I didn't say longer, I said bigger. There's no way Amen is anywhere near as muscley as current Amen. I'd hazard that Amen could bully ball SGA.
Is it outrageous to expect 32.8% on 2 attempts from 3PT range from Amen? Those are Jimmy Butler’s career shooting numbers.
Maybe, but the question then becomes if a team can survive with a guy pretending to be a guard while shooting so poorly in the modern nba. There's a reason Jimmy Butler has been slotted at the 4 most of the time the past several years.
Amen and a consistent middy = top 10 player. If he starts hitting 3's, he's top 5 eventually based off the fact he'll continue to get better on the defensive end too, which is crazy.
Fun Amen Thompson year 2 splits: 0 days rest - .656 TS%, .348 3P%, .783 FT% 1 day rest - .594 TS%, .316 3P%, .677 FT% 2+ days rest - .581 TS%, .167 3P%, .635 FT% This man is a rhythm player and as his role grows he's going to get more and more into that rhythm.
It's the offseason, so I'll allow some insanely overly optimistic predictions.... just so long as we all realize that he's much more likely to be closer to 30% from 3.... and even 30% is optimistic and would represent stellar improvement. But for now, why not? Let's go nuts and predict an 82 win season.
That bold part makes me think of an interview with Charlie Kerfeld after the Astros first loss(i think the 87 season). The reporter asked if he was disappointed after the teams first loss of the season and he said yes, he really thought they were going to go 162-0.
