Jacob Evans

[cdubbz]

Yeah didnt knkw much about him in college and still know nothing about him.

Woukd rather have had Duke star point guard that went undrafted

[Phase 3]

Am I the only that thinks if the Warriors actually give him minutes next to the all stars, he'd actually be useful?

If the only way a player looks “serviceable” is if you play him with 3-4 all stars, then he’s not very good.

[Samurai]

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this, but Evans looked pretty good last night in his first start. Played 37 minutes and his defense looked pretty solid with 3 steals and 2 blocks, but he also seemed to have pretty good defensive positioning. Also had 4 defensive rebounds. While he was only 1-4 from distance, his shot looked better with a better arc (less flat than it looked before) and a couple were in-and-out. Shot 5-10 overall. Most importantly, he actually looked like an NBA player, at least for one game. I view this as an encouraging step in the right direction.

[xdrta+]

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this, but Evans looked pretty good last night in his first start. Played 37 minutes and his defense looked pretty solid with 3 steals and 2 blocks, but he also seemed to have pretty good defensive positioning. Also had 4 defensive rebounds. While he was only 1-4 from distance, his shot looked better with a better arc (less flat than it looked before) and a couple were in-and-out. Shot 5-10 overall. Most importantly, he actually looked like an NBA player, at least for one game. I view this as an encouraging step in the right direction.

There will be plenty of discussion if he has an off game tonight, as in people writing him off as "not an NBA player." IMO he'll be a regular part of the rotation next season, no matter how he looks tonight.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

He may need more G league but he looked like a player in the last game.

Fall 2017 people here were ready to give up on Looney.

[SinceGatlingWasARookie]

Picks 26 27 28 29 30
2012 to 2017 who is still in the league out of the 30 picks.
Miles Plumlee
(Festus got injured)
(Roberson got injured)
Rudy Golbert
Bogdanovic
Kyle Anderson
Nance
Looney
Siakam
Labissiere
(Dejounte Murray injured)
Damian Jones barely
Kuzma
Hart
Derrick White
Swanigan G-league
Bradley G-League

[wco81]

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this, but Evans looked pretty good last night in his first start. Played 37 minutes and his defense looked pretty solid with 3 steals and 2 blocks, but he also seemed to have pretty good defensive positioning. Also had 4 defensive rebounds. While he was only 1-4 from distance, his shot looked better with a better arc (less flat than it looked before) and a couple were in-and-out. Shot 5-10 overall. Most importantly, he actually looked like an NBA player, at least for one game. I view this as an encouraging step in the right direction.

There will be plenty of discussion if he has an off game tonight, as in people writing him off as "not an NBA player." IMO he'll be a regular part of the rotation next season, no matter how he looks tonight.

More a reflection of the Warriors salary cap situation than him deserving of being on a roster.

As long as the team sees him willing to work on his weaknesses, because he’s got a lot of room for improvement.

Malik Beasley was the #19 pick of his draft class and hadn’t done anything until this year but improved his shooting numbers each year and took a big jump this year.

He shot so poorly — not sure how he shot at Santa Cruz — that he has to show big improvement next year, at least approach 40/30.

Or contribute in other ways, like defense, rebounding, finishing on fast breaks. That’s what Iggy and Draymond still do. The problem is, Evans doesn’t seem to play that big, like go to the rim with any kind of authority.

If he ever shoots decently, teams will close out on him more aggressively and he’s got to be able to attack the basket when that happens, either finish or find the open man as the defense is rotating.

But if he gets regular minutes, probably not a good sign.

[The-Power]

Woukd rather have had Duke star point guard that went undrafted

The guy that can't see the floor at all in Milwaukee, that was terrible even in the G-League and has a terrible jumpshot? Yeah, no thanks. Makes zero sense to me to want him no matter how terrible our Rookie has been.

[Samurai]

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this, but Evans looked pretty good last night in his first start. Played 37 minutes and his defense looked pretty solid with 3 steals and 2 blocks, but he also seemed to have pretty good defensive positioning. Also had 4 defensive rebounds. While he was only 1-4 from distance, his shot looked better with a better arc (less flat than it looked before) and a couple were in-and-out. Shot 5-10 overall. Most importantly, he actually looked like an NBA player, at least for one game. I view this as an encouraging step in the right direction.

There will be plenty of discussion if he has an off game tonight, as in people writing him off as "not an NBA player." IMO he'll be a regular part of the rotation next season, no matter how he looks tonight.

More a reflection of the Warriors salary cap situation than him deserving of being on a roster.

As long as the team sees him willing to work on his weaknesses, because he’s got a lot of room for improvement.

