OakleyDokely wrote:Eating a Book wrote:Thespianoid wrote:IMO, the two biggest things holding Terrence Ross back are his tendency to settle for jumpshots, and an incredible unwillingness to go north-south with his dribble. A close third, obviously his aversion to contact.
When he does put the ball on the floor, and moves forward with it rather than side-to-side (to settle for a jumper), he makes things happen. He's got pretty good vision and passing ability. It just doesn't happen nearly often enough.
At some point we've got to give up the idea of Ross being anything but a jumpshooter. That's what he is. His free throw rate was awful in college, it's awful in the NBA, and that's how it'll remain.
If Ross were traded to a team and all they demanded of him was to move off the ball and hit jumpers off of curls, to be a catch-and-shoot three-point shooter, and to get the odd fast-break bucket, then that'd be the right place for Ross, offensively.
Beyond that, if anyone gets his head screwed on properly, he's got the physical capability to be a plus defender on the wing.
That's the Terrence Ross ceiling.
That about sums it up.
Hit open 3's, dunk on fast breaks and play some D. Could be a useful rotation player off bench under the right system/coach.
Oh, totally. Even as a starter, as long as he's not being relied on to create opportunities for himself with the ball. He's a good, useful player -- or, rather, he could be -- but a lot of us expect too much from him.
I do expect he bounces back a bit this year. His scoring numbers might not go up -- they might even go down, a bit, on the whole -- but I'm betting his per minute/efficiency numbers are better and that there's some improvement on D.
didn't notice the time, that is too funny
