mattg wrote:Karsenmitsche wrote:Be patient. Lets see what Kidd can do. We're taking a risk on a guy with elite PG skills. Next year we can start to draw conclusions once he has an actual roster. He's being forced to score. This roster is awful.
People keep saying this and it makes me think they are literally blind, but what elite skills are they referring to?
I'd say he has all the makings of an elite defender, and has elite size/athleticism for the PG position. Not elite, but he has very good passing skills, very good first step, and is very good at beating his man off the dribble/turning the corner off screens. And I think he has the potential to be pretty good at finishing around the rim and scoring from the post. He needs to learn to play with more balance when he's going up in traffic.
On the downside, his jump shot is obviously terrible right now, he still leaves his feet too often, especially for someone his size, and he tries to thread the needle too often. He's kinda similar to John Wall in his UK/first couple years in the NBA in that way, but those weaknesses are weaker for MCW and he's not the freakish out of this world athlete that Wall is.
And no, I'm not saying MCW will ever approach Wall as a player, so don't bother jumping on me for that. But he has a lot of the same strengths and weaknesses. His strengths just aren't as strong and weaknesses are weaker.