Malik Beasley was the #19 pick of his draft class and hadn’t done anything until this year but improved his shooting numbers each year and took a big jump this year.

He shot so poorly — not sure how he shot at Santa Cruz — that he has to show big improvement next year, at least approach 40/30.

Or contribute in other ways, like defense, rebounding, finishing on fast breaks. That’s what Iggy and Draymond still do. The problem is, Evans doesn’t seem to play that big, like go to the rim with any kind of authority.

If he ever shoots decently, teams will close out on him more aggressively and he’s got to be able to attack the basket when that happens, either finish or find the open man as the defense is rotating.

But if he gets regular minutes, probably not a good sign.

Evans played in 21 games at SC, starting 16 of them and averaged 26 minutes/game. He shot 49% on 2's and 31% on 3's; 44% overall with a TS% of 51%. Also shot 79% on FT's.

[Scoots1994]

It’s been a long dry spell for the warriors front office..

They've been a bit snakebit ... McCaw lost his mind which lead to Boucher being let go because they needed another wing to develop. Bell is a bit of a headcase. Kerr doesn't like to play young guys and the expectations and playing with all-nba players is hard on non-star draft picks (and the Warriors have had no chance to draft a star).

Late 1st round picks are always a challenge because the players always have flaws.

[KevinMcreynolds]

I dunno about a dryspell, every team swings and misses on most late picks. I feel like most of the picks at least made sense.

Looney has worked out
McCaw was looking promising, but I think playing well in one NBA finals game and winning two 'ships went to his head
Jones was a good upside pick because of his size/athleticism and being raw, but he never developed
literally everyone was happy we bought a pick to draft Bell
Evans I think is the one where everyone is going "what were they thinking?" cuz he doesn't look like he's good at anything

[Mylie10]

I dunno about a dryspell, every team swings and misses on most late picks. I feel like most of the picks at least made sense.

Looney has worked out
McCaw was looking promising, but I think playing well in one NBA finals game and winning two 'ships went to his head
Jones was a good upside pick because of his size/athleticism and being raw, but he never developed
literally everyone was happy we bought a pick to draft Bell
Evans I think is the one where everyone is going "what were they thinking?" cuz he doesn't look like he's good at anything

A few guys we had in Santa Cruz are getting time now;
George Niang - Utah
Danuel House - Houston
Deyonta Davis and Kendrick Nunn signed elsewhere.

[KevinMcreynolds]

Deyonta is my guy

but yeah, it feels like we’re letting a lot of Santa Cruz talent slip away

Nunn is a baddie chuck tho

[xdrta+]

Deyonta is my guy

but yeah, it feels like we’re letting a lot of Santa Cruz talent slip away

Nunn is a baddie chuck tho

Just because they play on Santa Cruz doesn't mean the Warriors have any claim on them. Any team can sign them at any time, just like the rest of the G league.

[Scoots1994]

I dunno about a dryspell, every team swings and misses on most late picks. I feel like most of the picks at least made sense.

Looney has worked out
McCaw was looking promising, but I think playing well in one NBA finals game and winning two 'ships went to his head
Jones was a good upside pick because of his size/athleticism and being raw, but he never developed
literally everyone was happy we bought a pick to draft Bell
Evans I think is the one where everyone is going "what were they thinking?" cuz he doesn't look like he's good at anything

A few guys we had in Santa Cruz are getting time now;
George Niang - Utah
Danuel House - Houston
Deyonta Davis and Kendrick Nunn signed elsewhere.

G League MVP is a former Warrior.

[Scoots1994]

Deyonta is my guy

but yeah, it feels like we’re letting a lot of Santa Cruz talent slip away

Nunn is a baddie chuck tho

Just because they play on Santa Cruz doesn't mean the Warriors have any claim on them. Any team can sign them at any time, just like the rest of the G league.

Yes and no. Draft picks playing in the GL are protected as are up to 2 players on development contracts.

[xdrta+]

Deyonta is my guy

but yeah, it feels like we’re letting a lot of Santa Cruz talent slip away

Nunn is a baddie chuck tho

Just because they play on Santa Cruz doesn't mean the Warriors have any claim on them. Any team can sign them at any time, just like the rest of the G league.

Yes and no. Draft picks playing in the GL are protected as are up to 2 players on development contracts.

A two-way contract, max 2 per team, is signed with an NBA team, and so he is restricted to that team, unlike a G league contract which is signed with the G league. Signing with the league means they are free agents, eligible to sign with any team. It's true that a team still holding draft rights to a player can stash him in the G league, meaning he's still protected, under the “Draft Rights Player” rule. This is rarely used, never by the Warriors, to my knowledge.

[GQ Hot Dog]

He's back!