I like Green. Ant Man is the more finished product, physically and skill wise. Already better finisher, rebounder, defender and getting to the line. But Thriller has more upside and still room to grow physically as well as his game.
I'm surprised to see Green having a TS over .60 in the G League even though it's lower level competition.
Who has ever said Green only dunks? Minny has KAT and Russell and Malik Beasley all guys who are not shy about putting up shots. Why do you think the surrounding cast for Houston will take away more shots?
Green is literally 6 months younger than Edwards. It is just as possible that Edwards becomes as good of a shooter as it is that Green becomes as physical a player, right? Again, I think they are pretty close.
Maybe some of that has to do with the fact that Edwards was playing against better talent and older grown assed men? Also I bet I could carve out a 15 game sample size where Edwards had a better TSP.
If you want to factor this in you should also consider that they were being blown out for like 90% of the time he was on the floor. NBA players don't try very hard on defense when they're up 20, plus he (probably) spent a decent amount of time against bench players, and "pulling the starters" tier players, which are almost the same as g-league players.
His ts% in college was 52%. His 3 point % actually improved from college to the NBA... but still sucked. This is what he has been so far. Its not KD, a 59% TS in college, coming to the NBA and dropping to under 52% his rookie year as a stick figure in a man's league. Ant has never been super efficient. Maybe Jalen's efficiency goes down in the NBA against bigger players. I actually think it probably does the opposite... playing with better teammates, more spacing, more resources, etc. But we'll see.
There is something to this maybe but I dont think it is as much of a factor as you seem to. The 12th man on an NBA roster is still better than just about everybody on the floor of a g league game.
I will totally give you that Green is probably the better shooter. Edwards was a chucker in college that got moderately less so as a pro. But his shot certainly isnt what Green's appears to be. The question for Green is really going to be how he fares against defenders that he cant dance around or jump over. If he cant score as efficiently as he has then I question if he can amount to the player Edwards is who I think will be the better defender and facilitator.
Edwards isn't really that good. He only went number 1 cause it was such a weak draft. He's a very good athlete but not so much a good basketball player. Skills are still very unrefined. There's room to grow but we'll have to see if he can get there. Right now, he's my least favorite player archetype, the inefficient volume scorer. Green is also primarily a scorer but he is much much more efficient and can do more without the ball in his hands. He also has way more playmaking and defensive upside than Edwards. Green all day.
I am not saying he will ever be more efficient than green, my point was to point out he played against better competition over a longer period of time so using Greens #s over a 15 game sample size is irrelevant. Also I have no idea why you tried to claim Edwards was the focal part of the offense when it is clear he was the 3rd option at best when everyone was healthy. Did you just forget KAT played for Minny?
Meh - I dont really think about Minny that much since I forgot KAT was on that roster - WHOOPS! Was he hurt again this year? I think the JOhn Wall and Christian Wood showcase will take shots away from everyone on the team until they are no longer here. Not a rebuild with token vets who think they are franchise changers.
So you think Wall and Christian will take away more shots than KAT and Russell? How does that make sense?
I don't know what you're talking about?? I didn't say anything about him being the focal point of the offense? Maybe Green's goes down, maybe it goes up. Who knows. Edwards went slightly up. It's hard to see Green hitting a 61% ts% his rookie year as a 19 yr old on a crap team... but he'll be better than Edwards.
Considering Edwards is being developed by MIN , I would say to have as good a rookie year as he did shows his talent level . I think he’s slightly ahead of green . His body was/is more mature . We will see what green can do .
