BK_2020 wrote:sam_I_am wrote:BK_2020 wrote:Because he's not athletic at all and his touch is bad. It's small sample but he's taken about 76 shots almost surely 100% within 5 feet of the rim and he misses half of 'em. This season he's .533 on shots within 3 feet of the rim. Maybe he actually has great touch and you just need to let him take a bunch of shots to settle down but I don't know how you look at the way he's shot and think he has a good touch.
Because I’ve watched him, not the box scores, and can see it. He has good hands and has made quite a few tough shots around the rim because of his touch. He’s not a finished product yet, but we are not talking about a stiff here. To say he is “not athletic at all” for a 7 footer or a center is just silly. I’m not suggesting he is a lottery talent or anything but the ‘greatest Celtics team ever’ had Greg Kite as their 3rd string center. The talent level in the NBA as a whole, not necessarily the cream of the crop, is just so much better than back then.
Besides, if you get 3 rebounds of your own misses before putting it in, that 0.533% isn’t so bad.
I'm watching the games too and I see him missing everything though he does grab his own misses. The end result I guess is fine but the missing everything part doesn't bode well for his touch.
He is big but he definitely doesn't move very well. I don't know what you consider athletic but a guy who moves worse than Kornet is not athletic in my books. He jumps well though.
I like what he's given us so far but people be acting like he's Patrick Ewing.
Perkins was starting center during 2008-10 run and he was less athletic for example. I think Queta is athletic because he can catch lobs, adjust in air and dunk. He runs the floor very well for a big guy with a 7-4 wingspan and gets up reasonably quickly to try to block shots despite fouling too much. Last night he made a play on a loose ball where he was running, falling a little bit and reached low to tap it to a teammate. His lateral movement is clunky for sure.
He was a top five finisher among centers in the max vertical leap, standing vertical leap, lane agility and three-quarter sprint test at the combine…
I mean we are talking about a 3rd string center and I would say his size and athleticism suggest he could be a solid backup for a 10 years assuming health. He sure has a lot more going for him than Mark Blount did when he was a reclamation project.