought he'd be way worse defensively than he's been. Also thought he'd be way more efficient offensively as well so obviously still work to do.
I’ve been saying since early on he needs a sport psychologist. Looked great in SL. Supposedly keeping up with starters in practice. Dominated G-League. Yet looks like Ben Simmons out there. More aggressive now but his shot has been off. This boy needs to spend every weekend partying with Harden to get some swag going.
His mechanics are essentially perfect, so it's 100% in his head, rookie nerves basically. He just needs experience to get comfortable with the speed and athleticism of the NBA game. This will happen more quickly if he isn't made to think he'll be immediately benched for the rest of the game if he ever misses a shot or fails to take a shot. He was fine in the G League because it's an inferior league to what he was used to in college, easy for him to be comfortable at that lower level.
dude sucks, and it’s getting to the point that people are starting to straight up cope now we’re acting like he balled out when he went 5-14 for 16 points or praising him for getting a block or a steal like when a kid’s drawing is garbage, but u pretend and act like it’s really nice
We didn't know his shot wouldn't translate at the time. It was either him or Castle and Sheppard looked like he was a better fit.
We should be able to compartmentalize and call him a bust for the first 50 games......but doesn't mean he stays a bust. If you wanna go soft on him ....a mini bust not given any playing time. There is no reason to be absolute on any of those things.
I don't think the distance is the issue. As already pointed out, he shot plenty of NBA disdance threes at UK and was over 50% on them. To me it looks like he's deferring too much. When he catches the ball and has a window to shoot, he doesn't let it fly. Instead, he looks to see if any of his teammates are open. Once he does that, then his shooting window is gone. When he went to RGV, he didn't do that. If he had room, then he shot it. That allowed him to get into rythm.
The deference and him looking like a baby with mustache does it for me......I hope he can just bulldoze players.
Let me preface this by saying this isn't my opinion, but what i've heard: Last time he played on a real team that was trying to be competitive, he was shooting 38-39% from 3 on good volume. He's on a joke team now and his volume is outa control. Put him on a real team, with real structure, can his efficiency take a big jump? I'm not saying yes, but that's kinda the theory of it. He's certainly a talented dude but idk that i'd give up a ton for him.
I posted in the wrong thread. My reply has been moved to the Lamelo thread. Apologies for moving my reply out from under you. This is his 5th season and he hasn't been very efficient in any of them. Why do we think he would be available?
