Xatticus wrote:Ducklett wrote:Culver was statistically one of the worst players in the NBA.
He wasn’t. Minnesota was fine with him on the floor. Bad players make their teams worse. He shot poorly, but improved as the season wore on. I’d do it. He has no place in Minnesota at this point. He’ll be solid defensively. I was really impressed with him when I watched him in college. It’s a gamble, but I think it’s good value.
I wouldn't put too much value in on /off court when team he plays has 19-45 record.
His RPM of -1,78 make him 85th ranked SG in nba.
His RAPTOR shows he is both offensive and defensive negative value.
His win share is negative.
His RAPTOR data is -3,8, witch means, among 255 players who played at least 1000 min in nba, he was 14# worst.
To be fair, he is rookie, and most of other players worst than him are also- rookies.
But i really struggle to find value in him. He is shooting guard who also can't shoot, pass, handle the ball nor defend. Where value for playing him will come from ?
For crying out loud, he can't even shoot 50% FTs .
It's not gamble, gambler play with assumption they can win, in this case this is classic example of draft bust who had solid sophmore college year, yet if you dig deeper writing of his limitations was on the wall, but scours acted blind on it.
At college he was 6'6 shooting gaurd that was shooting over opponents ( but never actually was good at shooting, 30% in second year for 3) , in nba he lacks speed, verticality, leaping or quickness to be player that will take guys off dribble, and in same time he is pathetic shooter to even be worth covering ( 46% FT shooter
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Guy year before nailed it. ( and got lot of crap for it in comments and dislikes ). He simply isn't REALLY good at anything, actually never was.
In year 1 he shot ugly but shot 38% for 3, in year 2 he reworked shot ,looked more pleasing to eye, but couldn't shoot ( 30% for 3) , entered NBA without any sort of jumpshot. Translated into his complete inability to shoot from any range in nba, including FT%.
Pretty much two- guard who can't play with ball, but also has no purpose off ball. Hard pass for me ( and T wolves who figured he is not nba level player after few months and traded for Malik Beasley, who actually can play basketball and who i cried for a trade for like year ).
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