RookieStar wrote:What I love about Paolo?
The fact that we finally have that guy we can just give the ball to during crunch time and expect a positive outcome.
The fact that we finally have someone that gets calls and get to the line when driving to the hoop.
It's too early to proclaim he will able to do all that in playoff games. He *should* have body where he will be hard player to contain.
I look at Randle ,and guy shoots 47% FG in regular season and 34% in playoffs because refs simply refuse to bail out his dumb attemps, where in regular season they give him all the bailout calls.
For example vs Heat, Heat created "web" to catch him. Adebayo was on him, and whenever he recived ball in post, they were trapping him and forced him to pass ball or attemp horrible looking hook & mid range shots. As outcome, he averaged 4 turnovers a game on 4 assists.
For Paolo's development, having ability to spot up is pivotal to open up driving lines as defenders will try to close out on him more. His rookie year had him 19th percentile in spotups.
He shot 33% from catch and shoot, but volumen was low.
On other side, he tried way too many isolations ( top 20 in nba) for pretty poor outcomes. It's just poor set play in general ( Paolo shot 38% FG in them). Even prolific stars like Tatum should cut that crap off because it isn't very beneficial for them nor for team.
Paolo's time with Magic can be much easier if Magic adjust their roster to his strenghts. So having several shooters and eventually forcing coach or him into more pick&roll with him as rolling man would be needed.
One of biggest Fultz-Banchero pair problems is their pathetic pick&roll performances.
